Last week, Ubisoft teased they were going to unveil anew mystery gameat their Ubisoft Forward conference on June 12th. Well, Geoff and his freshly pressedSummer Game Festtrainers have only gone and done it for them, and wouldn’t you know it, it’s a new Prince Of Persia game called The Lost Crown. Sorry,Sands Of Time Remake, you’reold newsnow.
But evenbeforeGeoff got his pristine reveal mitts on it (probably), I went to see and play this new Prince Of Persia game over at Ubisoft Montpellier - and if the reveal trailer hasn’t already convinced you this is something special, take it from me: this is rad as heck, and you can read more of my thoughts about it after its full reveal at Ubisoft Forward next Monday. Until then, though, here’s everything else I can share about it right now, so ready yourselves for some cold, hard factoids. Here we go.
Sargon isn’t the titular prince of this game, though. He and the rest of the Immortals are on a mission to rescue said prince, who’s been abducted and taken to the mysterious (and very possibly cursed) city of Mount Qaf. Upon your arrival at the ancient city gates, however, it’s clear that something’s not quite right in these abandoned ruins, and you’ll need to run, jump, dash and slide through all manner of traps and monster-filled hallways to get to the bottom of it.
As you can see in the trailer, some of those horrible legendary monster bosses are going to be very large indeed - but the good news is that they’re going to be accompanied by equally epic musical themes fromOri maestro Gareth Coker. Iranian-born composer Mentrix is responsible for the rest of the score, and they’ve used all traditional instruments to really ground the game in its Persian setting. Or at least as much as it can with those bright, vibrant, anime and comic book-infused visuals on display.
Alas, that’s all I can say about The Lost Crown at this point - trust me, I’ve tried, but Ubi just keep rewinding the clock to erase this paragraph over and over again, so I’ll save them the trouble and put a halt to my keyboard tapping right here.
As I mentioned above, I’ll have tons more to share about Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown next week, so keep your eyes peeled on Monday after Ubisoft Forward has come to a close. And don’t touch that clock to try and fast forward time. You never know what mischief you’ll unleash.
