Summary
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is getting an outfit from The Rogue Prince of Persia, adding a new look for protagonist Sargon.
- The outfit maintains the purple skin tone of The Rogue Prince of Persia's protagonist, standing out in The Lost Crown's world.
- The Mask of Darkness DLC for The Lost Crown will introduce new content like Radjen's Mind Palace when it releases on September 17.
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is receiving an interesting new outfit from Ubisoft's other 2024 game from the same franchise, The Rogue Prince of Persia. Kicking off Ubisoft's loaded 2024, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown quickly became an early Game of the Year contender, impressing 2D action platformer fans and marking the return of a franchise that's been dormant for well over a decade.
The second Prince of Persia game to come out in 2024, The Rogue Prince of Persia, had its early access release in May. For it, Ubisoft enlisted the help of Evil Empire, the studio that formed out of Motion Twin, developer of 2019's massive roguelike indie hit Dead Cells. The Rogue Prince of Persia's roguelike spin on the series combined with its flashy 2D art style made it stand apart from The Lost Crown, which is a more traditional 2D metroidvania with a 3D art style. Unfortunately for console gamers, The Rogue Prince of Persia is currently only available on PC, though Evil Empire plans on bringing the game to consoles for its full 1.0 release.
Now, Prince of Persia fans on console can get a small taste of The Rogue Prince of Persia in The Lost Crown. On Twitter, Prince of Persia revealed that, as part of a new Lost Crown patch ahead of next week's Mask of Darkness DLC, it's adding a Rogue Prince of Persia outfit for protagonist Sargon. The Lost Crown already has a number of interesting outfits for Sargon that players can find and that have been added as post-launch DLC, so it's nice to see players get an extra one for free.
The Rogue Prince of Persia Outfit Is Coming to Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Strangely, this new outfit of The Rogue Prince of Persia' s protagonist retains the character's purple skin. While it works well within The Rogue Prince of Persia's art style, bringing it directly into The Lost Crown's world unaltered is a bold move. Though, with how basic the rest of the outfit is, the purple skin tone is the cosmetic's only real identifiable quality, so it's understandable why they kept it unchanged. Some Prince of Persia fans have been clamoring for Ubisoft to add an Assassin's Creed skin to The Lost Crown, seeing how closely related the two franchises are to one another. If this does ever happen, it'll be interesting to see whether Ubisoft adds the robes of a classic assassin like Altair or Ezio, or if it would add Naoe's outfit to promote its upcoming Assassin's Creed Shadows this November.
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown's Mask of Darkness DLC is set to land next week, on September 17. The story DLC will look to add a new area to the game's already massive 2D map, called Radjen's Mind Palace, and will introduce a host of new traversal mechanics, enemies, and more. Whether Mask of Darkness is The Lost Crown's first and only story DLC is unknown, but with The Rogue Prince of Persia's 1.0 release also looming and the Sands of Time remake still happening, there's a lot for fans of the franchise to be excited about.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 87 /100 Critics Rec: 96%
- Released
- January 18, 2024
- ESRB
- T For Teen Due To Blood, Mild Language, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Ubisoft Montpellier
- Publisher(s)
- Ubisoft
- Engine
- Unity
- Franchise
- Prince of Persia
- PC Release Date
- January 18, 2024
WHERE TO PLAY
Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate. Play as Sargon and evolve from sword-wielding prodigy to extraordinary legend as you master acrobatic combat and unlock new Time Powers and unique super abilities.
UNLEASH YOUR INNER WARRIOR
Use your Time Powers, combat, and platforming skills to perform deadly combos and defeat time-corrupted enemies and mythological creatures.
LOSE YOURSELF IN THE PRODIGIOUS MOUNT QAF
Discover a cursed Persian-inspired world filled with larger-than-life landmarks and explore a variety of highly detailed biomes, each with their own identity, wonder, and danger.
LIVE AN EPIC ADVENTURE
Immerse yourself in a Persian mythological fantasy through an intriguing and original story as you use your wits to solve puzzles, find hidden treasures, and complete quests to learn more about this corrupted place.
- Platform(s)
- Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One
- Genre(s)
- Action, Platformer, 2D
- How Long To Beat
- 16 Hours
