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FINAL SCORE 8.8	Gameplay	7
	Graphics	10
	Sound	10
	Value	8

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There's the basic soldier, the heavily armored soldier, guys with bows and some ninjas. There are one or two other enemy types to fight at certain spots, but they're few and far between. Most of these enemies are introduced early on in the game, and you'll fight them until the very end.Another issue is that a number of the skirmishes are essentially arena battles where you wind up trapped in a room and need to fend off swarm after swarm of enemies. This just makes it feel like you're trudging through that section of the game and that the designers are keeping you put for a while to rack up the overall game time. Whereas better-paced titles will have you constantly moving forward as you fight, or at least reward you with a new item in these cases, with Heavenly Sword it feels as if your progression is oftentimes paused as you fight off a number of enemies before progressing with nothing new to show for it.


It was when I took control that things started to fall apart. It's not as if the gameplay is by any means bad. It's just that I've spent the better part of my life hacking away at legions of identical enemies with giant weapons, and this feels like a hundred other games. Sony's own God of War series is worlds better.The one thing I truly liked is the game's other playable character, a crazy feral child named Kai. Not only are her scenes comedy gold, her bow-and-arrow shooting gameplay, in which you can control the flight of the arrow in a slowed-down "bullet time," is quite fun.


How much are great graphics worth? My jaw literally dropped when I got my first taste of Heavenly Sword's visuals, but I soon realized that the action gameplay was not nearly as cutting-edge. And yet, the cinematics were so captivating that I gritted my teeth and pushed forward.


Tom Covin, the audio lead for Ninja Theory, explains why they've put so much time and effort into their music and sound effects, "For me, sound is very 'immediate' to the player. Music has a well-established cultural language; sound is much less clearly delineated but you can get straight to someone's emotional responses with it there's little time for the brain to analyse. Sound is key in making this awesome weapon the Heavenly Sword come to life so you can sense its brooding power and almost hear it feeding off each kill."


Theres no multiplayer in this game,theres no downloadable content aswell which realy blows but the story is long enough for you to enjoy, its about two weeks worth of gameplay for a hardcore gamer. For most maybe about a month long.


Heavenly Sword has a unique set of merits and flaws that makes it difficult to pin a clear and fair score on and I think players are going to have pretty varying opinions on whether it is truly worth the $59.99 outlay. Hopefully if you haven't bought it yet, this will help make up your mind one way or the other.

Reviewed by: heartless2007 | Views: 14




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