Can someone please tell me wtf happened?

Prince of Persia is an action adventure series created by Jordan Mechner in the late eighties. The original was a beloved 2D platformer, while the series' later incarnation in The Sands of Time set the bar for modern platforming and continues to influence games a decade later.

Can someone please tell me wtf happened?

#1 Posted by Organicalistic_ (2954 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

The games for the ps2 era were great, then these last two, what happened, why do they suck, I know I am not the only one feeling these thoughts, but does anyone have an answer?

#2 Posted by Sammichman (118 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

I dunno why they suck but your avatar is awesome.

#3 Posted by Crono11 (1619 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

I think PoP 08 didn't suck. It was just different.

#4 Posted by Organicalistic_ (2954 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

@Sammichman: thanks, i like that album not only for the music, but the art itself is pretty awesome

#5 Posted by LiquidPrince (14655 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

I don't think any of the ones on this generation of consoles suck.

#6 Posted by MooseyMcMan (8549 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

@crono11 said:

" I think PoP 08 didn't suck. It was just different. "

True that. Plus, it had Nolan North!

#7 Posted by KarlPilkington (2546 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

If the newest Prince of Persia was released when you had a PS2 you would have said it was a great game. It's exactly the same as the old POP's, just your expectation from games have increased for this generation.

#8 Posted by Landon (3963 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

I don't think any of them suck. But the quality between them has been quite uneven.

#9 Posted by Demyx (3227 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

I think Prince of Persia (2008) was a great game. I was skeptical at first, but I loved it. As for the newest one, it doesn't look too bad, not worth full price though.

#10 Posted by BunkerBuster (1039 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

Obviously sales declined dramatically from the first game in the Sands of Time series to the last game so they went ahead and tried something new. That didn't work out as well as they had hoped so they tried it again, this time with some help from the movie. If this revamp doesn't work then ten years from now we will get another noscon of Prince of Persia and the cycle will repeat. Of course, if that game doesn't sell enough copies then the series will probably be too toxic from then on and the series will die.