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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake won't be in the upcoming Ubisoft Forward, dev team making great progress for the game to release next year.
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this remake is slowly turning into vaporware
they must be overhauling it entirely or something. the footage we saw looked...oof.
they must be overhauling it entirely or something. the footage we saw looked...oof.
It's not just Covid, game announcement was basically disaster and from some rumors they basically more-less went back to drawing board.
Seems like a massive leap to conclusions when it's more likely
Combined with a significant overhaul based on the negative reactions
Don't think so, game seemed to be far enough along to be already released, if we haven't had covid. They are probably using the additional time to work on the feedback.
A game announced 9 months ago not making an appearance after they announced a delay due to feedback from a country ravaged with COVID isn't vaporware.
It's been 9 months.
The game was scheduled for January 2021 and is clearly being completely reworked.
Obviously India's horrible public health situation isn't helping whatsoever, but it's clear Ubisoft wanted to push out a shovelware remake (the game literally did not have a functioning lighting system when revealed) and only backed off when the response online was so negative.
The trailer looked fine as it was. People were being too hyperbolic and toxic about it. Made it the butt of all jokes. Graphics may not be AAA but it was never terrible. 'Tis a small team and it's their first big project.
More power to the team and screw the haters.
More power to the team and screw the haters.
I'm not sure what you're arguing. I was replying to the idea that it's vaporware after 9 months.
it's been in development far longer than what you're suggesting.
and i'm saying that it seems to be turning into vaporware because it's made zero appearances and has been delayed well over a year.
Obviously. That's how game development works.
The point is that it's nothing remotely close to vaporware.
I find this a great news, they are taking their time with the Remake of this very beloved classic... this gets my hopes up and excited because they are taking this more seriously with all the crucial feedback.
Next time when you show us this game, let it be a pleasant surprise :-)
Next time when you show us this game, let it be a pleasant surprise :-)
yes my friend who worked there last year was on testing team. He said they worked on the game and it was there for development till he was working there. Not sure about current status.
I wish they trusted the team to make a reboot
A remake is such a boring project, and if the visuals are not gonna be that great then why not just remaster the OG game properly this time?
Who out there is clamouring for games they loved as a kid to be remade with budget graphics?
"We want a Beyond Good and Evil remake and we want it to look kind of naff and low budget"
These people don't exist
A remake is such a boring project, and if the visuals are not gonna be that great then why not just remaster the OG game properly this time?
Who out there is clamouring for games they loved as a kid to be remade with budget graphics?
"We want a Beyond Good and Evil remake and we want it to look kind of naff and low budget"
These people don't exist
They should take their time obviously, but this was unveiled as a pretty standard, no-frills remake.
I wonder if something went wrong during development or they are planning on changing a bunch? Obviously COVID messed things up as well but it doesn't seem like the most ambitious project.
I wonder if something went wrong during development or they are planning on changing a bunch? Obviously COVID messed things up as well but it doesn't seem like the most ambitious project.
Good. Hopefully they're safe. Keep them away from the hate, too. It's super unnecessary. Let them show the game when it's ready.
I'm sure the fact that that studio was likely one of the most severely affected by the COVID crisis helped make the decision to give it more time a little easier.
I didn't even think the reveal looked bad at all. It wasn't incredible but it looked fine for a $40 update and I was still excited to play it. I guess this is still win-win as long as the final product turns out good. I'm in no rush for it.
It's a young studio that was probably given an unrealistic timeline for a huge project initially (I believe it's one their first projects), which backfired with the poorly received reveal.
All of that combined with the current impact of covid on India, preparing a vertical slice or a trailer for an E3 showing is probably not a priority for the team right now.
2008 was a whole new game though, not a remake of SOT. Also forgotten sands is actually a pretty nice game, though I agree ends up more forgettable than the rest of the series. Looks amazing 4k60 on PC too
Very interested in seeing what the game will look like now. Anytime a game is delayed it's usually related to bugs, gameplay systems not working, it not being fun etc.
In this case however it seems entirely related to the graphics, all the groundwork of the game is after all already there since it's a remake, so I imagine the main focus is now entirely on prettying this game up.
In this case however it seems entirely related to the graphics, all the groundwork of the game is after all already there since it's a remake, so I imagine the main focus is now entirely on prettying this game up.
At this point I think it's safe to assume the PoP remake pulled a Metroid Prime 4 ie deleted everything cause it was bad and started over
It's not just COVID.
They greenlit a PoP Remake with a low budget and they assigned the project to a mobile/support Ubisoft studio with close to no "AAA" experience.
This is like Rockstar India working on a GTA 3 Remake with 1/20 of GTA 5 budget.
They have probably put some other studios to help in the background at this point which is good because what was shown looked really bad.
