PoP: The Forgotten Sands (2010) - I literally didn't know this game existed until just now and I thought I played all the PoP games. shame.
It's ok. It's not as good as Sands of Time but it's more refined. It feels like a shrug, like they had some stuff already done on it and just finished it, an afterthought for all involved.
I thought Warrior Within was way better than Two Thrones. On a related note, Godsmack was my shit back then as well so that's probably why.
Forgotten Sands is pretty good. It came out alongside the movie I believe, but I think it was more a side-story set between either SoT and WW or WW and TT. It didn't actually have anything to do with the movie, I think.
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The Forgotten Sands also has a Wii release that is completely different from the other consoles and PC. Apart from annoying obligatory pointer controls, I remember it being quite good.
Forgotten Sands was a perfectly fine, though unremarkable, game. The most memorable thing about it was that it wasn’t too bad to get every achievement.
I mean, I know I played it, but I couldn’t tell you what happened in the plot at all.
I liked WW for the back and forth time mechanic. The angst made sense for somebody being chased by an implacable death monster. Mainly, it suffered simply by not being SoT.
Haven't yet played Forgotten Sands, but it was made to both sell the movie and somehow give people what they were demanding and that was a return to the SoT Prince rather than anything the reboot did. By then, AC was huge and Uni abandoned Prince of Persia.
So because I have gamepass thanks to a division 2 preorder I played through the first metro game, it was definitely interesting. Going to try the second one today, hopefully its less ahem on the rails...
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
So because I have gamepass thanks to a division 2 preorder I played through the first metro game, it was definitely interesting. Going to try the second one today, hopefully its less ahem on the rails...
It is not. The first two Metro games are very good, but very linear.
I hope the same team can pull off Exodus, which is not quite open world but not as on rails as the first two.
So because I have gamepass thanks to a division 2 preorder I played through the first metro game, it was definitely interesting. Going to try the second one today, hopefully its less ahem on the rails...
I just wanted to reply to let you know that I thought the "on the rails" gag was well done.
Also PoP 2008 was a pretty fun game. It was more rhythm game than platformer in places, which I think annoyed a lot of series purists. It's a pity they decided to sell the ending separately and then THAT ending was a cliffhanger.
A quick Prince of Persia Timeline with my sweet comments:
Prince of Persia (1989) - DAMN THOSE ROTOSCOPES DAWG
PoP 2 (1993) - boy that's a lot of enemies
Prince of Persia 3D (1999) - VERY BAD
PoP: The Sands of Time (2003) - HELL YA TIME DAGGER
PoP: Warrior Within (2004) - WHAT HAPPENED, WHY THE BROODING
PoP: The Two Thrones (2005) - HELL YEAH AGAIN
Prince of Persia (2008) - this is pretty dang cool, hope it gets a sequel
PoP: The Forgotten Sands (2010) - I literally didn't know this game existed until just now and I thought I played all the PoP games. shame.
My take on the games ...
PoP: The Sands of Time (2003) - Great platforming, terrible combat (that's worth suffering through), okay story that's told really well. It wraps it up in a perfect standalone package with no need for a sequel ....
PoP: Warrior Within (2004) - WHY DID YOU DO THIS? I just said the ending was perfect, why fuck it up? And we're doubling down on the awful combat? Oh shit, I'm bleeding because I cut myself on all that edge.
PoP: The Two Thrones (2005) - So this game tries to right the ship, and does an okay job of it. And they let you skip most of the still-terrible combat if you get good and the stealth/QTE system, so that makes it the most playable thus far.
Prince of Persia (2008) - Cool art. Gameplay felt like it was on autopilot. If you're going to scale back the gameplay this much, make up for it with a better story.
PoP: The Forgotten Sands (2010) - Completely forgettable and unnecessary addition to the story, but good platforming, and much prettier than Sands of Time. The combat is braindead, but that just means it's easier to get back to the good part of the game.
So because I was snowed in seattle I finished metro last light. It was still very linear, but they did a lot better job with environments and telling a story than the first one even if the tacked on love interest was tacked on.
Also major props for creepiest spiders in an fps game? Like they were in the first game but way way more creepy awful in the second one. Weapons also felt meatier. Glad I played both of them, sadly exodus comes out when Anthem does and division not too long after but I'll probably pick it up on a spring or summer sale?
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
PoP SoT was awesome with combat that got old by the end.
PoP WW did improve the combat with throws, dual wielding, and throwing your dual wield weapon, but also there was too much of it against bad enemies. The plot starts out really bad but then becomes rather very clever just before the halfway mark and the game turns out very good by the end.
PoP TTT has some very clever retconning to bring the first two games very separate styles and tones into a cohesive story. They know people aren't feeling the combat so they allow you to skip it straight up. But the boss fights are real real bad. And chariot racing is right out.
PoP '08 was the start of a very interesting series... that never got a sequel. Come on Ubi, the ONE TIME you don't proceed with a franchise... I really liked the whole bantering on command feature on this one.
PoP Forgotten Sands had some very nice platforming, but a negative zero interesting storyline that should not have even pretended to be in the trilogy timeline. I always kind of wanted to try out the Wii version as well, which was apparently a somewhat unique one and not a direct port, but not enough to buy it.
I need to play it again especially with the Xbox One X enhancements, but for some reason the Titanfall 2 campaign never clicked with me at all. What I've played so far is basically going through the motions.
I guess there's too much time spent outside of your Titan, and during that time, I really wish they had you fighting Titans on foot with AT weapons, instead of long hallways and tall platforms of really boring mooks and tedious spider drones.
The time-slip mechanic was great though. I'm glad so many people praised it, and it's a shame we're not getting another one.
Tried Apex Legends for about two hours last night. Not sure I’m the target market. It seems like you should start with at least a basic weapon, and the character options just seemed really ...limited? and not very good looking. I mean, technical standpoint they looked great but none of them were very attractive.
Yes I want to play as someone who looks good. I’m shallow.
Also, I got to level six or so and hadn’t actually managed to kill a single other player. A lot of that was “I finally got a gun! How does it perform? I have no clue and I only have twenty bullets so I can’t actually just go randomly shooting them off!”
I think I’d be more likely to give it a more of a shot if there was a way to practice running around the environment and shooting at things.
I think I’d be more likely to give it a more of a shot if there was a way to practice running around the environment and shooting at things.
This is something the other BR games have, a pre-game lobby where you can run around, pick up all the different guns, and practice or dick around for a minute while your game fills up.
Fortnite also has a full-on creative mode where you just have a sandbox to play with whatever you want.
Tried Apex Legends for about two hours last night. Not sure I’m the target market. It seems like you should start with at least a basic weapon, and the character options just seemed really ...limited? and not very good looking. I mean, technical standpoint they looked great but none of them were very attractive.
Yes I want to play as someone who looks good. I’m shallow.
Also, I got to level six or so and hadn’t actually managed to kill a single other player. A lot of that was “I finally got a gun! How does it perform? I have no clue and I only have twenty bullets so I can’t actually just go randomly shooting them off!”
I think I’d be more likely to give it a more of a shot if there was a way to practice running around the environment and shooting at things.
So you're saying it fails in the digital waifu/husbando category? When I could be playing my kickass long-legged busty camo-wearing commando in Fortnite with her hilarious Kpop dance routine?
I see the title Apex Legends and I kinda wish it was a sequel to the OG Xbox's Apex (which I always forget was called Racing Evoluzione outside the US) where you ran a car company, built new cars (based on blueprints you found, rather than designing them directly) and, of course, raced them. It didn't set the world on fire, but it was alright. Good concept, though.
So apparently they've officially changed names from Microsoft Studios to Xbox Games Studios. Interesting timing given the news about them wanting to extend Xbox Live to mobile and Switch.
So apparently they've officially changed names from Microsoft Studios to Xbox Games Studios. Interesting timing given the news about them wanting to extend Xbox Live to mobile and Switch.
Unifying the Xbox brand across everything, I guess.
Also, Forza Apex was a thing, though considering all future Forza releases will likely come to Windows 10 as well, probably no more free-to-play PC version.
Woo I actually successfully waited on shadow of the tomb raider, I've bought so so many games then not ended up playing them and then watched as they went for free on gold. Proud of myself for waiting this time
Tried Apex Legends for about two hours last night. Not sure I’m the target market. It seems like you should start with at least a basic weapon, and the character options just seemed really ...limited? and not very good looking. I mean, technical standpoint they looked great but none of them were very attractive.
Yes I want to play as someone who looks good. I’m shallow.
Also, I got to level six or so and hadn’t actually managed to kill a single other player. A lot of that was “I finally got a gun! How does it perform? I have no clue and I only have twenty bullets so I can’t actually just go randomly shooting them off!”
I think I’d be more likely to give it a more of a shot if there was a way to practice running around the environment and shooting at things.
So you're saying it fails in the digital waifu/husbando category? When I could be playing my kickass long-legged busty camo-wearing commando in Fortnite with her hilarious Kpop dance routine?
*sighs, crosses another one off the list*
Finally I meet someone who really gets me.
Also, even if you can find love in the handful of characters on offer, you can easily be locked out of playing them. There's a timed countdown at the beginning of the match where all three members of your squad get to pick a character, and you do this in random order. So if you get the #3 slot, you have to hope that neither of the first two people chose your favorite.
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It's ok. It's not as good as Sands of Time but it's more refined. It feels like a shrug, like they had some stuff already done on it and just finished it, an afterthought for all involved.
OR A FORGOTTEN SANDERTHOUGHT.
It's fine, it's...fine.
Forgotten Sands is pretty good. It came out alongside the movie I believe, but I think it was more a side-story set between either SoT and WW or WW and TT. It didn't actually have anything to do with the movie, I think.
well, there had to be one person who did
I mean, I know I played it, but I couldn’t tell you what happened in the plot at all.
I chuckled at this
you son of a bitch
Haven't yet played Forgotten Sands, but it was made to both sell the movie and somehow give people what they were demanding and that was a return to the SoT Prince rather than anything the reboot did. By then, AC was huge and Uni abandoned Prince of Persia.
Be careful what you wish for.
Thought he'd come after one of the best PoP games (2008).
He did not.
I am shocked and awed.
but i like good games and it was a good game?
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It is not. The first two Metro games are very good, but very linear.
I hope the same team can pull off Exodus, which is not quite open world but not as on rails as the first two.
Shocked and awed!
I just wanted to reply to let you know that I thought the "on the rails" gag was well done.
Also PoP 2008 was a pretty fun game. It was more rhythm game than platformer in places, which I think annoyed a lot of series purists. It's a pity they decided to sell the ending separately and then THAT ending was a cliffhanger.
PoP: The Sands of Time (2003) - Great platforming, terrible combat (that's worth suffering through), okay story that's told really well. It wraps it up in a perfect standalone package with no need for a sequel ....
PoP: Warrior Within (2004) - WHY DID YOU DO THIS? I just said the ending was perfect, why fuck it up? And we're doubling down on the awful combat? Oh shit, I'm bleeding because I cut myself on all that edge.
PoP: The Two Thrones (2005) - So this game tries to right the ship, and does an okay job of it. And they let you skip most of the still-terrible combat if you get good and the stealth/QTE system, so that makes it the most playable thus far.
Prince of Persia (2008) - Cool art. Gameplay felt like it was on autopilot. If you're going to scale back the gameplay this much, make up for it with a better story.
PoP: The Forgotten Sands (2010) - Completely forgettable and unnecessary addition to the story, but good platforming, and much prettier than Sands of Time. The combat is braindead, but that just means it's easier to get back to the good part of the game.
It's worth a playthrough. It's not even that long.
i played one round of this and then fired up Titanfall 2 in the first time in forever. so, uh, good job Respawn i guess?
Who doesn't?
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Also major props for creepiest spiders in an fps game? Like they were in the first game but way way more creepy awful in the second one. Weapons also felt meatier. Glad I played both of them, sadly exodus comes out when Anthem does and division not too long after but I'll probably pick it up on a spring or summer sale?
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PoP WW did improve the combat with throws, dual wielding, and throwing your dual wield weapon, but also there was too much of it against bad enemies. The plot starts out really bad but then becomes rather very clever just before the halfway mark and the game turns out very good by the end.
PoP TTT has some very clever retconning to bring the first two games very separate styles and tones into a cohesive story. They know people aren't feeling the combat so they allow you to skip it straight up. But the boss fights are real real bad. And chariot racing is right out.
PoP '08 was the start of a very interesting series... that never got a sequel. Come on Ubi, the ONE TIME you don't proceed with a franchise... I really liked the whole bantering on command feature on this one.
PoP Forgotten Sands had some very nice platforming, but a negative zero interesting storyline that should not have even pretended to be in the trilogy timeline. I always kind of wanted to try out the Wii version as well, which was apparently a somewhat unique one and not a direct port, but not enough to buy it.
It got me to finally fire up Titanfall 2 for the first time and go through its campaign
That’s a pretty good outcome then. I lurrrrrrrved the Titanfall 2 campaign.
I guess there's too much time spent outside of your Titan, and during that time, I really wish they had you fighting Titans on foot with AT weapons, instead of long hallways and tall platforms of really boring mooks and tedious spider drones.
The time-slip mechanic was great though. I'm glad so many people praised it, and it's a shame we're not getting another one.
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I'll take it. Lets me play it why I have it free!
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Yeah, apparently limited exclusivity wasn't the magic bullet everyone made it out to be.
Yes I want to play as someone who looks good. I’m shallow.
Also, I got to level six or so and hadn’t actually managed to kill a single other player. A lot of that was “I finally got a gun! How does it perform? I have no clue and I only have twenty bullets so I can’t actually just go randomly shooting them off!”
I think I’d be more likely to give it a more of a shot if there was a way to practice running around the environment and shooting at things.
This is something the other BR games have, a pre-game lobby where you can run around, pick up all the different guns, and practice or dick around for a minute while your game fills up.
Fortnite also has a full-on creative mode where you just have a sandbox to play with whatever you want.
Uhh Artyem got fucking exploded, I thought you were playing as the son, but it seems like its supposed to be the father? HOW?!
Oh apparently there were two endings to the game and I got the bad ending. Well all right then.
Edit confusion solved multiple endings
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So you're saying it fails in the digital waifu/husbando category? When I could be playing my kickass long-legged busty camo-wearing commando in Fortnite with her hilarious Kpop dance routine?
*sighs, crosses another one off the list*
Steam | XBL
Unifying the Xbox brand across everything, I guess.
Steam | XBL
Also, Forza Apex was a thing, though considering all future Forza releases will likely come to Windows 10 as well, probably no more free-to-play PC version.
Finally I meet someone who really gets me.
Also, even if you can find love in the handful of characters on offer, you can easily be locked out of playing them. There's a timed countdown at the beginning of the match where all three members of your squad get to pick a character, and you do this in random order. So if you get the #3 slot, you have to hope that neither of the first two people chose your favorite.