In a transfer that feels a bit like being catapulted again in time a number of many years, Ubisoft has launched a free playable Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown demo – for Xbox, PlayStation, Change, and PC – forward of the sport’s full launch subsequent week.
Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown revives Ubisoft’s shamefully long-dormant action-platforming collection for a brand new technology – a brand new technology that would not even have been born when the final recreation got here out in 2008, because of Ubisoft’s dallying – this time sending the prince’s protector Sargon on a Metroidvania-style quest full of side-scrolling fight and platform motion.
Early phrase on Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown – which has been developed by Ubisoft Montpellier, the studio behind the fantastic Rayman Legends and Origins – is reassuringly constructive, with Digital Foundry’s John Linneman calling it a “supremely polished, extremely easy recreation that completely leverages each platform it has shipped on.”
“Platforming ramps up fantastically with gamers requested to navigate more and more intricate rooms and puzzles utilizing a mixture of jumps, dashes, wall runs and extra,” John wrote in his tech breakdown. “Simply operating by the world is a pleasure. Fight too, which is primarily melee based mostly, is fast-paced and difficult [and] enemies can wipe you out quicker than you’d anticipate.”
And if that is received you suitably intrigued, Ubisoft has performed the virtually unthinkable so far as triple-A publishers go in 2024: it is launched – as per its announcement towards the top of final 12 months – a free playable demo to provide curious events a style of Worth of Persia: The Misplaced Crown motion earlier than they purchase.
In line with Ubisoft, the demo options “chosen sections from the sport, with early unlocks of Time Powers and amulets, to point out the primary gameplay options whereas not spoiling the story”. Reviews recommend the entire thing ought to take round half-hour to play by, so you would simply squeeze it in between no matter mendacity down or standing up it’s a must to do that night.
The demo is accessible for PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Collection X/S, Change, and PC (by way of Epic Video games and the Ubisoft Retailer), and people very same platforms will play host to Worth of Persia: The Misplaced Crown when the complete recreation launches subsequent Monday, fifteenth January.