Prince of Persia Classic confirmed for XBLA this week
by Christopher Grant 
on Jun 11th 2007 8:35PM
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Posted: Jun 11th 2007 8:47PM (Unverified) said
i wouldn't waste my money on it because every time i play the old one i want to smash my keyboard into tiny bits out of pure frustration and rage. however, i really like what they've done with the updated graphics.
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Posted: Jun 11th 2007 8:58PM RobAccomando said
doesn't the original take an hour to beat? I remember playing this on an apple back in the 80's. =)
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Posted: Jun 11th 2007 10:00PM (Unverified) said
I loved this game. I just hope it performs decently with the xbox d-pad.
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Posted: Jun 11th 2007 9:42PM Boiglenoight Darkstar said
I would pay $10 for a revamped edition of this game. It's a classic, and with new graphics and audio, it's choice nostalgia, man.
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Posted: Jun 11th 2007 9:41PM (Unverified) said
I don't know if $10 is too high. Yeah sure it takes an hour to beat the game. What's not obvious is that it will take you dozens of hours of retrying to beat this game whose chronological ordering of events is only one hour long.
I must admit, the XBLA games are becoming so beautiful that when the games begin to weigh in at 256 MB+ combined with the 360's compression technologies, you are going to see some amazing, and by that, I mean AMAZING games on the classic remakes and indie fronts. LOL, you may start even seeing some PSP ports (UMD's should fit). I'm love'n live at the moment.
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I must admit, the XBLA games are becoming so beautiful that when the games begin to weigh in at 256 MB+ combined with the 360's compression technologies, you are going to see some amazing, and by that, I mean AMAZING games on the classic remakes and indie fronts. LOL, you may start even seeing some PSP ports (UMD's should fit). I'm love'n live at the moment.
Posted: Jun 11th 2007 10:15PM (Unverified) said
Part of what makes this game hard are the shit controls... which is not a good reason for it to be hard.
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Posted: Jun 11th 2007 10:49PM Someguy9 said
http://360post.com/watch/29/prince-of-persia-xbla-trailer
trailer of the game... looks good
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trailer of the game... looks good
Posted: Jun 12th 2007 2:36AM (Unverified) said
This needs to come out for the DS *immediately*
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Posted: Jun 12th 2007 1:48AM (Unverified) said
Stevo (#4) said:
"Rare Hare-- Go read the IGN review, it seems like the controls reduce the original version's frustration..."
oh ok. well then, good deal. now if only i had a 360 :D.
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"Rare Hare-- Go read the IGN review, it seems like the controls reduce the original version's frustration..."
oh ok. well then, good deal. now if only i had a 360 :D.
Posted: Jun 12th 2007 8:56AM mezzb said
I've tried this game on DOSBox a few times, and its equally challenging offspring, "POP2".
The problem was always the imprecise little stutter-step the Prince would do at the end of every forward move. You'd stutter your princely butt right off a ledge into a cluster of spikes, yeouch.
If they can add the intuitive precision of the modern POP games this would be great, if not maybe a bit too easy & short. It certainly looks amazing.
I love 2D games enhanced with 3D goodness and smoothness. This is what Sonic should have always done.
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The problem was always the imprecise little stutter-step the Prince would do at the end of every forward move. You'd stutter your princely butt right off a ledge into a cluster of spikes, yeouch.
If they can add the intuitive precision of the modern POP games this would be great, if not maybe a bit too easy & short. It certainly looks amazing.
I love 2D games enhanced with 3D goodness and smoothness. This is what Sonic should have always done.
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