When I play a game, the story that the game is telling is very important to me. That's why I often play a game for the second time - to see again what I could have missed, and to take part in the story once more, more consciously this time, as I already know how it goes on.
The story told in The Sands of Time is definitely the most beautiful I've ever played. It's about treachery, proud, tragedy, but probably most importantly - about falling in love. And the ending, neither happy nor sad, left me thinking about what happened and what did not, and telling the story again and again to myself, as a fairytale, I would say.
Well, apart from the story, the gameplay is great, the graphic is very nice, the music is just brilliant. But still the story is the part, that makes this game most extraordinary.