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Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown | Review Thread

On which platform will you be picking up the game?

  • PC

    Votes: 33 26.2%
  • Nintendo Switch

    Votes: 18 14.3%
  • PlayStation 4

    Votes: 3 2.4%
  • PlayStation 5

    Votes: 53 42.1%
  • Xbox One

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Xbox Series X|S

    Votes: 25 19.8%
  • Amazon Luna

    Votes: 5 4.0%

  • Total voters
    126
How good was the performance and at what settings?
I played it too, it didnt have any optional settings. It ran absolutely smooth 90fps. It did run in a weird letter box resolution so Im not really sure if that was a janky ubisoft launcher instance or what. It wouldnt launch in game mode (previous was desktop mode) and I didnt bother fiddling around anymore to get it working. Might try some other time..

Edit: found the settings on main menu, not while in game. still runs at 90fps on highest settings, and the resolution was fixed.
 
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TGO

Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
Tom Cruise What GIF
It's sarcasm 🙄
 

TGO

Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
There's been more than one users showing their dislike for the game based on its art-style and weren't joking. It's hard to detect it sometimes :p
Well I'm glad it's getting good reviews, maybe we'll get a proper POP game next.
Although I just want that Remake of Sands of Time
 

Toons

Member
Cool to see this franchise still has life.

I actually hadn't played the others in a very long time if ever but I may check this out.
 

Shake Your Rump

Gold Member
Imagine disliking wall jumping.
I’m 20 hours in and I think I am starting to dislike wall jumping.

Every room now is like: ”ok, jump, dash, jump, slide down wall, dash, jump back, jump repeated to climb wall, jump, dash through spikes, land on disappearing platform, jump, dash, jump, use ability to disable laser wall, wall jump while re-enabling laser wall, jump back, dash… finally land on solid ground… all for a coin”


Metroid Dread was the first game I bought with my OLED switch a few months ago. I played it for 30 minutes and never went back (Pokémon Legends and Octopath sucked me in). I didn’t realize it had similar gameplay.
 

Ogbert

Member
About 15 hours in.

Still enjoying it, but the game is a bit too long. Not really seeing enough development in gameplay to justify the length.
 

Arsic

Loves his juicy stink trail scent
Came back to this again this weekend since I put it down due to all the other games coming out.

Really enjoying it again picking up where I left off.

So strange we this AND another 2D prince of Persia in the same year. Rogue looks bad though lol.
 
I tried this game's demo on PS5 just to see what 4K/120 is like and I can say that while the gameplay mechanics feel very solid and the level design is surprisingly old-school, the character design and dialogue in this game is absolutely cringetastic. This game would have been a lot better if they just played it straight instead of trying to make it appeal to the Fortnite generation who wouldn't even play it anyways

Might pick it up on BF if it hits $15 just because I enjoy a mechanically solid Metroidvania type of game
 

diffusionx

Gold Member
Beat this game last night, would have gone for the platinum but one of the side quests is bugged. I wasn't too far off.

Great Metroid-style game, bursting with good ideas and made good use of them. It's obviously done by the Rayman Legends people. The backgrounds are just jaw-dropping and have to be some of the best in any side scrolling game ever. Levels were so much fun to explore once you got the powers, but it took a bit too long to get the powers. There is some genuinely tricky and fun platforming here that feels very rewarding to get through. The pacing is kind of off, which is a common problem with Metroid-style games, but it was quickly forgotten. I don't really like the parryshit gameplay here, and the bosses were annoying skill checks, but once you figured them out they weren't too bad, mostly.

The story and characters are abysmal. I don't know why they ripped off the Black Panther guy for the main, it's ridiculous. The story makes NO sense. It's just a bunch of shit. I couldn't even tell you what happened. It was total nonsense. But, that's a small complaint. I think the game is $30 now, it was bomba, and worth playing at that price although it will likely be much cheaper soon.
 
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Gambit2483

Member
The game is currently on sale @ Amazon for $25 bucks on both PS5 and Switch if anyone is looking to grab this at a great price.
 
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