Product Description
Marking
the next-gen console debut of Ubisoft’s critically acclaimed series,
Prince of Persia - The Forgotten Sands is the next chapter in the
fan-favorite Sands of Time universe. Visiting his brother’s kingdom
following his adventure in Azad, the Prince finds the royal palace under
siege from a mighty army bent on its destruction. His brother Malik
decides to use the ancient power of the Sand in a desperate gamble to
save the kingdom from total annihilation. To save the kingdom, the
Prince must embark on an epic adventure in which he will learn to bear
the mantle of true leadership, and that great power often comes with a
great cost.
Product Details
- Amazon
Sales Rank: #3725 in Video Games
- Brand: UBI Soft
- Model:
68582
- Released on: 2010-06-08
- ESRB Rating: Teen
- Platforms:
Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Format: DVD-ROM
- Number of
items: 1
- Dimensions: .40 pounds
Features
- From
huge-scale multi-enemy combat to dizzying feats of acrobatic prowess in
gigantic environments enhanced by the Prince?s ability to control
nature and time, The Forgotten Sands will push the Prince?s prodigious
abilities to a not-yet-seen level.
- With all-out war at the
gates of the kingdom, the Prince?s abilities will be challenged like
never before through the course of epic wow moments, be it by scaling a
castle tower collapsing under bombardment or combating foes hundreds of
feet tall.
- Wielding powers of nature and time, the Prince will
have unparalleled mastery over his environment and his enemies. The
Prince will discover that harnessing the forces of nature itself will
prove to be a devastating companion to his ability to rewind time.
- Powered
by the Anvil Engine used for Assassin?s Creed 2, The Forgotten Sands
promises to bring a Prince of Persia experience like never before seen.
Battle hordes of enemies at once, explore life-like settings, and
experience a more powerful Prince.
- Set between Prince of Persia
? The Sands of Time and Warrior Within, The Forgotten Sands provides
fans with a new chapter in the saga of the Prince, and an opportunity to
deepen their understanding of the events from this series.
Editorial
Reviews
Customer
Reviews
A step back in time...in the
bad way
For fans of Assassin's Creed I
and II, and even Prince of Persia from 2008, this game is a let-down.
Gone are the fine-tuned controls of these earlier acrobatic titles. Gone
is the open feel, full of possibilities and sights to explore.
Instead,
a completely linear story unfolds. The graphics are so-so. The controls
are bad -- when you think you're jumping one way, you end up going
another, just because the game insists on shifting the camera around on
you every time you move. It's tedious and repetitive. It feels like
Ubisoft forgot its experiences from other games and took a step back in
time...to how their original PoP game worked, without improvements.
If
you absolutely must play this game, I recommend waiting for it in the
bargain bin. Surely, the wait won't be long.
DRACONIUM DRM
I remember buying Prince of
Persia in 2008 and and was pleasantly surprised to find out that there
was no drm. Ubisoft then became my favorite gaming company. Now this
Prince of Persia is the opposite, you need constant internet connection
at ALL times and if you suddenly lose disconnect (storms, etc.) you have
to reconnect or you can't save. Ubisoft has just lost another loyal
customer.
FROM PRINCE TO PAUPER
It was only 2008 when UBISOFT
was praised as a gamer's publisher, a company that respected and
listened to its customers - while the usual villains (...EA and 2K
GAMES) found themselves at the receiving end of their wrath. Well, what a
difference two years make!
BEEN THERE. DONE THAT.
The
gameplay on this new installment of the PRINCE OF PERSIA series is as
stale as pita-bread found in Baghdad ruins. Running on walls, twirling
around poles and jumping from handhold to handhold has been done again
and again. Innovation may be in short supply in the current gaming
industry but why was there a need to add yet another game to the series
since no new ideas were available? It feels like yet another cookie from
the cookie-cutter.
AS *NOT* SEEN IN THE MOVIES
Seen the
blockbuster movie and loved it? Well, do not expect the game to have
anything to do with it. Instead of a Jake Gyllenhaal you get a cross
between Jack Black on a crash-diet and an aggravated Marky Mark (yeah,
no matter how much he tries, he will always be remembered as Marky
Mark). And, it may be just me, but I do not remember Princess Razia
having such a pronounced...underbite!
More importantly though, the
graphics are not up to par and they make the game look like a much older
title. The cut-scenes look great - but this only emphasizes how much
wanting the gameplay is found visually.
CATCH THE SOAPS - PERSIAN
STYLE!
Selective amnesia and evil siblings must be the most overused
plot trick in soaps. True, most games do not require a great background
story to work and be fun. Some rare masterpieces do but it is not an
absolute requirement.
Then again, at times, Mario saving Princess
Peach over and over seems to have a deeper plot than FORGOTTEN SANDS. I
do not want to keep making perfectly timed jumps only for the purpose
to...reach the next power up which will allow me to simply...jump
higher.
DO YOU HAVE ANY DIABLO IN YOU? NO? WOULD YOU LIKE SOME?
Diablo
III is coming out later this year (hopefully!) so anyone who can
capitalize on the hype it creates, does so. Prince of Persia games
always had some hack'n'slash action in them, however this installment
feels hack'n'slash -heavy as those sequences are not only longer but
they also consist of repetitive battles with identical foes. Even the
Bosses are nothing more than ...larger versions of the minions you had
been slaughtering by the dozens earlier.
LOOK MA! I CAN FREEZE
WATER!
Not to mention climb on and jump off it. It is a neat trick
but all it adds is a few more moves to a game that, essentially, is
tough platformer in 3 dimensions instead of the side-scrolling 2D. Of
course being able to move in 3 dimensions means you depend on the camera
to see where you are going. And the camera placement, more often than
not, will be grating on your nerves. Especially when precision timing
makes the difference between moving on and jumping to your death - and
you start exhausting the number of attempts allowed.
LOST YOU
GENNIE CONNECTION? SORRY, YOU ARE OUT OF WISHES EFFENDI!
That's
right, someone at UBISOFT, once more, has been laboring to substantiate
the "SOFT" part of the company name - as in "SOFT in the head". How else
is one to explain the publisher's recent obsession with the most
inconvenient DRM scheme ever imagined? Not only does it never lets go of
the game we paid for but it also requires a constant online
verification to play even a single-player game - in perpetuity!
And
before anyone mentions the word "piracy", please check if the same
scheme had any effect in protecting ASSASSIN'S CREED II from piracy. All
this scheme prevents from is legitimate gamers from buying this
DRM-ruined game.
Forgotten in the Sands indeed.
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