Just to reiterate, Elika's not going to cramp your style. However, we do know that Elika may come in to block a killing blow and spare the Prince. Though the video is a cinematic creation, the moves are in the game - we've seen the aerial somersault throw in action! On top of being a tool in physical combat, Elika's magic can also has a role, but Ubisoft isn't giving any hints on how that might play out. Today, Ubisoft released a CG trailer showing Elika and the Prince teaming up in combat. Some of the collaborative moves that come from this are truly inspiring. Or you can mix in the Elika button as you are creating combos on the fly. So you can triple-tap the Elika button and she will jump in and hit the enemy quickly three times, then jump back to her support position. As we told you previously, the four face buttons act as attacks and that any one button can be used in combination with another. She will never sully the Prince's combo or turn a fight into an episode of the Three Stooges. She has some minor combat skills, but her specialty is magic. During a battle, Elika roams the perimeter. Though controlled by the AI, there is a specific "Elika button" that when pressed calls her into action. She won't take any direct actions unless you tell her to.
Elika is a smart AI character - smart enough to know that the Prince is the leader. Though we didn't witness any tandem acrobatics, you will team with Elika from time-to-time to perform some amazing feats. Or the Prince would make some acrobatic leap that perhaps Elika could not match, but she'd find her own way to return to his side. The Prince would climb up a wall and Elika would leap on his back and then hop off as soon as they were clear. In the short demo we received, we witnessed such acts numerous times. His momentum never stops and she never gets in the way. The Prince reaches down to grab hold of her with one arm and casually slings her behind him. The moment the Prince changes directions, Elika lets go of the ledge. But if the Prince suddenly changes direction and begins backtracking on the ledge, well, he's going to run right into Elika right? Not at all.
She's a support character after all and isn't going to be leading the charge - that's your job as a gamer. YES NO A perfect example of this is when the Prince is shimmying along a ledge. You just need to watch her in action for five minutes to see how gracefully she avoids hindering the Prince in any way. Elika isn't going to get in your way like so many other AI partners in other games. She is primarily controlled by the AI, but is meant to be an assistant, never an annoyance. Elika is by your side for the majority of the new Prince of Persia. She's not about to let the Prince fight this evil alone. It is Elika's duty to return Ahriman to his prison inside the Tree of Life.
That beauty is short-lived as an evil spirit, Ahriman, breaks free from his prison and begins infecting the outside world with his "corruption." It is in this garden oasis where the Prince meets Elika, one of the last remaining Ahuras - the guardians of Ahriman's prison. From those desires rose Elika, the Prince's female cohort.Īs we revealed in our first look at Prince of Persia, the Prince gets lost in a sandstorm and finds himself in a beautiful oasis.
For the new POP, Ubisoft Montreal wanted to create a secondary character far more integral - one who not only had importance to the story, but also was a major gameplay element. Though she was woven into the story, Farah had no real effect on gameplay. In the Prince of Persia trilogy that thrived in the last generation of consoles, the Prince's story intertwined with that of Princess Farah.