Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown - new 2D Prince of Persia - coming to Steam on August 8th

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Regarding the music, the guy responsible for the ost will be Gareth Cocker, known for the ost of Ori ( haven't played it, but I assumed it is good), darksiders genesis (which I played and was okay), but also contributed to popamole garbage like immortal fenyx rising (ubisoft take on the recent zelda) and halo infinite (lmao).
Also did the the ost for the LoL game ruined king which I don't know and don't care about.

Look, I was trying to be postive over there. They finally decided to resurect the license after asscreed started to crash and burn, so you know what, maybe the platforming section involving various trap will actually be good despite the horrible aesthetic and maybe even the combat ...

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Coker isn't a bad choice. From what I've heard of his music his Ori work is by far his best work (decent games too, the 2nd wisely rips off Hollow Knight). He got his start working for Materia Collective, which makes the type of overproduced, heavily reliant on chorals, throw every instrument at the wall type of video game cover music (think Two Steps from Hell). It's the type of music that sort of works for trailers, but otherwise draws too much attention to itself. Coker's music still tends to follow in that style so I'd expect it to be the most memorable thing about this game, for better or worse.

And yes, Halo (never a great game) going from Nile Rodgers and Steve Vai to...now is a great testament to Microsoft's managerial abilities.

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Sarathiour]

Being merciful and having suffered trough ubisoft convention, here is the additional info, so that you don't have to watch this :

-Sand power are back and some enemy use them too.
-You got some special attack that works as an awesome button.
-DA characters confirmed to be pure shit.

That's all.

 

[lycanwarrior]

https://insider-gaming.com/pop-the-lost-crown-preview-change/

I was lucky enough to get a hands-on preview of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, guided by the helping hands of Ubisoft as I entered a world unfamiliar to me. I’ve never been a fan of the 2.5D side-scroller style of games, but following my session (during which I grappled with controls and died around fifteen times), I may be edging into the realms of calling myself a convert.

From my short but sweet preview of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, I had several key takeaways. Firstly, change is a very good thing and it was much better than I expected. It’s a game that’s equal parts pleasing to the eye and a joy to explore, and once I’d gotten the hang of the combat mechanics, every fight became satisfying.

I’m genuinely excited for the full release.

 

[Child of Malkav]

 

[Child of Malkav]

 

[El Presidente]

Zero-challenge retard mode will now get labeled as "great strides on accessibility front" and will be rewarded statues by Geoff Dew by the end of the year

 

[Machocruz]

This was always Jordan Mechner's original vision for PoP, they just didn't have the technology back then to realize it.

 

[Viata]

GotY already confirmed by many gaming journalists.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Nobody told me it was made by Rayman Origins/Legends team

 

[Viata]

It's going to be metroidvania? Wow, what a combo of shit this game is becoming.

 

[Jvegi]

The accessibility options are fine with me, in principle it's a win-win for everyone. My only issue is, how well are you going to balance and design the core experience, when so many aspects of it can be tweaked by the player. How do you playtest that?

It's quite an interesting problem, in theory. In practice, I don't care and will not play the game. Probably.

 

[Tyranicon]

The accessibility options are fine with me, in principle it's a win-win for everyone. My only issue is, how well are you going to balance and design the core experience, when so many aspects of it can be tweaked by the player. How do you playtest that?

It's quite an interesting problem, in theory. In practice, I don't care and will not play the game. Probably.

Accessibility options are basically cheat codes. How are you going to balance auto-win portals? Make them do a quick-time event to use it? Lol.

 

[Deimos]

May as well play another genre at that point, or none at all

 

[Morgoth]

What's up with all those rave reviews?

Demo is out btw. Better check it out myself...

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Jvegi]

Well, 2d pop is the true pop. 3d is just gimicky baby stuff, always was, pretty curiosity, a chick to be tossed aside after play.

This is the shit.

 

[luj1]

This was always Jordan Mechner's original vision for PoP, they just didn't have the technology back then to realize it.

Roguey: the post

 

[Machocruz]

Can't get past the current day, Tyrone prince and the all-our-ideas-of-the-human-form-come-from-superhero-comics-and-sports vision behind it. It taking on the metroidvania form with all the powers that 99% of them have, further indicates their lack of vision. Awaiting the Soul vs Soulless memes.

 

[luj1]

all-our-ideas-of-the-human-form-come-from-superhero-comics-and-sports vision

Underdiscussed topic

 

[Child of Malkav]

Demo has Denuvo and requires an activation code. A demo. Fuck off.

 

[Tyranicon]

Rave reviews in 2024 just usually mean a game is competently made and stable. Doesn't really mean it's great or anything. There's nobody left in the industry I would trust to make those judgement calls.

That being said, I would try it but this artstyle is atrocious.

 

[Machocruz]

Underdiscussed topic

The og and SoT princes strike me as visually more fitting for the PoP concept and setting. I can't buy fitness influencer Dakwon here as old Persia or anything having to do with a prince.

 

[sser]

I mean they just took the Prince of Persia ip and slapped it atop what looks like a decent metroidvania from devs with a very solid track record. The franchise has a couple of titles that abused the ip before, but those games flat out sucked so this is an improvement in some strange way.

 

[luj1]

Underdiscussed topic

The og and SoT princes strike me as visually more fitting for the PoP concept and setting. I can't buy fitness influencer Dakwon here as old Persia or anything having to do with a prince.

Agreed

SoT was lowkey good and memorable compared to the trash we have now