Next-Gen Prince of Persia

Almost everything is always Next-Gen at some point in time; the one we're talking about now is the PS3 / XBox360 generation. And Prince of Persia is coming to that generation.

As I reported earlier, the new Prince of Persia will hopefully come out at the end of this year. The visual styles shown in the screenshots in Gamestop's report seem to indicate a new visual style, more gritty than the first Prince of Persia: Sands of Time's dream-like environs. Our new Prince isn't really even a prince either, or at least not at first. Returning is a mysterious female companion, and hopefully the humorous ever hot-and-cold relationship between prince and compatriot return.

I very much enjoyed the feel and story of Sands of Time, although the next two darker installments weren't much to my liking. I feel Prince of Persia, while an action game, should have a lighter, swashbuckling feel, more similar to the first Pirates of the Carribean movie. As long as they keep the emotion and visual design as light as the aerobatic combat, this should be a fun game.