Comments on: Ask the Developer: Prince of Persia

By: valdrin

valdrin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:40:48 +0000

Y’know, I’ve been looking forward to this game for a long time now; I preordered it, and I look forward to picking it up on Friday. I’ve often said that Ubisoft is one of the best developers out there: usually whatever they touch turns to gold, as far as mainstream franchises go (Warrior Within notwithstanding).

So… umm… why haven’t we seen a single response from this thread? I’m going to be honest, I was expecting replies within the first few posts, as with most developer-started threads, and there are some legitimate questions on the past three pages, especially post 113. (I could ask a question, but any I’ve thought of, and some I hadn’t, have already been asked)

Mr. Mattes, it’s been a week… what gives?

By: kikaz

kikaz — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:53:38 +0000

I’ve been a PoP fan since playing it on my Atari 800 back in the 80’s! I’ve preordered this new chapter of the saga.

1) Can you tell us how/if the original creator Jordan Mechner was involved with this incarnation of PoP? Has he seen or played a final build and commented upon it in any way? I’d like to know his satisfaction with how the PoP series has evolved.

2) Can you tell us how the music soundtrack collaboration works between the two composers? How did you pick them, how did you instruct them, when did you start to incorporate music into the game builds and how did it adjust game play as well as how did you give feedback to help the compositions change?

3) What is the reason why Ubisoft wants our logins to match our PSN logins? I understand it could enable some skins in PoP, but what’s benefit to Ubisoft and are their scenarios on how might this be used for the future?

Thanks.

To most everyone else: there are a lot of very basic questions about game play that should be answered by most preview articles on many web sites and the game web site itself. e.g.: IGN, 1Up, etc.

By: lifeRPGs

lifeRPGs — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:45:07 +0000

My question is: What are you waiting for to reply? The folks at CAPCOM always reply within the first 15 minutes to article has been published. It’s been a week now..

By: LordNitsud

LordNitsud — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:20:40 +0000

How do I link my PSN Account with my Ubisoft.com account to unlock Altair?

By: tekm0sis

tekm0sis — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:03:49 +0000

There was a version of prince of persia where the prince could handle 2 weapons at once. Will the prince be able to mimic that skill in this game?

By: Wuggyboobeaufuf

Wuggyboobeaufuf — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:05:10 +0000

Hey look at that!

Ubisoft won’t respond when you ask them a question about their immoral business practices!

Imagine that!

By: TripOpt55

TripOpt55 — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:21:24 +0000

Hey, I can’t wait for this game. Here’s my questions:

Does the game autosave (or how does it save)?

Can you create multiple save files?

Do you have to stick to one save file for trophies (I remember Uncharted having it so you had to stick with one save file I think to protect from downloading saves or something)?

The only reason I’m asking is because I like to sometimes save at certain points to go back and play a boss or show a friend a part of a game. Anyway, great work on the game and I’ll be getting the day it comes out with the LE upgrade, can’t wait.

By: Chaos_Bladez

Chaos_Bladez — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:05:12 +0000

Why a different direction?
Why not same ol’ same ol’?

Thanks! I’ll pick it up soon! :D

By: Wuggyboobeaufuf

Wuggyboobeaufuf — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:25:10 +0000

Come on Ubisoft!

I’m waiting for an answer!

Why is there DLC when there is a huge storage capacity on Blu-Ray discs?

DLC that is announced before the game is even out is content that is *deliberately* being held back from the game.

YOU ARE RIPPING US OFF.

I would like to see you try and justify what you’re doing – because you can’t.

And here’s betting you probably won’t even respond to this either. Cowards.

By: gorillapimp

gorillapimp — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:14:18 +0000

Hi Ben,
Thanks for the interest! Nowadays, when a game I want goes multiplatform, what makes my purchase decision final is if the game is as good or even better on the PS3. Most importantly, will it be 1080p like the 360 and will it have Trophies. Burnout Paradise is a perfect example of how the PS3 version is as good and better too. 1080p for me is a must, otherwise I feel I got skimped, you feel me?