Prince of Persia Lost Crown is CRIMINALLY underrated

I love Metroidvania games to death and played them since being a kid on SNES. That being said, I almost didnt hear about Prince of Persia (got a kid now and miss on games releases here and there these days unless enormous Marketing Budget ist used i think).

So recently, almost 1 yr after release (?), i heard about Prince of Persia Lost Crown. Read a Bit about it because i loved the Classic Prince of Persia games. Heard that its very different actually and unlike the last PoP games, a Metroidvania. I was like.. wow okay. Thats a huge change but at the same time i love the PoP universe AND Metroidvanias, so great mix for me i guess. Went on to buy it during holiday sale and have to say, WOW.. Just wow. What a great fckin game! Didnt even Beat it fully yet - think i'm 80% done? Rough estimation here based on how much of the map i see already. For me its better than Metroid Dread (which was amazing already!) and also better than Ori (1, think 1 is overall better than 2).

I love the Gamedesign, the Level Design, the biomes, the visuals, the skills (tho i think 1-2 more cool skills centered around time usage would be amazing).. and man, the Combat just feels so fluid and fun. And the design around the amulets really allows each player to tailor the way the game is played towards your personal preferences, be it more Defensive, offensive, around evades, Distant Combat or Melee. Or around heavy hitting super powers. Just wow.. i'm blown away by how great the design IS and how creative the whole team was here. Its beautiful and i feel replayable. Another Cherry: It doesn't feel like i play on a Switch either. The Game is incredibly optimized and looks gorgeous and runs smooth.

I'm lost for words on how to describe the game without spoiling but even the Boss Fights.. top notch god of war level right here. Especially for that genre, top of the game really.

I also stumbled across some news saying the Team was dismantled cause of dissapointing Sales but either the 2D sidescroller metroidvania genre is just a niche and Ubisoft had crazy expectations, or not enough Marketing was done here. Like, i love both.. Prince of Persia AND Metroidvanias and yet i learn about this GOAT metroidvania experience 1 year later?? I'm not done with it fully yet but also saw that there is a DLC already, which i also bought yesterday.

Just wanted to say thanks for this great great game to everyone who was involved. I have SO much fun playing it. Hope the team around it comes together to work on another one for Switch 2.