Solinari Gaming has slapped up a preview of Prince of Persia: the Sands of Time, the next big thing in platform gaming:
The first level of the demo opens with you, the prince, waking up dazed on the ground of a street in front of a large Persian palace. Three men are ramming the door of the palace with a giant log. You can hear the sounds of swords clashing in the distant, as well as occasional screams for mercy, as some sort of chaos is happening around you. Upon approaching the men, a large fireball explodes on top of the aggressors permanently ceasing their attack. From here you are forced to make your way up some large pieces of rubble to the top of a wall. Once on the wall you'll have to avoid more fireball attacks, one of which takes out the wooden bridge in front of you. You'll have to jump the gap to continue. Once across, you will find another large gap to cross. This gap is along a wall of the palace. Here, you learn how to run along the side of the wall to cross the gap. This is an interesting new element of gameplay that will be heavily used in levels to come. Finally you learn some attacking skills as you must fight off an attacker before leaving the level. The level serves as a nice introduction to mechanics of the gameplay.
News source: VE3D
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