Prince of Persia Hands-on
- Posted November 17th, 2008 at 09:23 EDT by
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(continued from previous page) ...in on some of the goodies scattered across the world, he did inform me that there are little hints and secrets that gamers are going to want to go out and find. Something else fans of the franchise may find pleasing is the ability to learn more about the characters through exploration by being able to hear random passers conversations around the mountain tops and other various areas.
Graphically, Prince of Persia delivers a new form of art yet to be seen in the gaming industry. Labelled “illustrative art,” Prince of Persia’s visuals provide far too much detail to be classified simply as “cell shaded”. The intricacies of Elika and The Prince’s clothing are far more than I expected. Zooming into either character, you can literally see each individual stitching within their clothing. Combined with the meticulously crafted backdrops, you’re left with a simply indescribable atmosphere that’ll have you stopped in your tracks, gawping at your surroundings in awe.
Elsewhere, Nolan North heads an amazing voice cast alongside his good real-life friend, Kari Wahlgren. North, as many PlayStation 3 owners already know, previously lent his voice to Uncharted’s beloved rogue protagonist, Nathan Drake. I’ll go on record and declare that his voice performance in Prince of Persia can and will rival that of Drakes. Something you may be able to notice from playing Prince of Persia, is the chemistry between North and Wahlgren is very evident when they’re talking in-game as Elika and The Prince. You can really feel the level of comfort these two actors have with one another - a rarity in today's industry to say the least.
When push comes to shove, a lot of people are going to be somewhat embarrassed that this title was not on their radar from day one. With such strong games like LittleBigPlanet, Fallout 3, Dead Space and Resistance 2 releasing over the last couple of months, Prince of Persia is undoubtedly the sleeper hit of the year with no competition in that regard. If I could pick one game that perfectly wraps up such a wonderful season of gaming, Prince of Persia delivers in unrivalled fashion.
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hitman8062 |
hitman8062- 9:58am GMT - November 17th, 2008
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I really enjoyed the previous series and this is just different in a bad way :(
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whatisdelicious
- 11:13am GMT - November 17th, 2008
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Reading this preview made me feel like we were back in the old days when previews were essentially just the PR statement regurgitated. I just got a weird vibe from it, like you guys were so excited to have been given access to the game that you wanted to write the most glowing preview ever.
Mind you, I'm still really excited for this game and I loved the Sands trilogy (Warrior sucked though) but seriously...
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Dave
- 11:19am GMT - November 17th, 2008
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Lol whatisdelicious. If I'm being honest, the game is actually worthy of a glowing preview. You can check around for other previews that came from the same event and they'll give off that same "touch."
If you're excited for this game, you're going to be happy with the end result. Ubisoft truly did a great job in changing the franchise without damaging it.
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edward_moffet |
edd- 4:34pm GMT - November 17th, 2008
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this game looks beatiful and i've always had it on my list but there is simply too many titles to be able to get them all on launch day, and other titles were higher priority, i will pick this game up eventually
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primalbreath |
jdawg222- 5:57pm GMT - November 17th, 2008
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this game does look very good. but i agree with #7, too many games i getting 1st or playing now to get on launch, but i might pick it up later down the road
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Blazincloud16
- 3:16pm GMT - November 18th, 2008
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This is a must buy.. this game one looks amazing and two.. Has a new kind of battle system! i like it!
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Dangerzone
- 8:37am GMT - November 19th, 2008
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I neverd was a big fan of P.O.P. but this one looks good, i'll look in this 1
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jumpmanandbeyon
- 10:15pm GMT - March 1st, 2009
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i like the previous one also and the fact that u cant die makes the game wayyyyyyyyyy to easy and one-one fights coming on other than that the game isnt bad but i wouldnt want2 beat it again
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