NZGamer writes: "Prince of Persia is not a sequel to what is now called the Sands of Time trilogy. It can be likened to the recent superhero reboot of Batman - it wipes the slate clean and starts anew while keeping the franchise's better core elements. This is entirely a good thing as the trilogy took a dark turn which did no good to embody what people loved so much about the original Sands of Time. This new Prince of Persia looks set to recapture the fun adventuring spirit of Sands of Time and deliver it in a sweet current generation package.
Development of the new Prince began almost immediately after The Two Thrones was completed, but strangely, it was only officially announced earlier this year in May. With the announcement came a few welcome details - there would be a balance between combat, platforming and puzzle solving and the Prince's trademark acrobatics would be back like we've never seen them before."
The Good: More Prince of Persia... co-starring Natalie Portman?
The Bad: Could turn out to be the easiest game ever made.
The Ugly: Ahriman; dark gods are so 90's.
Steam's series of one day only offers continues onto its fourth day. On offer today are:
World of Goo - 75% off
EVE Online: Apocrypha - 75% off
Lucidity - 75% off
Battlefield 2: Complete Collection - 50% off
Prince of Persia and everything else Prince of Persia - 50% off
Guild Wars Trilogy - 50% off
Trackmania United Forever - 50% off
The sales really started strong, but today and yesterday's sales were a bit lackluster, to me.
Hopefully they will go all out tomorrow, if only not to be overshadowed by D2D's crazy Monday sale or whatever they are calling it.
I lolled at the demo on 360, but mouse control would probably make it seem like nice interactive tetris levels.
*looks at unassembled PC parts from black friday* >_<
A look back at the history of the cult series, which is now 20 years old.
I had 'The original Prince of Persia' it was an awesome game, still want to play it today. Didn't know until now, Prince of Persia shares it's birthday with mine :D
One of the best game series's to come out in the history of gaming.
UGO writes,
"To capture the fluid motions that would distinguish Prince of Persia from the glut of adventure video games released in the late '80s Jordan Mechner studied video and still pictures of his younger brother, David. Those are some modest roots for a franchise that has sold in the millions and, in 2010, see the release of a blockbuster film.
But how Mechner's Prince of Persia could inspire a reimagination that would become one of 2008's most popular holiday releases is a winding tale best told in bits. To help explain, we've compiled a chronological retrospective. Now you can learn how a kid jumping around the front yard became a thousand-polygon model leaping across hundred foot chasms."
I absolutely abhorred the new POP game. The taint of the whole series by far. such a waste of 30 dollars.