Prince of Persia The Lost Crown

Скучно.

好玩

相當優秀，動作流暢，輔助功能便捷。9/10

I'm playing this game in tandem w/ my Iranian bestie. ♥ We both love it, & he said the Persian voice acting is truly outstanding. ♡ ♡ ♡ ❀ GiantBomb GOTY 2024! ❀ John Carpenter approved! "Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is a great game. Old school side scrolling adventure renews the promise of the old franchise. Highly recommended!" -John Carpenter

Excellent Metroidvania. Une pépite

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If you read my reviews I often used a lot of hyperbole and tend to shower praise on games I really like. When writing this review I found myself describing this as the best metroidvania I've played and a crying shame it is not more widely recognised etc etc. The truth is when trying to approach this game and be more subjective I just often time found myself not being able to say anything but positives, it is an incredible return to form for Prince of Persia seeing us come back to the games roots, it has excellent gameplay with incredible 2d combat, fluid movement and amazing QoL and it had fantastic presentation, music and graphics with my only gripe being the story isn't incredible but I still found it very compelling. Let's start with the obvious, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is a modern day classic and a sign that when Ubisoft tries, they can make wonderful games. The game explores lots of new themes not seen in a PoP whilst also paying respect to the previous games that came before, you don't even play as a prince in this game but more a defender of Persia, Sargon. He is a wonderful protagonist who's borders on arrogant but also kind and almost somewhat naive. The supporting characters are wonderful and I did enjoy the story. Gameplay is king however and lost crown is one of the best playing in the franchise, we are back to 2d and we are now a proper metroidvania. You will unlock movement abilities which some are pretty standard, others are revolutionary. The map is absolutely incredible with some of the best level design I've ever seen and the QoL is fantastic, I love the map in this game and the fact you can tailor how much guidance you want is incredible. One negative is that the game clearly draws ideas from hollow knight with it's own version of benches, currency working the same as well as upgrades. It's derivative...but I preferred the execution of it in lost crown. Combat, oh damn son this is so good. It's incredible, it's deep with lots of options and it makes every encounter feel tense but satisfying. I can't really elaborate but it's my favourite combat in a metroidvania. Boss fights are also incredible, they are tough but fantastic spectacles that are some of the genres best. So, yes I love this game. It is an incredible achievement that goes to show when Ubi put a dev team on a game with some passion they can craft works of art. The last I heard Ubi closed the team down so any hopes of a sequel is dead. A crying shame and such disrespect to the devs who've shown that there is still an appetite for PoP. A fantastic game and easily the best in the genre.