While the combat in Forgotten Sands was always about crowd control, Patch 1.1 has smoothed out the animation canceling and targeting. Swapping between sword combos and elemental powers feels seamless now. The frame-rate hiccups that used to occur when large groups of enemies spawned seem to have been optimized, resulting in battles that are frantic but fluid.
: Some versions of the update helped stabilize the connection between the game and Ubisoft's launcher services, which is required even for single-player gameplay. Community Mods & Enhancements prince of persia forgotten sands patch 11 updated
One of them—a woman in a Ubisoft polo shirt from 2009—turned to face him. Her eyes were hollow, filled with the black water. She spoke in a glitched, distorted voice: “They told us to cut it. The Eleventh Hour. The true ending. They said it would brick the consoles. They said the water memory algorithm was too aggressive. But we hid it. In the patches. Patch 1 through 10 were just to make the game run. Patch 11 was the key.” While the combat in Forgotten Sands was always
Upon the initial PC release, the game notoriously lacked Ambient Occlusion, making the environments look "flat" and washed out compared to the console versions. Patch 1.1 re-enabled this feature, instantly giving the game deeper atmosphere and more realistic lighting. : Some versions of the update helped stabilize