I was just thinking today too that perhaps it might be interesting if the sequel had a bit more "adventuring" in it. I mean instead of a city or one locale being the sandbox, make the sandbox a chunk of the story's world map like Wind Waker, or GTA: San Andreas. And perhaps in between locales that have destroyed monuments and the like where players can rack up achievements for scaling them or speed.

It would be interesting if there were subquests but i guess at that point PoP totally changes.

I don't know, I'd dig it especially if the outlook in design, like PoP4, is to create and "experience," So why not give a full fledged, romanticized Persian story.

I think this PoP proved that sandbox just isn't for PoP

I hope it takes a DARRRKKKK turn, and returns to the good old PoP we used to love

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Originally posted by FireEmpress:
I hope it takes a DARRRKKKK turn, and returns to the good old PoP we used to love

Maybe the old Prince will come back and say to the new wanderer
"Do you feel lucky punk?"
and then
"Get out of my face scum"

Tasteful dark

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Originally posted by FireEmpress:
Tasteful dark

I am sorry to say that the prince did sell has soul. At the end of the game cut down three of the four trees of life, by the time you get to the fourth tree turn the music and the sound off only keep the voice control completely up. You will here in the back ground two conversations that go on for 4 min, the woman ask that prince to trade his soul.

I think the next PoP should be linear. One problem with PoP '08 is that all four areas are pretty much the same in difficulty level (No, don't start saying it's easy, that's not the point here). Having a linear progression would also be better for the story so that we could see better-defined character progression for the Prince and Elika.

Agreed.
And no more light seeds.
I dont like Mario.

I think they should play Sands of Time and appreciate the integration of story and gameplay. They should feature more events. Everything in SoT seemed like an event (Find the treasure room, Escape the Library, Climb the Tower of Dawn, Escape the Resoviour, Activate the trap System) Instead of head there, kill this and pick up these and repeat 24 times but the enemies and background art change every 6 times.

More puzzles, and more freedom in the acrobatics plus more reactivity in platforming and combat. I was happy with SoT combat, it was easy, but there was plenty of strategy of crowd-control (fending of enemies), triage (which enemies to suck up), and resource management (Using the big sand upgrade). The new combat is all about Quick time events (Scream!) or pressing memorised strings of combos.

The environments and level design was very boring, very repetitive and could have been fantastic with environmental puzzles. The acrobatics were ridiculous (Half the time running on a wall, half the time running on the ceiling) and would have benefitted with more animations depending on timing and more 'real' acrobatic moves like rolls and flips.

Better script, Better dialogue.

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Originally posted by kaileena750:
Well, we know how this game ends, Elika dies, the prince sets Ahriman free again to return her to life again and he takes her from the temple ... but now what?

I would like to see the prince and elika with a stronger relationship, you know what i mean It would be cool to see the prince like ... how to explain it ... lost, sad, because he has sold his soul to ahriman. And i would love to see them searching is some place for Ormaz to take Ahriman in prison again and return the prince´s soul to him again.

And of course ... where´s farah??


Well, your ideas?? (maybe one of us discovers the new game XD )

I don't think he sold his soul to Ariman in the end, just re-released the ugly f**k
indeed I'd like to see them searchin for Ormaz, and i'd like to see the Prince dressed like in the original old game, meaning only white pants and maybe a white scarf on his head instead of the red-blue one, and of course Elika has to drop some clothes too, cuz the desert is freakin hot and they search for Ormaz in the desert

Hmm my idea for the sequel...

Sack this game and never make a sequel, but instead, make something that would be an ACTUAL POP. Doesn't necessarily have to be related to SOT in any way, but simply bring back the qualities that made the previous trilogy GREAT.

But then no one knows what is going to happen in the rest of the story

So?
It won't be the first nor the last game that didn't have a sequel. There were far better games out there that deserved a sequel but never got one.

My point is, this game was BAD. I played it for about an hour a day, 3 days later I was BORED. And a few days ago I just looked at the ending of the game on youtube, and I thought to myself...meeh, nothing special. If they continue with this game, it will SUCK. Better start off fresh, and we'll try to pretend this one never existed.

How about being able to play Elika -- or maybe doing a parallel "Princess_of_Persia".... my least favorite games are when i'm stuck playing a guy -- even worse when he's high-testosterone model... for men, it's like having to be around a 'high-maintenance' female...:-)

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Originally posted by Astara_:
How about being able to play Elika -- or maybe doing a parallel "Princess_of_Persia".... my least favorite games are when i'm stuck playing a guy -- even worse when he's high-testosterone model... for men, it's like having to be around a 'high-maintenance' female...:-)

This reminded me of Max Payne 2 when in some levels you could play with Mona.

Before I say anything else, I have to say that this is the first PoP that I have ever played. That said, I found this Prince quite enjoyable, but I do agree that the difficulty level could be upped a bit as we move on. Different combat styles would be a little nicer as well, as along with a bit better control while jumping/parkour moves. Overall, I thought that the game was quite enjoyable, definitely a good experience for a first-time PoP player. I've read about the other games, and this totally was more fun than what the others sounded like they were. As for the ending, I thought it was pretty amazing, and did not see it coming. For the next one, I think Ubisoft needs to make it so that we continue fighting Ahriman, but Ormazd actually makes an apperance in it. Less use of fertile grounds over and over, and have more diversity in what we need to do. Well, that's my two cents off the top of my head. FYI, the use of Zoroastrianism in the game made it all the more enjoyable. Please comment and give me feedback.

-Don Lionheart

its certainly a disappointment in the end. we are made to heal those fg and collect those seeds for nothing. its like a child's game. doing the same thing all the time. the fighting is good, but i think sands of time is the best pop game.

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Originally posted by anju1991:
its certainly a disappointment in the end. we are made to heal those fg and collect those seeds for nothing. its like a child's game. doing the same thing all the time. the fighting is good, but i think sands of time is the best pop game.

What's wrong with child games?
You make children sound like they are mentally ill.

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Originally posted by DonLionheart:
I think Ubisoft needs to make it so that we continue fighting Ahriman, but Ormazd actually makes an apperance in it.
-Don Lionheart

I'm afraid that if Ormazd does make a apperance that our role will be a lot smaller. it wil be Good God vs Bad God as opposed to Good Urah vs Bad God.