Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake's Big Website Leak Appears to Be Fake

Shadow drops are just a massive Red flag for a disaster they don't want reviewed (critically AND technically) before launch. Oblivion Rm was a complete technical mess on shadow drop, and probably still is.

I mean, people are saying that about the black flag remake too they both can't be immient. Either way I excited to see if they have recaptured the magic the og had.

@Rich33 100% agree with you, I really don't understand why shadow drops have become so popular, everyone should have learnt the lession after oblivion remaster.

A shadow drop without showcasing the game for years isn't exactly a good idea, especially when the last time we saw it was slated for looking bad. Prince of Persia isn't exactly a massive IP like The Elder Scrolls is, it's more of a cult series nowadays. I hope it's good, but if this is true it sounds more like they just want to cut their losses and get it out the door.

@Rich33 A shadow drop doesn't always mean a bad game. Hi-Fi Rush and Metroid Prime Remastered were both shadow dropped. As for Oblivion, sure it had its technical issues, but it was far from unplayable. I bought it the minute it became available and I enjoyed it for the most part.

Don't believe it 'till it's launched.

@BentIeyma This. But they should have at least gotten the difficulty right, and enchanting. Adept meant the game was ridiculously easy and Expert meant I had to put thirty arrows into one wolf. It didn't level off until around level forty, I'm not sure people played that long. Everything else was manageable and most of those bugs people reported were something I never encountered. Except the forest lighting up like a rave, I really thought it would be worse. People were reporting issues with saves too, I never encountered that.

Enchanting was the big one, I found some obscure fix by doing something with the text size in the U.I. My build was broken without it. I probably put about four hundred hours into it before returning to Indies. It's the only shadow drop I've ever bought and it was running all day and all night, it was an addiction.

Ahh Ubisoft, Splinter Cell, Prince of Persia, Assassins Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs. What a time eh?

This game is never coming out ((
No, I seriously hope it will, and I do think it will. Just whenever.
Edit from 22.01.26: Called it

Wasn't affected by this at all, because despite the original being one of my favorite games of all time, I know better than to believe a story about fans 'feeling like' the game is about to come out.

"has received two new files! One of the files is named “game-release-tomorrow.png.”

I mean, come on. As if they would actually name a file like that.

@Oram77
I think some did - there were plenty after refunds, or hoping for patches, wishing they had never purchased.

But I know what you mean, and I have no idea why someone would actually be excited for a game Shadow dropping, knowing from recent history what state it could be in.

@BentIeyma
I'm glad you found it playable - a lot didn't. I spoke to quite a few, and even helped a couple get refunds from Sony.

I waited until the reviews, skipped to the framerate/time graphs, and was amazed at how terrible it was - it was so far past unplayable for me it was almost funny, or it would have been if a lot of people hadn't payed good money for a game they couldn't play. For me, it was just a pity, because I last played the original back on 360 and would have loved to have played a decent remaster.

And I agree, not every shadow drop has to be bad - but it is certainly a method open to abuse from a team who knows their game is rubbish. Having review copies well distributed, well in advance of launch, is the only method that is not.

Can't wait to check out the remake! This is the best new I've heard for a long long time!!!!

@Fiendish-Beaver

Stops the pressure for delays too.