Brilliant game, a little bit on the short side
The answer to that question is YES. Heavenly sword is an amazing game that all Playstation 3 owners owe it to themselves to play.
Story:
The story of Heavenly Sword without spoiling it for you; tells the tale of Nariko, a member of a warrior clan who have been tasked to protect the Heavenly Sword for no mortal can weild it without paying an ultimate price; so of course Nariko ends up swinging the Sword around herself. The story is really engaging and is glued together by a fantastic cast.
Presentation:
The best way to describe Heavenly Swords presentation is that it has the look, feel and style of a movie. the cutscenes are lavish and look amazing, with motion capture used to really bring the characters to life. also Andy Serkis joins the cast as king Bohan and he also played a big part in directing the actors in motion capture.
Graphics:
the graphics in Heavenly Sword are unbelieveable, from the characters to the environments. the cutscenes have tremendous visuals and the in game graphics are also spectacular. when the camera zooms in on the characters faces it looks real, the skin textures look real. The evnironments have and oriental feel and when you look out into the distance, the landscape looks surreal and has the scope of a painting.
Gameplay:
The game plays brilliantly, the scope of fights can change in an instant, from fighting 10 men down to facing one heavily armoured bad guy. the combos achieveable are brilliant, and look fantastic. the camera changes perspective to give the player an action sequence called a superstyle move that looks like a scene from a film (most of Nariko's superstyle moves involve causing the enemy excruciating pain by way of ball breaking.)
Sound:
the voice acting in HS is superb and adds to the cinematic feel, the actors do a really good job of portraying the emotions of the characters.
Overall Heavenly Sword is an all round great game with great visuals, sound and excellent gameplay. My only quarrel with the game is its length as i found it was a little on the short side, hopefully since this is meant to be one of three, they will adress this next time round.