Heavenly Sword is a beautiful game with a story that'll keep you guessing 'til it's over. But it's over far too quickly.
When narikos clan is attacked, she is forced to do something she never should have. By grasping the Heavenly Sword, Nariko is granted an infinite power but the cost of this is no more than her life.
While playing the game you also get to play as Narikos deviant friend Kai who weilds a crossbow with wich she likes to "play" Twing-Twang, wich is, obviously, translated into killing people with arrows.
The controller is easy to get a hang of and there is alot of different combos to memorize and use in Narikos quest to protect the sword and slaughter tousands of soldiers on the way. Another cool feature is that by picking up objects like axes, sheilds and even bodies ans using the sixaxis controllers motion-sensing you can steer what you have picked up into enemies and objectives. This can also be used when using Kais crossbow, and say what you want about the sixaxis but there's just something beautiful in steering an arrow through the eye of your enemy.
The domnside of the game is that the story is just too short. And even though you get alot out of the 7-8 hours of playtime you cant help but sigh when you finished the game, although, without spoiling the story i can say that the ending did open up for a sequel so it is possible that there will be a second game in the series.
Overall Heavenly Sword is a beautiful game who deliver alot in a little time and gets you really involved in the story and will have your hopes up for a sequel.
SUMMARY
Story ----------------------------------------- 9/10
Graphics------------------------------------ 8/10
Gameplay----------------------------------- 8/10
Value----------------------------------------- 7/10
Overall------------------------------------- 8.5/10