Get ready to unleash your Darker half in a game where life can be re-wound or slowed down! In the third installment, the Empress of Time gets captured and killed by the Vizier, who fuses the Sands of Time into his own body, and your blood becomes tainted by the very sands that helped him in every game. The Prince starts hearing voices from, what seems like, nowhere, and learns that his cruel fate is to be slowly turned into a sand creature like the Vizier's army. You also learn of your limitations, and benefits, as the Dark prince; Your lifeforce slowly disappears, until you get more sand to heal you, you have a special chain that allows you to swing on bars and run even further along walls (just find another bar and press the Dark Prince's attack button to use the Daggertail chain). The other thing, is that you can pick up a second weapon and use it to do combo attacks. The Sand Powers are more interesting tyhan before, and while you play as the Dark Prince, stepping in water will return you to your "normal" self. Be warned, this isn't for wimpy gamers; You'll need to be more resourceful than ever to beat the Vizier's army, and reclaim your soul from the sand!