Aug 27
Heavenly Sword comes very close to being great, but nearly every element of its design falls short in one way or another. The combo system is quite good, though it has a few holes (like no specific block button). The battles quickly become very repetitive due to a lack of interesting enemies and the “arena” battles that frequently pause your progress. Kai’s sniper missions work well in theory but can be overly long, and some of the extra bits like the button matching mini-games needed a bit more fine-tuning. Heavenly Sword’s presentation is stellar and nicely ties the action sequences together, but we just wish that the same amount of care that went into these cutscenes were applied to the game’s pacing.
The source.
Pff, I played it and it’s an 8 at least, have you seen the goddamn cutscenes? They went to Wetter studios (guys that did LOTR and King Kong) to shoot them! Awsum game!
Blah blah blah.
The cut scenes are great but that doesn’t say much for the game as a whole…
Sums up the end of the last generation quite nicely. Time for something new, thanks.
I agree with Shaymus. I played it to, and it is deff. an 8. The cutscenes are incredible, and the gameplay is entertaining. Nothing groundbreaking besides the cutscenes, but it is over all an entertaining game.
After all ive seen the seven is a surprise to me to (was expecting 7.7-8.2) 7 is basically good entertaining but nothing that deserves hype (Like a to long random commercial in the middle of an episode of heroes..twice..) Still an addition to the PS3 library thats almost GW.
Pff, you all just hate PS3, and that’s the main problem with this generation. If this was a 360 or Wii game you’d be all over it, but because the media has twisted your opinions to dislike the PS3 (and I bet most of you haven’t even tried this game, nor any other great PS3 games) you now slate anything that is PS3. HS is a great game, beautiful graphics, satisfying gameplay, it’s nothing innovative but goddamn is it fun! Smashing through hordes of enemies with a fuckoff big sword, picking up shields, dead bodies, even swords and tables and throwing them in slow mo, aiming them at enemies heads is GREAT fun! Given more time I could of put up a good case behind this game but I’m in a slight rage at how you treat the PS3 round here so yeah, forgive me. And buy a PS3.
The game isnt that good, ok it looks nice but its mostly repeative fighting and even then it doesnt last long.
And dont buy a Ps3 untill theres something worth playing on it.
God of War is repetitive, Gears of War is repetitve, Mario is repetitive, yet you don’t moan about those games? And I guarantee you now it is not a 6 hour game.
Funny, didn’t the review for Heavenly Sword say it was repetitive too? And really short? Who’s the shill now?
Besides, it’s all a moot point anyway. Mario Strikers Charged slow mo bicycle kick plays kick Heavenly’s ass any day of the week.
I don’t hate the PS3…I just need a good reason to get one, and have yet to find it. This game was going to be it depending on how good it was. Guess I will have to wait for MGS4 or something else. Little Big Planet looks insane and might be a system seller for me.
I advic you to check the new LBP video on Gamespot Scott my man, looks super duper fun awesome
And yeah, Mario kicks Narikos ass. Sure.
First of all, Shaymus Its “Weta”, its a type of insect found in NZ, kinda like the mutant crossing of a cockroach with a praying mantis. Second, all those who I know whove played HS liked it. The whole idea of HS was the make a game which took all the idea of story telling and take it to a new lvl, they wernt out to make Oblivion or GTA. if you buy it knowing what the idea was then youll get exactly what it is, the new benchmark in story telling in a game. If you want Halo or GoW…. read more carefuly.
As for its length, most reviews say it was twice as long as gears….. yeah…
LBP is the biggest deal round at the moment, lets hope its as good as it seems to be.
Shaymuss nobody said anything bad about the PS3 so what the heck made you rant
(Besides its a great system it just has a small library and a big price funny enough when the library is about decent size its gonna be cheaper)
Also encouraging people to buy something that’s frkn expensive and sub-par (at the moment) isn’t even fanboy-ish but just weird i mean like really wow wtf dude. You can defend the PS3 all you want but you cant defend a rational buy at this time unless there is a must have title. Which I’m sure there are for some people just not that many. Sheeesh dude, but your right some people are basically sheep. And somebody posting here is definitely a tad jaded
BTW Solid Snake kicks solid ass
no fanboy-ism here. Just really excited for some stuff on there that will get me interested in spending the money on it.
I was writing to (at) the irish stalker
BTW you guys need to get shaymuss on the show more often now that would be awesome 
So far… every “must have game” for PS3 has failed to meet expectations, being an owner of all 3 systems, I don’t take a side in the console war. As of now, PS3 has become ammunition for the badass guns of the 360 and Wii. If you check out the Warhawk and Lair reviews in the latest PSM magazine, it really shows that hype does not equal a great game. Warhawk recieved a 6.5, and Lair recieved a 5.0. >
And you actually trust reviews over your own or personal friends opinions? I don’t. I beta tested Warhawk, and know that considering it’s merely a multiplayer game, it’s a solid 8-8.5 imo. And everyone that tested would agree with that. Reviewing a multiplayer game is hard, because as the warning tells you, game experience may change when online, and that happens. If you’re playing with a bunch of jerks then you leave the game feeling bad about it, but if you play a game with good guys then suddenly the game feels a lot better. Same depending on how good you are and whether you do well or do badly. Very hard games to review, but believe me, it’s a fantastic experience, better than Shadowrun, and Halo 2 online imo. Lair is meh, I never bigged it up, but considering Amazon are selling it for £15 ($30) I’m gonna give it a twirl
Shaymus22, I can tell you now. Its 6 hours at most, belive me I know.
i dont think that is the real shamus
I have to say, I am a PS fanboy myself, but I can’t just say “buy the system, it’s the best!” right now. The library is just way too limited right now. Granted, the reason is that it’s still in it’s first year of production. What great “must have” games did the 360 have in it’s first year? My biggest pet-peeve is when everyone else constantly knocks the PS3 and just says “the 360/Wii is so much better! Look at the sales figures and games out!” First off, besides Zelda, what game out there is really that great for the Wii? There are plenty of fun ones, but nothing that makes me think I must have the system. It’s mostly the cheap price and the wide range appeal that has sold it so well. Good for Nintendo, they are doing what they want and making plenty of people happy. As for 360, not knocking the system, but here is where my fanboy side gets defensive. Again, I ask, what “amazing” games were really out for the 360 for it’s first year? There were some decent ones, but nothing ground breaking. It had just as many ports and shitty games as the PS3 has now, too. Plus, don’t even get me started on the technical problems it’s been having. Yes, PS3 came too late in the game (no pun intended) and too pricey at that to be really doing so well, but once the original IPs start coming, they start doing more with PSN, they get the PlayTV thing up and running (so glad I didn’t buy that Tivo last week like planned…), and they stop making awesome games for the last generation iteration of the system, you’ll see the real war begin. See you at the frontlines, fanboys. I’ll be the one chanting “Red Ring of Death” and “Nintendo’s kiddy!”. :p (I say that all tounge-in-cheek, people. Don’t be so serious)
And, yes, I realize, for a guy that wants to be a writer, there are a lot of errors in my rant….
heist, im sorry but quoting a mag is just funny as a hell… website fair enough but a mag…. dude.
Shaymus, it’s actually Weta Digital. Not Wetter. A weta is a giant bush cricket native to New Zealand. The thing’s about the size of a child’s fist.
Frankie: are you saying I’m quoting a mag? If so, it’s completely coincidental, I assure you. If I was quoting a mag, I would have either A)noticed the mistakes I commented on before hand and changed them or B) not have noticed them thus not being able to point them out.
NVM, I’m an idiot, I just noticed you were talking to Heist. Ignore that last comment.
I don’t get this review. They keep saying the presentation is great and “stellar”, the graphics are “beautiful in every respect”, and the sound, music and voices are “fantastic”.
Why did these get a 9.0 score only then? According to everyone – including themselves – the presentation IS very unique and to be honest 9.0 is not the amazing a score it deserves. IGN didn’t like the gameplay – fair enough, but why have the other scores has to suffer for it?
They even gave Resistance the same score in presentation and that is not fair IMO.
turns out that is not Shaymus22 in this thread…someone is faking his name. The real one happens to be a PS3 hater.
So whoever you are, you might want to quit pretending to be other people if you want us to take what you have to say seriously. Pretty lame move.
Knew it ( I bow down to Scott the great IP tracker )
Great white hunter he is
Scott, I think if you’re gonna listen to reviewers at least wait for more to get an idea of how it fares overall. Metroid Prime 3 for example got a ton of awesome reviews and a few low scores from the more “hardcore” people (who just don’t seem to get these new games… the old farts
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I’d take the 7 as a good thing, but maybe you’re expecting great and not just “good”. Any chance you could give it a try? The worst part about reading the negatives on reviews is that many times you would have never cared or noticed, but now that you read it you will.
Don’t listen to the reviews, fight the system! (Or at least listen more to a blogger you respect than these jaded reviewers).