well, i've also played it for a verry long time... once i finnished it in english with dutch subtitles, i started to play it in italian, and then in german, and then in france... xD i know i beated kaileena and the dahaka plenty of times, but to say i replayed the game through and through, i dont know... i think i played the game with the kaileena ending 5 times, and the dahaka one 12 times... but that's about it... >_>

and i fully agree with you, that WW is the best of them all, even though J.M. didnt like it...

but, to get back to the topic... i think you mean that normaly you could return by going to the top in the sacrificial room in the past, and then traveling to the present, and escape through the first dahaka run in the present right? well... i encountered the exact same problem... i once jumped from one of those ledges in the past to the bloody platform to get my life upgrade, and then i couldnt get out in the present cause the jail door hadnt been busted open by the dahaka as it was done in the cinematic movie.... so the only option there was to just start over.... X.x i really hated it, cause that was the only life upgrade missing for me... >_>

Haha I think I've played SOT like 3 times, WW one time, and T2T I've never finished. I really liked all of them, SOT the most though. lol I haven't played the 08 game

Whereas I have finished pop1 twice, SATF four times, and pop3d three times. I love the old 2d games pop3d is great fun as well.