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An Early Look At Prince of Persia

Posted by Soulskill on from the right-on-time dept.

Joystiq reports that work on Ubisoft's re-imagined Prince of Persia is complete, and the game has been sent off for certification leading up to its scheduled December 2nd launch. They were able to get some hands-on time with the game, and they have nothing but praise for the controls and the combat system. Quoting: "The game walked us through several fights' worth of control tutorial until we honestly didn't have to give second thought to what button we were pressing to execute a particular move. By the time we wrapped up our play session, we were sliding between enemies' legs, tossing them into the air, calling in Elika to teleport-kick them, and thwacking away until they teetered on the edges of cliffs — just before we delivered a final blow that sending them plummeting. What was doubly impressive about the combat system was the fact that, according to Delbuquet, it continues to evolve steadily throughout the course of the game. We were already stringing together our own combos at this point; nothing felt canned."

13 comments

  1. A dead horse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Has never looked to pretty.

    1. Re:A dead horse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Quite. I was going to say, "Early? Didn't it run on the 286?"

      It was out when I was in my teens. That was centuries ago. I suppose video games are like pop music. There's been nothing new since Jimi Hendrix.

    2. Re:A dead horse by Khuffie · · Score: 1

      The series has already been 're-imagined' three times in the last console generation that, to be honest, while the game does look cool and may end up being fantastic, I fail to muster up any enthusiasm whatsoever. You're right, they have flagged this dead horse way too much last gen.

  2. What I like best in the original Prince of Persia by tangent3 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Jumping repeatedly against a wall.
    It looks (and sounds) like the Prince is humping the wall

  3. I like the name by iamapizza · · Score: 1

    I like the name, it reminds me of a game I used to play almost 20 years ago. It was called Prince of Persia. It had many sequels, each of which had something added to the end so as to not confuse it with the previous incarnations.

    Clearly this is not the same game.

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    1. Re:I like the name by AndresCP · · Score: 1

      Don't worry. Prince of Persia II Super HD Turbo: Third Strike! is coming out soon.

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  4. So can we assume... by hairyfeet · · Score: 3, Informative

    That being from Ubisoft it will have the latest,most nastiest DRM they can possibly bake in? Because the latest versions of Safedisc and SecuROM are just too damned nasty to be allowed anywhere near my gaming PC. There are still enough PC games out there I haven't played that won't cause me to waste hours disinfecting them after playing to risk the latest Safedisc or SecuROM infection.

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    1. Re:So can we assume... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      You can always Sandboxie or a VM to run the game. Any rootkit included with the DRM will be isolated from the rest of your system (albeit still executed).

      Not an ideal solution to DRM in the long run, as not everyone can set up a VM.

    2. Re:So can we assume... by hairyfeet · · Score: 2, Informative

      Uhhh....You DO know that SandboxIE creates a fake registry to protect you from bugs,which I seriously doubt is going to be able to do ANYTHING for a program like SecuROM which hijacks the Windows system drivers and installs their own Ring-0 system drivers in their place. And have you ever actually TRIED to play GAMES in a vm? Since this article is about games the fact that games are lucky to get 10FPS running through a VM and VM support for high end graphics pretty much suck that is kinda important. So either option you gave is pretty much useless unless you are wanting to play something pre-1998. Sorry.

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    3. Re:So can we assume... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Anyone wanting to play the game properly will do so on a PS3 or a 360, since the game was designed around a proper controller.

      On these platforms, there really is no issue, other than not being able to burn a backup copy of the game.

      I'll go ahead and guarantee that the console versions will outsell the Windows version, meaning the DRM will "only" affect a few percent of the players.

      Plus, who'd want to play the game with wildly varying framerates, on a rig that costs a lot more than either (or both, actually) of the consoles?

      With the exception of FPS games, I really think game studios should drop PC support.

      It would result in having to design the games around known hardware with small variations, making it easy to track down bugs, ensuring the budget gets spent properly.

  5. I guess Jordan made that up. by antdude · · Score: 1

    Too bad that part wasn't shown in Jordan Mechner's original Prince of Persia animation reference footage from 1985. ;)

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  6. More jumping & climbing & dodging, less fi by andi75 · · Score: 1

    If I want to play a fighting game, I can always fire up my Dreamcast and put in Soul Calibur.

    What I enjoyed most in Sands of Time was the jumping from ledges, dodging the blades etc. etc. and of course the fact that you could go back 5 seconds through time if you missed a critical jump.