It would seem that Ubisoft's
new entry in the Prince of Persia series has become a little bit clearer thanks to French magazine
Joypad. Purported scans from the magazine have hit the net with screens of a cel-shaded Prince doing his princely business (you know, running, jumping, killing monsters, that kind of thing). A rough translation of the info (courtesy of NeoGAF) reveals that the Prince must "unleash light-wells to heal a corrupted world." Doing so causes real-time changes to the environment (plants magically regrowing, etc.). Of course, it's the Prince's fault that the world is corrupted. He frees an evil god, you see (always getting into trouble, that Prince).
The time mechanic has been ditched, though the Prince retains his athletic and acrobatic prowess. A new combat system has been devised to take advantage of this, featuring fewer enemies to make for more intense one on one combat. The number of bosses has also been reduced, the developers having decided to make them more central to the story and more memorable. Hit the "read" links for more details.
Read -- NeoGAF translation (the forum is currently down)
Read --
Prince of Persia screens
[Via
Joystiq]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-29-2008 @ 4:48PM
Mr.ESC said...
Must...buy.
"He frees an evil god, you see"
I wonder how they trick him to do that,not like we haven't seen that before.
"Open this magic box prince"
"What's inside?"
"Great and powerful EVI...*Ahem Candy,Great and Powerful Candy!!"
"Oh Boi,Candy!,Wait a second this is not candy?! it doesn't even looks like candy *Nom,IT DOESN'T EVEN TASTE LIKE CANDY!..Oh Shi-"
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4-29-2008 @ 4:50PM
Astral_vapor said...
Sweet God, this looks awesome!! The artstyle looks very cool!!
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4-29-2008 @ 5:06PM
Shogan said...
That looks incredible! I still want to see it all in motion, but damn.
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4-29-2008 @ 5:07PM
Digital Limit said...
The forums aren't down. Lies!
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4-29-2008 @ 6:41PM
FF Vs XIII said...
Hey Ubisoft!
Stop copying off Square Enix.
Vincent wants his look back!
Vincent is badass.
The prince is not.
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4-29-2008 @ 10:48PM
StrangeAxel said...
All I have to say is "...What?"
4-29-2008 @ 8:34PM
Jayslacks said...
God. I have a hard on.
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4-30-2008 @ 2:00AM
Brian Fantana said...
I like it. Looks Okami-ish in the pic with the monster?. His eyes have a col swirl effect going on. Plus with this style, you don't need to worry about realistic looking graphics. So skies the limit on how cool you can make the game look.
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4-30-2008 @ 5:02AM
Super Kaiju said...
Beautiful water color art style. No time powers? What are they doing? That is one of the biggest reasons I feel that Prince of Persia: Sands of time is my favorite game ever made. This new light mechanic better be just as awesome.
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5-01-2008 @ 4:01PM
James said...
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::faints::
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