YMMV / Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

• Complete Monster: Jahandar, "Guardian of the Citadel", is a vile Manticore. Hunting men for both food and to satisfy his bloodlust, Jahandar previously roamed the Hyrcanian Forest devouring its villagers, including a child, while dooming said village to famine after killing their livestock. Terrorizing the Citadel for fun, Jahandar slayed all 500 warriors sent to stop him, before losing to King Darius. Forced to guard the Citadel by Darius, Jahandar spent many more years feasting on humans, their bones littering his arena.
• Game-Breaker:
  • The Starving Heart amulet, purchased from the Scrapper merchant some little ways into the game provides life regen at a pretty decent rate at the cost of reducing your physical damage, thus completely negating the risk of particularly tricky puzzles. The damage debuff can be somewhat offset by the Will of Rostam amulet, which increases the strength of your basic attacks.
  • The Shield of Mithra amulet creates a time bubble to slow down enemies for 3 seconds when you parry a close melee attack. You can buy it after completing the Ancient Ore sidequest right after getting the Chakram unlocked (fairly early into the game). It's not ideal for new players; it takes up 3 amulet slots and you have to be good with close parrying to make great use of it. But once you get more practice and more amulet slots to spare, it's perhaps the best amulet in the game.
• Magnificent Bastard: Vahram is the leader of the Immortals and the greatest warrior in Persia who turns out to be the main villain. The son of King Darius who was next in line for the throne, all of that changed when Thomyris intervened, causing Darius to sacrifice himself to save Vahram, and for their god Simugh to flee. With Thomyris’s reign resulting in the decay of Persia, Vahram decided to use Prince Ghassan’s kidnapping as a way to secure Simugh’s power and reclaim the throne. Killing Ghassan and framing his fellow warrior Sargon for it, Vahram hopes to use his newfound time powers to absorb Simugh’s heart, where he will then reshape the world into one he thinks is right, willing to sacrifice many to restore order to Persia. Coming so close to achieving his dream, upon his defeat at the hands of Sargon, Vahram chooses to sacrifice himself to protect Sargon and ensure Simugh’s revival to save all of Persia.
• Older Than They Think:
  • Some fans have expressed disappointment that the player character Sargon isn't the Prince. While this is the first time the titular Prince is not the player character, almost none of the titular characters were actual princes; the only games to feature a Prince of Persia in more than just name are the Sands of Time games. However, certain comments and side missions imply that Sargon is the biological son of Queen Thomyris, who intentionally swapped him with Ghassan as part of an ancient prophecy, therefore making him the true Prince of Persia.
  • This is not the first entry in the series to be a Metroidvania, as the GBA version of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was also one.

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