Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown | Fully Ramblomatic
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- This week on Fully Ramblomatic, Yahtzee reviews Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.
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You know your reputation is bad when game critics find it hard to believe that your staff of hundreds of talented creatives are actually allowed to be creative
Don't mind me, just scrolling through the comments trying to see if anyone has found a game that did the "map pics" thing first...
@@hoodiesticks I can think of many games that do the in game camera thing but I can't think of any that post them up on a map so good luck in your search.
They may have invented something!
@@twistedtomatoful /me *gasps*
@@hoodiesticks one of the cthulhu detective games if i recall. Terrible game but it had that mechanic
The "Immortals" were a real group in the Achaemenid Persian Empire--nothing so dramatic as the ones in the game, just a unit of elite soldiers who also acted as bodyguards, like the Roman Praetorian Guard.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortals_(Achaemenid_Empire)
Yeah and this game has what exactly to do with any of that???? They are some band of merry diverse cast not an elite bodyguards they can't even work together and why they aren't there were the leader is....
@@maszkalman3676 I think they're letting Ben know bc he was making fun of the name when the Immortals were a real group. The commenter isn't saying the game was accurate
@@ShakespearsCyst Ah okay.... Bit his name as sargon doesn't make sense argon wa a king not an immortal and he wasn't black...at all He was from UMMA from Iraq.
Weird your comment wasn't immediately deleted since UA-cam usually deletes all comments with links in them automatically
Oh, that's right, they even got a name drop in the movie '300'.
I liked the option that changed the spoken language to Persian. That was a cool nice detail.
That actually is a cool detail
i do wonder how accurate it is, you know, like when Americans try to do a historical accent but it doesn't quite meld either from voice acting or anachronistic writing, but who cares? They give you the option and that rules.
Sure you *can* play recent Yakuza games with the English dub, but I mean.... come on. Props to Yong Yea for being English Kiryu, but can you *really* substitute the OG?
@@RehtealI've seen a fair amount of praise from people claiming to be Iraqi online for it, so I would suspect it's good?
@@godminnette2Iraqi’s typically speak Arabic not Farsi (Persian), Iranians speak Persian
@@godminnette2 I really hope they were not claiming to be Persians, since Iran is the land of ancient Persia and not Iraq.
The best backhanded compliment to Ubisoft: "That's a great idea, who did you steal it from?"
Here I am 6 months later still wondering who they stole it from
A new game from Ubisoft that doesn't sound like its a bland 5 candidate? That's an improvement.
Ubisoft has reached the point where releasing a decent game is treated like an anomaly. It happened last year with Mario+Rabbids 2
@@espio87 and before that with Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, a.k.a babies first X-Com.
oh, yeah, you're right! at face value it almost felt like another fail by Ubi, but I think this one crawled out of the mediocrity contest, at least.
@@espio87 Most of their games are decent, perfectly functional, time killers. The issue is that they never seem to go beyond that,
@@SimuLordalmost all companies only know how to do one type of game with slight variations. From Software, Platinum games only makes hack and slash, team ninja only makes whatever ninja gaiden souls like they make, etc
Remember that bit in Pokemon Sword and Shield that basically did make you do a bit of gameplay grind before you unlocked the volume slider? From an otherwise unused NPC. Now that's game design.
This is basicaly the same
I feel very special getting that "start to double jump" reference
The phrase Holiday Snaps only ever makes me think of Monty Python. "Photography eh, he asked him knowingly."
Say no more!
“…and HERE’S Uncle Bill standing at the side of the house, but you cam still see the front.”
I am so glad taking pictures with your phone is what's normal now... my mom is currently on vacation and she sent me 12 pictures.. just today...
At least I don't have to sit and watch a 2 hour presentation once she is back home.
I've suddenly been inspired to create a 2D metroidvania wherein all the overly drawn out optional side activities each unlock something new in the options menu. I don't mean like cheat mode, extra difficulties, or visual filters, I mean you get to do a 30 minute quest to unlock the anti-aliasing toggle and another for the brightness slider, with a super late-game reward being the option to turn on subtitles so you can understand what the quiet muttering I call dialogue is
Make it so the subtitle options are separate language pickups.
Congrats on beating that boss! What do you mean you can't read the clicking parts of Khoisan? Too bad, go search for GLOSS (American Sign Language written. Which just means all-caps and no transition words like "the, to, a, etc).
I remember some years ago there was a Flash game on Newgrounds that did exactly that. Upgrade: The Game or something like. Surprisingly engaging
Not quite the same but about a decade ago a game called DLC Quest did something similar by forcing the player to use the in-game currency to buy basic functions like going to the left or jumping. The whole game is a parody tho.
@@axelprino I remember that game! Markiplier was too oblivious to find the ending!
@@thisiswhatilike54 Upgrade Complete! Exactly what i thought of too hah
I'd say the pictures-on-the-map follow pretty well from Phantom Hourglass's and Spirit Tracks' drawings-on-the-map.
One island you had to map out by hand just to find the treasure. It was pretty simple once the map was filled out, so the cartography *was* the challange.
Suggestion for how to lose a crown (in response to dental joke):
- Go to an annual leather street fair
- Take substances that make touch more exciting then usual but also make teeth jitter
- have a lot of fun and be too ..distracted to find some gum/something to chew on
- Have crown fall off during lunch next day
- Have a needle shoved in gums 11 times cause apparently said substances prevent the numming agent from working correctly even a day later
HELL YEAH MY FIRST YAHTZEE VIDEO SINCE ESCAPIST NUKED ITSELF
GLAD TO SEE YOU'RE BACK BBY
To this game's credit: "The Immortals" were kind of like the Persian equivalent of Roman Centurions: an ultra-elite guard for the royalty. So technically it's a historical reference and NOT Ubisoft just being lazy and shite. I mean MORE lazy and shite.
I mena it took this long for the franchise about Persia to have Immortals. Like jeez.
The Romans actually called the guys you describe "Praetorians". A centurion was the officer in charge of a "century", a formation of 100 soldiers.
I've always had a soft spot for Prince of Persia games, largely because of how stunning the original was back in the day. None of the later games have quite captured the magic and it doesn't sound like this does either, but that doesn't mean I'm not wishlisting it.
Just wondering, but when you say 'the original', are you talking about the 90s pc game, or Sands of Time?
It’s pretty good. I was pretty jaded about this one but I like it a lot.
Also, you can sign up for U+ or whatever their bootleg version of Gamepass is for $17 and play it that way.
@@CGDW2 The very first one, Prince of Persia (1989). I actually played it on the Commodore Amiga rather than on PC. Let me tell you, in 1990 that game was fantastic. The rotoscoped character animation alone made it stand out, but it also had tight controls, good level design, some innovative features and a lovely aesthetic.
@@PreceptorGrant I definitely was enticed by it's mystery, but back then I was too young/noob, so I never made it very far in. It's nice to get a perspective on how it compared to its peers.
@@CGDW2 I went through my noob gamer days somewhat earlier, on the Sinclair ZX81 and ZX Spectrum. By the time the 90s came around I was in high school, hence my clarity of memory on this one.
That screenshot feature is actually brilliant and I wish every metroidvania had this instead of stupid pins or actually nothing to mark something I want to come back to...
Damn that ending gag was the funniest i’ve seen in a while! Now my mind is reeling with ways i can make that actually happen for myself. The answer lies in either Street Fighter or Dark Souls.
That "new trousers" joke hits so hard. One of the grindiest "memorize this or die," avoid the saws section gave a cosmetic reward and was the hardest side quest I did in the game.
Just want to say, I love the FR theme over the old ZP one. And I'm even getting used to the paper dolls having irises.
just hope they use it when Yahtzee gets called up to NXT
Not even irises, they're all wearing spectacles
@@snackplaylove there's no way, they've gotta arbitrarily change SOMETHING and he doesn't have a last name to throw away
I still prefer the ZP intro and outro but the new one does a good job of conveying the same angry spirit Yahtzee embodies.
i agree , i like the new theme a lot better than ZP, like the red color pallet better too.
I seem to recall in his Hades ZP, he jokingly mentions wanting to see a game that explores Zoroastrianism instead of Greek or Norse mythology, and this game is actually sort of that.
At least this amulet makes your toenails grow 30% faster and not "It makes your toenails grow 1.5% faster if it's full moon and you are wearing special blue trousers and aren't wearing socks". :_jack:
my therapist: O-mouth Yahtzee isn't real, he can't hurt you.
2:43:
Corrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
It's the "wife's boyfriends bought me a switch" face.
the world turly wasn't ready for Pogzee
to be fair, The Immortals as a warrior group literally historically existed in Ancient Persia
now whether they had hunky boys who could parkour...time travelers will tell
The sub-subtitle “A Ubisoft Original” cracks me up. Does that entice or convince anyone?
There was a feature in castlevania lords of shadows mirror of fate on the 3ds that allowed you to place markers in places you couldn’t reach at the time so you remember to go back there when you’d unlocked new abilities
Nah, if Ubisoft wants me to get used to not owning my games, they'll have to get used to me not giving them money.
That interview quote was actually taken out of context.
@@R3GARnator it doesn't matter, because that's exactly what the execs think even if they won't openly admit it
Finally got curious why I wasn’t seeing your vids, and honestly am happy to find this new home for all of you! Really hoping it goes well!
I really like John Egbert's new youtube channel.
The snapshot feature reminds me of the Beacons from Subnautica. Drop them anywhere, name the pin, color-code them, collect and reuse them once unnecessary. Great QoL feature indeed!
thanks for the subtitles ! and great video
This is where Yahtzee went!! So happy!!
There is a Japanese game series about an Indie Anna Jones knock off who explores ruins to unlock pretty much everything. In these games, a key piece of equipment is your tablet, which has limited memory. That tablet can copy important information from glyphs, ruins, or the like, and store it for you, but it is limited by the memory of that piece of software with it topping off at 10.
I would say this is the inspiration for taking screenshots and posting them to the map.
Indie Anna Jones? Is that an indie game about someone named Anna Jones or a game that is based on Indiana Jones.
@@estefencosta1835 They're talking about La Mulana. The main character does look like Indiana Jones and yeah, you get the ability to save things written down on glyphs but have limited space for it.
@@estefencosta1835 blame auto correct and my exhaustion for that misspelling
@@youngthinker1 I thought it was funny. Someone needs to make an Indie game called Anna Jones, would be a great name for a parody.
I'm actually amazed we even got a new Prince of Persia. God how long has it been since the last game.
It ain't one just in title....
I was at Target today and saw this on the video game shelves. I wasn't aware of it and thought it looked pretty good, so I was pleasantly surprised to see this pop up on my UA-cam homepage. Even more surprising, Yahtzee thinks its good too! I'll definitely check this one out now.
"...whatever plot contrivance will make you have to fight them, betrayal or mind control. Spoiler alert: it's one of those" I laughed so hard, Yahtzee is a master of his craft, amazingly well done!
I feel the color transitioning has improved from the last video.
Great work!
I can't believe it took this long for someone to give us the ability to put screenshots on a map. Modern open world is way too huge to NOT do this
I love the fact that I got a UA-cam ad for Prince of Persia AS this video was loading.
Always a good day when I can start it with a Ramblomatic vid.
Technically, you can do the photo thing with Assassin's Creed Origins. I just spent far, far too long playing that game to get all the trophies and, while it's not advertised in a manner that suggests that, if you take a picture in Photo Mode (Which I think I found accidentally, don't recall the game teaching me it), it will leave the photos visible on your map. Same with your friends' photos. No film, no other contrivance.
Afterimage is the indie game they took the map screenshot feature from. That was the first game I'd ever seen that lets you mark your map with icons for each ability needed at that spot. It was incredibly handy, and this is just a spin on that.
I know it's not that important, but thank god for Fully Ramblomatics intro. So much more listenable than the Zero Punctuation one. :o
Hollow Knight has a thing where you can mark points of interest on your map, which is where I think they stole the take a pic for later thing from. As for making drastic changes to the metroidvania formula, I'd recommend either improving on the "connect parts of the map together" thing Islets did or do a level-based with overworld thing like Wario Land 3 did.
Being able to place general unspecific point-of-interest markers has been a common thing in videogames since long before Hollow Knight.
Attaching screenshots to them is much more specific.
@@Cyfrik I'd note that this game has BOTH types of markers; the generic PoI markers (of different icon varieties) can be placed with no limitations, it's the photographs that are restricted.
I'm not quite sure why "Sequel, but you barely get to see the protagonist of the series" is such a big thing in most media right now.
The last - and still own to this day - game from this franchise that I played was: Prince of Persia (2008) - with already that shell shaded/cartoon vibe/look
having to unlock things that should be basic options reminds me of how you have to unlock 2p play on the pocky & rocky remake D: my bro bought it one time i came over and we were excited to relive childhood memories and then took 15 or so minutes to both discover 2p play was locked, only in one mode and then summarily unlock it.
Since Ubisoft thinks I should be “comfortable” with not owning my games, I’m perfectly comfortable not owning this game.
I've only just noticed that on the box art there is a little tag-line. "A Ubisoft Original", putting aside that it just sounds like it's grammatically incorrect, that's just fluff. Every Ubisoft game that isn't a remake or a reboot should be an original (sorry, a original) game. Is it purely because Ubisoft thinks people won't buy the game, and it'll likely be experienced via a subscription service?
A Prince of Persia where you're the side character, marvelous...
5:03 "it's like forcing us to do a gameplay grind before we can unlock a volume slider" Ah yes, the Game Freak strategy.
I love this guy. British wit at its finest.
my dmc fingers laugh then break again
Holy shit, it just hit me. Between Yahtzee's avatar, for want of a better word, in ZP and Fully Ramblomatic, he's gone full on Spy vs. Spy.
Good lord! Prince of Persia - flashback to the 80/90's and playing that on a crappy computer. Ah, hours of joy.
Im really liking the beige background. Its nostalgic, and alsi very easy to make out what's happening.
Incidentally, i know Yahtzee has slapped glasses on all the humanoid characters to avoid copyright issues... but Oversimplified also uses characters which just have white circle heads with black dots for eyes. I think it would be perfectly safe for Yahtzee to return to the old aesthetic if he wants to.
That screenshot map idea IS fucking brilliant.
This was a particularly good review from Yahtz, some great jokes. I gotta get around to playing this game.
Photo notes on a map sounds amazing. Actually this sounds fun
If any group of people are going to be called the immortals then it would be the immortals of ancient Persia.
They were the first to call them self that. Which is impressive since they did it before there even was an English language.
A quality of life feature that needs to be upgraded to function is the weirdest game design decision I've ever heard..
Dunno if it was the first time but Signalis had an ingame screenshot function, though you didnt staple it onto the map you just had it in your ingame files section
surprised yahtz didnt mention the REALLY old prince of persia games
I like the new theme song.
I like changing the background colors through the video.
I like this.
Thanks for this review Yhatzee, it reminded me I bought a copy of Prince of Persia Sands of Time I bought for PS2 years ago and never played and saved me the money on buying this game.
If he's the PRINCE of Persia, did he ever really have the crown to begin with? Did his dad misplace it? Did he check in the fridge behind the Natty Light?
Actual lore (and spoiler):
The previous king and the prince was murdered, but the king in his last moments fed the prince the powers of simurgh, which saved the prince but trapped him in a time anomaly for an unknown period of time (thereby being the lost crown).
I do think that that IMMORTALS being the name for the elite persian warriors makes sense since
you know
the IMMORTALS were an actual thing from the persian empire
Is it weird that your copy pasted pies REALLY made me want a pie?
Lets be f rank, I am no cook, but I am making a shopping list and looking up youtube tutorials on how to make said pies, and that is what I'm doing with what remains of my weekend: learning how, and then making, meat pies.
Thank you, Yahtzee.
So did Escapist keep a copyright on the ZP gremlins, so they had to replace them with the dogs?
Which is odd, considering they were already dangerously close to the copyrighted Android logo.
Unfortunately for Ubisoft, no amount of pretty-okay-actually in their releases will unlock the proverbial chastity cage that has gone on my wallet after their quote about "getting comfortable with the idea of not owning games" did the rounds.
I might really pick this up. Everyone seems to be enjoying it.
So naming wise, it's like that "legend of link" game thing
Pokemon Sword/Shield actually locked volume controls behind talking to an obscure NPC so you're not completely off with that volume controls line.
Only thing I kinda disagree on is the criticism of the game map being too big. I just wrapped up my playthrough, and I found that by the time I got to the end I'd explored most of the map just fine with only a few side areas left untouched. Like every Metroidvania you'll likely have explored most of the map just through regular play. It's not until the end where you're doing cleanup that you'll really notice any big unexplored areas.
Signalis did the limited photographs of areas/ puzzle close-ups, but I'm not sure it was the first.
The glasses.
Metroidvania: Ubisoft Edition
Bloated, unfocused, unoriginal and, surprisingly, still the best game Ubisoft released in years.
That's about the most complete, concise review of this game one could ask for.
It's like a really good gumbo, but you took all the ingredients from other people's refrigerators.
I mean it is actually quite different from any other Metroidvania, at least on the combat front, is relatively well focused, and not too badly bloated. That's why it's in the top 3 Ubi games of at least the least the last 6 years, along with the Mario strategy games.
Not sure I really agree with the bloat complaint. It kept things fresh for me the whole way through and was still a bit smaller than Hollow Knight, for instance.
I do think they ran out of interesting rewards for all of their secrets needing to resort to some pallete swap items and such, but all the levels themselves were fun, varied, and deserved to be there.
Hey, the Mario and rabbids series wasn't bad either. :X
i felt that last sentence. No Brigit the 20th photo of the Sardinan beach is not the most beautiful i have ever seen.
Yhatzee and co made the right move
I like how the one good Ubisoft game as of late is one that's essentially Double A.
As much as I do want to give the Lost Crown a shot, considering I’ve been begging for a new Prince of Persia game for a while, I unfortunately didn’t realize I was begging for one over a monkey's paw. With all the news coming out of Ubisoft, until theres a massive overhaul in management, I refuse to touch their products.
I nabbed it for $30 and waiting for it to come in the mail today, I feel validated in my purchase knowing Yahtzee didn't completely tear it to shreds. :P
They probably got the idea for the camera mechanic from Signalis
Funnily, in that game I solved a puzzle by taking a steam screenshot and only later found the camera item and thoughts "oh I'm probably meant to use this".
An item which takes up one of your six inventory slots, so if playing optimally it would be better to just use an external application. But I did use the item from then on to follow the game's wishes. :p
Can't belive I just found this channel, what happend to zero punctuation?
4:50 Probably ripped it off of Signalis because that's the most recent with it's eyeball that can take screenshots.
I only have so many metroidvanias and soulsgames in me, and I can´t spare it on that one
To be fair the Persian Immortals was their actual name back in the day.
Hack and slash Metroidvania was mastered with Circle of the Moon.
Now watch Ubisoft drop Prince of Persia yet again, after this game fails to meet sales expectations of 100 billion units. Just like it happened with Rayman.
I was wondering if I should get this one since I have a problem with getting more games than I can actually play, but I think I will after all, but I'm not in a hurry this time.
This game was out for like a day and then ubisoft said I shouldn't be used to owning games and all interests died
As a massive fan of the Sands of Time and even bigger hater of the edge fest that came after I was reserved about this entry. The young prince is named young in Persian. The protagonist is named King. The main antagonist has a name that translates to victory over resistance and one that seemingly betrays the group and spoiler alert doesn't has a name that translates to immaculate or undefiled. At that point I stopped giving a shit about the story and honestly it's for the better. Its a fun Metroidvania with small tastes of the sands of time trilogy when it comes to puzzles, platforming and powers. Ultimately it doesn't quite scratch that itch, but is a good "what if it was more anime" Version of Prince of Persia. To quote the Pharao "Don't think about the plot, look at the cool action pieces ". One major flaw of the game is how worthless the collectables feel. You'll go through a platforming gauntlet for a currency that you really don't need more then 10 of all game 20 tops
Remember when the prince of Persia remake was announced? 4 years ago…
So people may not have found this but there is a side quest that if you complete you learn of a 3rd prince
I hope Yahtzee knows that "Immortals" were a branch of the Persian military and wasn't just picked out of the generic mythology thesaurus
You joke but AAA already made an unlockable volume item. Pokemon Sword and Shield did actually have an unlockable missable key item for sound settings, the Hi-Tech Earbuds.
Prince of Persia: The Lost Ownership
instead of metroidvania, maybe we should start calling them what the japanese do, "Search-Action games"
Gotta be honest I respect the game for mentioning the immortals because fun fact, They existed as an elite heavy infantry unit though they only got the name immortals because of a Greek historian
Sounds like fun!
If I have to make a ubisoft account to play it, they'll never see a penny from me.
2:43 - Yahtzee pog