New games this week: Prince of Persia edition

by Justin McElroy on Dec 1st 2008 9:15AM

Well, that's wasn't too hard of a choice, was it? Honestly, if we didn't have Prince of Persia to elevate to that honored slot, we don't know what we'd do. The next closest is probably Destroy All Humans: Path of the Furon or maybe the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV, which all good citizens have already partaken in (spoiler alert: Niko is a criminal).

If you think that's rough though, just wait until next week, when we're betting we'll be choosing between the "Imagine Babiez edition" and the "Imagine Babysitterz edition." :shudder:

Xbox 360:

Prince of Persia
Destroy All Humans! Path Of The Furon
The Tale of Despereaux

PS3:

Prince of Persia
SingStar ABBA

Nintendo Wii:

King of Fighters Collection- The Orochi Saga
Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek
My Fitness Coach
The Tale Of Despereaux
Safecracker
Family Party: 30 Great Games
Mushroom Men: Spore Wars
Ski & Shoot
Bigfoot Collision Course
SPRay

PS2:

The Tale Of Despereaux
Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories
SingStar ABBA

Nintendo DS:

Prince of Persia: The Fallen King
Heavy Armor Brigade
Mushroom Men: Rise of the Fungi
The Tale Of Despereaux
Slingo Quest
Wordfish
My Fun Facts Coach
Animal Boxing
Happy Cooking
Dreamer: Puppy Trainer
Emma at the Farm
Emma in the Mountains

PC Games:

Grand Theft Auto IV
Shaun White Snowboarding
Zoo Tycoon Ultimate
Neopets Puzzle Adventure
Disney's Bolt
The Tale of Despereaux
A Vampyre Story

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Tags: DS, newgames, PC, prince-of-persia, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (54)

A VamPYRE story?

Color me intrigued!

It's a point & click adventure game done by former Lucasarts employees. Should be worth a look..

Re: Chain of Memories for me. Persona 4 next week! :D

As if I don't have enough RPGs to play...

No sympathy here. I've just started Chrono Trigger (DS) and have Persona 4 on reserve as well.

And I never got a chance to finish out Persona 3: FES or even start Blue Dragon...

Being an RPG fan is cool because there's tons of fun games, but at the same time it's such a time suck!

That's why I haven't played RPG's in recent years...when you find one with interesting characters and you really connect with the story, it's SO DIFFICULT to put it down, like a good book.

All the same, I'd love to take a crack at the Persona titles.

Haha, I've played through CT like a dozen times. I'm breezing through it right now on the DS. I'm also working on Blue Dragon, just finished disc 1.

I beat Persona 3, but never FES. I have Odin Sphere and Wild ARMs 5 that have been collecting dust along with my PS2 for a few months now. So many games, no time to play them all.

The good people of Britain should be sure to order their copy of Prince of Persia from Play.com, for all the extra goodies you get for free.

http://www.play.com/Games/PlayStation3/4-/5489813/Prince-Of-Persia-PS3/Product.html

http://www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/4-/3326704/Prince-Of-Persia-Xbox-360/Product.html

Hmm, I was really considering buying this but now I'm not sure if I have the money..

Is play.com affiliated with gamestop?

Ah, new gen, a new PoP. I can has reviews nao?

Eh, you don't think Ubisoft has banned reviews below 9.8 from coming out until a month after release date?

I want a review of the Nancy Drew game (Wii version). No, seriously, I really do... Leaving that aside, Wii does have Mushroom Men and SPRay as 'possibly decent, possibly not' games this week, which is an improvement over most weeks.

And not a single game with a "z" at the end of the name! They really must be turning over a new leaf. 2009, year of the Wii, I'm callin it!

Pre-Ordered Prince of Persia long time ago...

Since the original Prince was the first game i ever played in my life i think i'm bound to this game :D

I dont see any Zs in that Wii list, whats going on here?

Fell off the keyboard?

It is basically the last week of good games until SEGA and Capcom start releasing their Q1 reserves into the wild, but its not like anyone is wanting, right?

A good sendoff between Prince of Persia and Mushroom Men anyway

All good citizens have already partaken in GTA IV? Damn, I guess I must be a bad citizen who prefers to wait a little for precision controls, higher definition graphics, no pop-up, much better frame rate, no load times and a -$10 price difference. Call me crazy.

Yup, u mad.

All good citizens have already partaken in GTA IV? Damn, I guess I must be a bad citizen who prefers to "WAIT" a little for precision controls, higher definition graphics, no pop-up, much better frame rate, no load times and a -$10 price difference. Call me crazy.

^Prefer to whaut? I don't think most of us understand the meaning of that word sir, stop talking in latin.

* Emma at the Farm
* Emma in the Mountains

I don't know why but LULZ.

Thinking about King of Fighters, in point of fact. I have no idea why I'm on such a drive for fighters lately. Hopefully it supports the Classic controller (I don't see how it couldn't). KH is going to have to wait until I get through some of the big RPGs I've picked up in the last few months-- I mean, finish writing. Still not finished just yet (maybe another 4 chapters).

Wow, can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm glad the game releases are finally slowing down...this is probably the last game I'm going to get till RE5.

Aw, c'mon, not even an honorable mention for Mushroom Men Spore Wars? I mean, Prince of Persia is the bigger title and I'm getting both MM and POP, but it most certainly is more excitng than any Destroy all Humans game.

Is it?

Orignial IP, one of the coolest art directions on the Wii, customizable weapons system, yes, I would say "It is."
*Insert obligatory comment about dusting off Wii to play this game"*

Except I haven't seen one decent review for that game from a non-nintendo site.

Obligatory PoP paper craft is up: http://www.robotmartini.com/community/viewpost/874

now go out there and start falling into bottomless pits!

That is so cool and wierd at the same time. +1 to your life, comrade.

thanks :D

I want Prince of Persia reviews, dammit. I can't finalize my Christmas list until I see some.

Ubisoft is entirely capable of getting PoP horribly, horribly wrong, as evidenced by Warrior Within. (The odds of this being another WW are slim, but I'm taking no chances. xP)

How bad is Warrior Within? I have it sat here on my desk, waiting to be opened and played for the first time ever.

Ubisoft decided that more people were put off by the weak combat of Sands of Time than drawn in by the atmosphere, so they replaced the Tales of the Arabian Nights theme of the SoT with this horrible Godsmack crap, gave the sand creatures blood for some reason, turned every female character into a giant whore (including the random female enemies who say everything short of begging you to jam your sword right up their naughty areas) and rushed it out the door without being assed to actually play test it. If you go through a certain kind of portal without hitting the switch next to it and save your game, the next time you'll load, spoilery things will happen and you won't be able to continue.

The other two Sands of Time trilogy games were great, but Warrior Within almost made me skip The Two Thrones altogether. It was like a weird Screamo version of Aladin.

And you know what? With the "improved" combat system, I still basically stuck to the same two moves I used in Sands of Time, only this time I didn't have to finish the sand creatures off with the dagger.

Despite a lot of people's complaints (maybe it was expectations?) I actually enjoyed Warrior Within more than SoT. I liked what they did with the story, I don't dislike the Godsmack/hardcore imagery, and though it certainly had some flaws, it is the one game in the series I've played 3 times (while the other two I only played once).

To each their own.

Warrior Within is actually my favourite of the Sands of Time trilogy. It's the only one I completed.

Each to his own, as it goes.

Here is your review:
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/934/934014p1.html

Thanks, but I meant CREDIBLE reviews.

i don't know which to get! Emma at the farm or Emma in the mountains?

get both!

It depends on which you like better: Milking the teats, or climbing the peaks.

Sorry POP, all holiday money spent...see ya next year in the bargain bin or as a rental. Nothing personal, k?

Boomer!

I think that's Bummer.

Kingdom Hearts re:Chain of Memories for me too! I'm looking forward to the new scenes and the addition of voice acting.

Though I am excited about Prince of Persia too.

the slow down now doesn't help that i have games from last year and beyond i still want to acquire.

I have simply bought too many games lately and have to take a break. PoP looks like a title worth grabbing, but I really can't believe how many games we got over the last week that have not been touched.

Someone please tell me Animal Boxing is a good game. They can't waste a title like that on something mediocre, it'd be a travesty.

Unless it's made by Phoenix Games, in which case I'm looking forward to watching it on YouTube.

Ubisoft must have paid Hilary over at IGN some MAD MONEY get that 9.3.

Guy just pulls numbers out of his ass.

Hilary really is one of the WORST REVIEWERS EVAR! He just should not be doing reviews, PERIOD!

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