Remembering Prince of Persia 2008

When most gamers think of Prince of Persia it usually brings back one of two possible memories. First, the original game that was created by Jordan Mechner way back in 1989 which ran on an Apple II and later ported to DOS. Second, the other Prince of Persia game that was developed by Ubisoft in Montreal, which launched in late 2008.

[pr0t0typeknuckles]

I will always remember this game,its one of my top 5 favorite games of the generation,and one of my favorites of all time,i put it right on the same level as sands o time and the two thrones and the original,to bad we wont ever get a sequel since ubisoft wanted to only milk assassins creed,a sequel needs to be made to finish the story,hell this game actually deserves a sequel,imo i dont think i can get into another PoP reboot until this one is finished

[abzdine]

one of the most repetitive games i have playes this gen together with Assassin's Creed.
Gameplay is great and so pleasant in the beginning but it's ALL the same you gotta do over and over: Take the girl to the top of the level so she can do her flower dance or scream....i ended by giving up.

[pr0t0typeknuckles]

true theres repetition,but i love this game because they did take some risk,and the story/character interaction was great,i mean theres a reason i really want a sequel to this,ubisoft could easily fix the repetetive aspect look at AC1 it was boring to me but i loved 2 because they fixed the everything wrong with the first,pop actually needs a sequel to because it ended on a cliffhanger

[mt]

I agree I couldn't bring myself to finish this game. it is just too repetitive. gam play mechanics is just too easy. you simply cannot die in this game. fighting monsters is too easy as well since you don't die.

[levian]

I have to agree. For the first 30 minutes or so, it was okay. But then I realized, it wasn't a Price of Persia game. It was an exploration game, with a bit of combat. You couldn't die. When we talk about games being dumbed down, this game really hit home there. In most modern games it's tough to die, but in this game, you literally CANNOT die.

It felt like there was almost no point in playing, no point in trying to get decent at the combat. If you die, oh well you have an infinite number of retries.

I like exploration in games, but I don't want the game to be nothing but exploration, which is essentially what this was. If you want that experience, play Flower or something.

[MarioAna]

@levian

You have an infinite amount of retries in every game, the only difference is that in this one you don't have to wait through a loading screen. All other games you get a title screen saying you died, and then it reloads the chapter or section or right where you left off. This game just removes the stupidity that is a meaningless death system. If you died and the game locked down and you couldn't play anymore that would actually make more sense.

[abzdine]

i didn't say this game was bad, i liked the cell shaded graphics, the very responsive gameplay and controls. The fact that it wasn't possible to die didn't bother me that much but it's repetitivity that killed it for me. Felt like i was playing Sonic BONUS STAGE with all blue orbs i had to collect everytime.. it's just not what i'm expectind from a full price retail game.
Should have been a bonus mode for Prince of Persia like Sonic 3 bonus stage.

[nirwanda]

You guy's missed the best ending of any game I've played this generation.

[Deadpoolio]

It's not even the repetitive gameplay that makes it awful, it's the complete lack of any kind of difficulty whatsoever WTF are you thinking when you decide to make a game hold your hand so much that you cannot even die

[bggriffiths]

Yeah, I loved this game. Really annoyed how the epilogue DLC didn't finish the story, I would have preferred they left the original ending as it was rather than the non-finish they extended it to.

But hey, Mirror's Edge is getting a sequel, so don't uncross those fingers just yet!

[Eamon]

This game is badly in need of a sequel.

[nosferatuzodd]

shit i totally forgot about this game we need a new one asap

[The_Truth_24_7]

I enjoyed it but it got really repetitive halfway through. Never got the Epilogue but yeah, didn't like the way it ended and never got a sequel.

[BoNeSaW23]

I loved the game. I just hated Nolan north as the voice actor and the princes personality was way to close to drakes.

[levian]

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[LeoDDestroyer]

Didn't like this game. Played it halfway through and just got bored of it. The others were great though.

[from the beach]

It was decent.. flawed restart system, QTEs everywhere and super repetitive..

[MadLad]

Game was a bit meh to me. Nice art style and the writing was pretty good, but the combat was far too easy and repetitive, and the platforming was a whole lot of handholding.

[MarioAna]

I loved it; though i did enjoy Sand of Time more this game is still right up there.

[BobbytheBuilder]

i really enjoyed this game, i really want a sequel

[Sarcasm]

I loved the art style and graphics on this game. Damn I still have it on my 360. Would love a sequel.

[thaiboy]

The thing with games like this is that they are risky and in much the same way Hollywood refuses to take chances with great, risky movies they opt for the usual run of the mil that they think will sell.

So too do the game publishes, most of the big ones are listed companies and that are almost soly results driven and risky games don't always produce results. The only other game that can be compared to this in terms of risk is EA's Mirrors Edge.

Until we see game publishes care more about creating a great game rather than creating a game that sells, we may be waiting a little while before games like this are made.

[Master-H]

I actually started playing this game today ,bought it real cheap a while ago and never got to play it, the art style is cool, and the story is ok so far, the dialog is pretty nice , however it's not challenging AT ALL and has a lot of hand holding (literally..as when you fall down the girl holds your hand every time with no consequences ), the platforming is ok but not as cool as the other titles in the series and seems more repetitive so far, the couple levels i played are very similar to each other , also the combat system is a joke lol however the game does have a kind of nice atmosphere to it.

[Omar91]

sands of time and warrior within for me

[YOLO_Doge]

This game was god awful, I wanted to like it but after an hour I'd had with the repetition.
Then again all of Ubisoft's first games on the PS3 were highly repetitive.

[Hicken]

I loved this game. Never been much for PoP, but this game was great to me. Of particular note was the interaction between the Prince and Elika. I absolutely loved that dynamic.

The game is gorgeous, and the music fits it well. I can understand why some might not have liked it, particularly as a Prince of Persia title. But for me, it was a great experience.

I'd definitely be happy for a true sequel.

[InTheLab]

This is a beautiful game and I loved the characters despite the fact that there's no prince and they probably shouldn't have called it PoP.

The gameplay, however, was complete trash. Too much hand holding and not nearly as challenging as any of the actual PoP games.

[Angerfist]

I remember this for getting the five easiest trophies for basically doing nothing at the beginning 😃😃

[rezzah]

I can play half this game with one hand.

The only thing that requires 2 hands is fights.