I think, if what's on Wiki is true, that Ubisoft didn't want to rehash the Prince's story again. You beat the Two Thrones, so you know how the ending of the trilogy was pretty much perfect. More of the same characters would have been overkill when they did such a good job of wrapping up the first three.
That said, I think that overall, this new one looks like a mashup of the styles presented in the previous three. It looks to have a darker theme, like Warrior Within, and a combining of Sands of Time's Farah as a sidkick and the Two Throne's Dark Prince as a playable character. So, it's like having Farah as a playable(albeit, coop) character. It'll be interesting to see if they'll have an option for 2-player online or ofline coop. That'd be cool.
This is a first day buy for me. Can't wait for it.







