Prince of Persia: Startlingly Silly Title (take grain of salt)

Thirith on 21/8/2008 at 11:13

Quote Posted by van HellSing

Should I laugh or cringe?

Please laugh. Now that I see what I've written, I'm cringing, and it's enough if there's one of us doing that.

*writes "Miyazaki's films" on the blackboard 100 times*

van HellSing on 21/8/2008 at 11:18

;)

Matthew on 21/8/2008 at 11:35

Quote Posted by dethtoll

Yes, well, more things could afford to rip off Okami now and then.

Should I be buying the Wii version of this?

june gloom on 21/8/2008 at 11:41

I don't actually even own the game, nor have I played it. I just think it's a wonderful piece of art.

Malf on 21/8/2008 at 13:33

Quote Posted by Matthew

Should I be buying the Wii version of this?

Yes, buy it NOW.
It's a truly great game, captivating and charming.
It isn't exactly original in the gameplay department (it's basically a Zelda clone), but it's stunningly beautiful and has oodles of character.

Sulphur on 10/10/2008 at 07:46

New Prince of Persia trailer up, now with less Okami and moar Emo!

(http://www.gametrailers.com/player/41112.html) http://www.gametrailers.com/player/41112.html

It's looking rather good. I'm probably hoping for too much, but I hope the story does the visuals justice.

Also, there's a more normal gameplay thingamjig video here: (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/41114.html) http://www.gametrailers.com/player/41114.html

Sulphur on 27/11/2008 at 20:02

Ahem. So the (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/934/934108p1.html) first review's out from IGN.

Ignoring the rampant hyperbole, some facts that stand out:

* It looks gorgeous.
* There's no connection to the SoT trilogy (or any other PoP game, for that matter) whatsoever. Barring one, that is - Farah. That's the name of the Prince's donkey.
* Which he loses right at the start.
* Replacing the donkey and SoT's time twisting mechanics is... Elika. She's the new, magical combo driving/upgrade touting/exposition spouting/Casual-not-hardcore gameplay system.
* Notice, I said Casual. With a capital C. Which means, children, that you will not die whilst playing this game. Ever. Yes.
Elika will always be at hand to save her Princey-poo, be it death from above, below, or corrupting demon spike up his illustratively shaded ass.
* I think my brain just exploded, because there's this steamy grey mush dribbling out from my ears.

Oh well. At least it's gorgeous. GORGEOUS, I tell you!!!

i think ill wait for the demo

Chade on 27/11/2008 at 21:32

Quote Posted by Sulphur

* Notice, I said Casual. With a capital C. Which means, children, that you will not die whilst playing this game. Ever. Yes.

So ... just like sands of time huh?

Renzatic on 27/11/2008 at 23:10

I'm sure like Sands of Time, you'll only have so many screw ups before you run out of sand/she just let you fall. Probably while yelling "you're a clumsy clutz and ain't worth the effort" a split second before you hit the spikes with circular saws coming out of them.

Even if it is super easy and you never die once, I'll still buy it simply because it's the best looking game this generation based on the strength of its art direction, rather than yet more Shiny Shaders n' Shit.

EvaUnit02 on 28/11/2008 at 00:01

Quote Posted by Sulphur

Oh well. At least it's gorgeous. GORGEOUS, I tell you!!!

i think ill wait for the demo

Stuart Chatwood and Inon Zur also did the score. Their work on the SoT trilogy was fucking awesome.