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[GamerSoul]

I seen this in the newest GI. It looks stylish and differen't which is a good change of pace. Cel-shading must be "in" now I guess. TWW was just ahead of it time

 

[Willy Wanka]

Wow, I adore the art style. I can't wait to see this in motion.

 

[Dali]

I seen this in the newest GI. It looks stylish and differen't which is a good change of pace. Cel-shading must be "in" now I guess. TWW was just ahead of it time

means that was a joke, right?

 

[besada]

Looks great. I hope it's going back to puzzles and traps, instead of time-shifting sword fights.

And I'm totally stoked for Afro Samurai.

 

[abacab driver]

Looks awesome!
I really hope they don't try to be too much like Shadow of the Colossus though..
The prince looks alot like Wander in design and also the way the mountains look is very similar to SOTC.
But hey, if it turns out incredible I can't complain.

Footage please!

 

[WHOAguitarninja]

Looks like a painting. Gorgeous.

 

[Ploid 3.0]

reminds me of the way this character (the headgear covering one eye slightly thing, nothing else). I like that look.

 

[layzie1989]

He looks just like Jake Gyllenhaal.

It's the game of the movie of the game

 

[LCfiner]

My God, it looks beautiful. I love the style so much.

Way to go, Ubi-Montreal.

 

[GamerSoul]

means that was a joke, right?

in this instance, it could go either.

But anyways, it was a bold move by Ubi and i say it was worth it, but we'll have to wait and see how it plays.

 

[KyanMehwulfe]

Geez how did I miss this all evening.

Pretty damn neat. More than anything, it's refreshing.

 

[Sean]

Amazing, I love it.

The Prince of Persia games always had great animation too so I'm sure it'll be INCREDIBLE in motion.

 

[a Master Ninja]

NEED TRAILER NOW!

 

[Baraka in the White House]

Looks great. I hope it's going back to puzzles and traps, instead of time-shifting sword fights.

According to GameInformer, the focus seems to be on, "cinematic" swordplay. They said there won't be too many instances where the Prince is facing more than a handful of enemies at once in order to somehow make each fight really memorable.

I can only hope this means some context-senstive actions and not just watching the same slashing/block animations play out until someone dies.

 

[Id.]

Jumping jelly beans! The game...actually looks awesome.

Is this that same Prince of Persia that was rumored to take elements from The Legend of Zelda and Ico/Shadow of the Colossus?

 

[The-Switcher]

Let's hope Ubisoft actually hires a testing team this time around.

 

[op_ivy]

incredible. I hope (and believe) the animation matches these stellar graphics. cant wait to see more, definitely on my "to watch out for" list

 

[HK-47]

Let's hope Ubisoft actually hires a testing team this time around.

You saw this coming I bet =P

 

[SketchTheArtist]

Let's hope Ubisoft actually hires a testing team this time around.

Sure because testers who play the game non-stop for months actually corrects the bugs they found.

Knowledge is power, friend.

 

[Rezbit]

Wow, that was surprising. While I would have liked to have seen the Sands of Time visual style in now-gen glory, this actually looks really awesome.

 

[Ranger X]

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn that looks very nice.

Looks like i will have to go play it tomorrow...

 

[beelzebozo]

i really hope we get a release date on this soon.

please be 2008. please give me something to look forward to this year.

 

[oddworld18]

i really hope we get a release date on this soon.

please be 2008. please give me something to look forward to this year.

i remember someone saying it was scheduled for this fall. sure, that can slip, but i wouldn't be surprised if it made it out by then, either. we'll probably get a date next week @ ubidays.

 

[beelzebozo]

are they doing a ds game as well? a nice 2d platformer with that art style (ds-ified) wouldn't be so bad.

 

[Teknoman]

DO WANT x10

 

[GauntletFan]

amazing, truly amazing

 

[angelfly]

Wow the art direction is fantastic. I really hope it looks fluid in motion. My interest in this game just went up a lot.

 

[MCD]

looks like naruto rise of ninja + assassin's creed hybrid, i love it.

 

[JaseMath]

I've never played a PoP game all the way through so I couldn't give a shit if the art direction strays from the PoP norm - respect! God, does it look good...!

 

[Mefisutoferesu]

Add one more to the hype wagon. Game looks really really good, I really wanna see it in motion.

 

[turk128]

Looks great, hope they stylize the details a wee bit more.

 

[stewacide]

Looks incredible, but I also don't believe it will look that good.

 

[Teknoman]

WTF is this shit?

Please don't tell me this i sthe XBOX360/PS3 version.

Please dont tell me your ACTUALLY disappointed with this? Its friggin beautiful, and will look damn nice in action. Glad to see other games take this graphical route.Naruto: Rise of a Ninja, DBZ Burst Limit, Naruto PS3, Tales of Vesperia, Valkyria, and this are taking cel shading style to a whole new level.

 

[beelzebozo]

Looks incredible, but I also don't believe it will look that good.

looking at the quality of cel-shading last gen, i see nothing impossible about these shots.

 

[Rad Agast]

NEED DEMO NOW!

fixed.

 

[Teknoman]

Also yay for Nero claw :lol

 

[Danne-Danger]

Looks awesome! Though it is still Ubisoft so I need to restrict my enthusiasm. Also, WW is one of the worst games in my PS2 collection so... errr... still, looks great.

 

[Akia]

So good it demanded an avatar change.

I don't know if I should go back or not though.

Old:

New:

 

[fernoca]

Looks darn nice, but at the same time..I can't stop thinking about the Photoshop filter that makes eveyrthing look like that..mostly the backgrounds..maybe it's the intention I don't know..

 

[AAK]

Man, 3rd parties are acing this gen. Mirror's Edge and now this. I have never been wowed like this before.

 

[Nafai1123]

Looks very nice. Hope they keep the gameplay of the first games and don't try to make it too "accessible"

 

[Teknoman]

Whoever does the art design for this game needs to work on an RPG. Seriously.

 

[burgerdog]

Holy smokes, I wasn't even remotely interested in this game before. Well, I should also mention that I haven't played any of the new PoP games so I really had no reason to be excited over this one. I think I'll give this franchise ago when this game is released.

 

[C- Warrior]

Needs more facial hair.

If they wanted to keep a prince of persia glamour look, they should have done more of a:

look...

Not a:

Shia La-Beuf older brother look.


The dude on top is an indian actor, but it's a lot more representative than what they have.

Personally, I wish they go entirely legit, and bust out a guy with a ZZ beard and a head-turban (Cyprus -persia style) but I'm sure that wouldn't fly due to the Bin Laden references Westerners would make.

Basically the original POP by Mechnar had the right idea when it came to the character aesthetics.

 

[MoogPaul]

This game makes me as giddy as Afro Samurai, which coincidentally, looks similar to these PoP screens.

 

[Teknoman]

Of course the indian guy would've fit the prince better. That actor placement was just as bad of a screw up as getting some random non-muscular/ non martial arts skilled guy to play Goku in that Dragon Ball live action movie.

 

[bryehn]

looks like naruto rise of ninja + assassin's creed hybrid, i love it.

That's exactly what I thought.

 

[gray_fox224]

I'm usually never a fan of cel-shading, but I have to say this looks excellent!

 

[suzu]

The new style looks awesome.

As for the people complaining about the actor choice for the movie... maybe he'll make a good prince? He may not have the looks, but makeup is an amazing thing. The guy isn't a bad actor either.

 

[Rorschach]

Love the style.