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First Real Gameplay Video of New Prince of Persia Game
An anonymous reader writes "After all the screenshot leaks and poor screenshot videos, here's finally the first official game play video of Prince of Persia:Next Generation. It was released at E3 just some hours ago. Wow, I just love their new artistic direction, this game will be a killer!"
Honestly. I loved that game because it was so unique. It had such a light-hearted feel to the action and made the prince a very likeable character. The second two had the boring "dark tormented hero" theme I've seen a thousand times.
Whether or not I buy this game will entire depend on the reviews of the story. If it's a unique feel I'm back in, otherwise, just another action/platformer IMO.
some parts of it look absolutely grotesque. All the character's 3D models have outlines, ffs. The "grass" at the end looks like something out of Doom. The only decent parts are the far-off windmills over the town.
Mod parent troll, blind, or a Philistine. I think the complex cell-shading effect is absolutely delicious.
It's got 'outlines, ffs.' FFS indeed.
Secondly, if it IS gameplay, it's going to be the worst game in the world to control. The camera zooms about absolutely everywhere, in silly places, with little or no thought of what it's looking at or why it's chosen that angle (which suggests a bad camera director of a trailer than a game THAT poor at picking an angle).
My guess is they meant "in-engine" as opposed to actual gameplay.
some parts of it look absolutely grotesque. All the character's 3D models have outlines, ffs. The "grass" at the end looks like something out of Doom. The only decent parts are the far-off windmills over the town.
I'm not a huge fan of cel shading myself, but I'd still say it looks pretty good. Sure, it's a different direction from the previous games, but this has been a series that re-invents itself.
If it's a trailer, it's a truly pitiful trailer, that really doesn't deserve a link, let alone a front-page one.
I would say it does a pretty good job of presenting the game's graphic potential, hints at some 2 player or somehow 1 player combined (i.e. controlling 2 characters or working with AI) gameplay, and displays that there will be fighting and platforming. I got all of that from the trailer -- I'm not sure what more you'd get in a minute.
Did anyone else think "Prince of Ico"? Climbing a desolate tower, dragging a princess of some sort around, beating black snot out of monsters...
I liked the whole "throw your woman at the monster" attack.
More women should be willing to become deadly projectiles, IMO.