Summary

  • Players can embark on new challenges with Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown's Boss Revenge and Boss Rush modes, offering fresh gameplay experiences.
  • Improved accessibility and gameplay features include High Contrast mode enhancements and the new Wak-Wak tree fast travel feature.
  • New outfits are available for protagonist Sargon, paying homage to previous Prince of Persia titles.

Ubisoft has unveiled a substantial update for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, bringing new features, quality-of-life improvements, accessibility options, and more. This update promises to enrich the players' experience and offer fresh challenges in the mythological world of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is an action-adventure game developed and published by Ubisoft. This game revives the iconic Prince of Persia franchise with a fresh storyline, centered around Sargon, a young warrior and member of an elite group called the Immortals. Players will explore the mythological Persian world filled with dangerous foes, intricate puzzles, and time-bending mechanics, characteristic of the series. The game combines classic platforming elements with modern gameplay innovations, delivering a visually stunning and immersive experience while paying homage to the franchise's rich legacy.

One of the standout additions in the update is the introduction of two new game modes: Boss Revenge and Boss Rush. In Boss Revenge, players can now take on Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown's previously encountered bosses using their current Simurgh powers, offering a fresh and challenging way to test their skills. Each boss battle can be played at various difficulty levels, allowing players to tailor the challenge to their preference. Meanwhile, Boss Rush presents the ultimate endgame challenge, where players must defeat all main bosses in succession, testing their abilities and resource management skills.

To enhance accessibility and gameplay, the update introduces improvements to the High Contrast mode, ensuring better attack readability by distinguishing between yellow and red enemy attacks. Additionally, the new Wak-Wak tree fast travel feature allows players to instantly traverse between Wak-Wak trees without the need for fast travel altars, providing greater convenience and efficiency in exploring The Lost Crown's world. Furthermore, the update addresses several quality-of-life issues, including stability improvements to prevent game crashes on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, along with various gameplay tweaks and quest fixes to enhance the overall experience.

A notable highlight of the update is the addition of new outfits for The Lost Crown's protagonist Sargon, offering players more customization options and rewards for completing the challenging Boss Rush mode. These outfits pay homage to the iconic designs of previous Prince of Persia titles, adding a nostalgic touch to the game's visual aesthetic.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown continues to evolve, offering players new ways to immerse themselves in the game. With the release of this new patch, players can look forward to an enhanced gaming experience.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Update 1.2.0 + TU2 Patch Notes

Patch size

  • Nintendo Switch: 526 MB
  • PlayStation®5: 1.84 GB
  • PlayStation®4: 3.7 GB
  • Xbox One: 3.7 GB
  • Xbox Series X|S: 11.12 GB
  • PC: 1.25 GB
  • Luna: 1.25 GB

NEW FEATURES

  • New game mode: Boss Revenge
  • New game mode: Boss Rush
  • Wak-Wak tree fast travel
  • 2 new outfits for Sargon

QUALITY OF LIFE UPDATES

Addressed:

  • Several issues that can cause the game to crash on PlayStation ®5 & PlayStation®4.

GAMEPLAY

Improved:

  • Hadayan's Might Athra Surge can now be triggered from the air. ²

Addressed:

  • A cinematic in the Prologue will not trigger in high custom difficulty.
  • A case where the Tower of Silence's Boss door opens after completing only 2 gongs. ²
  • Players can get stuck in an underground room in Upper City, when dealing with batteries captured with the Dimensional Claw.

QUESTS

Addressed:

  • Motherly Love - The Amulet reward of the side quest can disappear, if the final enemy is defeated in a specific way.

ACCESSIBILITY AND OPTIONS

  • Better attack readability through improvements to High contrast mode (yellow vs red attacks).
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Released
January 18, 2024
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Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate. Play as Sargon and evolve from sword-wielding prodigy to extraordinary legend as you master acrobatic combat and unlock new Time Powers and unique super abilities.

UNLEASH YOUR INNER WARRIOR
Use your Time Powers, combat, and platforming skills to perform deadly combos and defeat time-corrupted enemies and mythological creatures.

LOSE YOURSELF IN THE PRODIGIOUS MOUNT QAF
Discover a cursed Persian-inspired world filled with larger-than-life landmarks and explore a variety of highly detailed biomes, each with their own identity, wonder, and danger.

LIVE AN EPIC ADVENTURE
Immerse yourself in a Persian mythological​ fantasy through an intriguing and original story as you use your wits to solve puzzles, find hidden treasures, and complete quests to learn more about this corrupted place.

Developer(s)
Ubisoft Montpellier
Publisher(s)
Ubisoft
Franchise
Prince of Persia
Genre(s)
Action, Platformer, 2D
Resting at the Wak-Wak Tree in Prince of Persia The Lost Crown