I played some three hours of Prince of Persia today and to sum it up, being a Prince of Persia fan, I'm very disappointed. For starters the loading times are horrible. My main concern is the initial one, which is on par with Midnight Club. Also, not as atrocious but still noticeable are the loading times during play, which are much more frequent the the PS2 version.
Moving on to the sound department. I am by no means an audiophile, but there are some serious issues here which makes the game feel really half ass like:
- Sound is un synched during cut-scenes.
- Music stops in the middle of the tracks to load.
- Music disappears.
- Dialogue and sound effects randomly gets cut for no apparent reason.
Environments look really good, and are probably the single aspect of the game that is the least flawed.
When watching the game in motion it's quite easy to tell that Ubi have cut frames of animation from the characters, the most noticeable of course being the prince. However, my main concern is not the lack of fluid animations, but the bad frame rate. At 222Mhz Revelations is pretty far from the silky smooth Prince of Persia experience we've grown accustomed to.
The camera is controlled using the D-pad. Up is the landscape camera, left resets it and right is first person view. You can also move the camera around by holding down L button. I've had some issues, but nothing major.
In conclusion I think Ubi blew it big time with Revelations. Instead of correcting the issues that PoP:WW had and enhanced the gaming experience (would have been nice with added speed kills), Ubi have created a at many times below mediocre port of the trilogy's weakest link.