I feel kinda bad because i bitch and moan at Ubisoft endlessly for making the same 3 games with just a different coat of paint. (Far Cry, Assassin's Creed and then taking one of those IPs and giving it a new coat of paint) So they do with this and my first reaction is to go "nope, still not buying it, i'll just play it on Ubisoft+." Which i guess still isn't bad since they get some money?
About 4 hours in and i have to say it's legitimately great. Ubi essentially stole a bunch of stuff from other Metroidvanias, combined them and in a lot of regards made it better. The mobility as somebody mentioned feels heavily inspired by Dread, but the devs chose to use pretty much all of that as tools for combat as well. The slide you can do can be used as a launcher to do do air combos, the air dash upgrade you get can be used to extend them, etc etc.
The other thing i'm a huge fan is the memory shard system. Metroidvanias in recent history have gotten better at making the game more accessible. Mostly in the sense of the map and allowing you to mark rooms as a reminder to go back later when you have the right tool/set of tools to properly explore it. Prince of Persia takes this a step further with memory shards, Shortly after starting the game you'll be granted this. What it does is by hitting down on the d-pad, the thing will take a snapshot of the screen as it is currently along with marking it on the map. Essentially it acts as a way to get around the whole "wait, why did i put a marker here?" problem most people tend to run into. These are accessibility tools i can get behind as even for someone who has played a ton of this subgenre. That being said they are not infinite as you only get a dozen to start and then any upgrades you happen to stumble on. Once you use them all you have to delete old ones too.
combat is surprisingly engaging too even though it's the basic parry/super parry/unavoidable attack loop and i would argue it's tougher than shit like Dread since enemies can and will delete almost your entire healthbar if you miss a parry or mistime a dodge.
Definitely recommend if you're into Metroidvanias or are looking for something a little more engaging/stimulating