Blaze (he/him)@lemmy.cafe to Patient Gamers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agoPatient gamers, what is your favorite Prince of Persia game and why?message-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down11
arrow-up137arrow-down1message-squarePatient gamers, what is your favorite Prince of Persia game and why?Blaze (he/him)@lemmy.cafe to Patient Gamers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squaresteeznson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoI also quite enjoyed Warrior Within but then again I liked Jak 2 as well. I wonder what happened in that “Shadow the Hedgehog” era to make all these good mascots go bad…
minus-squareJayEchoRay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoI can only guess being dark and broody or “Bad Boys are cool heroes” was the trend at the time A time where trying to be “edgy” was hitting a desired target market - a time Ubisoft put effort in their games trying to push boundaries. Now that I think about it was also a time where games had to try new things because the target market hadn’t exploded in volume yet as well
I also quite enjoyed Warrior Within but then again I liked Jak 2 as well. I wonder what happened in that “Shadow the Hedgehog” era to make all these good mascots go bad…
I can only guess being dark and broody or “Bad Boys are cool heroes” was the trend at the time
A time where trying to be “edgy” was hitting a desired target market - a time Ubisoft put effort in their games trying to push boundaries.
Now that I think about it was also a time where games had to try new things because the target market hadn’t exploded in volume yet as well