Saw the link posted on another forum. Not sure if its legit or not.
http://www.filerush.com/download.php?target=POP2_Demo.zip
http://www.filerush.com/download.php?target=POP2_Demo.zip
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PoP 2 PC Demo?
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Naked Snake
Member
Awesome if real!
Stuggernaut
Grandma's Chippy
Downloading it now...180kbps so shouldn't be too too long.
Will post info shortly
Will post info shortly
Well, I just played through the fight tutorial and the 2nd demo stage. Play pretty well with Keyboard and Mouse but I'd rather have Xbox pad. The combat is much better than PoP but doesn't much the furiosity of Ninja Gaiden. The new moves at disposal are pretty cool. I like hopping off one guy and flying into another to slice at him. However, it does seem too easy to use the 'flip over back slice off head' move on the enemies in the demo....The dual weapon attack wasn't as cool as I thought it would be. Seems like it forces you to use one button for dual attacks causing the same attack animation to be used over and over. Having said that, I had more fun using combat in this demo than I ever did with PoP.
You can definitely tell UBI wanted to upgrade the "hardcore edge' to this game with PoP2. Haha, wow. I never thought I'd be playing a PoP game where there is hardcore butt metal playing in the background (On the pr8 ship when being attacked). Blood and gore everywhere. Even the prince calling that chick he is fighting a bitch! Some of it seems forced and over the top. :/ Hell, they got Godsmack playing in the background in the menu screen! Ah well, at least the combat is better.
Graphics look great. In fact, I may go buy one of those PS2/Xbox wannabe PC pads just to play this game on my PC. Game looks fantastic.
Stupid question. How do I post and host screens?
You can definitely tell UBI wanted to upgrade the "hardcore edge' to this game with PoP2. Haha, wow. I never thought I'd be playing a PoP game where there is hardcore butt metal playing in the background (On the pr8 ship when being attacked). Blood and gore everywhere. Even the prince calling that chick he is fighting a bitch! Some of it seems forced and over the top. :/ Hell, they got Godsmack playing in the background in the menu screen! Ah well, at least the combat is better.
Graphics look great. In fact, I may go buy one of those PS2/Xbox wannabe PC pads just to play this game on my PC. Game looks fantastic.
Stupid question. How do I post and host screens?
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
^^
What's with the blur? Do you have AA jacked way up?
What's with the blur? Do you have AA jacked way up?
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
To you.
I don't like that hazy look. It hides detail.
I don't like that hazy look. It hides detail.
This demo is a buggy mess.
-Glitched out several times on the pirate ship as the prince fell through the environment into the drink somehow.
-First fight with Bloodray...err stacked pirate girl, was awash with awkward collision issues during the whole blocking and countering affair. Horrible fight that was.
-The boss pictured above with the prince riding on its head completely got stuck in a corner after dashing at me, and after spending ten seconds trying to wrestle with the walls and jam itself out into the open room, the game just threw up it's arms and the model sat there frozen in time. The price would just walk right through it as if it wasn't there. I couldn't even figure out a way to kill myself and restart at the checkpoint(placed stupidly at the very beginning of the level mind you!) No saves, no option at the menu as far as I can tell. Yep, I was fuxxored and forced to restart the entire demo from the pirate ship again. wonderful...
-Combat is massively expanded over the first game, and you can whip out any random set of buttons to pull off some deadly combat move now. Didn't help save it from feeling equally as redundant 5 minutes later as in Prince 1. Maybe it's just me, but I just can't seem to get into the spirit of just killing stuff in this franchise. Spent the whole demo waiting for the puzzles and traps which barely showed. I really began to detest when 'closet' demon pirates emerged everytime I entered a new room. Didn't work for Doom 3 and I don't dig it here.
I've always been idly fond of the -edgy- art plastered on the forums over the past several months and have given the game the benefit of the doubt hoping it wouldn't lose it's vaguely ethereal and fantastical stylings, but fuck this is more IN YO FACE than EA TRAX! Appealing to the socially awkward middle-america teens with loud obnoxious riffs and leather boobies is crap.
Just...ugh. Wholly dissapointed here. (It does save me $50 come November tho!)
-Glitched out several times on the pirate ship as the prince fell through the environment into the drink somehow.
-First fight with Bloodray...err stacked pirate girl, was awash with awkward collision issues during the whole blocking and countering affair. Horrible fight that was.
-The boss pictured above with the prince riding on its head completely got stuck in a corner after dashing at me, and after spending ten seconds trying to wrestle with the walls and jam itself out into the open room, the game just threw up it's arms and the model sat there frozen in time. The price would just walk right through it as if it wasn't there. I couldn't even figure out a way to kill myself and restart at the checkpoint(placed stupidly at the very beginning of the level mind you!) No saves, no option at the menu as far as I can tell. Yep, I was fuxxored and forced to restart the entire demo from the pirate ship again. wonderful...
-Combat is massively expanded over the first game, and you can whip out any random set of buttons to pull off some deadly combat move now. Didn't help save it from feeling equally as redundant 5 minutes later as in Prince 1. Maybe it's just me, but I just can't seem to get into the spirit of just killing stuff in this franchise. Spent the whole demo waiting for the puzzles and traps which barely showed. I really began to detest when 'closet' demon pirates emerged everytime I entered a new room. Didn't work for Doom 3 and I don't dig it here.
I've always been idly fond of the -edgy- art plastered on the forums over the past several months and have given the game the benefit of the doubt hoping it wouldn't lose it's vaguely ethereal and fantastical stylings, but fuck this is more IN YO FACE than EA TRAX! Appealing to the socially awkward middle-america teens with loud obnoxious riffs and leather boobies is crap.
Just...ugh. Wholly dissapointed here. (It does save me $50 come November tho!)
This game may have an identity crisis. If you want to make an action game, make an action game. If you want to make a puzzle game, make a puzzle based game. But don't make it inbetween as it makes both efforts seem half assed. I'm not saying this is the case with the full version but the demo, while decent, didn't amaze me. I wanted the combat improved from PoP, but I don't want a PoP game that focuses as much on combat as it does on puzzles.
What I mean by that is the demo seemed totally devoid of cool puzzles you could find in PoP. At the same time, the action is better than PoP, but that really isn't saying much. The new attacks are cool, but they seem a bit clunky with the game engine in place. I dunno how to explain it better, but everything in the attacking seems a bit off. The attack moves seem a bit slow. And if you are going to have a game focus on action, don't you want it fast and furious? I dunno, maybe I just play too much Gaiden...??
The music on that pirate ship battle, heh, I still can't believe that. It sounds like something out of Dynasty Warriors.
What I mean by that is the demo seemed totally devoid of cool puzzles you could find in PoP. At the same time, the action is better than PoP, but that really isn't saying much. The new attacks are cool, but they seem a bit clunky with the game engine in place. I dunno how to explain it better, but everything in the attacking seems a bit off. The attack moves seem a bit slow. And if you are going to have a game focus on action, don't you want it fast and furious? I dunno, maybe I just play too much Gaiden...??
The music on that pirate ship battle, heh, I still can't believe that. It sounds like something out of Dynasty Warriors.
Kobun Heat
Member
This thread is useless without StrikerObi.
Can someone record the music from the game? I've listened to the 4 samples at the official site and the musical style seems very similiar to the first one, so I don't understand all the complaints. It's not like PoP1 was filled with folkoric middle-eastern music.
Really, the first PoP was already "angsty", I don't get why some people don't see that. They just took an extra step with this one.
It's not like PoP1 was filled with folkoric middle-eastern music.Protip: It had none.
Really, the first PoP was already "angsty", I don't get why some people don't see that. They just took an extra step with this one.
I was impressed with the improved combat. Can flip over guys now and flow into new moves easily and quickly. Can pick up there weapons and zip around everywhere very quickly. Will make fighting large rooms of guys more fun then usual.
For awhile.
Just like the 1st PoP the vault over the guys head move is super strong and seems to work on every guy. Almost feel stupid for not doing it if you get hit because you know it's so effective. Control felt choppy, but I'm hoping that's because of a crappy video card. If it's like this on the consoles then it will easilly be ignored by me this season.
Animations also seem a bit too dramatic. Like when hopping off a wall...the huge arc he takes while flipping makes the move a little less useful to me, because it affects the timing. And fast action games like this should be all about timing.
There wasn't anything really in the puzzle sense, but I doubt this game will be ALL combat. Not with all the running on wall shit he can still do.
I'm not a PoP purist. Don't mind more action if the action is good. But it doesn't feel "tight" yet like DMC/Ninja Gaiden, but I hope that's due to it being unfinished and on a crappy PC
For awhile.
Just like the 1st PoP the vault over the guys head move is super strong and seems to work on every guy. Almost feel stupid for not doing it if you get hit because you know it's so effective. Control felt choppy, but I'm hoping that's because of a crappy video card. If it's like this on the consoles then it will easilly be ignored by me this season.
Animations also seem a bit too dramatic. Like when hopping off a wall...the huge arc he takes while flipping makes the move a little less useful to me, because it affects the timing. And fast action games like this should be all about timing.
There wasn't anything really in the puzzle sense, but I doubt this game will be ALL combat. Not with all the running on wall shit he can still do.
I'm not a PoP purist. Don't mind more action if the action is good. But it doesn't feel "tight" yet like DMC/Ninja Gaiden, but I hope that's due to it being unfinished and on a crappy PC
The Bookerman
Member
Letme just say that the Jade engine shines most on one particular console(that means aside from PC)...
Figure it out by yourself.
That don't mean it doesn't look great on other consoles.
Edited.
Figure it out by yourself.
That don't mean it doesn't look great on other consoles.
Edited.
Rainbow L33T
Member
POP game were always made with Xbox in mind first.Like Splinter Cell.
The Bookerman
Member
Rainbow L33T said:
Letme instruct you.
The Jade engine has been built around, NO particular platform in mind.
POP's engine is a modified Jade engine. Montreal's engineers rewrote part of the engine, and were able to get a 15% performance gain on each platform. POP, unlike games like Splinter Cell and Rainbow Six, was developped simultaniously on each platform.
Rainbow Six games and Splinter Cell games are different. Reason is: They run on a modified Unreal warfare engine. Since the Unreal engine was built on PC's, the best idea was to make it work on Xbox and PC first.
Rainbow L33T
Member
No need to instruct me on this.I know both of these probably better than anyone on this forum.But thanks for the effort.
The Bookerman
Member
Rainbow L33T said:
Oh yeah.
How do you know?
Rainbow L33T
Member
Well,I don't really want to engage in a pissing contest.You probably know programmers or work yourself there,but I have my own reasons and they're probably as good as yours.
Your quite right about what you said in your previous post,although the Jade engine was modified,how many gain in % each platform got is pretty much in the air.That's an estimation and the Xbox got the better share of it for the most part.
Your quite right about what you said in your previous post,although the Jade engine was modified,how many gain in % each platform got is pretty much in the air.That's an estimation and the Xbox got the better share of it for the most part.
Well, you can go to www.princeofpersiagame.com and check out if it's the same or not.
Supposedly this game scored a 10 in OPM.
Is that out of 100?
Ok, that may be a bit harsh. But I remember last year with all those gushing PoP reviews and when the game came out most people thought the game was scored highly overrated. I"m wondering if the same thing is going to happen again. The demo screams 6/10 at best.
Is that out of 100?
Ok, that may be a bit harsh. But I remember last year with all those gushing PoP reviews and when the game came out most people thought the game was scored highly overrated. I"m wondering if the same thing is going to happen again. The demo screams 6/10 at best.
TekunoRobby
Tag of Excellence
I never understood the desire for 1280x1024. I actually don't know, not trying to be a smart-ass, I'd appreciate if someone could explain it to me. The way I see it, 1280x1024 is at an odd display rate in accordance to everything else, ie: the common pixel resolutions. From the lowly 800x600 to the high-end 1600x1200, and everything else in between, the ratio is always 1.3333~. 1280x1024 gives you an odd ratio of 1.25, the correct one would be 1280x960 which the game does support.Yusaku said:
The demo makes me cry, I hate the atmosphere and character redesigns of this game. If it does help to dramatically increase sales then I guess I can look past it. After spending a good 5 minutes with the game I got used to the keyboard controls but they're a poor second choice for a nice controller in hand. The PC port is pretty decent, it seems like everything was transferred flawlessly and the game runs at a decent clip, not much else I can ask for. Only drawback is the demo is a bad example of what the entire game is like, well atleast I'm holding out for that. It was worth the download but it doesn't make me excited for the game. I still respect what the team has done, I just wish something better was shown.