Prince Of Persia™: The Lost Crown

Have been a fan of the sands of time game since it’s creators first released it and subsequently was very smitten with the prince of Persia trilogy. Hearing about this game I was skeptical honestly as I have never really liked Metroid type games where you have to do a lot of backtracking.

After playing the demo I was pleasantly surprised and impressed with this game’s depth design gameplay and overall mechanics, and decided to pre-order it. After receiving it I played for over 7 hours and while it definitely dose not hold your hand and can be extremely difficult and frustrating at times ( as I’m not the best at precision platformers) the game itself is truly a rare gem. The amount of detail depth and complexity involved in the story and it’s substantial lore and background is impressive. The gameplay mechanics are smooth enough to not notice any major issues, and the progression is mostly smooth enough that you won’t have to many rage issuess ( save for a few puzzles that I had to look up to solve)
Plays entirely in handheld on my switch oled and only experienced 2 crashes and game shutdowns ( fortunately not losing my progress) only real problems I have with the game is I can’t manually save my progress! However the game seems to do a decent amount of auto saving so it’s probably only a minor thing.
I would recommend this game it’s fun entertaining and has decent replay value. I would suggest trying the demo first and watch some gameplay videos online if your unsure however

Este juego del Príncipe de Persia es fantástico tiene una jugabilidad clásica en la cual mejoras las habilidades del personaje y tienes que combinar movimientos. Sin embargo aparte de lo clásico es gráficamente impresionante incluso un nintendo switch ya que las animaciones son geniales y los enemigos se ven realmente imponentes. Puedes ajustar la dificultad a como tú prefieras para disfrutar del juego.

Jogo incrível, o melhor da franquia!

I’ll preface this by saying I actually played the game. I won’t undermine the entire efforts of the dev team behind this game based on a woefully mis-interpreted interview either.

Because what is here is a much needed reboot of the Prince of Persia franchise, and one of the best Metroidvanias I’ve played since Hollow Knight. Controlling Sargon feels smooth as hell, from dashing around traps and puzzles, to pulling off ground and air combos – they nailed the “smoothness” in control to make navigating the massive map enjoyable and rarely frustrating.

Puzzles are engaging – there was a few I was stumped on for most of the game and kept coming back to. This was easy thanks to the memory capture, which allows you to essentially take a screenshot and post it on the map, making it so you aren’t constantly running back to a point on the map to remember why you hadn’t explored an area yet.

Additional rapid fire pros: The abilities/power ups are fun to use and unique, and make backtracking more engaging. Bosses are great set pieces and fun to beat. Animations look great, especially when parrying bosses. Areas on the map vary and offer differing puzzle types that make it refreshing to explore.

With that said, story takes a backseat here and can be hard to follow. I don’t know if it’s because I explored a ton, but it felt like 4+ hours at a time would go by without any story progressing. Having more side quests would have been nice to fill in the gap here. Also, the amulet system could’ve used more refinement. It was ok, but the potential for more is there.

I’d probably give this game a 4.5/5 realistically, but am rounding to 5. It’s a great Metroidvania with a lot of meat to it. It also did not retail at full standard price for the standard edition. Outside of there being a deluxe edition, there are ZERO microtransactions. You’re getting a full game here out of the box. If you’re on the fence then I can recommend it whole heartedly. If not, just wait a month for the inevitable ubisoft sale.

This 2.5D Metrovania is Excellent. I’m very impressed & enjoyed the entire game. I’m looking forward to playing the DLC.

This game is so much fun. The combat feels great, the more you play the better it feels. It’s not an easy game but the difficulty feels good, really makes you feel like you earned the win. Overall I would say it’s a 10/10. I don’t feel like this game got the love it deserved. For the price you should try it out!