Heavenly Sword Comments by Kristan Reed
Sevenly flawed.
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http://www.ie7pro.com Anyway... reading the review it looks pretty good for the casual players. Epic and easy. Maybe a harsh 7. I expect this to sell very well. Probably the best selling PS3 game this year. Maybe a 2 player option would have been a savior.
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I say that Warhawk is the killer app for PS3, as it's fucking excellent and pisses over every other online FPS.
A harsh 7 I think from EG, no surprise really - if it was a year ago, it would have been 8 but 360 has finally had some good games (there was fuck all basically until Sept. 06) now. /goes back to Warhawk and Bioshock |
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I'm not convinced by the argument that only having one weapon is a flaw - especially a weapon that has three distinct modes anyway. GoW's sub-weapons always felt very weak and tacked-on to me, so I wouldn't lament their loss.
I have to say though that a lack of controllable camera is shit. It really sucked in GoW and I have no idea why anyone would want to copy that idea. Why not just have a button to dodge? Perhaps I'm just odd, but I've always liked being able to control the camera and, you know, actually look at what I want to look at - rather than being forced to look where the game wants me to. |
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7? That's better than I expected to be honest.
If I'm going to attack endless hordes of people I think I'd rather do it in Dynasty Warriors TBH - At least you get feeling that there are a lot skirmishes going on that you can effect. The only reason I make that comparison is because that's what the demo reminded me of when you take out the platforming elements of God of War and Ninja Gaiden. Does the full game run smoother than the demo? |
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konstantinos
31/08/07 @ 11:11
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I believe frustration is always a bad feeling to get/have when playing a game, especially when it's because greatness remains just beyond your grasp...
but that was the case for me with Resistance: Fall of Man and in the middle of it I just decided to take it for what it is and I ended up enjoying it a lot more... Heavenly Sword though looks so beautiful, I will forgive its shortcomings... I mean, I wasn't expecting a new God of War... cheers... |
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TwistidChimp
31/08/07 @ 11:12
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Hmm.. not as high as I was expecting but seems to be in keeping with most other review scores. Still sounds like it gets an awful lot right though. Will still definatley be picking it up when I finally get around to getting my ps3.
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GingerNathan
31/08/07 @ 11:19
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For all those saying "7 isn't a bad score", shut up. It has nothing to do with the fact that seven is a bad score (it isn't), it's the fact that Heavenly Sword is this year big PS3 hyped to hell release which promised so much, yet will ultimately disappoint players that where expecting a AAA game.
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7 is a decent enough score, better than I expected after the bloody awful demo.
That said, it just goes to show... you can have amazing art, amazing animation, amazing technology, amazing voice acting and production values... you can have buckets and buckets of Sony money to spend... and still end up with something fairly run-of-the-mill. |
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exactly as expected. i'm still loking foward to this one despite it lacking in some departments.
Going from the demo i very much agreed with the part of the review in which it was stated they never felt quite like they were in total control of what was happening in the combat. No mention of the brevity of the game in this review. How long did it take to get through it?? |
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I think this game lost it's chances at AAA status months ago
But hay still sounds like a great game, still looking forward to playing it. 'til then RFOM- online and Warhawk will keep me more then entertained. The main game I'm currently really waiting for is LBP Personally I think it's looking like this years AAA titles will come from 3rd parties in the shape of UT3 and HAZE Ratch & Clank is also a good contender for a AAA crown. |
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Sweet.
"However, Ninja Theory's decision to go for a predetermined approach is baffling, because it leaves the player with no means of controlling or varying how Nariko powers up over the course of the game." Not a problem for me TBH. If given these kind of options in games usually I waste a lot of precious time leveling up everything. No choice can be better than choice. |
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BadBoyBonner
31/08/07 @ 11:30
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The in-game cut scene's set a new benchmark for the entire industry.
Truly a thing of beauty - showing ALL others how it can be done. Obviously what is unknown at present is the cost involved. But even before, the big Sony push, NT showed their tech off with the facial animation engine they had produced. Expect Andy Serkis and the Weta workshop to be very busy in future, if it isn't already. EDIT: off not of (tut's)
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"And my PS3 continues its epic Blu-ray player only status. "
At least you know you have a Blu-Ray player... http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/200... |
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