Maybe it'll have Nolan North playing a sarcastic, cheekily chauvinistic protagonist, and have scripted platforming that eliminates any sense of freedom.

I can't wait...

I loved PoP, so I'm all for this.

open world.
multiple paths instead of just one.
believable architecture.

I bought POP on PC and immediately after they announced they were not going to release the Epilogue on PC. So I was pretty soured on the game from the start and haven't played more than the very beginning of the game. More like a run through to make sure it ran on my system.

The Sands of Time games were so dear to me, they were pretty much my most loved series last generation. This generation? Couldn't give less of a crap about what they're doing now. Strange.

The hand holding in PoP killed it for me. I played it right after TR:U, and Tomb Raider just wiped the floor with it. That said, I absolutely loved the art style. Unfortunately, the nice parts made the game's failures that much more bitter. I felt like I was playing an early level of old-school Sonic - just hold forward and occasionally press jump. The game played itself. I hope they at least get rid of Elika always telling you where to go next. Finding stuff like that out on your own gave the old games a sense of exploration, discovery, and accomplishment that the reboot series utterly lacks.

I didn't really like the last Prince of Persia. Something about not being able to die really irked me. Also, the complete lack of the sands of time (an iconic mechanic for the series) also disturbed me.

Although it was a very very very visually impressive game, I didn't really enjoy it all that much so i'm not hyped about a sequel.

UNLESS. The forgotten sands are the SANDS OF TIME! That'd bring me back on board in a second.

How about not making a game that plays itself? Controls more like Assassin's Creed, where I felt like I had complete control, are more welcome than the super-automatic-only-draws-sword-in-repetitive-fights POP.

I'm with you there Nick, i loved PoP and i can't wait for another game, especially after the clifhanger at the end of the game.

@Magnalon and all the other haters

Fuck you.

Somehting new. I loved the original (never had time to play the second PoP), loved the Sands of Time trilogy and hated pop2008 (more like POOP, haha, i'm funny)
If Mechner is on board, i'm pretty sure it should be something interesting

People who complain about the "not dying" thing really need a good thwack. It works almost exactly the same as a checkpoint. Do you really bitch and moan this much about checkpoints in games?

I almost bought the new one. Do I have to get the DLC to finish the game? I'm confused.

Also Prince of Persia on PSP, is that any good?

Oh, and falling 10 feet, but dying because there wasn't a beaten dirt section on the wall or claw marks to say "no actually, this is where you're supposed to go" sucked as well.

I just thought of another reason why it didn't "click" for me.

Elika became nothing more than a powerup. The "can't die" mechanic didn't really bother me, because all Elika did was shave 10 seconds off a "game over/retry" screen. Additionally, Elika became a super jump powerup (I could have just gotten "The Boots of Time in game, hypothetically), and an extra combat combo.

They way they tried to pass Elika off as some game breaking companion was really unbelievable, as hundreds of other games have actual worthwhile companions that are their own entities, and don't feel like a simple symbiotic extension of the main character.

That game would have made a much better CG movie: keep the art style, keep the graphics, keep the amazing music. Except in the movie, you'll only see each boss once, and they won't get old. You know it would be good.

Ugh, a trilogy that finished itself very nicely. And they want to go back and milk it again?

@ Amnesiac, lol me too. I love how most of them never played a platformer or must have forgotten how platformers work. Plus they already mentioned that they are working on an AC and PoP triology together so this is not a surprise.

Oh, and keep the death system. It's good. People don't understand that watching Elika's hand grab yours is literally EXACTLY the same as watching a screen that says "YOU ARE DEAD," except that it's a hell of a lot quicker.

"People don't understand that watching Elika's hand grab yours is literally EXACTLY the same as watching a screen that says "YOU ARE DEAD," except that it's a hell of a lot quicker."

Leaving out the important note that it does bring you back exactly where you died rather than tradional checkpoints: this.

I didn't mind it that much at all, but my problem was with the fact that during boss fights, you couldn't die either. Just like the intro to Symphony of the Night, Elika should have given you "one last health boost", and nothing more.

"Oh and a prince that actually looks from Persia, not from Norway." - Otikik

Finally, it thought i was the only one who saw that.

One a related note: MORE PERSIAN ELEMENTS.

and also, Elika could give health bonuses? I didn't notice probably because the

game was so damn easy

@Magnalon: It doesn't always put you back at the exact ledge. It most often put you back a few paces behind where you were. Say there was a long series of jump and columns and wall runs and climbs you had to do. If you fucked up, it puts you back on the original ledge before you started any of that platforming. The general rule was typically that she'd just put you back at the last safe spot you were at, i. e. at the last bit of flat ground.

To me, that seems incredibly fair. I don't get why gamers are always clamoring to be punished more. I just want to keep playing, so this system worked REALLY well for me. I get it, I fucked up. Let's get back into the game.

Besides, Prince of Persia has always been about taking a leap where you aren't really sure exactly where you might end up landing. A game like that simply CANNOT be unforgiving without being annoying as shit. The last generation literally just let you REWIND TIME to correct mistakes and put you back on the last safe ledge. This one just skips that and gets Elika to drop you there. Quickly. I like the system from Sands of Time better, but they did the best they could without the sands of time and I appreciate the solution they came up with. However, it seems like the sands might just be coming back anyway, so whatever.