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We will never get another comfy linear swashbuckling game like sands of time again.

Can I skip the first one and get straight to the second one?

>>14228058

No because you'll miss out on the best 3D Prince of Persia.

>>14228058

I never understood this mindset. It's a trilogy, each game is a part. It's like skipping A New Hope just to get to Empire, cause "it's darker and edgier and therefore cooler".

Playing Sands of Time right now, and it is a SOLID game. 10/10 platforming aside, even the fighting (with its mostly 1 button mashing) is great if you integrate the block and the jump wisely, while using your environment.

And you're a bit strange. People usually shit on Warrior Within, never on Sands of Time.

>>14228196

The mindset is forstered by kiddies that didnt experience the time when AAA wasnt dogshit.

They get told on /v/ that tripple ayy sucks but fail to understand that it doesnt just suck unconditionally, it sucks in comparison to when it didnt all fucking sucked, and then proceed to project that on actually good vidya and later make "unpopular opinions" threads or some other cancer where they then parrot opinions that they heard on the chins.

>>14228196

I remember when I was like 14 and I jumped over a sweeping sword for the first time in Sands of Time, I felt so cool, couldn't believe video games were able to do shit like that now. The combat in sands of time may be really fucking simple and easy but it just has that charm to it. It was the first game that let you easily do stuff that amazing. It began the dark times that were action games prior to dark souls blowing up. However like most firsts it was great and there was a reason why it inspired all the copying.

I played Sands of Time not too long ago. It's still bretty gud. The combat kind of sucks though, but I'd still take it over asscreed. The obstacle courses and the puzzles are the best part. Ubishit should have just made asscreed but without the retarded plot and open world bullshit, and instead focused on producing a number of moderately sized, self contained, but non linear obstacle courses that could be completed through wall jumping and all the other freerunning techniques, and that led to a Hitman-esque stealth segment in which you actually have to infiltrate and sneak or disguise yourself and get close enough to assassinate some asshole at the end, then it'd be a million times better. Mario Odyssey is a better parkour game than asscreed for fucks sake.

Yeah, I played the sequels but its been so long that I don't remember much about either of them. I just remember the ending boss of the second game sucked shit because it was you just walk into a room and its game over and then the I STAND ALONE theme plays and you're just like, "what? no boss battle?"

>>14228058

The first one is by far the best one. If you're going to skip any skip the third one. It tried to be the first game but cut out a lot of what made the first one good while putting in extra shit that came out clunky at best.

I played the second one first when it was new and then marathoned the trilogy a couple of years ago. Although I really liked the twist in the middle of the second game, and the chase sequences are great especially if you try to rewind I'd still say the first is best over all.

>>14228252

>the second game sucked shit because it was you just walk into a room and its game over and then the I STAND ALONE theme plays and you're just like, "what? no boss battle?"

Fucking what there are two different end boss fights depending on if you got all the health upgrades or not.

>>14228269

huh, that's news to me. I just remember fighting a huge griffin like beast or something of that nature, and then the game ends when you go into some matrix zone or something. I played it multiple times and never got any other ending, so I guess I missed something.

>series is still creator owned

That's good at least.

>>14228290

You're like 4/5ths through the game there. After you get the mask you have to go back to the empresses room where the final boss fight is. The mask constantly drains your health but slowly replenishes sand so it's pretty easy to get killed accidentally. I remember the game bugging out just before the eagle fight maling it not spawn but still play the music sometimes so it could have been that.

Lots of backtracking in that game. You go through each area like 3 times each.

How about that Two Thrones.

Is the 2008 reboot good or bad?

>>14228726

no, they made the only part that was any challenging - the platforming - impossible to fail.

no no, that didn't happen

Warrior Within is the best Prince of Persia, anyone who disagrees is a retard

>>14228726

It was boring and tedious, as well as annoying. Also, the ending was DLC and only came out for some versions of the game.

>>14228754

See >>14228723

We must be close to a new prince of persia right? r-right?!

>>14229466

Let it go, anon. Price of Persia is like Splinter Cell. They are games of the past. Any attempts to resurrect them in the modern era is folly.

Are the hd remaster trilogy good?

>the father of Bamham games

Kill yourself faggot

>>14228605

I liked it. I liked the interactions between the Prince and his shadow.

>>14229387

>Unless you think pic related would make a good waifu

>tfw no decent lewds

Fuck.

>Would you prefer it if was PoP they were dragging through the mud and shit all these years?

Exactly my sentiment. I'm pissed it got killed off for AssCreed, but I'm glad it isn't PoP they're milking to death right now.

>>14229522

Yeah. I'd like to see someone create a similar game with the same type of setting though. I'd rather the Prince stays dead as long as it's in the sweaty hands of Ubisoft.

>>14231299

>Are the 3D ones any good?

I remember enjoying Sands Of Time when I was a pleb preteen. Not sure if it holds up today.

>>14231320

Isn't it like a 3D Platformer? Seems alright.

3D AND SANDS OF TIME ARE BEST GAMES IN SERIES DON'T LET ANYONE TELL YOU OTHERWISE

>>14231384

its pretty good. if I had to compare it to anything, it would be like if the uncharted games actually required timing in the platforming. It's realistic platforming, where you perform a few moves to navigate complex sequences of jumps, swings, wall-runs, and other sorts of leaps. The camera angles provide the view you usually need although I remember a few feeling misleading. Ultimately its up to you to nail the execution, and you get a few "retries" from the dagger until you run out of sand and your failure by death will restart you at the beginning of the challenge.

The more I think of it, the more I find the attempt at solving the challenge of removing lives but maintaining challenge in a video game was done well by sands of time. the combat is pretty boring, however.

>>14231402

So basically Uncharted with swords but done right?

>>14231434

>good platforming + very simple 3D zelda combat = uncharted with sword

Nah, it's more like a good 3D platformer with some puzzle elements and a basic combat system. Think of it like this: The whole game is one huge Zelda dungeon that is segmented into a series of obstacle courses. Each course is sort of like a puzzle; you have to know where to jump next, and you progress through each segment by timing your jumps and maneuvering between obstacles and traps. When you're not doing that, you're fighting basic enemies that can be knocked down and finished off with your dagger. Outside of this, there are some secret rooms, but it's a very linear and focused story experience that you don't really stray from.

I understand the comparison with Uncharted, but it's not entirely accurate. in Uncharted, your character enters a Cinematic Experience™ and you pretty much watch as he defies gravity. There may be a few moments where you have to continuously hold the analog stick up or do some quick time events, but it's mostly you just watching as he climbs up the cargo hold of some huge plane or some other retarded bullshit. In PoP, your acrobatics are less exciting to look at but you're in control at all times. YOU need to learn the proper timing to jump between obstacles, and YOU need to decide where you're going to jump. If you don't, you die.

tl;dr PoP = circus acrobat obstacle course simulator + basic 3D combat

>>14231299

If you've played Ass Creed or really any other game with a lot of wallrunning/walljumping you might not appreciate the gameplay, as it's the same but with less freedom of movement. It blew me away when I first played it but I was very young.

The storytale feel of Sands of Time is amazing though, if that's enough for you. Warrior Within is fairly different from Sands of Time but has a fun, versatile combat system, varied metroidvaniaish level design with lots of platforming and a really nice, albeit very different to SoT, artstyle. T2T is alright.

Aside from a few sh_cool Godsmack songs the WW composer, Stuart Chatwood, worked on SoT and T2T as well. He's a bassist for link related.

I'd say the games are worth playing through and the rest of the games are up to you.

>>14233800

WW is buggy as shit, but damn if it isn't fun.

>>14228726

beautiful assets wasted on an extremely boring game.

The combat is literally button mashing QTEs.

>Prince of Sandniggers

>>14237661

I think the games are supposed to take place in pre-Islamic Persia, before the region got Arab'd.

All this talk about combat. The puzzles were the highlight of these games. Finding a way to get somewhere using you parkour, that was when they shined. The combat was forgivable busywork.

>>14231495

I remember liking the music but hating the edgy character.

>>14233800

I never finished WW. I'd jump somewhere that apparently bugged the game to when I would be the wraith (spoiling that whole thing) and I didn't have the energy to start a new game.

>>14238145

The epitome of bad 3D platformer, with a couple of cool things in it. I want to actually play it some time because of that.

>>14238246

I kind of figured that considering when it came out. Think I'll give it a replay sometime too, it's strange I remember absolutely nothing about it.

Only ever played Sands of Time, are any of the others worth a go?

>>14246065

They're okay, but none of them come close to Sands of Time.

>>14247046

Right, any to avoid?

>>14249753

the 2008 reboot and its 2010 sequel

basically, if Jordan Mechner (the original creator) is involved you're probably in for a good time, though his last game in the series was Sands of Time. At least you can feel his influence in Warrior Within and Two Thrones

best consoles to play the 2d games on? have a couple copies of it in my rom collection. remember hearing somewhere that the snes version of the first prince of persia is kind of gimped in some ways.

>>14238145

I tried to play it some years ago, until this day I can't manage to tell if trying to run in modern systems is just plain impossible or if the game was truly that bad in release.

I really like the whole feel though, it's pretty unique. For some reason I can't see to find pics that aren't thumbnails, sorry for that.

>>14249820

Thanks anon.

>>14249843

I admit, that the backgrounds do have a good fantasy feeling, even if the first one is of a mechanical clock tower.

>>14229264

Prince of persia already on the downhill with the two thrones.

Post some music my niggers.