God of What?
The visuals are stunning. Sure, there a couple of framerate dips, especially in the later stages, where literally thousands of enemies are clamoring for a taste of Nariko's blood, but they will not break the game for you. In fact, they kind of seem like another special effect and are not guilty of breaking the immersion whatsoever. The animation is absolutely out of this world, and the detail in the cutscenes will have your jaw on the floor. The environments are huge and varied. Nariko looks HOT (for a pixelated vixen, of course). The camera never gets in the way, and the special camera effects when using special attacks or counters are just awesome. Truly cinematic in scope and energy. The sound is absolutely top-notch. A fantastic motion-captured cast, (including Andy Serkis, of LOTR "Gollum" fame) brings all of the cutscenes and big fights to life. The sound effects are great, and the music, wow. The sound is perfect, in my opinion. Nothing needs to change. As if stunning production values aren't enough, the gameplay is stellar as well. I won't bother with the specifics, but suffice it to say, fighting is a blast with both playable characters. A successful counter gives you a cinematic close-up of Nariko snapping some poor fools neck between her thighs, for example. Heavenly Sword's only weakness is the length. The game took about 7 hous to run through, but believe me, it was so good that it was hard not to play it in one sitting. Thankfully, I want to play the game over and over, so it does have a certain amount of retail value. Whether you think spending $60 on this is justified or not is a matter of personal taste, but if you like action/platformer games you owe it to yourself to play it, whether you buy, borrow, or rent it. I have absolutely no regrets buying it.