Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is a PlayStation 5 adventure game developed by Ubisoft. It centers on combat encounters, puzzle, maze, or device solving, and area and route exploration, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.7 / 10
About this game
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is a PlayStation 5 adventure game centered on combat encounters, puzzle, maze, or device solving, and area and route exploration. Locations, objectives, and clues gradually open the main chapters, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Theme, character expression, and environmental clues need to support exploration together, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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Precise action gives exploration a strong foundation.
The Lost Crown makes precision feel worth learning. Movement abilities do not merely open routes; they also change the options available under pressure, so exploration and combat support one another. Distinct environments help the player remember space, while new abilities give familiar routes another purpose. It asks for practice, but responsive delivery makes repeated attempts feel like learning rather than an argument with input. The main drag is travel across its substantial map: revisiting areas can slow the rhythm of discovery even with fast travel available. Its achievement is not abandoning every convention of the genre, but making those conventions rewarding through dependable action and meaningful growth in the player’s capabilities.
Strengths
- Movement and combat reward developing skill.
Weaknesses
- Some revisits become lengthy travel.
Who it is for: Players who enjoy exploration and precise action.
Play notes: Original 2024 PS5 base game; later story expansion excluded.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Rich exploration is occasionally diluted by repeated travel. | Reviewed | 8.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Movement and combat give mastery several rewarding outlets. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Distinct regions support both recognition and discovery. | Reviewed | 8.3 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Responsive delivery makes demanding challenges feel fair and learnable. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Ubisoft
- Publisher
- Ubisoft
- Release date
- Jan 18, 2024
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Adventure · Primary genre
- Tags
- Linear LevelsInvestigationExplorationSlow BurnReal-time CombatSolo-friendlyStory-drivenThird PersonMain Story 10–20 HoursPuzzle SolvingScience Fiction3D Graphics
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Side view
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideJan 18, 2024
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideJan 18, 2024
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Sources
- news.ubisoft.com