A Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake has been leaked ahead of its intended reveal.
The leak, which comes from the Russian Uplay store, includes a brief (very blurry) clip of the remake in “action.” The clip only features snippets from cutscenes in the game and, to be honest, the footage looks awful. While this could simply be the result of a bad upload, poor conversion, or any other understandable technical issues, fans are already worried that this remake is actually going to be closer to a remaster. For what it’s worth, we’d advise holding off on all judgment until we actually get to see the game in action.
Interestingly, we learned earlier this year that members of the Ubisoft team were working on a Prince of Persia sequel not too long ago that not only looked to be far along in development, but it looked good from a gameplay and visual standpoint.
At the time, animator Jonathan Cooper suggested that a big part of the reason why that project was canceled (and why Ubisoft doesn’t really make Price of Persia games anymore) is because Ubisoft has to split the rights with the series’ creator. If true, that would mean that they inherently wouldn’t make as much money off of those titles as they have to share the profits with another party. We’re not sure how this remake would be affected by such a deal, but it seems Ubisoft felt this project was justified one way or another.
From a pure gaming perspective, I’d argue that a Prince of Persia remake is mostly justified. 2003’s Prince of Persia caught many people by surprise with its fluid navigation system, fun environments, and brilliant time manipulation mechanics which were used for puzzle solving or just taking another shot at success.
That said, the game wasn’t perfect. Even at the time, many criticized the title for its simple combat (even if it was somewhat impressive so far as early 3D action combat systems go) and a bare-bones story that largely exists to give you an excuse to enter the next puzzle or combat room. If this remake can retain the things that made the original game work while fixing a few of those rough edges, then it could very well help introduce the title to a new generation while also possibly reviving the franchise. Then again, given the state of Splinter Cell after all these years, we’re not sure you should get your hopes up.
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