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If only Ridley ScottвЂ™s dour вЂњRobin HoodвЂќ had signed up for this same brand of merry moviemaking. and Errol Flynn swashed and buckled and did so with a dashing smile and minimal bloodshed. Like the magical time-traveling dagger at the center of its plot, вЂњPersiaвЂќ cozily transports us back to an innocent era of the action-adventure flick - a time in which stars such as Douglas Fairbanks Jr. That itвЂ™s good, given its very unpromising trailer and that itвЂ™s based on a video game, makes it all the more surprising. How Mechner will position the franchise to compete with its younger, more agile brother will be interesting to see.вЂњPrince of Persia: The Sands of TimeвЂќ is a satisfying big-budget contradiction - a breath of retro fresh air - from a Hollywood gone nuts over 3-D and Roman numerals.

#Prince of persia icon series#

Of course, as a series with two prior reboots under its belt, itвЂ™s impossible to discount the possibility of another reset for Prince of Persia. The Persian Brotherhood of Assassins made their debut in AssassinвЂ™s Creed: Brotherhood of Venice soВ itвЂ™s perhaps only a matter of time before AssassinвЂ™s Creed: Persia steals MechnerвЂ™s magic carpet out from beneath him. AssassinвЂ™s Creed looks increasingly like a spiritual successor to MechnerвЂ™s beloved franchise. However, titles depicting ancient civilisations are some of the most common settings in media вЂ“ and this is where Prince of Persia falls down. They join games about Egypt and Ancient Rome at. Paddy Power, for instance, has three games depicting the Middle East named Persian Glory, Persian Fortune, and SinbadвЂ™s Gold. In fact, many of the games dedicated to exploring Persia come from the iGaming industry. 2002вЂ™s Eternal Darkness set one of its four stages in the region, while the Bazaar level in LittleBigPlanet also visits a fantasy version of modern Iran. However, Prince of Persia has a larger problem in the shape of UbisoftвЂ™s AssassinвЂ™s Creed. Sadly, for both of those franchises, the recent mobile entries will represent many young peoplesвЂ™ first encounter with the Prince. A mobile-based spin-off of Prince of Persia was released in 2018 to poor critical reception, mirroring 2013вЂ™s Dungeon Keeper mobile game for its вЂњexcessive greedвЂќ (to quote Pocket Gamer), over-monetisation and unrewarding gameplay.

#Prince of persia icon movie#

But, after just one main-series entry in almost a decade, a stalled but lucrative movie franchise, and poor management of the gameвЂ™s universe by publisher Ubisoft, itвЂ™s hard to see where MechnerвЂ™s enthusiasm comes from. ItвЂ™s Mechner himself thatвЂ™s keeping enthusiasm for the Prince alive, giving a revealing interview about the series to in early 2019 and mentioning a new book dedicated to the gameвЂ™s roots (another one, after 2011вЂ™s well-received The Making of Prince of Persia). The last time a hint of a new Prince of Persia game was given, then, was in 2012, when Alain Corre, of Ubisoft European, gave a generic response regarding the series future: вЂњIt will happen when we feel it is ready.вЂќ While an exchange between Mechner, Ubisoft and US model Chrissy Teigen, detailed at ,В in January 2018 provided some hope for fans of the series, the publisherвЂ™s response was still an unequivocal вЂnoвЂ™.

Jordan MechnerвЂ™s seminal game franchise Prince of Persia seems to fit in the latter category. Some, eventually, will return from the woods for another shot at life others, like the Chrono Cross franchise and BioWareвЂ™s Knights of the Old Republic, may well be lost altogether. Mass Effect, Dead Space, Half-Life, Earthworm Jim and so forth all one day disappeared, leaving behind notes lamenting poor sales figures, lack of publisher interest, or simple franchise burnout. Much more than any other type of media, game franchises tend to go on hiatus.