In a transfer that feels a bit of like being catapulted again in time a number of a long time, Ubisoft has launched a free playable Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown demo – for Xbox, PlayStation, Swap, 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, due to 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 great Rayman Legends and Origins – is reassuringly constructive, with Digital Foundry’s John Linneman calling it a “supremely polished, extremely clean 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 working by means of the world is a pleasure. Fight too, which is primarily melee primarily based, is fast-paced and difficult [and] enemies can wipe you out quicker than you’d count on.”
And if that is received you suitably intrigued, Ubisoft has accomplished 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 present curious events a style of Value of Persia: The Misplaced Crown motion earlier than they purchase.
In accordance 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”. Stories recommend the entire thing ought to take round half-hour to play by means of, 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 Sequence X/S, Swap, and PC (through Epic Video games and the Ubisoft Retailer), and people very same platforms will play host to Value of Persia: The Misplaced Crown when the complete recreation launches subsequent Monday, fifteenth January.
