In 2012, GamesRadar ranked the character in his various incarnations as the 27th in their list of the "Top 100 protagonists in video games", commenting on his multiple incarnations by saying "No character of the last couple of generations has had so many radically different personality reboots." "Empire" also included Prince on their list of the 50 greatest video game characters, ranking him as 35th and giving particular reference to his portrayal in "The Sands of Time" and its sequels, saying that despite his banter being weaker in "The Two Thrones", he was "a genuinely likeable guy in baggy trousers wielding a large cutlass and sporting a natty beardlet". The Prince was placed as 34th in a list by "Guinness World Records" of the top video game characters of all time