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Cancelled Prince of Persia reboot video surfaces on YouTube

Strike

Strike

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Oct 25, 2017
27,351
Interesting. Looks a little too scripted, but it wasn't bad. Looked a lot further along than I expected for a cancelled game.
 
Komo

Komo

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Jan 3, 2019
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IvanSlavkov said:
I can confirm it is real. I watched It 4 years ago and was shown to me by a friend who worked for Ubisoft Sofia. So glad it is finnaly out.
Long story short, this was the planned game instead of the first assassin creed game but they axed it in favor of AC.
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Ahh so FoxTeam is an internal team?
 
Adum

Adum

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May 30, 2019
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As much as I love and adore the PoP games, this looks really dated and I'd probably hate that clunky combat and heavy looking platforming in 2020. I wish they'd bring back the Prince and those wacky sands of time shenanigans, but i also hope they update the controls and gameplay.
 
antitrop

antitrop

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Oct 25, 2017
12,593
Ya, it really looks like a collection of some of the most popular games of 2009/2010 (Uncharted 2, Assassins Creed 2, God of War 3). Very of its time.
 
Kurdel

Kurdel

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Nov 7, 2017
12,157
I want all the 2012 vertical slice videos I can please, this is amazingly optimistic and I want to see it all!
 
Dever

Dever

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Dec 25, 2019
5,347
Ah yes, a game in the prestigious "Hold up while stuff explodes/crumbles around you" genre.
 
Dr. Ludwig

Dr. Ludwig

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Oct 31, 2017
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Except for the body/split mechanic, this looks wholly uninteresting.

Also, what the hell with Nathan Drake-wannabe Prince design? Not surprised this pitch went nowhere.

Sigh, I want them to bring back the series but have zero confidence in modern Ubisoft. :/
 
Crossing Eden

Crossing Eden

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Oct 26, 2017
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I mea hell if we're leaking target renders when is Kotaku going to release this video 💢 :
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anaa

anaa

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Jun 30, 2019
1,555
Yep, that's a circa 2012 game. God that prince design is gross.
 
Madrugador

Madrugador

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Oct 27, 2017
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So this video was on Youtube for 8 years? (according to the upload date). Crazy.

Hope they revive the franchise this gen.
 
Xadra

Xadra

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Oct 26, 2018
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Wow, uploaded 8 years ago...

Checking old news I found this trailer, about a game called Osiris (probably codename). Do you think they were related? They are both from the same time.




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Alienous

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Oct 25, 2017
9,604
I like the idea of combat that has instant kills you have to rewind and account for.

'The heavy is going to swing, that dude is going to charge, I need to be here', that kind of thing.
 
Morgan J

Morgan J

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Oct 26, 2017
1,685
I rather buy a new non angst/emo/darkness PoP than a new assassin's creed, actually. And if they make a new one I hope they make it more magical/fantasy/colorful etc.
 
Loxley

Loxley

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Oct 25, 2017
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I know it's just a target render, but man that art style would have such a downgrade from the PP2008 style.
 
EinBear

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Oct 27, 2017
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IvanSlavkov said:
I can confirm it is real. I watched It 4 years ago and was shown to me by a friend who worked for Ubisoft Sofia. So glad it is finnaly out.
Long story short, this was the planned game instead of the first assassin creed game but they axed it in favor of AC.
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I think you might be getting this mixed up with Prince of Persia: Assassins, which was the game that ultimately became the first Assassin's Creed.

Footage of that is on YouTube too: https://youtu.be/z3BEYmvhxx8
 
Kafkaswaffle

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Oct 27, 2017
707
Setpiece gameplay, 2cool4skool prince design, dark atmosphere, generic choir bombast score... Nothing of this is what I would want from a new PoP
 
I KILL PXLS

I KILL PXLS

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Oct 25, 2017
11,536
Probably would have been fun at the time though it looks super linear. I feel like a PoP game should focus more on platforming and not like "cinematic" platforming ala Uncharted.
 
Tuorom

Tuorom

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Oct 30, 2017
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The reverse time thing they showed looked neat almost as if you could control during it instead of just a reversal
 
nexus

nexus

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Oct 25, 2017
3,650
Makes sense that the designs feel outdated, it was 8 years ago haha. I really want to see a new pop game though. There was something so satisfying about that acrobatic platforming. I feel like we need it more now that AC is basically full on ARPG.
 
roguesquirrel

roguesquirrel

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Oct 29, 2017
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the footage had me rolling during the opening. the bombastic score, random explosion in the distance, the uncharted style platforming - with a tongue a bit more in cheek this footage could pass as an intentional parody of last gen.

the time control through the spirit looked really cool tho and the story of this footage surfacing is truly wild.
 
The Praiseworthy

The Praiseworthy

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Oct 30, 2017
9,206
The potential this cancelled PoP had... hell it looks and felt really good for last gen game!!

Hope the rumours about new PoP is real and we get official announcement soon.
 
ps3ud0

ps3ud0

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Oct 27, 2017
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Hmm with AC going proper open world PoP could exist as a platformer with parkour/time effects...

I presume it's the fact they have to license it that's the issue?

ps3ud0 8)
 
plagiarize

plagiarize

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Oct 25, 2017
27,540
Cape Cod, MA
Given what looks like scarring on the Prince's left arm, I wonder if this is the Sands of Time prince. He had that metal whip thing embedded in his left arm in Two Thrones.

I don't like the short hair, whether it's a new prince or not though.

Interesting to see what could have been. I'm hoping that in the near future we'll see what *is*. This franchise is too good to go out on the back of The Forgotten Sands (which was completely fine, but the least risky main game (games?) in the franchise, basically ever).
 
stn

stn

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Oct 28, 2017
5,600
Looks like something I would have definitely played and enjoyed. Shame.
 
Bold One

Bold One

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Oct 30, 2017
18,911
Prince got swole as hell.

2012 - when everyone wanted to be Uncharted.

One of the reasons I have no love for AC is the fact that it essentially killed this franchise.
 
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