Let's finish our nostalgic tour of the Prince of Persia trilogy with the last chapter, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones HD. The developers obviously tried to come back to the roots of Sands of Time with this game, though the prince keeps a bit of his bad guy side with his demonic form. Released at the end of 2005, The Two Thrones may have suffered from the launch of the Xbox 360, which made a lot of players jump into the HD era. Therefore, it may be a good opportunity for you to discover it, starting with our indispensable first 10 minutes video.
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even with the emo fest change of direction in warrior within, it was still better then this.
even with the emo fest change of direction in warrior within, it was still better then this.
some kind of witchery
some kind of witchery
just consider everyting i'm not nagative about as being elements i enjoyed. in this case, the normal prince gameplay. it was only the dark prince stuff i didnt like. otherwise it's a good game, and it thankfully ditched the angsty emo-ness of warrior within, while retaining the gameplay improvements.
Warrior Within is by far the best of the trilogy.
I don't want to be a jerk or anything but... weren't these games "HD" when they were originally released on PC? I mean, everything looks the same. They didn't rework any of the textures. So my question is: is the pack worth buying, even though you can get it cheaper for the PC?
I don't want to be a jerk or anything but... weren't these games "HD" when they were originally released on PC? I mean, everything looks the same. They didn't rework any of the textures. So my question is: is the pack worth buying, even though you can get it cheaper for the PC?
They got some of it back with the Prince reboot on the 360 and PS3 a few years back, then flushed it all down the toilet again with that ugly rushed out re-re-boot to tie in the movie.
Not Ubi's most loved franchise.
What started out looking like it was Ubisoft's generation, has wound up seeing Ubisoft either lose or forget almost everything that made them the premier 3rd party on the planet at one point. The one consistent, shining light in all of this, reminding all of us what Ubisoft is truly capable of, being Assassin's Creed. But as a company this gen, Ubisoft has phoned it in so often, it's hard to believe they keep getting Assassin's Creed right - part of your mind keeps waiting for the other shoe to fall and for them to find a way to ruin that too. I hope that day never comes, but it does worry me that Ubisoft is trying to pull annual updates to the AC franchise. Don't get me wrong, I love AC: Brotherhood, but how much of that could have been added to AC2 a year ago, and then expanded with DLC afterwards? My real fear is, that like Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero, that too much of even a good thing is eventually going to wear on gamers' nerves, leaving a once thriving IP sucking dust in a few years if the annual updates keep popping up. If they ride AC into the ground, they keep dumbing down PoP and the good Tom Clancy games continue to show up once in a very rare blue moon, then what does Ubisoft really have to fall back on any longer?
Sorry for the rant, it just kinda came out once I started typing. These fingers of mine have a mind of their own sometimes (I know, I know, that's what she said).
Possibly the most offensive thing is the beheading animation being in there still, but the head staying on. That kinda captures what an awkwardly stuck in the middle game this turned out to be.
Luckily PoP08 had its own charm and air of mystery in its surreal and painterly world that was far more successful in returning to the fantastical atmosphere of Sands of Time.
Possibly the most offensive thing is the beheading animation being in there still, but the head staying on. That kinda captures what an awkwardly stuck in the middle game this turned out to be.
Luckily PoP08 had its own charm and air of mystery in its surreal and painterly world that was far more successful in returning to the fantastical atmosphere of Sands of Time.