Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Will Apparently Run At 60FPS On Switch

I can't just look past the extremely tacky and anachronistic zoomer chic.

Jake Gyllenhaal, all is forgiven.

Oh and yet they probably couldn't get the sands of time trilogy running at 60 FPS on switch right?

Wouldn't be surprised if the game was made with Switch as the lead platform.

There is a 120+ million userbase after all and a lot of us like Metroidvania titles.

@SBandy1 : Based solely on gameplay, it does seem like something that we would have seen as a DS exclusive back in the day.

@Sisilly_G

I'm more than happy with that!

I can't wait to play this!! If it does well hopefully Ubisoft will do sequels, maybe even a 2D Splinter Cell game? I think there's lots of room for innovation in that type of game with 2D/2.5D...

While the Sands of Time prince will always be the one whom I have the fondest memories of, this has me way more excited than the 2008 reboot and the delayed SoT remake.

@Sisilly_G looks more like an early 80s crust punk to me.

This sounds exciting! I guess that 'handcrafted' is just nonsense PR speak rather than a technical term? It's not like a game like this is going to be procedurally generated.

The gameplay looks cool, but I am not sold on how the "prince" himself looks. He really doesn't look like a prince.

I'm super hyped for this, I love the prince of Persia games and although I wish it was a 3D game like warrior within or sands of time I can still see that there is effort being put into making this a good POP game.

And now 60fps is confirmed for switch that is the version I'll be getting, just no code in a box nonsense please.

I am happy with this.

It will run in 60fps, but will it jump and fight in 60fps as well?

@sanderev According to the trailer, the player character is not the prince. The prince has been kidnapped, and you're playing a warrior who's trying to save him.

First thing about the game that's not completely awful

This is great news, one of the games I am most excited about from recent trailers.

That’s more punk than prince.

More third party games on Switch need to focus on 60fps gameplay, I don’t care about poor picture quality, first person shooters on Switch should focus on 60fps, even if that causes to lose the identity of the game. When Call of Duty eventually comes to Switch, 60fps should be focused to give Switch players a competitive advantage. It’s laughably stupid that Fortnite is only 30fps, but Switch players somehow have the advantage over mobile players.

I'm definitely going to keep an eye on this one. Could be a bit of a surprise success I think.

I’ve never been someone who cares about framerates as a rule, but for platformers it really adds a level of polish that ends up enhancing the gameplay for me - I don’t think I would’ve enjoyed Metroid dread or tropical freeze if they weren’t so silky smooth

@Manguy888A I agree! You can also use quick moves, like Samus' teleport and it needs to have precise and smooth framerate.

@sanderev That's not the prince anyway.

@Polvasti Yeah, they clearly "subverted our expectations" by making a new Prince of Persia game where you don't play as the prince.

Maybe there's a twist and you actually do get to play as the prince half-way through the game or something, right.

I wonder how people would feel if they made a new Super Mario Bros. game where you play the princess--and I don't mean a spin-off game that's about the Peach, but literally the next main Super Mario Bros. game, yet you don't play as Mario.

People make strange decisions sometimes.

Doesn't mean this game won't be good in its own right, but still . . .

@Sisilly_G It reminds me a lot of the very enjoyable Castlevania on 3ds, which was (don't know if it still is) exclusive to the platform back then, and a standout graphically in 3d, at least that's my memory of playing it.

@PtM They were never about Zelda; she's just a secondary character and the plot device for the story of the actual hero, Link, to be told and indeed experienced directly by the player. So those games still haven't "subverted our expectations" yet. But, hey, maybe one day the real fans will get exactly what they want and instead of Link being the playable character, it will be Zelda, and Link will just be a plot point to serve our new strong female role model. Wouldn't that be very progressive and brave of the writers and designers. Can't wait for that to happen.

This looks fantastic. I actually wondered if this was a MercurySteam developed game since it seems to be taking many cues from Dread/Samus Returns. Turns it outs developed by the team behind Rayman Legends/Origins? I’ll take that too!

@SBandy1 It’s pretty much been confirmed that Switch is in fact the lead platform.

@brandonbwii

I'm a genius!

@RetroGames Technically, "you don't play as the prince" in the original game, either. Its player character was a traveller who arrived in Persia as (quoting from a cutscene in the 2nd game) "a stowaway on a merchant ship", and only became prince after the events of the game.

@Dracula_on_a_bike Technically shmechnically.

Game's looking tight, and if it can squeeze performance out of the Switch, even better.

@RetroGames What if they make a Metal Gear Solid game where you don’t play as Solid Snake? Oh wait…

Oh wait... Rising Revengeance

"IT'S LIKE BUTTAH!!!"

@brandonbwii What if they make a Metal Gear Solid game where you don't play as a solid Metal Gear?

@smoreon MIND BLOWN!

Thats good to know, as far as i could see for the graphics its no heavy hitter, ao i would expect a clean 60fps