New Prince of Persia "The Forgotten Sands" Due May 2010

Bummer...I liked the direction the last PoP game was going in.  Eff this...

I think this is kinda stupid on their part. They are obviously just trying to play off of the movie, which has yet to be proven as a quality product, to get sales. I'm not sure about most people, but I'm sick of the old Prince of Persia games, considering the first one was the best if not the only good one, and I really don't feel like playing another one. I really liked what they did with the last game focusing more on atmosphere and art design with laid back but interesting game play. 
 
Also I didn't get to play the DLC but I'm far more interested in the story line and events of the most recent game than that of the previous series. Hopefully this will be a one game side step that tries to ride the success of the movie, but then more games like the last one will come out.

Weird. They re-invented the series (if you want to call it that) with the last game, and now they're completely backpedaling on all of that.

I want more Nolan North Prince. :(

Here's another vote for "sad that they're not making a sequel to the 2008 reboot."
 
The 2008 PoP was the most under-rated game of last year. Mechanically, it managed to blend cut scene, QTE and regular gameplay in a seamless fashion and as a narrative it did a great job of foreshadowing its clever and dark ending.  Sure, people complained it was "too easy" but that's because they failed to realize that there is a significant tension between "fun" and "challenging" -- and if you have to err on one side or the other, fun is the way to go.

i like how the text in the titleis the exact same as the two thrones.
like Exactly no difference in color or texture at all

wow I didn't see that one coming. I figured it would be out next Christmas

So it's not a sequel to the las PoP game???  I love that one!  I hope this does end up being a continuation of that one.

@Brad
Put a christmas hat on your dude

Man a weird time to announce a game.

 
Let's hope it's more like the original SoT, which was amazing. The 2 sequels were not really Prince of Persia enough.  Haven't played the most recent game.
 
Jordan Mechner wrote SoT as a prequel to the original PoP. Would be nice if the new game tied into the original game, and ends with him losing his memory, and ending up a beggar on the streets. 
 
Unlikely though, I know.

" @MisuseOfLasers said:

" I'm disappointed it's not a sequel to the last game, especially considering the ending(s) they gave us. "

yeh wtf. "

I started reading this story and thought "Man the last Prince of Persia was pretty cool and all but I hated how the story was told, the "open world" mechanic and the ending. I might stop caring for this series entirely if it's just gonna build on that story from now on." 
 
So I was pleasantly surprised when I read they where going back to the sands of time storyline. Ok, I know that just forgetting about the last game and continuing with a story that ended up crazily convoluted (cause y'know, time travel) is, well...really lame. But I just can't help being more excited for this than I would be for a sequel to the last game. 
 
Edit: Also "Infinite lives and really tight checkpoints < Time rewinding potion"

Good, because the most recent POP game was garbage.

I only clicked because they asked so politely.

" Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time redone in the style of the most recent PoP perhaps? "

I hope this doesn't mean we'll never get the sequel to last year's Prince of Persia. That'd be a bunch of crap, to leave us hanging like that.

This doesn't make a lick of sense. The developers clearly stated with Two Thrones that it was the end of the trilogy. The reboot surprised me that it happened (even though i kind of didn't care), but following a reboot of a series with a throwback of a series is nonsense

I say they keep the new art direction and go back to the original prince from sands of time. I like the title forgotten sands...really sums up those 'baditude' sequels I never even bothered to play.

Really looking forward to this.

Ubisoft's business logic baffles me. Why did they decide to make a PoP movie when the firstAssassin's Creed sold more copies than the entire PoP series combined ? And what is Disney doing here? Did they forget their own Prince of Persia franchise from all those years ago ? :/

i thought they finished the sands storyline. i kinda don't wanna go back given how awesome the ending was. we'll see.

Oh I just noticed that Harry Gregson-Williams is doing the music for this movie. Atleast the soundtrack will be awesome, right ?

Honestly, I hope they go in a new direction. Maybe more of a gory PoP game?

Well, I was really excited until I read it's going back to The Sands of Time route. Not that I disliked The Sands of Time, but I preferred the direction of the new game. I also found The Sands of Time to be kind of overrated and in that game the Prince was so incredibly annoying. Whatever, as long as the Prince isn't as annoying as he was back then, I suppose I'll still look forward to it.

so this is just like Street fighter. game to movie to game.
 
So this game will suck.

Totally called it.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time: The Movie: The Game?  Fantastic!  
 
But in all seriousness, despite it's gameplay I really enjoyed Prince of Persia 2008 and that cliffhanger at the end left me wanting more.  Hopefully the guys at Ubisoft haven't totally abandoned that series in favor of this project.

Oh my god WHAT?

I don't care what it's about, I'm just glad they're returning to the previous story arc.

I didn't like the last game, and this game looks to be nothing more than a bad movie tie-in.

I thought the story wrapped up well enough in the first game - but such is the business of sequels.  If they have to revisit it, I want Yuri Lowenthal to voice The Prince again.  Oh, and at some point it has to say, AVOID SPIKY POLES.

Fuuuuuuuuck, I really liked the last POP installment.  The way the Prince and Elika went back and forth, the simple but smooth platforming.  Something about that game really drew me in and I've been looking forward to a follow-up.

Yes, I loved the Sands of Time trilogy, but that arc has ended.  Bringing it back seems to be attempting to take advantage of the movie release, and that is just sad.

All the expository dialog in that trailer....ughhhhhhhhhhhh

'effin ace.

I hope they get on to making a squeal to the new Prince of Persia though. I liked the Sands of Time story, but that story is done and I like where the new PoP series is going.

Having clicked this all I got was a cliche walt disney trailer to a game I loved back in the day.

" @MisuseOfLasers said:

" I'm disappointed it's not a sequel to the last game, especially considering the ending(s) they gave us. "

yeh wtf. "

They should copy the feel from The Sands of Time and make this game fluid, beautiful, and at-least mildly groundbreaking. It also wouldn't hurt if this game lasted twice as long as any of the previous entries.

I honestly really don't care to play the upcoming game if it's not a sequel to the last iteration of the series.  Those characters had some actual depth to them, whereas the last generation trilogy never did anything for me story wise.  
And ya, I need to try and get through the epilogue soon...

I really loved the last prince of persia, I'm only 1 trophy away from a platinum. But the news that the new one is not a sequal to that is really a bummer because now this means we won't see a sequal to that one for a while. Unless Ubisoft is working on more than one PoP.

Honestly my expectations for the film are low,especially after I saw the trailer.I hope that the game is better.It would be really cool if you get to play as the Prince's brother(he was implied in the Sands Of Time manual).But I don't know how they're going to do it,aside from  some minor loose ends The Two Thrones closed the trilogy air tight.Usually after three games franchises go bad so I hope that Ubisoft doesn't milk the trilogy for all it's worth.Personally I hope that it's either a console version of battles of prince of persia(the ds game),a remake of POP 3(basically Kindred Blades instead of The Two Thrones)or a side story where you play as either the prince's father or implied brother.
 
 

god dammit ubisoft when you whore you're story trying to tie people in to by the next game finish the freakin story for once by far one of the worst companies for fan service

This ain't no game.

So are they just abandoning the current storyline? Or are we going to get ' Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Nolan North Prince With The Watercolor Look ' in 2012? I mean they are kind of leaving us hanging. 
 
On the other hand, Sand of Time is easily  the best of the series and I do prefer Time Manipulation to the Elika mechanic, though I like Elika as a character, both serve the same purpose but you had more control with the Time Manipulation. It almost made it easier, since you only had to rewind yourself to before you lost control as opposed to the last solid ground you were on, which could be minutes away. Though I do truly believe they need Jordan Mechner in order to top Sands of Time.

Sands of Time ended with the 3rd installment. Whatever this abortion is I won't consider it cannon.
Ubisoft giveth (Assassins Creed 2, PoP 2008) and Ubisoft taketh away (Avatar:The Movie: The Game, This).

The latest PoP flowed very well, was smooth, looked great but to me there just wasn't too much there. I never finished it, maybe I should give it a chance again but I don't know it just didn't do it for me. I enjoyed it fluidity and jumping through the air using the special colored pads looked and felt satisfying but that was about it.

For fuck's sake, can every franchise please stop putting out a new fucking title in that franchise every fucking year?! There is only so much time and the world doesn't really need "Blankity Blank 42" a few months after "Blankity Blank 41". Aaaagh.