Ubisoft announced on February 6th, “Prince of Persia Time Sand Remake』Announced to postpone the release. This work was originally scheduled to be released on January 21st this year, but has been postponed to March 18th. The re-postponement did not indicate a new release date and was postponed indefinitely.
“Prince of Persia: The Sand of Time” is a complete remake of the action-adventure game “Prince of Persia: The Sand of Time” released in 2003 for PC / PS4 / Xbox One. Set in 9th century Persia, the main character, Prince, adventures with Maharaja’s daughter Fara to correct her mistakes. In addition to the parkour action unique to the series, a major feature is the time operation system that uses the sand of time and the power of the dagger. You can get effects such as canceling mistakes by rewinding and slowing down the movement of enemies in battle.
This work uses the Anvil engine that is also used in the “Assassin’s Creed” series, and is developed by Ubisoft Pune and Ubisoft Mumbai. It is said that this is the first time for Ubisoft to remake from scratch on a full scale. In the remake, in addition to the battle system, puzzles, and time flow operations, the design, camera operations, cutscenes, etc. are being remade according to modern standards.
At the time of the previous postponement of the release, he suggested the influence of the new coronavirus, saying that it was “to improve the development system under different circumstances than usual”. There are other titles that have been postponed for the same reason, and it seems that Ubisoft is also forced to develop in difficult situations. However, the reason for the re-postponement announced this time is a little different.
Ubisoft commented that it has seen a number of opinions from enthusiastic fans since the release of this work in September last year. In response, we decided to shift the release date of this work to “a later date” and give the development team more time in order to deliver a remake that is faithful to the original but feels fresh. I explained.
At the moment, the announcement trailer posted at the beginning is the only specific information about this work, but in fact, the trailer released overseas has received a lot of unpopularity. It seems that the background is mainly dissatisfaction with the graphic side, and even in the comment section of YouTube, there are harsh opinions such as “Did you use the power of the dagger to rewind to the graphic?” “This remake requires a remake.” Can be seen. Ubisoft’s fan opinion probably points to these complaints. If the visuals are upgraded, it will be interesting to see how they change.
『Prince of Persia Time Sand RemakeWill be released for PC / PS4 / Xbox One. The release date is undecided, so I’d like to wait for the next report.
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