I understand. However I still think some reviewers are just being picky and incredibly intolerant with the game.

I guess some would be happy if they released a patch that gave the possibility to tweak the gameplay (so we can have something less forgiving timing-wise- for the jumps for example).

Please not the "it's Ubisoft" argument, it's really getting old... :/

Well they do run the biggest gaming sweatshop in the world. It's hard to deliver good post support when you've got thirty more titles in the pipes.

I'm not even under the impression that reviewers are intolerant, on the contrary they miss things to tolerate. The game seems so apologetic in its design, all sense of reward is gone.

I loved King Kong.. like.. I really loved that game to bits. I don't mind that that game essentially didn't have you do all that much besides throwing sticks at various things. King Kong was a visual journey more than anything, and climbing up to Kong at the end of the island bit was freaking amazing (I thought).

Now, I could have gone into Assassin's Creed with that mindset and I might actually have derived some pleasure just from how convincing the cities were and the absolutely INSANE tech and sheer effort behind it all. But that's just it, it wasn't what I was looking for in that game.

This new Prince of Persia had my complete faith for one major reason; Sands of Time is fucking epic. It's easily one of the best games (ie. gameplay!) last generation, and its biggest hurdles were emo prince, emphasis on one-note combat and blood stains in its somewhat mistreated sequels. With trailers of this one showing a GLORIOUS return to form in terms of atmosphere and the general fantastical motif, I thought for sure we were home free.

So imagine my utter devastation when I hear that the thing that fundamentally made Sands of Time so fucking awesome even stripped of its superficial qualities is essentially reduced to Wii Sports-esque "slight suggestions" from the player.

I mean, I'm sure going into this new game with the right expectations - and I can even rationalize the decision to make this something everyone and their dog can play - has you set up to enjoy it thoroughly. My problem is that the thing I wanted this to deliver, at some point it stopped trying to deliver that and the target audience shifted.

I can be excited for this in a brand new way, in a way that it's something I'd recommend for my brother who just can't deal with the precision jumping and puzzle solving involved with the old ones. He'd really enjoy the setting and visuals and the sense of adventure here, because it'd be his introduction to this type of game.

For me, I was counting on this for my super sharp platforming fix, but I guess it's the prince of another audiences' persia now.


I'll pick it up eventually when my disappointment wanes. Right now it's full steam ahead for Valkyria Chronicles, Banjo and Tomb Raider Underworld.

Is there enough to do in it to make it worth exploring though? I mean technically, AC was like that but there was fuck all to find. Except templars standing around in random places waiting for a spike through their skulls. Oh and flags. Yay.