Hero of Hyrule
Frieren the Slayer
- Pronouns
- He/Him
The first game I ever played in my life was the original Prince of Persia, on MS DOS. I got hooked right away, and thus began my tryst with a medium that I continue to be a huge fan of to this day.
Now, almost 14 years after the last (awesome, worth playing, and alarmingly underrated) entry in the series, The Forgotten Sands, we have a brand new Prince of Persia game launching. This is a 2D side scrolling game, in the tradition of the original Prince of Persia games, plus the amazing Sands of Time GBA game. It's a metroidvania (one of my favorite genres!), and it appears to be an incredibly great one. The reviews are glowing. The hype is palpable.
14 years later, one of my favorite franchises is back, and I am so excited for it! Prince of Persia has always had unfortunate timing and poor marketing - Sands of Time was great but came out in a crowded year where it never got the chance to perform as much as it could and should have. Prince of Persia 2008 was a great game that was poorly handled and marketed, which, again, caused it to get overlooked. The Forgotten Sands is an incredible game (special shout out to the excellent Wii version!), one that was barely marketed at all, and when it was, shown off more as a middling tie in for a mediocre movie than a new, original entry into the canon that was as good as it was.
Even The Lost Crown suffered from it - Ubisoft has completely failed to market this game appropriately, and in fact, the original few showings off the game may have outfight turned a lot of people off from it. But for me, this game is our time to put up or shut up - it's a mid tier, narrower focus, high polished, and extremely high quality multiplatform production from a third party publisher that prioritizes quality and content, and has been received so well. I am very excited to jump in, and because of what it might mean for the broader market, I am hoping enough other people follow me in taking the plunge too.
What about you, Fami? Are you hyped for Lost Crown? Are you going to get it?