The Rogue Prince of Persia

With a slick presentation and an incredibly fun combat system, all the right pieces are here for The Rogue Prince of Persia’s success. But while running on walls and zooming through enemies are fast-paced joys, the repetition you’ll face and the faint whisper of a story that loosely ties things everything together wear thin far too quickly as of its Early Access launch. It will undoubtedly be fascinating to watch The Rogue Prince of Persia fill out as time goes on, but both bug fixes and more of pretty much every good thing need to be equal priorities in its upcoming updates to move the needle to something great. Some of that has already arrived, so I’m at least optimistic The Rogue Prince of Persia could have what it takes to one day become the next major roguelite favorite, but it’s pretty far from that goal where it sits now.

Even though it is a little “tasteless” in terms of content, especially when it comes to bosses and permanent improvements, The Rogue Prince of Persia has the potential to be as great as Dead Cells.

In a way, it is very frustrating to only be able to enjoy The Rogue Prince of Persia in early access, because we would love to be able to chew some more right away. Thanks to its particularly enjoyable path system and its magnificent visual and audio universe, Evil Empire's first game has the potential to join the sacred league of “must-have roguelikes”. Unfortunately, it is sorely lacking in content, but this problem will obviously be ironed out in the coming months. We can also keep our fingers crossed for that early access, which will enable the developers to move in the right direction thanks to valuable feedback from players. One thing's for sure, though, and that is that we will be coming back regularly for a few runs to find out what new features the studio has implemented!