This game does two things exceptionally well; one it tells a simple story in a manner that is Oscar worthy and two the "after touch" (aiming after the projectile has been fired) is innovative and 100% quality. That being said everything else in this game sucks. The hit detection (melee not ranged) and combos are the worst that Ninja Theory could do. They must have tried hard to make it this bad. For example while using the ranged melee attack in a crowd of about 50 npc's i hit nobody. My blades were swinging around my head l helicopter and joe schmoe decided to walk up, look me in the eye and hit me. This was not a one time event, oh no, this was the way that the game functioned. Also, the counter system was just a crap shoot. Sometimes i would do a cool counter move and other times i would just try to hit the opposing enemy and wind up getting hit myself. Then, there was the blocking; I respect a game for not just having the baddies be victims but foes who block and move and attack but enough with the blocking. I'm supposed to have the HEAVENLY SWORD emphasis on the word HEAVENLY. This is more like the flaccid sword or maybe 'not that special' sword because everybody just stands there and blocks my attacks. Thank god for block breakers moves right, wrong by the time that you break the block of one of the seven guys you face at a time, your getting hit by his buddy then all seven go back into block mode. But wait, that's not the worst of it. When i finally start a combo on my foes they have the ability to opt out and hit me. Understand, in the middle of my combo a regular guy can hit me; effectively stopping my combo and starting his own. Let me state that again; in the middle of my combo, the man that I am hitting can hit me back and start his own combo. For a combat game the combat system fails horribly but the voice overs are amazing. So, my advice is watch the game but don't play it .
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