The Rogue Prince of Persia Review – Addictive Roguelite Action Meets Classic Platforming

The Rogue Prince of Persia swings into action with a full release that refines its roguelite formula into something fast, fluid, and dangerously addictive. This isn’t just another spin-off; it’s a kinetic platformer packed with wall runs, sword strikes, and high-stakes decisions that reward bold movement and smart loadouts. From brutal combat to hidden puzzle rooms, every run offers a new chance to master the chaos and carve your path through a beautifully ruined Persia.

The Rogue Prince of Persia Review Pros:

• Gorgeous hand-drawn graphics style.
• 1.03GB download size.
• Steam achievements.
• Full controller support.
• Graphics settings – display mode, resolution, v-sync, lock the cursor to the screen, and fps limit.
• Supports playing with a mouse and keyboard, but a controller is recommended.
• Can remap controls for both the mouse and keyboard and the controller.
• Accessibility options – Colourblind support, vibration, screenshake intensity, dialogue text size, and item text size, background auto pause, stick swap, and Invert axis for both camera and movement.
• Roguelike action-platformer gameplay.
• Tutorial pop-ups as you play and a tutorial menu with all the information on mechanics and controls.
• 2D perspective.
• Maintains the elements of Prince of Persia, like the ability to wall run and scale walls in the background. You can slide down the wall for a slower descent.
• Excellent soundtrack.
• Spirit glimmer is the currency you earn from runs and is used to unlock new weapons on future runs.
• A loadout consists of a weapon and a tool, which is usually a ranged weapon. You can then add mods to weapons to change how they play and increase stats.
• Character interactions bring the story notes.
• Wells of dreams are plentiful and used to travel fast between the discovered ones.
• The bar shows at the top of the screen when entering a new area.
• Fast loading times.
• The combat is fast-paced, you can do attacks in four directions, and particular attacks break shields and blocks. I particularly like that you can vault off an enemy to avoid attacks.
• Handy dash button for evading attacks and navigating bigger jumps.
• Levels are quite big and do allow a lot of exploration.
• You have a small area of movement of the camera to see a bit around you before dropping down or going up a level.
• When finding a weapon, a text pop-up shows the weapon’s power number and the DPS figure. Uses a handy red and green colour system to tell you if it is worse or better than the currently equipped.
• One cool thing is you can kick enemies into each other to stun them, or kick them into spikes or off the screen or kick boulders at them.
• Fluid animations make moving around and fighting a lot of fun.
• Soul Cinders can be found and earned; you spend these at the Oasis to unlock items and gear for future runs. You have to bank these Cinders at altars. In a risky twist, you can break the altar instead and get a load of cinders, but then you cannot bank them.
• Gets very addictive as you just keep looking for the next pickup or an item that could change everything.
• When adding mods, it tells you if it takes off or enhances the currently equipped mod.
• Fall damage on enemies exists.
• Meet characters in the world, and sometimes they can go back and set up in your central camp.
• In your central camp, you can spend your spirit glimmer or upgrade weapons and more as you play. This is also where you always start new runs.
• Find secret areas and loot chests.
• Earn cash from enemies and spend during your run on items, buffs, etc, but you lose it all upon death.
• Spirit glimmer can be dropped upon death unless you find the special glimmer fires that allow you to bank the glimmer on you at the time.
• Every area you enter for the first time will have a fountain that gives a touch of health and replenishes your health potion.
• Sacrifice altars give you the option to sacrifice health for a random reward.
• The map for an area fills in as you explore.
• Blueprints can be found and unlock new weapons to craft at your main camp.
• Puzzle elements are usually rooms with a huge reward.
• Tools are like secondary weapons or gear and require energy to use. You gain energy with regular attacks.
• The general flow of the game is massively improved since early access; it’s so easy and satisfying to swing and climb around the massive world.
• Earn exp from kills, and it fills in your level icon at the bottom. Earned exp amounts show when earned.
• Auras are shielded enemies that need other attacks, like boulders and tools, to break the shield and take them out normally.
• Unlock fast travel points within the game world.

The Rogue Prince Of Persia Review Cons:

• The mouse cursor stays on the screen even when using the controller.
• No voice work.
• A lot of the rooms start to feel the same, and it’s common early on to have the opening level looking the same over and over.
• Combat can get so mash,y, and it’s hard to balance it all out, especially when shields are part of it.
• You can go a long time without any combat encounters.
• You cannot break down unwanted items and mods for cash or glimmer.
• No way to move the camera around, which would help with learning routes and knowing if a drop is safe.
• Boss fights are huge difficulty spikes.

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The Rogue Prince Of Persia:

Official website.

Developer: Evil Empire (evilempirestudio.com)

Publisher: Ubisoft

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