Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown - PS5/PC/Switch/Xbox Series X/S - DF Tech Review
Not every game needs to push the absolute state of the art in cutting edge visuals. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is a spectacular example of a brilliant executed, visually exciting, stylised side-scrolling 'metroidvania', expertly deployed on all systems from the Nintendo Switch through the current-gen consoles all the way up to high-end PC. It's an absolute joy, as John Linneman reveals. Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe Join the DF Patreon to support the team more directly and to get access to everything we do via pristine quality downloads: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx Want some DF-branded tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies and more? Check out our store: https://store.digitalfoundry.net For commercial enquiries, please contact business@digitalfoundry.net
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🎮 *Game Overview:*
@mymasonjourneyafter words about favorite Ubisoft game in 10 years i wanted to ask "but what about Rayman origins???". Then realization hit me.
@uhmm3996John couldn't just say Metroidvania lol😂
@1meen1I see some influence from Ori series, like powerup Trees, or map style . Which is a good thing because Ori was excellent.
@vampiszon6620@ I had to pause for a minute. That map looks almost exactly like Hollow Knight's map...
@ClintsGrievancesthe map looks like is straight out from hollow knight, seems would be fun to explore
@braxion-xyz@ "...it's a style of game that has perhaps worn out its welcome in recent years..."
@phrozacAlso, - priest from Doom Eternal xD?
@vampiszon6620🕹️ *Technical Aspects:*
@mymasonjourneyCan anyone tell me the name of the game shown at ?
@thexmoWhat's the act raiser looking game at ?
@ZeoniaSDWell yes indeed, the developers said the game was designed from the ground up to offer a compelling 60 fps experience on the Nintendo Switch. The other versions are scaled up from there.
@ParadoxalDreamtake that wikipedia!!
@wiiztec🎮 *Console Versions:*
@mymasonjourneyperformance differences between PS5/Series x are so weird sometimes ? How can this mobile basic game scale better with compute rather than clock speed? is it an engine thing, worse optimized on PS5 or series x slightly better cpu?
@david7176-u7hI don't know how DF could claim that "You will not be able to spot any of these dips to performance with VRR enabled" and "VRR solves this issue entirely". I can ABSOLUTELY notice a 20fps dip with VRR. No question.
@TheIndulgers💻 *PC Version:*
@mymasonjourneyAt the Ps4 cutscene is 30 fps but looks the same .
@Crashed131963considering that this game was initially *_built_* for the Nintendo switch, I'm honestly not surprised the performance is as good as it is. All they had to do was work their way up for the other consoles, as opposed to working their way down from the PS5. You feel me?
@esmooth919thats just embarrassing lol, why didnt they make like 30fps but without Minecraft style textures...
@sfmn2396🎮 *Switch Version:*
@mymasonjourney📣 *Ubisoft Account:*
@mymasonjourneygot a little vulgar there Johnny boy 😂
@HaroldTheWizardCatThe Switch demo also doesn't show the skip button initially. You have to press A to connect, then wait for the servers to give you an error and then the skip option appears. Which makes me not want to buy the game at all for Switch if it means I can only play it in Airplane mode.
@mo284🌟 *Conclusion:*
@mymasonjourney