I recently bought Prince of Persia: the Sands of Time on Xbox and Im very dissapointed.

I mean the game looks gorgeous and is so sleek and fluid but only because it use BG&E's game engine and even then BG&E surpasses it sometimes. Without the engine this game has nothing to offer and even with the engine its a pretty repetitive experience.

I was expecting it to have some adventure, sidequests and interesting puzzle gameplay but instead its a very linear, straight-forward and just boring game. I mean there are plenty puzzles but the game is so straightforward that they just seem so reptitive. Its basicly a case of getting past one puzzle or trap after another. And you dont even leave the sultans palace.

I must admit i haven't finished it but at this point i just cant believe how well this sold and how poorly BG&E sold.

I took "Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones" from the my friend.
"BGE" I loved by after 5 minutes of play and play several time.
PofP is not as BGE, in a result i not end this game. PofP is good game but it boringly for me.

I'm kind of surprised by the PoP hate. I've always considered The Sands of Time to be an incredibly intelligent, sophisticated gaming experience. Yes it's linear, but the Prince of Persia series was never exactly known for its sidequests, if you'll recall. It's all about the puzzles, much like ICO. Also, citing The Sands of Time's linearity as a deal-breaker is pretty much the same thing as citing Beyond Good & Evil's incredibly short length, isn't it?

Both BGE and SoT are in my top 10 favorite games of all time list, so I've kind of found that if you enjoy one you'll enjoy the other. But perhaps that's just me: I never realized that there was a "war" going on between them.

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Originally posted by AlucardVonElru:
I'm kind of surprised by the PoP hate. I've always considered The Sands of Time to be an incredibly intelligent, sophisticated gaming experience. Yes it's linear, but the Prince of Persia series was never exactly known for its sidequests, if you'll recall. It's all about the puzzles, much like ICO. Also, citing The Sands of Time's linearity as a deal-breaker is pretty much the same thing as citing Beyond Good & Evil's incredibly short length, isn't it?

Both BGE and SoT are in my top 10 favorite games of all time list, so I've kind of found that if you enjoy one you'll enjoy the other. But perhaps that's just me: I never realized that there was a "war" going on between them.

I didn't say it wasn't inteligent or sophisticated game. In fact its because I thought it was sophisticated and inteligent that I bought it. And i can appreciate that the orignal games were also very linear. But Im just saying it would have been detrimental to make the game more adventurous because unlike before, when the first few POP games were made, developers actually had the means to include more role-playing and side-quests. I think the franchise would be better of with those things.

Also another thing that annoyed me was you couldn't replay stages or re-acsess areas. That to me is a deal breaker and with POP linearity is also a deal-breaker because I honestly dont think it had the all the elements of a good strictly action game so it needed some adventure. Still it was pretty good It just becam a choir after a while.

This game actually looks gorgeous but Its so linear that its a chore to play and the actions great but not enough to entertain me by itself.

Has anyone finished it?

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Originally posted by mystique1987:
This game actually looks gorgeous but Its so linear that its a chore to play and the actions great but not enough to entertain me by itself.

Has anyone finished it?

yeah... a long time ago. it's one of my all time favorite games... sure, it doesn't have what the newer ones have, and may not be as diverse... but the story, voices, and the amazingly rendered backgrounds are what still get me every time. if you play the following two first, most likely you'll be disappointed, but that's only because you're going backwards from the updated stuff... though i must say, for stories, it's the best of the three games. as for BG&E, i love it too... heck, i'm the moderator of the deviantart BG&E club... but that doesn't mean i don't enjoy both. they both rank in my all time favorite games... on a side note, everyone needs to get psychonauts too if you haven't... another greatly underrated game.

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Originally posted by dom1999:

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Originally posted by mystique1987:
This game actually looks gorgeous but Its so linear that its a chore to play and the actions great but not enough to entertain me by itself.

Has anyone finished it?

yeah... a long time ago. it's one of my all time favorite games... sure, it doesn't have what the newer ones have, and may not be as diverse... but the story, voices, and the amazingly rendered backgrounds are what still get me every time. if you play the following two first, most likely you'll be disappointed, but that's only because you're going backwards from the updated stuff... though i must say, for stories, it's the best of the three games. as for BG&E, i love it too... heck, i'm the moderator of the deviantart BG&E club... but that doesn't mean i don't enjoy both. they both rank in my all time favorite games... on a side note, everyone needs to get psychonauts too if you haven't... another greatly underrated game.

Actually I agree Prince of Persia looks spectacular and the voice acting and overall style of the game is so charming. I think if I had played it before I played BG&E and Tomb Raider Legend I would have liked it. It is still a very recognizable and unique franchise. I havent actually played the next 2 games.

A new POP has been announced - No BG&E 2

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Originally posted by bitebug2003:
A new POP has been announced - No BG&E 2

Ohh yeah I heard about that. But I dont think its the project Michel Ancel has been rumored to be working on so I dont think POP4's announcement has anything to do with BG&E

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Originally posted by mystique1987:

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Originally posted by bitebug2003:
A new POP has been announced - No BG&E 2

Ohh yeah I heard about that. But I dont think its the project Michel Ancel has been rumored to be working on so I dont think POP4's announcement has anything to do with BG&E

he knows... he's just stating that pop has yet again won precedence over a bge sequel.

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he knows... he's just stating that pop has yet again won precedence over a bge sequel.

Ohh

well I guess that could be bad for BG&E because it means more investement will go to POP than BG&E

Hey, don't worry, Prince of Persia is good too. Nowhere near as good as Good and Evil, but it's a step in the right direction. And as it's been pointed out elsewhere, it's now available for download on Steam (even if I can't get it myself ). All of this bodes well. Don't give up hope oh yeah faithful

Hey should I finsish this game? I stopped at around the zoo area bcoz I got bored of dodging trap after trap and pushing switch after switch but If it gets more exciting I might finsh it during the holidays.

Sands of Time is definitely one of my favourite games. The other two, not so much, but give them all a go anyway.

Is there anything wrong with linear games? A lot of my favorite games are linear and I like them that way. If Valve made a free roaming Half-Life game I'd probably hate it. Free roaming is all well and good, but it doesn't constitute the difference between a good and exciting game and a bad and boring one.

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Originally posted by lotr-sam0711:
Is there anything wrong with linear games? A lot of my favorite games are linear and I like them that way. If Valve made a free roaming Half-Life game I'd probably hate it. Free roaming is all well and good, but it doesn't constitute the difference between a good and exciting game and a bad and boring one.

For me it depends actually. Something like Tomb Raider Legend or a hi-tech action game like the Matrix(the only example I could think off) actually work well for me as linear games because the linear format suits them and the action makes up for the lack of exploration and stuff. But when I bought POP I was expecting somthing like Zelda bcoz it was set in a mysterious and ancient universe and the action is good but not really enough to compell me by itself. But I think POP is really meant to be an action game anyway.

Well as some people have already stated, PoP was never intended to be an open-ended game. I liked Sands, whereas I didn't really like PoP:WW or TT.

You might like the new PoP that they are working on, however. From what I have read, it's supposed to be more open-ended. With that game they really are departing from their old ways and starting something new. I'm interested to see how it turns out.

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Originally posted by Jason____:
Well as some people have already stated, PoP was never intended to be an open-ended game. I liked Sands, whereas I didn't really like PoP:WW or TT.

You might like the new PoP that they are working on, however. From what I have read, it's supposed to be more open-ended. With that game they really are departing from their old ways and starting something new. I'm interested to see how it turns out.

Ohh no I hat eopen ended games when i say non-linear what i mean is like Zelda or something not full on Fable non-linear.

Yeah the new Prince of Persia is actually one of the best looking games ive seen being announced. Still I dont care if they just decide to make less linear now. I really only go for the full on adventure with these sorts of games.

i think the new pop IS linear, but the environment is more open-ended. they said that the girl will help to point out where to go next... much like warrior within's map that identified the area and whether in the past or present... if i'm reading it correctly.

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Originally posted by dom1999:
i think the new pop IS linear, but the environment is more open-ended. they said that the girl will help to point out where to go next... much like warrior within's map that identified the area and whether in the past or present... if i'm reading it correctly.

That would still be an improvement bcoz in SOT the only way to go was straight forward.