New Prince of Persia Screenshots Emerge

May 21, 2008 6:34 PM

The first screenshots of Ubisoft's recently announced reboot of its long-running series Prince of Persia (PC, PS3, 360, NDS) have surfaced on several internet message boards, giving a glimpse of the game's "illustrative" art style in action.

"The previous trilogy mixed the Arabian Nights in with historical Persia," said creative director Jean-Christophe Guyot earlier this month. "We decided we'd prefer to return to the tales of the Thousand and One Nights for something more colourful."

The new Prince of Persia franchise will arrive on PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS this holiday season.

Aaron Linde

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treefingers1

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May 21, 2008 6:37 PM

Kudos for trying something different, but in my opinion, this doesn't look very good.
- Nick Breckon
  
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  May 21, 2008 6:39 PM
  
  Yeah. The more I see, the less I like.
  - astonish
    
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    May 21, 2008 6:41 PM
    
    You're fired. Both of you. Pack your shit and get out of here.
- austere01
  
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  May 21, 2008 6:45 PM
  
  wtf...looks like they wanted to change it and they just made it look 20 times better. Good job on their part.
  - treefingers1
    
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    May 21, 2008 6:48 PM
    
    The first image looks too much like 3D trying to be 2D, and unlike others here, I expect it to look worse in motion, not better.
    - AroundTheFur1380
      
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      May 21, 2008 7:05 PM
      
      based on what? do you animate?
    - [deleted] 1271987451
      
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      May 21, 2008 7:15 PM
      
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- AroundTheFur1380
  
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  May 21, 2008 7:03 PM
  
  holy shit wow. this looks incredible, on what basis would this look bad? if the fidelity keeps up during gameplay, this could be one of the most stunning illustrative textured 3d games ever. To be so broken must suck...
- David Craddock
  
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  May 21, 2008 7:06 PM
  
  I hate comments like these. What doesn't look "very good" about it? I know this is the Internet, but maybe try backing up your statements?
- quadeh
  
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  May 21, 2008 7:15 PM
  
  I agree. The character design looks lame as hell, and I don't care how necessary a game mechanic it is, that metal hand looks fucking stupid.
  
  Still, I bet it'll play great and the tech looks solid. Just wish the art would match it :(.
  - AroundTheFur1380
    
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    May 21, 2008 7:20 PM
    
    broken.
    - quadeh
      
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      May 21, 2008 10:53 PM
      
      There certainly must be something broken about you to be unwilling to accept a difference of opinion.
      - AroundTheFur1380
        
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        May 22, 2008 4:51 AM
        
        You CAN have a difference of opinion. Simply because it is different does not spare you from being both wrong and possessing of poor taste. Uwe Boll probably loves his movies, despite what the rest of the world thinks...
- OverloadUT
  
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  May 21, 2008 7:17 PM
  
  I think it looks fantastic!
- SiW73
  
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  May 21, 2008 7:48 PM
  
  I'm with you, and I've always been a fan of non-photorealistic rendering. I just don't think the inking works here.
  - SiW73
    
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    May 21, 2008 8:41 PM
    
    That being said, the shot where he's above some fire or some shit looks awesome. Not coincidentally, the inking is hardly visible in that shot.
- psycho100
  
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  May 21, 2008 10:09 PM
  
  I just can't stand the protagonists look, it's like they tried so hard to make him look "hardcore".
  - Johnny Law
    
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    May 21, 2008 10:54 PM
    
    I'd have to agree... I guess the feel of Sands of Time was just a fluke.
- Gwyndion
  
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  May 22, 2008 12:50 AM
  
  I´m actuallz kind of blown away how amazing it looks. If the original gameplay is there... I really canät wait.
  - Gwyndion
    
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    May 22, 2008 12:51 AM
    
    Oh and I hate german kezboards and their god damn kezy all in the wrong place... GRRRRR.
    - nudel
      
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      May 22, 2008 2:10 AM
      
      You can use the langauge bar to swap to another keymap (if you can touch type and don't need to look at the keys, of course; no use otherwise).
      
      If the bar isn't showing, right-click an empty part of the Taskbar and turn it on within the Toolbars sub-menu.
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        May 22, 2008 4:47 AM
        
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      - Gwyndion
        
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        May 22, 2008 7:28 AM
        
        yeah, I do that sometimes too... then I'm fine with the letters... but I still get messed up with the punctuation and symbols etc.
- nudel
  
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  May 22, 2008 2:09 AM
  
  I'm not sure it's the right direction for the game BUT I'm going to wait until I see it in motion before I judge the graphics.
  
  I've found that cell shading in games often looks crap in stills but lovely in motion.
  
  I'll buy the game either way so long as the gameplay is as good as the last three.