Speaking of action games, many people think of Assassin's Creed, and the iconic robed Assassin obedience is breathtaking. While I've always wondered how assassin's creed protagonists can be unobtrusive in a costume that doesn't fit in with other personalities, that doesn't stop the game's unique charm in assassination and combat.
But in fact, for a long time in the past, there was another game that even surpassed the Assassin's Creed series for a while, and this game was "Prince of Persia" that was the same as Assassin's Creed.
In the early days, I believe that most people contact the game "Prince of Persia" is two ways, one is PS2, one is Nokia, but the PS2 is not used by many people, but nokia's crowd is particularly extensive, and on Nokia, there is a built-in Java game, that is, "Prince of Persia: Sand of Time" port version.
At that time, "Prince of Persia" should be the memory of many players, on the small screen, a small character in the continuous adventure, flashing and moving.
In fact, compared to the classic trilogy of Assassin's Creed, Prince of Persia also has its own trilogy, of which "Sand of Time" is the most impressive part of the player, followed by "Heart of the Samurai" and "Peerless King", although it is a trilogy, but the style is completely different, so that players who like the Sand of Time will hardly like the Heart of the Samurai, and vice versa.
This trilogy was the peak of the "Prince of Persia" series, and the sales were not ugly, but after the trilogy, Ubisoft suddenly fell silent, and for a long time, she shut up about the IP of "Prince of Persia", but began to promote their other masterpiece, that is, "Assassin's Creed".
Perhaps after seeing that the sales of the last part of "The Prince of Persia" had declined, or thinking that the ip value had been squeezed dry, "Prince of Persia" did not launch a new "Prince of Persia" until 2008.
This work I have also played for a while, objectively speaking, the overall quality of the game is no problem, but in terms of style, the game uses cartoon rendering, so that the whole game looks completely different from the previous game.
The new Prince of Persia sold 2.2 million copies that year, a mid-to-mid achievement that proves that there is still a certain fan base, but Ubisoft is obviously not very satisfied with the sales of this two-year-old work, after all, "Assassin's Creed" sold 8 million copies in the same year.
Of course, at this moment, Ubisoft has obviously not completely given up, from the launch of "Prince of Persia: Sand of Oblivion" in 10 years, we can still feel that Ubisoft is trying to find a breakthrough, "Sand of Oblivion" is the first time and Disney's movie "Prince of Persia: Blade of Time" at the same time, this time the linkage is actually quite influential, you can also see Ubisoft's ambitions, but in the end" "Prince of Persia: Sand of Oblivion" handed over the answer sheet is still 2 million copies.
It seems that no matter how hard you try, sales can no longer break through further, and it is after this battle that Ubisoft completely hit the IP of "Prince of Persia" into the cold palace with regret.
Just when everyone thought that the IP of "Prince of Persia" might be difficult to see again, Ubisoft suddenly learned to fry cold rice in Capcom, but this cold rice author was still willing to try, only because he called "Prince of Persia: Sand of Time" remake.
Although the quality of the game is still unknown, after many years, it is still quite gratifying to see Ubisoft regain this IP, regardless of the reason.
But the author believes that the road to the revival of "Prince of Persia" is still difficult, after all, the IP has been cold for so long, many new generation players, have not even heard of this IP, but at least, to the fans still see some hope.
Overall, the "Prince of Persia" series is indeed a pity, the game is entirely possible to reach a higher height, mainly to see how Ubisoft to operate, after all, for many people, the days of playing this game on Nokia are still vividly remembered.