Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
Last updated: 2025-04-12
- Excellent Metroidvania design, controls, and exploration.
- Top-tier accessibility and customizable difficulty.
- Challenging and rewarding boss encounters.
- Excellent audio-visual design and animations.
- Clunky combat system is unengaging.
- Weak, generic, and predictable story.
- Reviews
(sample size) - 2000
- Helpful reviews
- 72%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 22%
- Protest reviews
- 6%
- 86%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 14%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 4084
- Negative points
- 1831
- Gameplay points
- 592
- Perf. points
- 125
- Rec. points
- 1060
- Misc points
- 229
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
| Excellent design, controls, exploration | The game features excellent level design, smooth controls, and rewarding exploration. Players praised the varied biomes, intricate map design, and the satisfying sense of progression as new abilities unlock previously inaccessible areas. The visuals and music were also frequently lauded. | 97% |
| Top-tier Metroidvania, high accessibility | Reviewers widely agree that the game is an excellent Metroidvania, often comparing it favorably to genre staples like *Hollow Knight* and *Ori*. Many appreciate the game's accessibility options, which allow players to customize the difficulty and enjoy the experience regardless of skill level. | 58% |
| Challenging, rewarding boss encounters | The game features well-designed and challenging boss fights that require players to master the combat system and utilize their abilities strategically. The immediate retry option after boss fight failures minimizes frustration and encourages experimentation. | 45% |
| Surprisingly high quality Ubisoft game | Many reviewers expressed surprise and delight at the game's high quality, especially considering it's a Ubisoft title. Some consider it to be the best Ubisoft game in many years, praising its originality and polish. | 22% |
| Tight, challenging platforming mechanics | The game offers tight and responsive platforming mechanics, with a good balance of challenge and reward. Players praised the smooth parkour, precise jumps, and the satisfying feeling of overcoming difficult platforming sections. | 16% |
| Excellent audio-visual design, animations | The game features excellent sound design, music, and visuals, creating an immersive and atmospheric experience. The animations are fluid and well-executed, and the art style is visually appealing. | 15% |
| Well-designed and engaging puzzles | The game features well-designed puzzles that require players to utilize their abilities and think strategically. While not overly difficult, the puzzles are diverse and engaging, providing a satisfying sense of accomplishment upon solving them. | 11% |
| Innovative screenshot map marking feature | The game's innovative photo feature allows players to take screenshots and place them on the map as visual reminders of points of interest. This mechanic greatly enhances exploration and reduces backtracking. | 10% |
| Well-balanced, customizable difficulty | The game offers a well-balanced and customizable difficulty, providing a challenging but fair experience for players of all skill levels. Difficulty sliders and assist options allow players to tailor the game to their preferences. | 9% |
| Lengthy campaign, worthwhile DLC | The game offers a lengthy single-player campaign with plenty of side quests and challenges, providing a good amount of content for its price. The DLC is also considered to be worthwhile, adding even more content and challenges. | 9% |
| Varied enemies, rewarding parry system | The game features a diverse range of enemies and bosses, each with unique attack patterns and abilities. The parry system is rewarding and effective, with successful parries leading to stylish instant kills and opportunities for attack. | 7% |
| Authentic Persian setting, music | The game's Persian language voice acting and soundtrack, created in collaboration with Iranian artists, are authentic and immersive. The Persian setting and cultural motifs add a unique and refreshing flavor to the game. | 7% |