Heavenly Sword was an awesome ride.

so lame. stop grasping for straws.

you are just looking to get flamed.

the game isnt just hack and slash you must counter to win even the non boss fights.deavincalhoun

Eh, it was pretty much hack-n-slash. And not a very fun one at that. Countering was not intuitive, and it was lame that you had to spear an enemy while he was down in order to finish him in most cases.

The game also lacked enemy variety and the puzzles were brain-deadening. Overall, a very underwhelming experience (coming from someone who hyped this game to no end).

[QUOTE="deavincalhoun"]the game isnt just hack and slash you must counter to win even the non boss fights.fuzzysquash

Eh, it was pretty much hack-n-slash. And not a very fun one at that. Countering was not intuitive, and it was lame that you had to spear an enemy while he was down in order to finish him in most cases.

The game also lacked enemy variety and the puzzles were brain-deadening. Overall, a very underwhelming experience (coming from someone who hyped this game to no end).

Oh, and its an EXCLUSIVE GAME that is able to use tha BLU-RAY and CELL Powwazz!!!!!!

[QUOTE="deavincalhoun"]the game isnt just hack and slash you must counter to win even the non boss fights.fuzzysquash

Eh, it was pretty much hack-n-slash. And not a very fun one at that. Countering was not intuitive, and it was lame that you had to spear an enemy while he was down in order to finish him in most cases.

The game also lacked enemy variety and the puzzles were brain-deadening. Overall, a very underwhelming experience (coming from someone who hyped this game to no end).

Well obviously you were dissappointed if you hyped the game to no end... But to people who didn't really know/care about it at first, it will be a great game...

I just finished playing the demo, and I am less than impressed.

Is it just me, or does the game lack a viable combo system? Not only that but there are hordes of enemies, and her weapons are soo short ranged.

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[QUOTE="deavincalhoun"]the game isnt just hack and slash you must counter to win even the non boss fights.munu9

Eh, it was pretty much hack-n-slash. And not a very fun one at that. Countering was not intuitive, and it was lame that you had to spear an enemy while he was down in order to finish him in most cases.

The game also lacked enemy variety and the puzzles were brain-deadening. Overall, a very underwhelming experience (coming from someone who hyped this game to no end).

Well obviously you were dissappointed if you hyped the game to no end... But to people who didn't really know/care about it at first, it will be a great game...

I grant you that, but I don't know if most people would call it "great"...8.0 was a bit generous, and in my personal review I would have given it something like a 7.7 if GS allowed it.

The battle system just isn't as fun as something like Ninja Gaiden or even button-mashy God of War. It's hard to pin-point a particular reason, but one of them is the color-based blocking/countering system which tried to do something innovative but fell flat on its face.

i just played the majority of this game over the weekend and hated it.

felt like it was a straiht button masher, i stopped playing it after i had to be kai for the second or third time.

it truly is goddess of war; but it sucks.

It's a great game, my favorite PS3 exclusive(this isnt saying much), but it's no God of War, and it's short as hell.

On the topic of renting. The devs get money from games sales right? How much money do they get from these places that rent their game like blockbuster and gamefly? munu9

Do you not think the place who rents these games have to PAY for them?

I just finished playing the demo, and I am less than impressed.

Is it just me, or does the game lack a viable combo system? Not only that but there are hordes of enemies, and her weapons are soo short ranged.

elbow2k

The demo is honestly a bad representation of the game. Rent it if you don't wanna spend the money, but it is a very good game with top notch voice acting and cut scenes. The gameplay wasn't revelotionary or anything, but it was still fun. The boss was a pain in the ass though, reminded me of Ninja Gaiden boss fights...

I just finished playing the demo, and I am less than impressed.

Is it just me, or does the game lack a viable combo system? Not only that but there are hordes of enemies, and her weapons are soo short ranged.

elbow2k

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I just finished playing the demo, and I am less than impressed.

Is it just me, or does the game lack a viable combo system? Not only that but there are hordes of enemies, and her weapons are soo short ranged.

Chutebox

The demo is honestly a bad representation of the game. Rent it if you don't wanna spend the money, but it is a very good game with top notch voice acting and cut scenes. The gameplay wasn't revelotionary or anything, but it was still fun. The boss was a pain in the ass though, reminded me of Ninja Gaiden boss fights...

The only boss I found hard was the second version of Firefox because the health was hard to get to other then that the last boss was pretty easy if you countered his throwing spells.

[QUOTE="Chutebox"][QUOTE="elbow2k"]

I just finished playing the demo, and I am less than impressed.

Is it just me, or does the game lack a viable combo system? Not only that but there are hordes of enemies, and her weapons are soo short ranged.

-Renegade

The demo is honestly a bad representation of the game. Rent it if you don't wanna spend the money, but it is a very good game with top notch voice acting and cut scenes. The gameplay wasn't revelotionary or anything, but it was still fun. The boss was a pain in the ass though, reminded me of Ninja Gaiden boss fights...

The only boss I found hard was the second version of Firefox because the health was hard to get to other then that the last boss was pretty easy if you countered his throwing spells.

Yea, what the hell was up with the those damn pots? I was pretty pissed 'bout those.

Im with the TC on this one, HS was awesome.

Yeah I still say it is the best game I have played this year.-Renegade

Play Bioshock yet?

[QUOTE="-Renegade"]Yeah I still say it is the best game I have played this year.waynehead895

Play Bioshock yet?

Bioshock is definitely better than HS

[QUOTE="munu9"]On the topic of renting. The devs get money from games sales right? How much money do they get from these places that rent their game like blockbuster and gamefly? dotWithShoes

Do you not think the place who rents these games have to PAY for them?

No, but is it that simple, just pay $60 for each copy of game they're going to rent? Or do they have to pay some other fees? Or maybe a flat fee to rent as many copy's of the games as they want?

in the words of flying fox, "BOORRRRIIIIING!!!!!!"

j/k. i had fun. except for with the six axis parts. i turned it off and just used the analog stick because it was frustrating with the six axis controls. and some parts did have that dynasty warriors feel to it, but overall it was good

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[QUOTE="deavincalhoun"]the game isnt just hack and slash you must counter to win even the non boss fights.fuzzysquash

Eh, it was pretty much hack-n-slash. And not a very fun one at that. Countering was not intuitive, and it was lame that you had to spear an enemy while he was down in order to finish him in most cases.

The game also lacked enemy variety and the puzzles were brain-deadening. Overall, a very underwhelming experience (coming from someone who hyped this game to no end).

Well obviously you were dissappointed if you hyped the game to no end... But to people who didn't really know/care about it at first, it will be a great game...

I grant you that, but I don't know if most people would call it "great"...8.0 was a bit generous, and in my personal review I would have given it something like a 7.7 if GS allowed it.

The battle system just isn't as fun as something like Ninja Gaiden or even button-mashy God of War. It's hard to pin-point a particular reason, but one of them is the color-based blocking/countering system which tried to do something innovative but fell flat on its face.

You do know a bear have to be a cub first? Give it time to grow. I like the direction they took it. Also, the story was a good one.

Im so happy i rented thisgame the last boss gifht was awesome and hard, but the overall experience was wow. the graphics , voice acting. the game isnt just hack and slash you must counter to win even the non boss fights. And i really like kai she was so cool and the motion sensing with her was awesome as well. The game had variety as well. now to go try the sigma demo on psn i may get my buck whooped though.deavincalhoun

I believe u. Totally worth the rent, but not 70 euros....

i thought it was a great game, while it lasted. the combo system was great and alot more rewarding than god of wars, it was hardly a button masher.

its hardly a god of war clone either, its the same genre, get over it.