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#11

New Releases / Re: New Releases - 11/25

Last post by kitsunebi - Nov 14, 2025, 09:33 PM

Skimming through Issue 88, I couldn't help but notice that the review for Rule of Rose had the game going for 25 pounds. It's unfathomable to think about now when you consider the game is one of the most expensive PS2 titles which now goes for prices ranging from amounts as high as $1000 to prices as "low" as $300.

Interesting.  I've never even heard of it.  But a quick look online shows it got pretty terrible reviews across the board, so I guess its value comes strictly from scarcity?  Crazy that someone would pay $1000 for a terrible game.  But I guess no one pays those prices to actually PLAY it.

[KarlyPilkboys]

#12

New Releases / Re: New Releases - 11/25

Last post by bigkev - Nov 14, 2025, 07:25 PM

KarlyPilkboys brings us PSW (UK) issues 86, 88, 89 and 90. PlayStation mag reading weekend anyone?   

     

Thank you kindly for the uploads. Much appreciated.

Skimming through Issue 88, I couldn't help but notice that the review for Rule of Rose had the game going for 25 pounds. It's unfathomable to think about now when you consider the game is one of the most expensive PS2 titles which now goes for prices ranging from amounts as high as $1000 to prices as "low" as $300.

#13

New Releases / Re: New Releases - 11/25

Last post by gobbins - Nov 14, 2025, 12:46 PM

Actually, now that I see that the movie's title is exactly the same as the game's (PoP: The Sands of Time), I suppose that makes sense.

Upon further research, I stand corrected. The 2010 movie was a loose adaptation of the 2003 Sands of Time game, but supposedly borrowed some things from the two follow up titles in that trilogy ("Warrior Within"  and "The Two Thrones") so your original comment was more accurate than mine.

It just so happens that a new video game released the same year, with a Prince that looked marginally similar to the films leading actor Jake Gyllenhaal, hence my confusion.

Not to be confused with the 2008 reboot game simply titled Prince of Persia...

This series is a mess, ha!

#14

New Releases / Re: New Releases - 11/25

Last post by SlamMaster - Nov 14, 2025, 11:16 AM

When I think 'Prince of Persia' I definitely think of Jake Gyllenhaal.

#15

New Releases / Re: New Releases - 11/25

Last post by kitsunebi - Nov 14, 2025, 10:53 AM

I'm pretty certain the 2010 movie was thematically based on the 2010 video game, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands.

Actually, now that I see that the movie's title is exactly the same as the game's (PoP: The Sands of Time), I suppose that makes sense.

I didn't pay it any attention when it came out - I have a pretty strict no-videogame-movies rule when it comes to my watching habits (I've never even watched the Wing Commander movie out of morbid curiosity, despite WC being one of my all-time favorite game series.)

#16

New Releases / Re: New Releases - 11/25

Last post by gobbins - Nov 14, 2025, 05:19 AM

I'm pretty certain the 2010 movie was thematically based on the 2010 video game, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands.

Thank you for the strategy guide, kitsunebi!

[Prince of Persia: Warrior Within - Official Strategy Guide]

#17

New Releases / Re: New Releases - 11/25

Last post by kitsunebi - Nov 13, 2025, 09:41 PM

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within - Official Strategy Guide  I guess there was some backlash about the darker aesthetic of this game compared to Sands of Time.  I wonder which game the movie took inspiration from (if either?)

[Gregorick]

#18

New Releases / Re: New Releases - 11/25

Last post by Kiwi - Nov 13, 2025, 07:24 PM

Finally managed to get Gregorick's scan of Goldeneye 007 Fully Mapped Game Guide supplement from 64 Solutions magazine online ...

[KarlyPilkboys]

#19

New Releases / Re: New Releases - 11/25

Last post by Kiwi - Nov 13, 2025, 07:11 PM

KarlyPilkboys brings us PSW (UK) issues 86, 88, 89 and 90. PlayStation mag reading weekend anyone?   

     

#20

New Releases / Re: New Releases - 11/25

Last post by bigkev - Nov 10, 2025, 01:36 PM

Wow. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a really good game. Thank you and respect for all your work.

Thanks.  Alas, it falls under the "owned it but never got around to playing it" category for me.  Not unusual - the majority of games I bought as an adult (18+) fell into that category as having a job but no free time meant buying more than I could ever hope to play.  And then I stopped playing games altogether nearly 20 years ago.

Keep your eyes peeled for the guide to Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (another game I've not played), which I should have out sometime later this week.

It was sadly, also one of those games that tragically undersold. A shame really, as it was one of the better remakes that was well-received across the board by most publications.

Thank you for the uploads. Much appreciated.