Prince of Persia The Lost Crown

Won game of the year last year

Game no: 542
Genre: Action (Metroidvania)
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Release Date: 2024

This game was in everyone game of the year list last year. I did try to play it in January but fall out of it since I wasn't in the zone with the game. So I decided to finish the game this year and boy I wasn't disspointed. This game is where you play as the prince royal guard in charge of rescuing the Prince who was kidnapped. So that is basically the gist of the story 

You play as Sargon a dual wielding aireal acrobating guy who can jump, slide and fight his way through waves of enemies. This is a 2D action platformer where you navigate different sections of the map. Unlike castlevania where everything takes place in one caslte. The Lost Crown map is a lot of open air small sections where you have to navigate different types of traps and enemy in order to proceed. What makes this game stands out is that there are a lot of different biomes such as forest, ice, underground, even an ocean with ships fighting alongside. Sargon is equip with 2 swords, a bow and arrow and a spinning disc as weapons. He is also equip with magic abilities such as recall, dimension hopping, double jumpe, air dash and various super moves. Sargon also can equip talismans to get a boost in abiliies. 

The thing what I liked about this game is that there is an awesome easy mode or what they like to called guided mode where they tell you where is the next objective. I find that all games in the future should have this feature since you won't waste time going around the map trying to find the next thing to do. Other than that, this game really is challenging in terms of the platforming section. You need precision like controls on how to navigate all the obstacles. If you failed, you will put to the last checkpoint which is very nice since there is little backtracking. Combat is fast and resposive.

The thing that I don't find that great is just the story. It is nothing that engaging. For me I prefer the gameplay more than the story. Other than that this game is super solid. I did finish the story and the game. There are a lot more secrets that I need to find but I was already content with what I played. Overall I give this game a S-Rank