Prince of Persia 5 will continue from Prince of Persia 4’s ending

24 December 2008

Posted by:Ferry

Prince of Persia 5 fake boxart After the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Trilogy last generation, it’s no surprise developer Ubisoft would want to repeat that success formula with the recent Prince of Persia 4 release by making Prince of Persia 5 to follow up on the new storyline.

Obvious spoilers aside, their intentions have been confirmed by a cliff-hanger ending paving the way for another Xbox 360, PS3 & PC game in the series. Here’s what happens: After the Prince sees that Elika’s sealing away of the evil Ahriman means she must transfer her own life into the tree, which results in her dying again. He sees only one course of action remaining and cuts down the tree of life, just like Elika’s father the King did, in order to bring her back to life. Then a cutscene shows the Prince carrying Elika away from the crumbling Temple out into the desert, while behind them, the Temple is destroyed and the surrounding land corrupted as Ahriman is fully released. At the same time an achievement is unlocked titled “To Be Continued…” which is described as, and I quote: “Congratulations, the game is complete… the story has only just begun…”

You can watch a video recording of the ending below (it’s the only ending, there are no alternatives) and judge for yourself how likely another Prince of Persia game is.

As you know, back in February 2009, Prince of Persia received downloadable content in the shape of an “Epilogue”. The video below will show that at the end Elika says bye to the Prince. This is the conversation they have that further hints at a sequel coming up.
Prince: “We’re through… I think we’re clear.”
Elika: “I couldn’t heal him. Ahriman was too strong…”
Prince: “Just because he’s growing stronger doesn’t mean – ”
Elika: ” – If I couldn’t stop him now, how can I ever hope to?! Ahriman is free and he will only grow more powerful…”
Prince: “We have to get out of here. If we cross the desert, there’s a city two, three days from here. Or, there’s a port… it’s further, but we could cross the sea, find somewhere further away.”
Elika: “Go where you will. May Ormazd watch over you.”
Prince: “Elika? You can’t do this alone!”
Elika: “I know… that is why I must find my people.” *Elika flies away*
Prince: “Elika!”
Narrator (Ahriman?): “The wheel turns… You cannot stand in its way… The light is dimming… It’s dimming…”

Thanks to Zarzour for recording the video and image courtesy of Vgboxart.

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EvilLestat PL

I can only hope that Dante is right in his last comment…
I mean how can they(Ubisoft) possibly abandon a story with such a massive potential??
I do find PoP 2008 an easy game but it was also most enjoyable game I have played in many years. Mainly due to the characters of Prince and Elika(especially ELika;).
Their relationship, however strange at times, was the main thing that was pushing me through the story(that and mesmerizing audio/video:).
The ending was superb! But the Epilogue ending was a total disappointment…
I only hope that they will employ a really good writer to follow up with the plot and maybe finally make the Prince commit himself to another step in their relationship with Elika:)
On the other hand Elika has really every reason to dislike or maybe even hate him for what he actually did(which only confirms how good the writer will have to be to make everything believable for the demanding audience;)
I do not think we going to see new prince this year, though(apart from the sands of time one…)
I wish Ubisoft good financial year so they can spend all the money on next installment of Elika/Prince adventures!:)

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James

omg the forgotten sands looks so promising, i think they are keeping alot of stuff under wraps still, but the elemental manipulation looks so bad ass. the only problem i think though is that there is no love interest like in Sands of Time and Two Thrones which breaks a little from the mold. but much hope.
as for POP 5 coming out, they left such huge cliff in the ending that they cant not finish it, but i think they need the time to think up some major additions to make up for how easy the first one was. but the character development was so deep, people cant not like the game and fall in love. add that on top of the graphics and the next game will just be irresistible
PoPx

i used to love PoP. but, with the passing of time the game is getting little boring. i feel that assassin’s creed is a better game.
Richard

I don’t mind the newer game but having two different trilogies doesn’t hurt. Hell I enjoy all of them so far.
mohamed

hi guys i saw this video POP 3 T2T where the dark prince was fighting the arena monster ?is this possible. or is there a cheat code to transform into the dark prince willfully . please if you have any idea help me out
ajao

i downloaded pop 4 epilogue and the installation key or cd key is not working . please if any one still has his pop 4 installation key please help me out with it
http://yahoo.com sophie

*scream* no way!!!!! theres gonna be another prince of persia game for this storyline!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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DP

this is the best game i ever played. those guys whom dont like this game they like only battle not story. pop4′s storyline is amazing. music super. as well as graphics. i love all pop games. persian prince rockzzzzzzzzz baby.
http://google.com gaurav

it is a good game and i like it i played it in x box 360 it gives a good resolution
mcjakeqcool

POP4 may be a top class game but the big question is… WILL POP5 BE?!