I just got heavenly sword today, and have finished chapter 2, and the game is just outstanding there hasnt been better ingame cutscenes in a game ever, The animation to the acting!! the motion capture is really amazing, Also the fact that there is a huuge amount of enemies on the screen at one time with big draw distance with graphics that rival gears of war is just amazing, The combat system is great and this is the first game to truly get the motion sensing sixaxis controller to work and be very fun!!, it makes the sixaxis feel like it's actually good for progression of next gen!!!controlling kai's arrows through the air while defending shen is just a blast!!!!! I spent a good 4-5 hours just playing the first 2 chapters because they were so damn fun, it has a lot of replay value because it's just that good!!! so far it's look to be my favourite game so far this gen and apart from gears of war this is the only game that has felt truly next gen, but this game has just taken it to the next level!!!!!!gerard-williams
Yes it truly is a great next gen game, great combat,amazing presentation, the first time ive really enjoyed six-axis.
But theres one or two things that truly are not next generation, first off the enemy AI is really poor, theres trigger lines all over if you go past them enemies will just be oblivious to where you are even though your in line of sight, and you can pick them off one by one, also the kai level where you are in a circled room and enemy come in through gates, first off they just bunch together and roll about like headless chickens, regardless is your shooting at them or not, and if you run down the corridor where they came from they are oblivious to where they came from.
It really has poor AI, also the boss battles are really derivative, like fighting wiptail you dodge the short waves,slash through the big ones, run to the other end hit her a few times rinse and repeat, and the battle vs roach is basicly the same wait for him to get stunned hit him wait for him to do one of two of his attacks that stun him then hit a few times again.
It's like fighting bosses from ten years ago.
Other than that the game is a very good game, i really love the combat system, i just think it could have been a classic game if the AI was improved greatly, Exploration,platforming and puzzling and the boss battle were not so original.
Hopefully these improvements will be made for either heavenly sword two or ninja theory's next game.
I think it has the best presentation of any game ever, and shows what ps3 can do presentaion wise, it shows gaming is rivaling movies and can be an entertainment art form.
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