thanks to play.com's early posting and being off work with flu ive got to play this today
for a start the limited Play pre-order box version is lovely, not looked at the bonus DVD yet though, but there are codes to play as the original prince and farah from sands of time. AND if you sign up in game to Ubisofts service you also get unlockable Altaiir skin.
Only played about an hour so far and it has flown by.
playing PS3 version, and the game is beautiful, 1080p silky smooth and really really stunning to look at. the controls are perfect, it seems like they returned to the Sands of time in feel, but have been further simplified. wall running etc are very easy but look impressive as ever.
Nolan North who voiced Drake in Uncharted, has voiced the prince and while some may say its an odd fit, to me its perfection - I really like the quick witted, quips of the prince here. Its a great match of PoP and Uncharted!
the combat has been simplified and works better in practice than i expected in videos, its combo system is like a branching tree - press one of 3 buttons, then press any of them again etc, giving scope for varied attacks. it all looks slick as hell, but isnt that deep (its no DMC) but the game isnt overly combat heavy so far.
yes it is true you cannot die, but again its a brave move that works. mis time a jump and Elika swoops in to save you and puts you back at a previous checkpoint. at least it saves a dying/ game over/ your're sh*t screen and gets you back into the game fast as possible.
ive played a lot of the season's big games now and this one had me instantly grinning from ear to ear and holds it own among them, with more personality than most of them. I hope it sells like it deserves to because this game is top quality.
for a start the limited Play pre-order box version is lovely, not looked at the bonus DVD yet though, but there are codes to play as the original prince and farah from sands of time. AND if you sign up in game to Ubisofts service you also get unlockable Altaiir skin.
Only played about an hour so far and it has flown by.
playing PS3 version, and the game is beautiful, 1080p silky smooth and really really stunning to look at. the controls are perfect, it seems like they returned to the Sands of time in feel, but have been further simplified. wall running etc are very easy but look impressive as ever.
Nolan North who voiced Drake in Uncharted, has voiced the prince and while some may say its an odd fit, to me its perfection - I really like the quick witted, quips of the prince here. Its a great match of PoP and Uncharted!
the combat has been simplified and works better in practice than i expected in videos, its combo system is like a branching tree - press one of 3 buttons, then press any of them again etc, giving scope for varied attacks. it all looks slick as hell, but isnt that deep (its no DMC) but the game isnt overly combat heavy so far.
yes it is true you cannot die, but again its a brave move that works. mis time a jump and Elika swoops in to save you and puts you back at a previous checkpoint. at least it saves a dying/ game over/ your're sh*t screen and gets you back into the game fast as possible.
ive played a lot of the season's big games now and this one had me instantly grinning from ear to ear and holds it own among them, with more personality than most of them. I hope it sells like it deserves to because this game is top quality.
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