Ninja Dodo

Maybe the catch is that some fool will ban it.

Just finished the demo myself... Tip: save up lots of sand As Erkki said, the video you get after defeating the boss definitely shows promise in terms of variety of locations and gameplay. I did notice however that the goth bimbo appears again elsewhere in the game. Oh well, maybe she's more tolerable in the final game...

Something interesting I found out just now... when you climb onto the big boss' back and hit him over the head, you can actually shift your position to avoid getting thrown off. There's more tactics involved than you'd initially think.

I have too many unplayed games already, and I suspect I won't get around to any serious game playing until next summer. At the moment I'm playing through Gabriel Knight 3, and I play Black & White on and off a bit. I'll definitely buy Half Life 2 (although I probably won't play it any time soon) and I may or may not buy the new Prince of Persia. Psychonauts of course... but I'm wondering if that's coming out that early next year?

I agree with what he says, I just think it has nothing to do with this game.

There's a time and a place and it's not this thread.

While I understand your concerns I think this isn't really relevant. When I say something is Arabian in style I'm thinking of everything that has over the years through movies and other media been established as a particular and very recognizable visual and aural style.The fact that years of Hollywood have warped our definition of "Arabian" is not our fault. As far as I can tell Prince of Persia is certainly more Arabian or Islamic in style than Persian anyway. Arguing about historical accuracy is something for another thread...

If Mechner is still on the team, chances are the story and dialogue will be solid... although if they are, the demo isn't very representative.

I agree the art direction trailer is lame. I only included it cause it's got some nice environment stuff in it... even - it seems- a glimpse of one of those "beautiful sunlight-saturated levels". Let's just hope that it's actually a great sequel and they're just presenting it in all the wrong ways. eh... although that probably means it won't sell. Or maybe it will because lots of arcade rocking horror fans will buy it and be unpleasantly surprised with a deep and subtle game. You never know. Am I being too cynical here?

Yeah I noticed this just now. Try the links again... should work now.

You guys seen these by any chance? ftp://ftp.ubi.com/us/games/princeofpersia2/media/POP2_artistic_direction.zip ftp://ftp.ubi.com/us/games/princeofpersia2/media/POPWW_gamefootage.zip It's a bit hard to tell for sure, but it does look like there's going to be plenty of Sands of Time style environmental puzzling and exploration. As long as they don't give goth whatshername too big a role and they put save points in sensible places I think this game should be good. Oh and I agree the music could be a bit less rocky. I mean, they had a touch of rock in the Arabian tunes of Sands of Time, but here there's not even a touch of Arabian. ... and could they please not interrupt the gameplay with cinematics in the middle of a fight?

Is it any different gameplay-wise though?

Sooo.... will ordering off Steam mean more money for Valve, as opposed to buying it retail and thereby mostly lining the pockets of Vivendi??? In that is the case I'll probably go for the former, and as I like to actually physically own a copy of a game I guess I'll be going for the collector's edition.

I just found this in my mailbox: Nothing earth shattering, I guess, but I thought it was pretty cool that the IGDA noticed that article.

It's interesting when you find games where you can travel faster jumping than you can running. Gothic 1 did that, when you learnt athletics. Hm... Don't take this the wrong way... but that sounds like something Bush would say.

I prefer making my own t-shirts... Like this one: http://www.ninjadodo.com/gallery/blue.html Oh, and "HEYA EVERYONE!". Love the site. Don't know if I'll post in this forum much, because I spend enough time on AG as it is, but anyway... thought I'd stop by for a second.