Prince of Persia The Lost Crown

“The music has almost no memorable hooks; it's forgettable and at times, like in the library level, it can even be called annoying.”

“The music is one of the game’s biggest letdowns.”

“Sadly, the underwhelming soundtrack here fails to do justice to the beautiful environments, leaving the biomes feeling a bit hollow.”

“The only downside is that you need to start online to start the game (you can switch offline after that) and that achievements can get buggy, especially if you play offline. I had a bug with the air dancer, spikes, and opportunity kills achievements and had to start a new save to get them. It took me 10 minutes to do so, but it is a bug nonetheless.”

“What really surprised me was how buggy it was for such a big game.”

“Well, I had two freezes during fast travel…”

“This means that a) you need to download additional software and register with them to play, b) it runs in the background, hurting performance, and, most importantly c) now there are two storefronts controlling your access to the product, with one being substantially less trustworthy than the other.”

“- Denuvo (but don't be clowns and say it is affecting performance. This game runs on a potato).”

“Maybe the improved performance on my PC gave me an advantage, but I think it mostly comes down to familiarity with the combat and the fights themselves.”

“Unfortunately, this isn’t the only aspect of 'Lost Crown' I found lacking: while I wasn’t surprised by the unimpressive and partially predictable story with mostly flat characters – as this isn’t an uncommon occurrence in the genre – I was disappointed by the lacking atmosphere, however.”

“Unlike many of its peers that prioritize atmosphere and exploration, 'Lost Crown' offers a more action-packed experience, blending the agility and combat of the classic 'Prince of Persia' series with the exploratory structure of Metroidvania.”

“The crappy controls and vague hitboxes make this so tedious I simply stopped playing and uninstalled the game on the second one.”

“If you've never played a proper metroidvania, I'm sure you'd be able to convince yourself that this is somehow good, that enemies are supposed to be bullet sponges, that your combos are supposed to be broken for no reason, that combat has to be the same monotonous 3-hit combo every time, that jumps are supposed to be misaligned, that backtracking has to be mandatory and tedious, that platforming has to be done blind, that convoluted level design is somehow 'exploration', that your swords have to make the sound of a wet paper towel, that bosses have to withhold one-hit kill attacks every 20% of their health to give an illusion of difficulty and make you retry, that a bright yellow light is enough to make attacks with poorly telegraphed timing, that you can cheese every single fight by sliding through enemies... but if you've ever, for a minute, played a metroidvania that's been done well, then this is shit.”

“I expected this to finally be a complete game for release on Steam, but no, of course it isn't when Ubisoft now go and announce an expansion (and will likely look at farming us all again!!!!).”

“Honestly, the inclusion of Ubisoft Connect was a bit of a nuisance, and as a fan of previous Prince of Persia games, the noticeable shift in the overall tone and aesthetics (especially most of the character designs) was initially slightly jarring for me.”

“The character design somehow feels out of sync with everything else on the screen.”

“I hope for a second part without aggressive microtransactions.”

“This one is an actual complete game with story and with no microtransactions or live service elements, which is a breath of fresh air.”

“Sidenote: I grew up playing Sands of Time and others, and this feels like a great addition to the universe and not deductive like a lot of cash grabs are.”

“The game has low replay value.”

“There isn't much incentive to play through it again.”

“Once you've completed it, there's little reason to return.”