Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, the 2.5D side-scrolling Metroidvania title is set to release on January 18, 2024, and the free demo is now available for players to download. The Lost Crown is the first game in the popular franchise in over a decade and the developer Ubisoft Montpellier has added some new great features such as Memory Shards that could revolutionize the genre.
The early reviews for the game have already dropped and critics have praised the game for its stunning visuals, gameplay mechanics, accessibility options, and much more. However, the recently launched Sonic game still boasts better mechanics than The Lost Crown.
Despite Its Revolutionizing Mechanics Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Is Still Behind
The Lost Crown packs an array of accessibility features that haven’t been seen in Metroidvania titles, making it different than other such titles. One such feature is a small mechanic called Memory Shards which can be activated via the D-pad and allows players to drop it at any location in the map of the game to mark the location.
The Memory Shard captures the full-size screenshot of the game environment and lets players pinpoint the location of the Shard on the map. This small but effective feature has been seen in other games but wasn’t available in any Metroidvania game and removes the problems that players face in backtracking to blocked pathways or going back to any other locations.
Several other such features in the game make it a great side-scrolling title when coupled with its immersive in-game world and exciting gameplay but Sega’s Sonic Superstars still tops the chart with its possibly the best mechanics that we have seen in a side-scroller title that released in recent times. It’s not just because we like Sonic better than POP, there is a proper reason.
The game features eleven levels in story mode and each level has two Acts. In the last level of the game, players go up against Eggman’s boss. While the first act does not have a boss, players encounter Eggman in Act 2 where he reverses time. Act 2 is the same as Act 1 but the time starts going backward and even though players are aware of the level, it is pretty difficult to beat.
The time going backwards is not just for the show but it is a countdown and players will need to work backwards to clear the level which makes things even more stressful. The explosions undo, and the falling ceilings are now platforms that are uplifting and are perfectly capable of crushing the players, the puzzles that players have solved and are already familiar with have different solutions.
This level has new platforming mechanics from the same level that players played and still, the gameplay feels fresh and exciting. The time reverse mechanics makes it harder for players to beat it. It is also true that not many players like this as they think it is just to make the level longer but the mechanics of this level can not be overlooked nonetheless.
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