After the first days of 2024, we witnessed the triumphant return of the new Prince of Persia with The Lost Crown. Despite criticism from media and players regarding the protagonist’s change in aesthetic, abandoning a conservative look for a more modern one, The game was successful.
Behind this achievement is Ubisoft Montpellier, one of the most talented studios that has given us high quality works like Rayman, Valiant Hearts, among others. Demonstrate that with love and dedication, great titles can be created.
Sargon, the great misunderstood hero
As mentioned at the beginning, Sargon, the protagonist of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, was not accepted at first. However, the genius of his movements and the dynamics of the game led him to from a misunderstood hero to being recognized as a worthy character in this franchise.
Accessibility of the game
From this moment, we see that there will be spoilers. The game offers at least four difficulty modes and a fifth that is fully customizable. The challenge of the game will depend on you and what you are looking for. Below we show you the difficulty table.
Additionally, the game allows for language adjustments, offering multiple subtitle and voice options, with excellent work in Spanish (Europe) and exceptional work in Farsi (Persian). Additionally, for those with reduced vision, the contrast or size of the HUD and subtitles can be adjusted, providing the versatility needed for all gamers.
Our weapons in the adventure
When we begin our adventure, we will have a deadly duo: Qays and Layla, our swordsalways available to attack and defend us, being the only swords in the game. You have to know how to use them very well.
We will also have the arch of Menolias
Additionally, we can obtain the Chakram Menolias to discover a second functionality of the bow, allowing it to be transformed into a sort of boomerang which will be used to attack. The most important thing is that it will allow us to activate mechanisms that will facilitate our movements.
It should be borne in mind that, despite the limited arsenal, the set of combos, moves and much more are the icing on the cake, with an extensive repertoire. You may be mashing pimples; However, you can make very elaborate combinations. Everything will depend on what you want to invest to do it, being a game suitable for novices and experts.
How can we improve our offensive attack or our defense?
Having known the only weapons available throughout our entire game, you will wonder if it is possible to improve them or increase our offensive attack. Indeed, we can improve them as we progress, and we will do so through several methods:
- The amulets: objects that we can place on our necklace, many of them are obtained through exploration or by purchasing them directly. They will help increase attack stats or their effects.
- Lin forja of Kaheva: In this area we find Kaheva, a very useful character, who in exchange for some crystals and other objects, will allow us to acquire amulets to considerably improve our statistics. This is the right place to upgrade Sargon.
- The shop: different from the forge, here you can acquire containers for life or even increase their efficiency. Amulets can also be acquired, although to a lesser extent than those obtained from Kaheva.
- Athra: Here we get a kind of bar that is complemented by a series of special attacks, which we can only activate when we have one of three levels. To raise the bar, we will do it by performing effective blocking or using amulets. We will unlock attacks through judicious exploration of the map.
- Higher level: Besides the amulets, our weapons and Athra, we can improve Qays and Layla to have a greater attack range, which will be beneficial to be able to eliminate the threats from our odyssey.
Beyond our attack arsenal
Not everything Sargon has is attack based. We also have a series of movements that will be very useful to advance in each biome that we discover. With a large and varied moveset that will please platformers, let’s take a look at some of them.
- The dodge: It is a basic movement that allows us to roll in the best soul style and dodge an attack or an opponent, very useful when we are surrounded or the situation warrants it.
- Blocking or parrying: the favorite move of experts in soul style games, in which we can block an attack, leaving the opponent exposed to launch our combo. Additionally, there will be times where if the enemy attack is red it cannot be blocked or if it is yellow we can see a striking animation with a final move.
- Drag us: This is something essential in this title, since it will help us to increase or delay our movement when climbing the walls or on the ground, it is a trademark of the franchise and it takes up the platform sections in this back.
- The Simurgh Explosion: Known as sprinting, it is a movement that will help us extend our advance to flee or attack, it is very necessary to recover after an aerial attack or to reach distant locations.
- Gravitational wings: If a jump is good, imagine being able to count on the double jump, it’s great to do two jumps and to be able to climb or extend our flight, with a subtle and classic Metroidvania movement.
- Shadow of the Simurgh: This allows us to create a shadow in any area of the scene and when we move forward or move it allows us to return to that point. Ideal for attack and defense, it is one of those perfect resources.
- Fortune telling: Additional vision doesn’t hurt, it allows you to activate certain highlighted surfaces. Alternative realities and the possibility of seeing platforms.
- gdimensional table: helps you create a dimensional claw, which absorbs objects or enemies, which can then be sent back to attack.
- fabric of time: a hook that allows us to access certain areas or even helps us bring enemies closer to counterattack them.
The variety of options is so wide that having only two swords will take a backseat and be strengthened by all the moves we have available. Something that enriches the gameplay with exquisite quotas and offers us impressive battles.
Exploration and discovery of secrets on the map
Many games these days offer additional incentives presented during the main adventure. In Metroidvanias we have the element of exploration, which is one of the strengths of this subgenre and obviously Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown would be no exception.. It is important to return to certain areas to unlock mechanisms or even access them; We recommend using memory fragments, which capture an image, to get better details of what the location offers.
Deluxe Edition of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
This edition has an extraordinary motivation: a digital guide, which you can access via the following link, Luxury guideand is only accessible with your Xbox account associated with the purchase of this edition, available on PC.
In it you can listen to the soundtrack or have a digital art book with a lot of material which is a complete delight for lovers of the history of the game or to learn much more about it. It’s completely crazy, the detail and quality of this content are impressive, we’re speechless in front of it. It is true that a physical edition would have been glorious, however, you can download it as a PDF and print it if you wish.
There are also marks to recall certain places. Exploration is rewarded with time crystals, items that will be useful to improve Sargon and this, therefore, will make our lives much easier. Ultimately, everyone’s journey will be different and it is up to each person to adapt to their own way of playing. Don’t waste time and enjoy the return of Prince of Persia!
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