I had some uplifting news come across my feed reader today. Now granted it wasn’t anything as spectacular as a war ending, the economy righting itself (mine might be worsened by $30-$50 actually) or other dancing in the street worthy celebration.
Instead, it was a somewhat quiet revelation that a new retail release (digital download copy still has DRM) in a popular franchise is DRM free. What’s the game?
Prince of Persia, from Ubisoft. Yeah, that’s right. The same Ubisoft that DRM’d the hell out of Far Cry 2. I had no idea this was coming.
That’s right, if you buy the retail copy, you’ll get a DRM-free game and likely at a good price. Amazon (via Target) and Toys”R”Us currently have it priced at $30 USD. Other online retailers (such as NewEgg.com) are $40 and up, but they may also come down once they take a look around.
Metacritic.com currently has it rated at 86/100 and with only 2 days since the release, Ubisoft’s goal of PoP reaching a score in the 9s seems feasible.
From Metacritic.com:
Set in a land rooted in ancient Persian mythology, the Prince finds himself caught in an epic battle between the primal forces of light and darkness: the God of Light, Ormazd versus his brother Ahriman, the destructive God of Darkness. The Prince arrives just in time to witness the destruction of the legendary Tree of Life – an act which threatens to plunge the entire world into eternal darkness. Manifested in the form of the Corruption, a dark substance that physically contaminates the land and the skies, the Prince must partner with Elika, a deadly companion, to heal the world from the evil Corruption.
I don’t think I’ve ever played the Prince of Persia series before, but I’m off to download a bunch of trailers to make my mind up. I’m almost 90% sure I’m going to get this to support Ubisoft in this decision.
The system requirements don’t look too crazy; they’re pretty standard for recent releases. If your system is several years old though …
Edit: Shacknews just stumbled across the news.
