The biggest strength of Mask of Darkness is in how it pushes The Lost Crown’s platforming gameplay to the next level. There is more focus on gauntlet-like platforming than there is on exploration and combat this time around, although these elements are still present. It makes for an excellent blend of new challenges and familiar elements, for the price of a fancy coffee. We’d loved to have seen Mask of Darkness’ story better incorporated in The Lost Crown’s overarching narrative, but apart from that, this is a fantastic addition to an already outstanding game.
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown - Mask of Darkness
Ubisoft · Sep 17, 2024
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Mask of Darkness is some much-anticipated story DLC for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.
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- If the unforgiving difficulty of the platforming is what put you off The Lost Crown, then you will definitely want to skip Mask of Darkness. But as someone who loves the precision needed in 2D platformers like Super Meat Boy, and the versatility of movement options of games like Shovel Knight, this felt like a game made specifically for me. Areas were challenging and unforgiving, yet completely fair. I knew the mistakes I’d made, and I laughed at every death. Most importantly it allowed me to find my love of The Lost Crown all over again.
- 7.5Embora supra a vontade de quem queria mais Prince of Persia, Mask of Darkness não é um capítulo essencial ao jogo base. A dificuldade apurada mostra que o público alvo da expansão é quem apreciou os segmentos de plataforma de precisão, mas a expansão não acrescenta muito além disso, nem mesmo em história e direção de arte. No fim das contas, é um conteúdo bom de jogar, mas relativamente desnecessário, recomendável apenas aos entusiastas.
- 7.5Mask of Darkness geeft een goed excuus om terug te keren naar de uitstekende game Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. Wel zijn er een paar tekortkomingen, bijvoorbeeld het verhaal rondom Radjen wat niet bijzonder interessant is en weinig toevoegt aan het overkoepelende verhaal van de game. Maar de gameplay, die zich richt op het parkouren, weet dit volledig goed te maken. De DLC biedt een vermakelijk extra aantal uren aan spelers die naast het verhaal nog meer uitdaging zoeken. Het is te hopen dat dit niet de laatste keer is dat we Sargon en deze metroidvania-achtige stijl in een Prince of Persia-game hebben gezien.
- 8.0Mask of Darkness presents a good reason to return to Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, offering a new area to explore filled with intense platforming challenges and some fun boss fights, all at a budget price.
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown - Mask of Darkness is what every expansion should aspire to. It introduces an interesting new story, new challenging environments and enemies, but doesn't stray too far from what made fans love the original. It's a few more hours of what can be described as more of the same, but that's meant in a complimentary way. The platforming challenges, nonlinear exploration and epic boss battles are why Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is such a great game, and fans can expect to see more of that in Mask of Darkness. Most fans will be able to finish it in around five hours or so, but the quality of that time is well worth the price of admission.
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