History VideoGame / PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin

* The rewind and slow-motion abilities here last for 8 seconds, compared to their counterparts from ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' that lasts for 10 seconds.
* Due to reworking of the combat mechanics, vault attacks and wall rebound attacks are not as powerful as they used to be with wall rebound attacks in particular doing pitiful amount of damage.

* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Counter-attacks are performed slightly differently compared to ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime''. In the previous game, you must hold block and then press the attack button right ''before'' the enemy hits you. In this game, you must instead press the attack button right ''after'' the enemy hits you. Attempting to do a counter-attack the old way will result in you getting hurt.

* {{Nerf}}: The rewind and slow-motion abilities here last for 8 seconds, compared to their counterparts from ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' that lasts for 10 seconds.

* InformedFlaw: As part of the mid-game twist, [[spoiler: Kaileena angrily complains that the sword you've been using all this time is cursed. Which would be reasonable... if the sword had any negative properties at all. It's a straight upgrade when used in-game, however. Though it does break after the fight]].

* OnceMoreWithClarity: The Prince runs into the Sand Wraith a few times. It does things reminiscent of the usual EvilTwin, like chucking an axe at the Prince's head or tossing him around a bit. Then when you get [[spoiler:the mask of the wraith, it turns out the whole time the sandwraith was ''[[TomatoInTheMirror you]]''. And most of the threatening things he did (that you're doing now) ''saved Prince's life''. For instance, that axe from earlier flew past to hit a monster behind him that was about to shank him]].

* SpoiledByTheManual: The game manual describes the Sandwraith as [[spoiler:the product of an artifact that allows the same being to exist in two places at the same time. From this, it's easy to deduce that the one encountered by the Prince has to be another version of a character in the game - possibly Kaileena, but most likely ''himself''.]]

* InformedFlaw: As part of the mid-game twist, [[spoiler: Kaileena angrily complains that the sword you've been using all this time is cursed. Which would be reasonable... if the sword had any negative properties at all. It's a straight upgrade when used in-game, however.]]

* NeverTrustATrailer: The E3 2004 trailer contains a short scene where the Prince fights sand monsters side by side with an unnamed warrior who is then killed and is mourned by the Prince. Nothing like that happens in the actual game. This trailer is actually a remnant from an earlier draft of the script where the Prince is hunted by the Empress's army and the unnamed warrior is the Prince's best friend whose death is one of the things that harden him over the years.

* MusicalSpoiler: One music track is called [[spoiler:"At War with Kaileena", which ought to tell you that the character in question has a little more to them than meets the eye]].

* NeverTrustATrailer: The E3 2004 trailer contains a short scene where Farah is killed by sand monsters while fighting alongside the Prince with the scene that follows implying that this is why the Prince has the Medallion of Time. Nothing like this is ever depicted in the actual game. That said, there's nothing contradicting this scene either assuming it occurred before the start of the game since Farah herself is never even mentioned [[spoiler:outside of a brief cameo in the true ending which takes place in a new timeline]] so she could indeed be dead in the original timeline before the Prince changes his fate.

* CompanyCrossReferences: One of the secret joke weapons is Videogame/{{Rayman}}'s glove.

* ConflictBall: A lot of the story's problems boil down to the Empress and the Prince picking a fight with each other when doing so works directly contrary to both their agendas. [[spoiler:The Empress is fated to die by the Prince's blade, and her death will create the Sands of Time, ruining the Prince's life and causing the Dahaka to come after him. The Empress simply explaining all of this to the Prince and just ''not attacking him'' would solve everybody's problems, and yet she continues to try to kill him; likewise, the Prince could just ''leave the island'' once he gains this knowledge but elects to confront the Empress anyway.]]

* NonStandardGameOver: Can happen in the second Shahdee boss fight if the Prince fails to protect Kaileena resulting in her falling to her death.

* RetGone: In the "bad" ending, [[spoiler: the Dahaka removes all evidence that the Sands of Time were ever created, including destroying Kaileena's body and the Prince's amulet. This ensures the Prince's survival, though [[CanonDiscontinuity fans who only got the bad ending would wonder why Kaileena is suddenly alive in the final game...]]]].

* DropInNemesis: After killing Shahdee and meeting the Dahaka on the island, the monster will chase the Prince in the present, lurking somewhere on the island and popping out in certain segments to chase the Prince. [[spoiler: After you transform into the Sand Wraith, Dahaka will appear in the past as well.]]

* {{Irony}}: Once the Prince finds out exactly why Shahdee tried to murder Kaileena, the situation becomes rather ironic. [[spoiler:Kaileena ordered Shahdee to kill the Prince in order to prevent him from reaching the Island of Time and fulfilling his destiny to kill her, and attacked Shahdee when she failed, causing Shahdee to get angry and retaliate with lethal force. Then the ignorant Prince came in and ended up saving the woman who ordered his own death from the one who didn't want to carry out the order because she felt it was a fool's errand.]]

* NeverTrustATrailer: E3 2004 trailer contains a short scene where Farah is killed by sand monsters while fighting alongside the Prince with the scene that follows implying that this is why the Prince has the Medallion of Time. Nothing like this is ever depicted in the actual game. That said, there's nothing contradicting this scene either assuming it occurred before the start of the game since Farah herself is never even mentioned [[spoiler:outside of a brief cameo in the true ending which takes place in a new timeline]] so she could indeed be dead in the original timeline before the Prince changes his fate.

* ConflictBall: A lot of the story's problems boil down to the Empress picking a fight with the Prince when doing so works directly contrary to both their agendas. [[spoiler:The Empress is fated to die by the Prince's blade, and her death will create the Sands of Time, ruining the Prince's life and causing the Dahaka to come after him. The Empress simply explaining all of this to the Prince and just ''not attacking him'' would solve everybody's problems, and yet she continues to try to kill him.]]

* WreckedWeapon: The Lion Sword snaps after the fight with [[spoiler:Kaileena]], leaving only the hilt and a small part of the blade. While it does deal damage, it's painfully weak. The Prince would later find the Scorpion Sword as a direct upgrade and replacement though.

** The Prince would also lose his initial weapon, the Eagle Sword, after the shipwreck in the prologue. When he wakes up on the island, he has to fight using a measly wooden stick that does pitiful damage and has very limited combos. Fortunately, he steals the Spider Sword from a mook in a later cutscene. The stick is also a {{subversion}} since it becomes a secondary weapon after the said cutscene, which means that it ''can'' be carried all throughout the game for as long as the player doesn't break or discard it!

* AllThereInTheManual: The game itself never explains how the Prince has the Medallion of Time. The manual mentions that it was given to him by Farah at the end of ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' which is an issue in itself (see {{Retcon}} entry).