Ubisoft has cancelled 6 games, including the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake | VGC
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More focus on open-world titles and games as a service? Every time I think they've hit the bottom, they manage to dig deeper.
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Took me a sec to find it on first scan of the article, so highlighting this bit for those curious about the other games:
. . . Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake has been cancelled, as well as four unannounced titles, including three new IPs and a mobile title. The identity of the sixth game has not been clarified.
and the delayed games have not been clarified yet either. From the related article:
In addition, Ubisoft said it’s delayed seven games to ensure they meet quality expectations. It did not say which games had slipped, but confirmed that the seven titles include one title that was planned for release before April 2026, which will now be released before April 2027.
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Will you die already Ubisoft!??!?!
I don't wish for game developers at Ubisoft to lose their jobs, I want them to be employed somewhere that doesn't torpedo the end product of their talent.
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6 cancellations and 7 delays? That's an omen.
6-7 you say?
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It’s also the only one I ever played!
Warrior Within and The Two Thrones contiued the Sands of Time story and were both pretty good too.
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Think positively. They won't fuck up the Sands of Time remake either.
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Warrior Within and The Two Thrones contiued the Sands of Time story and were both pretty good too.
Warrior Within totally fucked up the vibe though, and the combat was rubbish. It’s a puzzle game, the fighting was just a little break, but they tried to make it too big a part.
Two Thrones was 50% SoT and 50% WW, when it should have been 99% SoT and 1% WW. The voice in your head thing from TT was pretty good, until you have to fight it.
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More focus on open-world titles and games as a service? Every time I think they've hit the bottom, they manage to dig deeper.
too be fair to Ubisoft they have been focusing on open world slop since they started milking assassin's Creed for all it's got.
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That sucks, was looking forward to SOT
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Sands of Time remake is CANCELLED? It was the best PoP game!
I’m going to guess that decision was based on the failures of the recent 2.5D PoP games, which were well reviewed but barely advertised (and oft compared to indie games)
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It did kind of give that alpha stage vibe, but if it was like a few bucks, it probably buy it. It was a remake after all, with slightly better graphics.
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That sucks, was looking forward to SOT
Yeah literally the only IP I'd even consider giving my money to Ubi for. The only other one I have been at least lukewarm interested in is BG&E2 but the problems there are it'll never release, and they've completely missed the mark on what fans have wanted this entire time.
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Nobody said that
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Dammit, I was looking forward to SoT seeing as it plays pretty janky now compared to modern standards and I was hoping they'd fix up the combat a bit. That said, I only have the Xbox version to go off of. Is the PC version any good? Maybe someone will do a Black Mesa on it.
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Ubisoft, the people who fucked up Assassin's Creed + ninjas. How can you fuck what up? It's a easy home run, but no.
RIP Ubisoft.
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I went to ubisofts page on steam and ignored everything they got. I will never see whatever they create again
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Why do I feel like Beyond Good and Evil is on the list....
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In any other business, having 6 simultaneous failed projects would be cause for dismissal of the CEO and probably the majority of the management staff. If I owned or had a large amount of shares in a company where this happened, I would not be a happy chappy. But I'm assuming the Ubisoft upper echelons are patting themselves on the back for their business acumen and financial savviness, already penning their bonuses into their calendars.
Meanwhile, regular workers are dropped like pubic lice the minute it's convenient to do so.
Parasites.
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Dammit, I was looking forward to SoT seeing as it plays pretty janky now compared to modern standards and I was hoping they'd fix up the combat a bit. That said, I only have the Xbox version to go off of. Is the PC version any good? Maybe someone will do a Black Mesa on it.
Well, having not played the Xbox version...
Once you've got it running, it remains one of the finest games of all time.Getting it running is the real sands of time, tho. It has a particular hatred of multi-core CPUs, requires a graphics card that supports both hardware transform & lighting but also truly ancient versions of DirectX, and is obstinately not-widescreen. You'll be wanting a fan patch; last time I tried one, it was a bit of a crash-fest (it wasn't, back in the day) and some of the SFX looked plain wrong.
Graphics still held up perfectly - the art style is very strong - and the story remains charming. All I wanted from a remake was the damned thing to start up in a modern screen resolution, and it seems they've managed to spend years on it without even managing that.
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Dammit, I was looking forward to SoT seeing as it plays pretty janky now compared to modern standards and I was hoping they'd fix up the combat a bit. That said, I only have the Xbox version to go off of. Is the PC version any good? Maybe someone will do a Black Mesa on it.
The combat is fine, my only issue with it was the camera trying to get you killed, especially around corners. Still one of the best games Ubisoft have ever made.
