PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE LOST CROWN

Combat is aerial and fast: launcher, juggle, parry, and a bow that pins enemies to walls. The time powers are used for puzzles rather than combat, which keeps the two systems from fighting each other, and the map is a single vertical mountain with shortcuts that make backtracking cheap.

Thirty gigabytes is heavy for a 2D game, and the art is more functional than beautiful. But the platforming precision is excellent, the boss design is inventive, and the accessibility options — including a guided mode — are the most thoughtful in this issue.