For under a fiver and with around five to six hours of content, the Mask of Darkness is practically an essential addition for fans of The Lost Crown. Offering an intense experience; as well as a surprisingly compelling story that fills in many of the blanks from the original game. Recommended.


Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown - Mask of Darkness
2024 Ubisoft Entertainment77Good
Playtime
ShortIt typically takes about 4 hours to finish the game.
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Details
- Launch
- September 17, 2024
- Developer
- Ubisoft Montpellier
- Publisher
- Ubisoft Entertainment
- Themes
Overview

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown - Mask of Darkness is a story DLC. It adds new biomes, enemies, bosses, abilities, and a new outfit as Sargon explores a distorted dimension known as the Mind Palace.
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Reception
- OpenCritic80from 5 reviews
Although it meets the will of those who wanted more Prince of Persia, Mask of Darkness is not an essential chapter to the base game. The difficulty found shows that the target audience of the expansion is those who appreciated the precision platform segments, but the expansion does not add much beyond that, not even in story and art direction. In the...
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown - Mask of Darkness is what every expansion should aspire to. It introduces an interesting new story, new challenging environments and enemies, but doesn't stray too far from what made fans love the original. It's a few more hours of what can be described as more of the same, but that's meant in a complimentary way. The...
It was always hard to imagine how Prince of Persia could fit into the new world carved out by Assassin’s Creed all those years ago, a sentiment Ubisoft clearly shared when it shelved the series for over a decade. But The Lost Crown finally found its place, standing tall as one of, if not the best Prince of Persia game — a GOTY contender and a Metroidvania...
It's simple: did you like Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and would like to get back to a new helping of gorgeously designed platforming sections and boss fights that are some of the best you've ever seen in a 2D game? Well, don't even think about it: the Mask of Darkness DLC is a "must have".
