A New Entry in the Prince of Persia Series: “Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown” PS5 Brief Review
The classic game “Prince of Persia” that has been silent for many years finally has a new game in the Prince of Persia series “Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown”. The following is “Hong Kong 01》A brief review of the game on the Technology Plaything Channel.
The latest entry in the “Prince of Persia” series, but it has nothing to do with Prince of Persia
The “Prince of Persia” series was originally a side-scrolling platform game. The original “Prince of Persia” is also a classic game and influenced countless subsequent creations. However, to modern game fans, “Prince of Persia” is most famous for its 3D action gameplay. “Prince of Persia Trilogy”, namely “The Sands of Time”, “Samurai Shodown” and “The Two-Blade Throne”.
The Prince of Persia series, which has been silent for many years, finally has a new game launched, but old fans may be disappointed that “Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown” is not directly related to everyone’s favorite “Sands of Time” series. The game stage is not even the protagonist. They are not princes, but members of the “Immortal Warriors”, an elite warrior group that serves the prince.
The movements are smooth and the combos are refreshing and feel good in the hand.
Although it is a return to the origin of the series many years ago, of course the system and game mechanics are still based on modern standards. “Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown” is a Metroidvania-like game with fewer RPG elements. The game does not have experience points and character levels but uses an enhancement system. After players collect designated props in the game, they can increase their health points. Upper limit and enhanced weapon damage, etc.
Although the characters cannot be upgraded, they can relatively use a wide variety of talismans: there are talismans with different effects such as increasing life and increasing attack power. Players can equip multiple talismans at the same time to create different effects.
Intimate setting and free adjustment of difficulty
The game has several difficulties, so players who are not good at horizontal movements or want to challenge their limits can find a suitable mode. The most commendable thing is that the game has a “guide mode” that will mark the location of the next mission target on the map. , there will also be special effects prompts when there is a save point (Wakwak tree) nearby, so even players who are prone to getting lost can easily play.
It feels great but the picture quality is mediocre and some of the performances are awkward.
The game adopts an American cartoon rendering style, but the materials and light and shadow effects look very old, giving people a sense of age like “Warcraft 3”. To exaggerate, it makes people feel like they are playing a game from 10 years ago; I just don’t know it. Whether it was intentional or simply a lack of effort in image quality.
Summary: The overall quality of the game is good, but the price is not competitive.
In terms of pure side-scrolling games, “Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown” can be said to be quite good. Even if it cannot be said to be a top masterpiece among similar games, it is still at an above-average level. But the biggest problem with the game is its pricing: the price of 368 Hong Kong dollars is certainly cheaper than the current 3A masterpieces that easily cost 500 to 600 dollars, but for the same price, you can buy several games on Steam that are of similar or even better quality. It’s a horizontal platform game; unless you really love Prince of Persia, there’s not much reason to spend 368 to buy this one. However, anyone who has turned on the phone knows that Ubisoft’s games are discounted very quickly. If the discount is about half the price, the reporter will feel that this game is quite worth playing.