How Prince of Persia 3?

[foxdez]

I know I will be ending up buying this title but if anyone have any insight into the game it would be appreciated.

 

To make this a bit clear I thought PoP1 was fun experience which a lot of good qualities... Now having said that I am not dissapointed with PoP2 but the different path they have now taken is not an approvement. More or less I just want to know which path they have now taken for this new game.

[Gabrielle]

Isn't this the new one with the Prince being divided, one evil and one good?

[Arkan]

I heard it was better than the Second one, but not quite as good as the first...

[mkreku]

I had the priviledge of reviewing this game recently and I was pleasantly surprised. I loved Sands of Time and felt that Warrior Within was a step backwards, as the game seemed to be an attempt by Ubisoft to vow the emo-crowd, with the prince now a whining bastard who I couldn't care less for. The new Two Thrones is the sequel to Sands of Time that Warrior Within should have been. It seems that Ubisoft really listened to their fans and made The Two Thrones more in line with Sands of Time, as the prince (or princes) is back to being a hero again and the level designs are still as spectacular as ever. Everyone loves the dark prince's Daggertail too..

 

The game is a bit on the violent side (decapitations and mutilations are common and you might even cut people in half), especially if you're not so fond of combat and utilize the new function "Speedkill", where you instead of engage the enemy in a fight, sneak up and press a rapid succesion of buttons for an insta-kill that's very graphic.

 

I gave the game 7.8/10.

 

Edit. Tired typoes.

Edited December 16, 2005 by mkreku

[Nartwak]

...vow the emo-crown

I'm sorry, what does that mean?

[karka]

If you like 1 and 2 then you probably like this too.

 

But, i don't like these new POP titles. Ubisoft is releasing a new chapter every year with little improvments. They are doing the same thing with Splinter Cell.

Edited December 16, 2005 by karka

[mkreku]

...vow the emo-crown

I'm sorry, what does that mean?

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It should have been crowd..

[Nartwak]

Thanks.

[SadExchange]

If you like 1 and 2 then you probably like this too.

 

But, i don't like these new POP titles. Ubisoft is releasing a new chapter every year with little improvments. They are doing the same thing with Splinter Cell.

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I am about half way through the game and am thoroughly enjoying it. It has the larger areas that those of you who liked Sands of Time will enjoy and it also has the great combat gameplay that those who liked Warriors Within will enjoy. It took the previous two games and made one great game out of them.

 

The reason I quoted this reply was because I also feel that a lot of publishers take a series and run with it adding new titles each year. Some of these sequels are terrible and bland, but other developers really do take the experience, even though it's not particularlly ground-breaking, and they make it enjoyable from start to finish and I believe Ubisoft has done that with both the PoP series and the SC series. Even though both series really hasn't done anything too innovative with either of these games, they have been pretty enjoyable, at least in my opinion. I've played through all six of these games and haven't regretted a minute of it so far, but only time will tell how long Ubisoft decides to franchise these two titles.

[karka]

If you like 1 and 2 then you probably like this too.

 

But, i don't like these new POP titles. Ubisoft is releasing a new chapter every year with little improvments. They are doing the same thing with Splinter Cell.

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I am about half way through the game and am thoroughly enjoying it. It has the larger areas that those of you who liked Sands of Time will enjoy and it also has the great combat gameplay that those who liked Warriors Within will enjoy. It took the previous two games and made one great game out of them.

 

The reason I quoted this reply was because I also feel that a lot of publishers take a series and run with it adding new titles each year. Some of these sequels are terrible and bland, but other developers really do take the experience, even though it's not particularlly ground-breaking, and they make it enjoyable from start to finish and I believe Ubisoft has done that with both the PoP series and the SC series. Even though both series really hasn't done anything too innovative with either of these games, they have been pretty enjoyable, at least in my opinion. I've played through all six of these games and haven't regretted a minute of it so far, but only time will tell how long Ubisoft decides to franchise these two titles.

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I know, these titles are not bad. I'm not saying they are bad. But, i think Ubisoft is just trying to milk gamers. Yes, "milking gamers" is the only goal of publishers, but Ubisoft is just doing it better than others.(Not as good as EA though)

 

I hope they won't do same thing with Heroes and M&M.

Edited December 16, 2005 by karka

[KEKEKE!]

[...vow the emo-crown] should have been crowd..

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Aa, but it should've been "wow", too!

 

KEKEKE!

Edited December 16, 2005 by KEKEKE!

[Child of Flame]

If you like 1 and 2 then you probably like this too.

 

But, i don't like these new POP titles. Ubisoft is releasing a new chapter every year with little improvments. They are doing the same thing with Splinter Cell.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

 

I am about half way through the game and am thoroughly enjoying it. It has the larger areas that those of you who liked Sands of Time will enjoy and it also has the great combat gameplay that those who liked Warriors Within will enjoy. It took the previous two games and made one great game out of them.

 

The reason I quoted this reply was because I also feel that a lot of publishers take a series and run with it adding new titles each year. Some of these sequels are terrible and bland, but other developers really do take the experience, even though it's not particularlly ground-breaking, and they make it enjoyable from start to finish and I believe Ubisoft has done that with both the PoP series and the SC series. Even though both series really hasn't done anything too innovative with either of these games, they have been pretty enjoyable, at least in my opinion. I've played through all six of these games and haven't regretted a minute of it so far, but only time will tell how long Ubisoft decides to franchise these two titles.

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Well Ubisoft's publically announced that this is to be the last PoP title, at least following this prince and this story.

 

Splinter Cell 4 is already in development though.

[Volourn]

"know, these titles are not bad. I'm not saying they are bad. But, i think Ubisoft is just trying to milk gamers. Yes, "milking gamers" is the only goal of publishers, but Ubisoft is just doing it better than others.(Not as good as EA though)"

 

You call it milking gamers; I call it giving players what they want. I don't know anyone can consider that a bad thing. The whole point is to give consumers what they want, and making sequels to popular games is doing exactly that.

[Azure79]

The Two Thrones is an excellent game. If you play a game for the story as much as for the gameplay, then T2T nicely wraps up the stories of the two previous games and the ending will send a wave of nostalgia over you.

 

As you probably already know you play as the Prince and the Dark Prince, each representing noble prince from SoT and the selfish one from WW. The dialogue between the two is interesting if a bit predictive of where the story will go. The voice over work is pretty good too. The original voice of the Prince from SoT returns..which is a welcome relief. I was dissapointed with the voice of Farah but she grows on you like the first game although I could have used more game time with the Prince and Farah traveling and fighting together like the first game, bickering and encouraging each other.

 

As for gameplay, open combat is just the same is WW. I personally like the options the freeform fighting system gives you everytime you make a move. But most people don't seem to appreciate it. Enter the speedkill system. You can carefully navigate through the environment, positioning yourself over, under or behind your enemies to get the drop on them. A few carefully timed button presses later and you've quickly dispatched those pesky sand monsters. Making the environment puzzle solving part of combat and boss battles was a pretty good idea.

 

The environment puzzle solving is pretty good too. There are a few new moves you can pull off but its still pretty much the same as the two previous games. The environments themselves are a pleasure to roam about in. Although I think it fails to reach the majestic levels of SoT.

 

All in all though, this is a must play if you enjoyed the two previous games. I love the ending movie.

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

Shame I detest platform games. Was watching someone play it earlier on. Looks good but would definately bug me.

[WinterSun]

Yeah,I like Sands of time,but the constant "twitch gaming" gets on my nerves.It's all "jump,run,left/right" at the same time.I just gave up after a while.

[Azure79]

Shame I detest platform games. Was watching someone play it earlier on. Looks good but would definately bug me.

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Hey SP, I'll give Dragonquest VIII a try if you try the PoP games.

Edited December 16, 2005 by Azure79

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

Hey SP, I'll give Dragonquest VIII a try if you try the PoP games

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I have, I played sands of time. I just really dont like platform games.

[Azure79]

Hey SP, I'll give Dragonquest VIII a try if you try the PoP games

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I have, I played sands of time. I just really dont like platform games.

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Haha, oh well. I was going to try DQ a try anyways.