During Ubisoft Forward the French company revealed a series of new features for its upcoming games, clearly dedicating more time to those scheduled for this year such as Star Wars Outlaws and Assassin’s Creed Shadows. However, among the many announcements there was also Prince of Persia The Sands of Timeor the remake initially revealed in 2020 and immediately heavily criticized by players.
Unfortunately, this video revealed nothing about the game, other than the new name (it lost the word ‘remake’) and the fact that it is scheduled for 2026. Luckily, Ubisoft opened up a little more in a new interview and talked about Farah, the game’s main female character.
Ubisoft’s words on Prince of Persia The Sands of Time
The game director Michael McIntyre he has declared. “We’re not going to tell a different story; it’s still the same story that we know from the original, because it was a really good story. It was nice for a love story to be told in a game like that, and so we want to honor that, but there are a lot of nuance in how we can deliver a story that we think will really enrich the player experience.”
“The characters should be familiar to those who play, and that’s a goal for us, but it should be a bit like a layer is removed and you can see more, you can know more about them.”
According to McIntyre, the biggest story-related change the remake is making is to give Farah a larger role. “Probably the biggest development we made was to make Farah more present,” she said. “We’re able to add more interactions between her and the Prince, so we get more out of their relationship. They’ll just spend more time around each other.”
There creative director Bio Jade Adam Granger he added: “One of the things I’m very keen on is modernizing Farah. Although she was a fantastic character in the original, I think she lacked agency and depth as a person. So we made her a real companion; she has some reasons to be there, she’s a true ally, but she’s also a person in her own right, with a background, desires, needs, tastes. We really want to renew her as a great character, even if she’s not playable.”
“For us, the affection between the two must be deserved, and it must be realistic or relatable for her to fall in love with the Prince and vice versa. That said, we’re keeping the plot as is; we’re not adding tons of extra scenes. What we add for Farah is often optional, to give her more depth without drawing out the narrative too much.”
Finally, we leave you with the official trailer.
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