Comments on: Will He Be King? New Prince Of Persia Footage

By: Thirith

Thirith — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:43:54 +0000

It’s Sia’s “Breathe Me”. (See earlier posts in this thread.)

By: Xander77

Xander77 — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:32:11 +0000

What’s the song in the first trailer?

The whole thing seems fairly cool (says a guy who played nothing in the series beyong PoP 2)

By: Ophois

Ophois — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:59:27 +0000

@Man Raised by Puffins:
Don’t get me wrong, I’m very interested in this game and its near the top of my want list for the year. I’m just wondering how “prince of persia” it will be.

I’m okay with the “prince” bit, but I’m not getting much of a “persia” vibe in the material release so far.

Any game that features a Skeksis (obligatory dark crystal reference) on steroids as a bad guy is a good game with me though :)

By: Tom Crowley

Tom Crowley — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:35:55 +0000

Well, after loving the hell out of Sands of Time, I’m prepared to give another relaunch a shot. The lack of Mechner involvement makes me shrink back a little bit, but it’s awfully pretty, and the gameplay looks smooth, if not entirely original. And I much prefer the indulgent Final Fantasyism to the gothy goth Dark Knight broody toss of Warrior Within.

In summary, THIS LOOKS SHIT NO STARS AARRG!

By: K

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:25:10 +0000

“…(Surely the next game should be called Prince Of Iran?)”
The trailer may be new, but the joke is old.

It looks rather nice, but I’m only playing if they let me invert my mouse this time, and I don’t mean the horizontal (why did they do that?).

By: Okami

Okami — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:09:27 +0000

Fact: People who don’t like the art style of this game have no soul.

By: spd from Russia

spd from Russia — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:44:27 +0000

there are quite interesting developer diaries vids on gametrailers
(if you havent seen them)
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/40785.html
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/39215.html

looks very pretty and interesting. will see how the sidekick mechanics works

By: James G

James G — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:05:37 +0000

I’m quietly hopeful on this one. I absolutely adored SoT, byt couldn’t get to grips with WW, the darker style, and increased combat complexity failed to replicate the joy I had with SoT. I adore the presentation of this one, and the described combat system sounds a bit more fun than that seen in WW. I don’t think it’ll be an immediate purchase, but I’ll definately keep an eye on reviews and player response.

By: Duoae

Duoae — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:16:41 +0000

@ Masked Dave:

I believe Ico was pretty ass-kicking all on its own. :)

By: Masked Dave

Masked Dave — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:08:51 +0000

Is it me, or have they made an ass-kicking version of Ico?

By: SuperNashwan

SuperNashwan — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:08:36 +0000

The magical bouncy jump pads really worry me that the level designers couldn’t get to grips with providing interesting and more natural ways to traverse the larger environments, or else are just being lazy. Either way it’s a bad indication for the element people generally enjoyed the most from the previous games.
I make this prediction: the game will consist of three sections, first a disappoiting climbing bit scattered with levers to pull/buttons to press, a disappointing staged fight on a ledge/arena and a disappointing cutscene with grating voice acting. Repeat to fade. Also that the game will be held over into late January or early February as a tacit admission that it’s not that good. Fingers crossed I’m wrong and it’s brilliant but…

By: Man Raised by Puffins

Man Raised by Puffins — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:39:10 +0000

Still looking good, although the trailers don’t offer up that many new tidbits.

@ Ophois: As I understand it the devs are treating it as being in an alternate universe to Sands of Time, basically saying that that was one Prince of Persia and the guy in this game is another. Given that the game seems to be sticking to the core tenets of the series reasonably well I think labelling it as a Prince of Persia game is fair, it’s certainly nowhere near the stretch that Far Cry 2 is at any rate.