Heavenly sword looks and sounds stunning, hacks and slash the enemies to the core, but finally ends up short.

User Rating: 8.5 | Heavenly Sword PS3
By rijahs | Review Date:
Some might boringly label it as 'short game' or whatever - I'll thank the entire Heavenly Sword team for putting so much effort in making the game an entirely entertaining experience. Heavenly Sword manages to create its own unique experience. The story revolves around Nariko's battle to keep the Heavenly Sword out of the hands of the evil King Botan. This is told over a regular procession of in-engine cut-scenes, using the most sophisticated facial animation system seen. There has been an incredible amount of effort that went into the cinematic appeal of Heavenly Sword.

As good as Heavenly Sword is though, it has one serious shortcoming - its length. It took me about fifteen to twenty hours to beat it. Once you've completed the game, there is very little reason to come back and play it more than once or twice. So, you get a fantastic game with a wonderful story and some of the best graphics on the PS3, but it's over before you knew it and that's just a shame. Still, Heavenly Sword is a highly recommended buy, for the fantastic graphics and gameplay that it offers. We need to support the Heavenly Sword development team that has produced a fantastic result for getting better and better games like this on the PS3…

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