Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
An often unremarkable attempt at a metroidvania
It's good when it gets going, but boy does Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown take its time.
ACTION ADVENTURE GAME
A SLOW BURN TO A FAULT,
PrinceofPersia:
The Lost Crown's
early hours are mired by overly simple and unremarkable platforming, not to mention a disjointed narrative that kind of kills your investment in the story. Based on the first 15 hours alone, we'd be very sour. Thankfully, the game's second half does a much better job, but by the time the credits roll, you can't help wishing that the entire game had been this way.
At its core, The Lost Crown essentially takes a tilt at metroidvania, a portmanteau of the names of the videogame series Metroidand Castlevania, and a sub-genre of action-adventure games focused on guided non-linearity and utility-gated exploration.