What's /v/'s opinion on The Sands of Time?
>>319304608
Perfect as either standalone game, or first part of a trilogy.
Has the best soundtrack in videogame history.
>>319304608
excellent
>>319304608
6th Generation Top50
>>319304608
When the fuck are we getting another PoP game,Ubisoft? You Asscreed dick loving nerds.
Only played PoP on SNES and Sands of Time. Are the other ones any good?
>>319305936
'the other ones' would be Warrior Within and Two Thrones. Yes, they are good.
I like when you fall off a cliff and break every bone in your body.
>>319305828
It's done, just accept it. They've already gone back to the well twice after the main trilogy ended and both times ended in disaster.
>>319306072
Are the PC versions good or is it just easier to emulate? What about "Prince of Persia"?
Are the sequels any good?
Never bothered with them.
>>319304861
2 was edgy garbage though, unfortunately.
>>319306072
What about the reboot?
>>319306171
Seriously, why do people hate PoP 2008 so much?
Beides the combat going back to SoT levels, and the being unable to die part which may be the dumbest reason to talk shit about a game
>ok we found an excuse to completely avoid loading screens while also punishing you for failure
Some people man. TLDR PoP 2008 was great, not as good as any game from the trilogy though.
A blast to play with great music and amazing atmosphere. Combat feels a bit dull since enemies are heavily scripted (use the same combo against every monster of the same kind to kill him quickly, always works). A really nice package.
I like Warrior Within more.
>>319305936
Warrior within is way to edgy, dark, and it doesn't have that persian esque atmosphere sands of time had.
In the the flip side, the combat is WAY more refined than its prequel, having combos and enviromental weapons (walls, pillars and such).
Two thrones has basically the same combat as the last one, but with a messy stealth system and the vibe is parcially back, having music and landscapes somewhat similar too sands but it feels way too wacky and even childish at times (also both pc ports are crap filled with bugs)
>>319306559
I loved 2008, but god damn some of the decisions were retarded.
The fight system was good for bossfights, but the mob fights are very few in between and they're boring as hell.
Not to mention you only fight one at a time, which is my greatest gripe with the game.
At least it looks beautiful, Prince is pretty cool, Hunter is fun to fight, and carpets were 'this' thick
>>319304608
great game with good combat, good puzzles and spoopy enemies
>>319306241
2 has decent gameplay and some cool chase scenes, but went for an embarrassing, edgy grunge aesthetic that drags down the entire game. The prince looks like like he should be at a rave and the majority of the soundtrack is heavy metal.
3 keeps the combat of 2 but drops the awful heavy metal shit, and is closer to the original in style. It has one of my favorite endings ever.
Just play 1 and 3.
>>319306384
Pros
Greath atmopshere
Gorgeous setting
Nice characters
Cons
You literally can't die
Platforming is very streamlined
What about the forgotten sands or whatever the last one was called?
I never see anyone talk about that one.
>>319306384
i loved it, but way too fucking easy, thus boring
a shame it never got a sequel
>>319304608
Shitty combat but I always felt clever whenever I solved a puzzle or ran in the right direction
>>319306241
nigga what, you should start bothering right now !
>>319306171
I understand hating the 2008 one but I think The forgotten sands wasn't bad at all, the game starts pretty slow but once you get to the good parts it's just pure old school PoP fun, the only real problem I see is that it's way too short and the puzzles were too easy.
>>319304608
Sands of time trilogy has arguably the best story in video games.
I fucking hate everything about the PoP series
It's in my top 10 of all time, not sure if I like it more than the original though
>>319306257
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb06HOY7nMU
Nope.
>>319310594
Proving my there anon, thanks.
>>319310594
agreed it was edgy but it was good, everything was edgy back then anyway
>>319310945
>edgy
>good
>ever
The gameplay was decent but fuck everything about the setting. Lost all of the fun and charm from sands of time.
One of my favorite games. Fucking fantastic. Too bad about the sequels.
>>319311189
Half the levels looked like SOT, especially the gardens.
>>319309221
How was it? I played Forgotten Sands for the Wii and it was great but it's different from the PS3/360 version. Everyone shits on it but I was never sure why.
>>319304608
It was fun overall, but the combat was lacking. Some parts were even annoying because the repetitiveness,the bathhouse area with the curtains comes to mind.
>>319311782
Fuck no. SOT wasn't washed out trash with monochromatic color filters.
>>319312196
I'm pretty sure that people shit on it because of the story but gameplay wise it's pretty fun, the combat is beefed up and instead of fighting a few enemies at a time you basically plow through hordes of enemies, the platforming is pretty much the same as always with a few new abilities like freezing water etc. After you've learned all the abilities it's pretty fun when you have to use all of them in pretty long uninterrupted platforming sequences.
I played the first 3, Just sayin but the weapons were pure sex.
>tfw getting the last weapon in sot and one shotting every motherfucker
>>319304608
I replay it every Christmas.Last chamber with all blue guards was bullshit.
Definetly better than the sequels or AssCreed which pretty much started as an emulation of this game.
>>319312769
I love it when games give you a power trip at the end. Sands of Time, Zone of the Enders 2, Half-Life 2. Wrecking motherfuckers left and right.
>>319313045
Yup, waay better than being full power at the start and never get that OPness back. Just a portion
>>319307382
Looks like it's beenforgotten
>>319312230
>bathhouse area was trash
But..... the music tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-_GEHuD5SE
Why haven't ubisoft made an Arabian Nights Metroidvanian with this gameplay.
>>319313398
Warrior Within is the closest thing, but it's not really arabian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6ySVN0AjBc
5:40
Sands of Time is fantastic. Warrior Within is flawed. Twin Thrones is very good.
>>319314036
My only complaint with TT it's some bullshit checkpoints, otherwise was a really good game
>>319313723
they shouldn't have made this game so easy at least the story was good
>>319304608
I will always hate this game because this started that god awful indie game craze
>>319314580
>indie game
>Ubisoft
Retard alert!
>>319314580
what indie games are 3D platformers
>>319314669
>implying Ubisoft don't make indie games
>>319314669
>>319314815
>there are people here that don't know that the time rewind mechanic was the biggest inspiration for braid, AKA the game that sent indie games into the main stream, causing as huge surge of these in the market
And you guys claim to know video games. Pathetic.
What's the worst part, the puzzle or the elevator?
>>319310594
>people complaining WW is edgy
its a product of the times. it came out during the early 2000's, the revival of all things edgy.
>>319304608
Unironically a 10/10 for me
>>319315032
The part just after you get out of the dungeon or any part which involved those fucking birds
Absolutely bloody brilliant. Innovated in 3D platforming, a good use of a seldom used setting, fantastically written characters of the Prince and Farah.
Ubisoft should definitely study SoT again if they want to try a hand at another PoP game.
>>319314979
THAT is a pretty retarded conclusion lad.
>>319315381
Nah, the zoo was awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey06ULXSmsE
>>319314979
Blinx did it first
>>319304608
Loved the game, but how was the movie?
>>319315517
https://youtu.be/ISutk1mauPM?t=992
Your move
>>319315507
Ubisoft published it, creators working for it made the game.
Plus, the trilogy is perfectly finished. It's done. Forgotten Sands was forced and not needed.
>mfw I was impressed by the fact that the Prince was changing his look at the time.
Time sure does fly.
>>319315965
I like that too. It's a brilliant way of having the players progress in the narrative reflect upon the player character.
>>319314580
How have indie games damaged mainstream AA-AAA games?hard mode: no meme arguments allowed
the sequel tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuUsh4Uej1Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujll2bhyCg8
>>319316530
I'll be honest. Dahaka chases were very easy because, if you fucked up, you could simply rewind time.
>>319316650
Only if you waited 2 seconds longer, Dahaka takes away your sand.
>>319316530
>liking early 2000's forced edginess.
Sands of time is one of the few games I consider to be a 10/10
>>319316456
Oversaturation of the market. Now, they just let indie devs innovate instead of innovating on a larger scale.
Plus, they dont take risks anymore. And now indie games are trash except for the one or two a year that make it
>>319317275
Don't remember happening to me, I guess I used the rewind as soon as possible.
>"Where are you!?"
>"I'm here"
I swear to god I spent like one hour in both this part and the library
My steam library actually accurately rates the games.
Forgotten sands is the best PoP game. Everything is so fluid and adds cool new powers, it also has the same talkative narrating prince from Sands of Time.
Sands of Time is a fucking classic.
Two Thrones is a perfect mix of Sands of Time and Warrior Within. The platforming has new mechanics and combat is fun thanks to a new form. It's also a really great ending to the trilogy.
Warrior Within had a great story but it was too action focused and the platforming wasn't that much more interesting from Sands of Time, plus the Prince has a different voice actor and a radically different personality.
I'm currently playing through PoP 2008 and its fun.
>>319317395
>plus they don't take risks anymore
If you're referring to AAA games, that has much less to do with indie games and more to do with how expensive modern graphics are to produce.
>>319314669
By the classic indie definition (i.e. self funded, developed and published games) even the Assassin's Creed games are indie.
And Ubisoft also makes indie games by the modern definition. Like Valiant Hearts or Child of Light.
>>319317728
is there anyone that figured this out without going to CheatCC?
is there actually a rhyme or reason to it or is it just an arbitrary sequence
>>319304608
The story is nice
But TT is better in everything else
>>319306257
Kinda yah, but it had the best combat system AND still was a coherent part of the trilogy plot.
>>319318057
>even the Assasin's creed games are indie
>>319318187
>run past the doors and listen
>one of them will have the sound of flowing water
>go through that one
>repeat like twice
Pretty basic.
>>319318187
I just wrote down which ones were correct (something like 3 to the right from the beggining and so) and went picking every door until I got it.
Then I got stuck at the mirror puzzle right after that
>>319318569
Are you illiterate?
>>319318756
Are you really this pedantic?
>>319319003
>if you're not a retard, you're pedantic
Interesting.
>>319312769
>>319313045
In SOT it made sense to give you the oneshot sword since 1) story 2) the combat was bad and exposing you to 100 soldiers with normal combat would have been terrible
In T2T the combat was better and giving you the supersword was one of the many moments you knew they were desperate to create another SoT without knowing what made SoT good.it was still baller to kill the invisible dudes and watch their stillinvisible body fall apart
>>319319185
>By the classic Indie definition
pedantic
>Right after the bath scene
>No dagger so no rewind
>Everytime I die I have to hear the fucking Kakalookia shit
Way to fuck up a nice scene.
>>319319456
>if you understand the word independent, you're pedantic
Interesting.
>>319313398
considering the map they gave you in WW combined with a central hub they tried in WW
>>319315032
the puzzle?
If you mean the sword puzzle it was fucking easy, you could see patches on the floor which were damaged, which is where you had to put the mirrors. If you mean the first puzzle you had a guy guide you through it.
>>319319581
>Ignoring all modern context and bringing up a useless definition
pedantic
>>319319486
you really should have gotten good by then
>>319319797
>ignoring all modern context
Retard.
>>319319751
There was also the library one.
>>319319486
>dying in 2 minutes of gameplay
>>319320040
also had the patches to show where you had to place the mirrors and crystals. Heck even the baths had marked where to put the brick.
>>319318569
>>319318756
>>319319003
>>319319185
>>319319456
>>319319581
>>319319797
>>319319979
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmhDioFiNow
>>319319486
>Dying after the bath scene
That section was practically a victory lap, how did you fuck that up
>>319319751
How did the guard guy survive the sand anyway?
I beat this game without a guide when I was 10, and I thought I was hot shit because of it.
Looking back/replaying the game, it's piss easy of course but I actually felt proud.
>>319320281
Is this an early build of assassins creed?
>>319320343
door was locked and sand and water are eachothers magical enemies. The guy was surrounded by water that is why he couldnt get killed
>>319305459
Yep, Stuart Chatwood (and The Tea Party) FTW.
>>319320484
In 2012 some info about a project called Osiris/PoP Zero leaked, which allegedly was supposed to be a PoP reboot but it was cancelled.
Don't really knew the details of it, but it was something like that.
GOAT
I really like the PoP trilogy on ps2.
Some people hate WW, some people hate TT. I love them all.
To be fair WW has a bit of too much backtracking and the shadow prince sections in TT are not that fun to replay.
But god damn I love the PoP trilogy, it just makes me happy to play them
Was the hd collection for ps3 ever fixed? It had horrible audio problems when i played it on release
I Still Love You > Time Only Knows
Is the PSN version better than the PC one?
>>319315613
It was actually quite a good movie, as its own isolated thing.
It's one of those cases were the experience would be a lot better if you didn't know the source material. Kind of the same deal as Edge of Tomorrow.
>>319304608
2 was better
>>319322110
Always.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9bNDsilCWI
Why is Warrior Within considered a bad game? I used to love it.
>>319306257
there is literaly nothing bad about edgy if its done right
and WW is edgy done right
>>319324387
Prince has different personalty and voice actor.
Action oriented.
Bad pace
Platforming mechanics not much improved from the first game
No more constant narration or prince talking to himself
Too much repetition and backtracking
But I loved the story
>>319324387
I've never played any PoP game beyond 2 and who's the semen demon on the left?
>>319324926
>and WW is edgy done right
this
dahaka was a monster out of time, no wonder being chased by it made prince brooding
>>319319449
For SOT it's mainly because you don't have the dagger, which is the only way of finishing an enemy off up to that point.
>>319313723
Wait a fucking moment.
Prince is Travis Touchdown?
WW being edgy is actually a good thing considering the story where you know you'll die and everyone constantly reminds you of this fact
It's probably one of a kind edgy-game-done-right.
>tfw Prince of Persia died only to be continued as AC
It's not like I wanted more PoP games, but AC series is complete trash
>>319304608
I played it for like 2 hours, didn't like it. Controls were a bit awkward, I guess.
>>319324387
But it´s fucking nothing. Stop listening to one shitposter and his shitty taste. WW is considered the best.
>>319325404
Shahdee or what was the name. You kill her pretty early on.
>YOU ARE THE SANDWRAITH
Maybe I was a retarded 12 year old, but I didn't realize it
>>319315965
>his pants get progressively dirtier
Lots of great details in this game.
>>319318187
You have to listen for running water. I'd say it's pretty obvious, but my friend told me before I got to that part so I never got to try and figure it out.
>nobody likes Elika
cmon niggas
>>319326825
>>319317728
>first time playing it
>10PM
>sound and brightness way down because mum thinks I'm sleeping
>after an hour I finally manage to do it
>learn years ago there's actually a method to this and not just chance
teehee
>>319325836
only in warrior within
>>319326658
Pretty sure that if you stand still he cleans off all the dirt off him.
Everything except the combat is great.
Unfortunately the combat takes up a significant amount of time
>>319327062
>WHY DID YOU SAVE MEEEEE!? REEEEEEEe~
>>319326138
People are getting sick of AC all the fucking time. They just want more ship combat just like Rogue did.
Maybe there's some hope for PoP
>>319328042
>Save the girl and undo everything you did till this moment
Prince went full retard there.
Worse yet that we're never getting closure to the story.
>>319328257
>Worse yet that we're never getting closure to the story.
we did
it was DLC
>>319328594
>Implying
It ended on an even worse cliffhanger
>>319328257
>>319328594
wasn't there a sequel that was nintendo DS exclusive
>first time playing SoT as a kid
>the sand monsters legitimately bothered me, everytime i had to fight them i got really unnerved and didn't want to fight them
>actually couldn't progress past one of the garden parts because there was so many enemies i just couldn't handle it mentally
>drop the game but go back to it a while later
>monsters don't bother me anymore, finish the game and love it, replay it a few times since then
>get WW when that comes out and then eventually T2T comes out, one of my favorite trilogies by far
SoT is still the best game to me, just everything about it was great. The setting was great, the prince was great, the dagger was great, the story was pretty good, the combat wasn't bad, the way the prince's clothes got more tattered as the game went on was great. That genuine sense of hopelessness and loneliness when farah steals the dagger from you and you're on your own. The whole thing was great.
WW was fun too but it wasn't the same at all, combat was way different, which is both good and bad, it was much improved but it lost the style that was SoT. Story was really fucking great, but the environment was ugly and horrible to be in. Dahaka was terrifying as fuck and a good monster. Prince wasn't the same guy at all, which makes sense from a story standpoint since he's been through some shit and is now being hunted down by a monster, but you miss his old personality.
T2T was eh, feels like it's trying really hard to be a mix of WW and SoT and it kinda works but it fails on a lot of notes too. Chariot parts were dumb. Dark prince parts were a little more hectic and frantic because of the draining health instead of being really fun. Story was pretty dumb.
>>319306384
It was decent. I enjoyed it, but there's a really big problem with it.
There is practically 0 challenge and realistically you'll never die aside from maybe a boss fight or two.
>>319306384
other than been to easy it was fine
the ability to use the enemy as a pillar with your sword and elika as a boost of speed and a arrow during the battles was amazing
>>319325512
except they tried to make that character development in a 2 minute CG movie
>>319325672
they could have made it that you could finish someone off with the medallion or something like that. They also did it so they could make it seem like you were facing a huge opposition without boring you to death with the shitty combat
>>319306257
1: Prince is a happy young but self-important good guy. Interacting with Farah he gets off his high horse a bit and learns not to be a war-mongering cunt.
2: Pursued by the Dahaka and in bad terms with his father, prince ends up alone in a crazy deadly citadel and nearly goes mad. Ends up going "fuck the world I'm a stronk and independent prince". Ends up standing against his fears and overcoming the challenge one more time.
3:Prince realises he has been an edgy cunt all the time. Confronts the remnants of the past 2 games in the present. Becomes a mix between the Prince from WW and SoT, more mature and ready to be a King.
And there's nothing wrong with that desu. Also fuck y'all I loved the stealth.
>>319330165
>Pursued by the Dahaka
nobody says that happened over 10 years
10 years been pursued by a crazy goat hentai demon that controls space and time
>>319327062
>she doesnt completely lose her top at the end after all the clothing damage
did these people even play SOT?
>>319327062
She has cutefeet
>>319304608
I was really afraid of the sand zombies as a kid
never finished the game because I feared dying
>>319324387
It's not, many consider it the best. The only people who didn't like it were people who couldn't handle the edge. There's nothing wrong with the game itself though.
>>319326138
I heard the plan was originally to alternate between PoP and AC. However PoP 08 kind of flopped and AC really took off, so Ubi decided to put everything in AC.
>>319304608
I really need to replay this and finally play through the rest of the SoT trilogy. They seemed like fantastic games.
I wish parkour platformers like this would come back. All we really have anymore is Mirror's Edge.
>>319304608
remember enjoying it a lot at the time
>>319304608
I don't know how to describe it, but it was one of those video games that felt very... Video gamey? The story was chessy and playful the setting was grand fantastical and the gameplay was just fun. I love it.
>>319315613
shit but nice bitch
>>319306384
Entertaining
>>319304608
Combat is repetetive, the other games are way better in that regard... But other wise it is unmatched for story and atmosphere and puzzles
Farah is my waifu.The original one only.
Very, very good.
>>319306171
It's a shame Ubisoft fucked up their own trilogy.
Warrior Within may be cringe worthy, but it was still a solid game.
Two Thrones was just off the hook, comepletely unfinished content. They were planning much more, but they fucked up their time schedule.
Putting release in 1 year right after WW and then cut off half of the staff to workin AssCreed in between is the dumbest move a game company can make.
I hope Ubisoft dies soon. It's a horrible company with horrible people in it. It's a shame they even bought the rights to South Park, they destroyed everything THQ was doing.
And yes I mad, I never bought any Ubisoft since AssCreed 2
>>319306630
The theme was SUMERIAN.
>>319324926
>no PoP 3D
why?
>>319336386
>want ubisoft to die soon
I just wish they'd stop making cookie cutter open world games. I just can't get into those things, even if the moment to moment gameplay is usually pretty solid.
>>319318187
Never played OoT? It was the same thing as the Lost Woods part. You go to the door way and listen for something that the other doors didn't have. If you hear it go into the door.
>>319333843
Hello Yahtzee.
>>319336386
Sadly, mainstream mediocrity sells the best.
>>319338087
Perfectly sized tits.
Shadee with her terrible clothing/thong textures made her look dirty. Meanwhile kaileena was pure boner fuel. Dont know why people even remember shadee
>>319336386
>Putting release in 1 year right after WW and then cut off half of the staff to workin AssCreed in between is the dumbest move a game company can make.
I remember them having an interview (think gamespot) where they were like "yeah we can totally make a game in 8 months by having a decent schedule" after the reporter asked if they were out of their fucking minds.
Then in T2T the boss with the 2 swordguys, one of them actually has an untextured arm
>>319339247
yeah, the director they hired for T2T was a freshman nutjob as far as I remember who was also responsible for 2008. Then some people trolled the boards and he got fired.
Got it's been 10 years already and I still remember this shit.
>>319340893
> it's been 10 years already
Please, stop.
>>319327062
Nigger, Eilika is my favorite PoP girl. I loved her interactions with the Prince in the reboot.
>>319338087
Wait Yahtzee did PoP reviews?
>>319340893
>trolls got a man fired
Did he...... deserve it?
>>319343548
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyoy1aRprsY
Beware: he is a little bit... wrong in a few places.
URGHHH.
YOU BITCH!
>>319306384
Fucking garbage. I wanted more Prince of Persia, instead I got a crap game where I had to listen to Nolan North smarm his way through another fucking performance.
>>319320223
Underrated post
>>319304608
Wouldn't mind a HD release, if only to introduce the game to a new audience.
>>319304608
something something your mom
>>319304608
Fucking great.
>>319307213
This. Very streamlined, almost boring.
>>319315613
Bad for what I expected it to be.
Meh movie overall, give it a watch.
>>319324387
The mechanics and movement just felt really shitty compared to the first game.
So I've only play SoT
>>319304608
I know a lot of people liked it but say that WW had the better combat, I personally thought the combat in SoT was the best. Sure it gets boring to kill all the enemies with a finishing attack from the dagger but it made the game different from other hack n slash games.
>>319349596
The problem was that you had to use either the leap over enemy attack or the wallbounce attack to knock people over. Also while the enemies sticked close to you they barely attacked and were waiting for you to finish your hourlong finishing move
>>319306235
I have the PC version of SoT, it's a good port aside from the fact that it doesn't have controller support IIRC so you have t use xpadder or something
>>319304608
Loved it. Only one I ever played. Which of the other 2 should I play? What's the best way to play them? PC versions good and easy to get a controller working with?
>>319351352
They're all on Steam, and you can get they really cheap during most sales. You might as well play them in order (TSoT => WW => TT) to get the full story. Just know that the second (and third) game has a drastically different tone to the first.
>>319352342
Are the Steam versions any better than the PS2 ones?
And no, widescreen is not "better".
>>319352452
You can get them running at modern resolutions, so they're better like that. But they don't have any additional features that I know of. I played through TSoT on Win 8.1 just half a year ago, so there shouldn't be any issues getting it to run, either. However, I didn't play with a controller. Pretty sure all three have support for it, but it might take some effort to set it up properly.
PCGW has you covered. http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Prince_of_Persia:_The_Sands_of_Time
>>319348075
They've done that like twice already. You are the fucking problem with video games.
>>319353275
Not him, but have they? I looked it up on Wikipedia, and it only lists a PS3 re-release.
I honestly wouldn't mind a proper HD remaster on PC.
Good story, good soundtrack, garbage combat and puzzles
My favorite game of all time. The gamecube version. I must have played it over 40 times since it first came out. I can beat it in about 3.5 hours or so which I guess is pretty good. I always miss one specific fucking sand tank though. Always.
>>319316254
just like in Spec Ops with the trigger discipline going down the drain and the way he shouts battle commands more and more agressively
Sands of Time - Best 3D Prince of Persia. Great storytelling, platforming and visuals. Combat is a little weak
Warrior Within - Great combat, unnecessary change to darker theme
Two Thrones - Seems to combine the elements of the above into a satisfying game
2008 - Great art style but everything else is pretty average
Forgotten Sands - Some of the best platforming, combat sucks
>>319353160
Okay then. I will stick with PS2 copies.
>>319354305
>garbage combat and puzzles
Eat shit.
>>319315603
Mein nagger
>>319354797
Fuck you
>>319355727
>>319354305
>garbage puzzles
