Prince of Persia Classic on XBLA, what? No turban!?

Joystiq (149)

1 year ago

Filed under: Arcade

OK purists, let's keep it together. For the XBLA release of Prince of Persia Classic, expected in early summer, Gameloft and Ubisoft have slapped a beautiful fresh coat of paint on the classic 1989 title. That may not make the purists so mad as the prince ditched his classic turban for his Sands of Time look. Yup, Prince of Persia Classic has the prince in his post-turban, but pre-emo (Warrior Within) look, so at least there's some consolation.Allegedly...

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kataztrophy (5555)

1 year ago

That is what I never understood with game music makers. Why use metal instead of grunge for a character that shows his dark side? Grunge has sick guitar riffs and the lead singers can actually sing instead of just yelling gibberish.

The more modern look should be an extra or something. Why ditch the original graphics all together. the animations have aged well and still look pretty fluid after all this time.

The controls were stiff, that is the best way to describe it. If you want to show someone what games used to be like in terms of controls and difficulty level, GnG, and Prince of Pershia, Would be prime examples.

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