Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown’s reveal has had a mostly negative reception
Ubisoft‘s newly announced Prince of Persia title doesn’t appear to have won over players at this early stage.
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown was the opening game reveal at Thursday’s Summer Game Fest showcase.
The brand new title is a side-scrolling 2.5D adventure, providing a similar viewpoint to the original game.
However, the game has been getting a mostly negative response.
Across all five of the most viewed uploads of the trailer – posted on the official Ubisoft, PlayStation, Nintendo of America, IGN and GameSpot YouTube channels – only the Nintendo version has more likes and dislikes, and even then the difference is marginal.
At the time of writing, combined across all five videos, the total number of likes is 21,163, compared to 52,691 dislikes.
This means, in total, only around 28% of votes have been positive.
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It’s not entirely clear why the game has received such a strong negative reaction, as it doesn’t show any of the typical ‘triggers’ (often involving inclusivity) that can lead to a mob mentality resulting in widespread downvoting.
Instead, comments under each video give a range of reasons as to why the trailer doesn’t appear to be appealing to many players.
Some suggest the game doesn’t look like a ‘true’ Prince of Persia game, with one comment from user _p4n0s_ reading: “Wow, amazing game! Now show us Prince of Persia.”
Others have said the game looks visually basic. “Can’t wait for this to drop on the PS2,” said user Srm3101 Gaming.
Not all the negativity is aimed at the game itself, however – some have instead expressed displeasure at the way it was presented in the trailer, particularly its use of rap music.
One user
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