4. Prince Of Persia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgEt-4L3fKQ The Sands of Time of time is one of my most favourite games out there and turned out to be the game that set off the Assassin's Creed series. Nine years later and I'm still playing the game, occasionally popping it into my rather worn PS2 to have another play-through. When I saw that they were making a film for the series I was overjoyed: when I saw that the game they'd chosen was The Sands of Time my smile stretched from ear to ear. Whilst the Warrior Within was a fun game to play, I felt that the subsequent games such as Two Thrones and Forgotten sands somewhat diminished the legacy of the first three games (PoP 3D was not a proper game, it never happened and we shall never speak of it again). A film adaptation was exactly what the series needed and if it worked out well, it could possibly re-ignite the love fans had for the series. Whilst I enjoyed the film as a whole, I felt it was somewhat of a low blow to call it The Sands of Time being that the only thing it had in common with the game was the dagger of time, and even that being a vague connection. Where was the vizier? Where were the sand infected monsters? Why did the dagger need to be re-filled with sand from underneath Alamut? I know it would have cost more to have more CGI in the film in the form of sand filled monsters strolling around am empty fortress but if you're not going to stick to the story line on the game, don't bother calling it The Sands of Time. In fact, it seems to have nothing in common with any of the games at all, with the only similarity being that the Prince is attacking a town. I may have enjoyed the film and the quirky humour, but it was an insult to a wonderful game when the only things it had in common were the first few minutes of the game, plunging a dagger into a certain object to fix everything and returning the dagger to the princess. I wonder whether Farah is still wondering what happened to her dagger as she doesn't seem to appear in the film at all, even when the dagger goes off on a merry little adventure. I'm sure this film straying from the course of the game can be blamed on the most evil thing in the world: taxes.