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[Alexios]

Time to not be able to have good brown peoples again, lol, let's make Persian folks purple! Lol, I thought it's a weird choice given the obvious themes before they even revealed it's freaking PoP! Gameplay looks alright but roguelite is dubious and the art style is off putting and not charming, meh.

 

[Fbh]

Does Ubisoft have some internal mandate that PoP MUST use the ugliest art styles or something?
We went from price of the zoomers to what looks like a 2006 flash game with a resetera colour palette

At least the gameplay looks pretty fun.

 

[March Climber]

Well, you have to put it into the context of the thread, its about the extremely generic game above and games like them.

And as I said, there are variations to the story which i enjoy even if it generally has similar combat - hence the variation and curiosity + enjoyment (Yakuza).

I mean, it's not just me, none of these games sell that well. Look at PoP, the same will happen to Zau that's why its free/on a sub service.

There are plenty of 2D sidescrollers, roguelites, and metroidvanias that sell well. Hell, we see their sales accolades on steam and when they announce a new edition of their game or sequel. The benefit is that they also don't need to sell 30 million or more like much bigger budget products to be considered a success, since a simple 100k to 500k in sales usually works for most of them. PoP Lost Crown didn't sell well because it was priced way too high on launch, and that's what I would consider the real problem with certain high profile platformers.

Devs and publishers have to come to terms with the fact that the genre itself should not be anywhere near full price. PoP Lost Crown will find it's footing later in it's life cycle when it's cheaper, because critically it reviewed really well both from a user perspective and a critic perspective.

My hope is that this game doesn't repeat the same pricing mistake, but knowing Ubisoft they will probably attempt it.

 

[midnightAI]

Doesn't look as bad in motion as the still picture led me to believe but still looks like an old flash game. Being roguelike is still the no buy reason for me so the art style doesn't matter.

It looks like fun little game really, but I don't like the art style

 

[intbal]

Art style looks too clean. Needs some grain and shit.

You're right. A small amount of grain enhances the appearance of depth in the image.

Spoiler: image

 

[SALMORE]

looks french

 

[Danjin44]

the art style doesn't matter.

In hand drawn 2D game the artstyle matters even more.

 

[TintoConCasera]

The two first games on DOS looked better than this or, at least, had waaay more style to it.

Also, why is he pink?

 

[Killer8]

Terrible art. It looks like Prince of Persia run through the filter of Adventure Time. What the fuck are they thinking.

 

[Stamps1646]

They should have had Motion Twin the Dead Cell dev work on this title.

 

[touchfuzzy]

Could be fun, looks a lot better in motion than in screenshots. Though I'm not sure why he's purple instead of human colored.

 

[Danjin44]

Also, why is he pink?

Though I'm not sure why he's purple instead of human colored.

They were going for that false colour you sometimes see in Jo Jo anime.

 

[thief183]

I'm totally in.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Not sure if releasing two 2D PoP games in less than six months is a good idea, even if technically they're from different genres.

 

[Futaleufu]

Too bad that when Jordan Mechner pitched to Ubisoft the development of PoP 3 (sequel to The Shadow and The Flame) they turned him down

 

[StereoVsn]

Not a fan of the art style or the whole rogue lite approach. Seems kind of mid.

Why can't Ubi do a 2D title with a good art style lately. The other PoP game also kind of sucked from they perspective.

 

[RoadHazard]

Incredibly bland visually. Something more similar to Dead Cells would have been so much better.

 

[Success]

This game is DOA.

If the Ubisoft one flopped, this one will flop harder.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

LMAO whoever is in charge of art style choices in the recent Prince of Persia games needs to be drawn and quartered

 

[Saber]

Looks absolute ugly, like some kind of cheap flash game.

 

[CGNoire]

What is this "cheap" ass shit?

"Peasent of Persia" more like it.

 

[baphomet]

That art style fucking sucks

 

[Wonko_C]

Roguelite = No thanks. If they're already doing a sidescroller, can we get one in the vein of the original, rotoscoped animations and all? I liked the deliberate, methodic pacing of those, especially the SNES version which had fantastic music, and superb animation. Give me 20 stages and a 2-hour time limit before Jaffar achieves his ambition or something.

 

[Punished Miku]

Soundtrack is phenomenal. Art style is gorgeous. Gameplay looks very fluid.

Easy day 1.

 

[lh032]

look like a low budget AA game from some new founded game studio

 

[Pejo]

The gameplay looks decent, shame it's roguelike. A well crafted game with proper level design and jumping puzzles would have been cool. I feel like a 2D Rayman died for this somehow.

Hate the art style, and there were a surprising amount of stutters in the gameplay video considering the meager visuals.

Maybe at a deep sale someday or in a bundle, that's my final verdict.

 

[Moochi]

Adventure time and PoP had a baby And it's F'ing gross.

 

[Shakka43]

In hand drawn 2D game the artstyle matters even more.

What I meant is that no matter how good or bad the artstyle for the game might be, the roguelike element makes it a no buy for me.

 

[Danjin44]

What I meant is that no matter how good or bad the artstyle for the game might be, the roguelike element makes it a no buy for me.

I definitely agree with that, I never saw the appeal of roguelike and it seems most indie devs and even some AAA devs love it for some reason.

 

[ResilientBanana]

Doesn't look as bad in motion as the still picture led me to believe but still looks like an old flash game. Being roguelike is still the no buy reason for me so the art style doesn't matter.

Aladdin on Sega Genesis looks better than this shit.

 

[FeralEcho]

Modern Ubi saw all the woke purple haired freaks and went a step further and instead of just messing up the Prince by making his hair purple they made his entire body purple and also half his kingdom.Prince of Prunes.

Anyway this looks absolutely terrible from an artistic and graphical standpoint. An AI might do a better job then whatever the hell this is.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

OP with that fucking click bait title...

I guess this gif is still appropriate nevertheless

Fire reaction to lend to it's creedence.

 

[kunonabi]

Woof, not digging the art and animation at all. Also kind of wished it played more like classic Pop. The roguelite thing also would made more sense with the original premise of making your way through the palace.

All that said I hated how Double Dragon looked and that ended up as my GOTY so who knows.

 

[darrylgorn]

Needs more eyeliner.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

This looks like a colour palette my 6-year old is using.

 

[Mikado]

I'm asking for this:

Say no more, Fam:

 

[MayauMiao]

Yikes and I thought Outlaw looked bad.

 

[tomato shrub]

why is he purple

 

[StueyDuck]

That art style is horrific.

I guess prince is trans now or something

 

[Salmon]

ANOTHER mobile game? LOL!

 

[Sintoid]

Has "Pink of Persia" already been said?

 

[winjer]

This looks like trash.

 

[RagnarokIV]

So PoP is now their disposable IP?

Throw it out once a month and hope to get some cash back on a cheap punt?

 

[AJUMP23]

Flying Purple People eater the game.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

This looks like trash.

My friend, this is one time where you are wrong. Trash is looking more attractive, right now.

 

[phaedrus]

2008:

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2024:

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[Jinzo Prime]

Did they fire the art department? Replace them with version 0.02b of a cheap Midjourney knock-off?

I'm sure Midjourney looks way better than this shit.

 

[kunonabi]

Looks like the Wii version of Forgotten Sands will continue to be the last great PoP game.

 

[Wonko_C]

Has this been mentioned? The Prince's skin color is similar to the color he had in the original game's 4-color mode. Coincidence? If not, that's a nice nostalgic touch.

Still don't like how it looks, though.