Heavenly Sword Review: God of War with Girls Makes the Cut (8/10)

Heavenly Sword is clearly a God of War knockoff, from the blades with a ranged chain attack to the lack of camera control (both games use the right analog stick for dodging) and emphasis on massive one-against-a-dozen battles. At least this game has the good sense to crib from the very best, and is a solid effort. But despite the strong presentation and excellent voice acting, Kratos and his mythological pals have nothing to fear from Heavenly Sword.

[Loudninja]

Look at this now , people really enjoying Warhawk, and now HS is getting great reviews

[Violater]

You will have a wide variety of great titles.
Not just shooters.
though we have lots of those too :P

[Maddens Raiders]

and the writing is on the wall. The stubborn editorial public knows and 360 fans won't admit that it's clear:

PlayStation will win another generation of console battles. The future for this console is WHITE HOT.

Thanks Sony.

[TheExecutive]

a good game, not great. Check. I can agree with that.

[Rims]

Cool. can't wait. :D

[Loudninja]

Right? :D

[Vojkan]

It depends how well will it sell. They are ready to work on second part but like they say its up to Sony to decide. I belive now Sony will waith for 3-4 weeks from the day of release and if sales are positive Ninja Thoery will start working on second part.

[TheExecutive]

First second or last, one shouldnt judge it on any other factor than the game itself.

[felidae]

8/10 is ok if it comes from Gamedaily.com

But the game deserves 9s and 10s

[Vojkan]

Do you have this game? Have you played and finished it? NO
Than how can you say it deserves 9 or 10, don't you realise how hypocrite that sounds?

[rukusa]

Awesome! Great news :).

Well... after EGM gave it a nice average of '8' this game has become a pretty decent buy.

Have to wait till the 19th to buy it though.

[snakeater3]

look at the detail of that nariko pic .....this chick is hot ....i can totally see her nipple ....cant wait to play with nariko come september 19th :D

[Schmitty07]

And stop looking at videogames the wrong way.

[Rhezin]

eye candy, that's all the game has. should be 7/10

[bluegoblin]

proved that this games has a lot of potential and probably more than just good visuals.

[Loudninja]

Wow what pure BS, you dont knwo what you are talking about

[felidae]

But i can't read your comment because i banned you ;-)

So talk as much trash as you like ;-)

[ALIEN]

for this game.

[gEnKiE]

i like how they say its a knock off another sony game....anyways, either way i really want to play this game.

[segasage]

like a gow rip-off. i'm not saying its a bad game since gow is the sh#t. really it falls in the same mold, with what this article stated.

eeew kratos wearing a thong...

this game nevertheless looks like a fun game but still gow-like.

its just so happen, they beat gow3, to be the first on the next-gen platform..we'll see when gow 3 comes out and make the comparisons..

[Frances-the-Mute]

i could care less about the review and it being a GOW knockoff, its not like its on a different system, i refuse to accept any reviews for 1st and 2nd party ps3 games because they are reviewed with more expectancy because its on ps3, and to me that isnt fair, i will be watching the scores on 3rd party game tho

[SimmoUK]

wow what a fanboy reviewer, only a fanboy would call it a GOW rip off it sounds so stupid and sad, at least they gave it 8/10 though...

[ALIEN]

I think GOW3 will be better, but HS does not sucks. I think the reason why it's not getting perfect scores is because they are comparing it with GOW. That's the only reason why is not getting 9/10 reviews.

[segasage]

it is doing nothing new in term of expanding the genre..

yes there is new technology in using motion captures for some of the action but thats nothing new and like i said its the first on next-gen platforms..

having 1000 monsters on the screen(not all at once) is nothing new..

her fights stance is different but uses the chains and all, well its so god of war, so i see why they compare, because they can

[bluegoblin]

i think it's really unfair to give it a lower score just because is under the shadow of GOW.I think that this game will be better than previous GOWs(i could be wrong)even though GOW3 will be better.

[Kratos12]

In that case none of the FPS and TPS should get a rating above 8. How different was Halo 2 from Halo 1? How different was RFOM from previous FPS? What about the COD series? MOH?

No game can be completely different. HS has a stance system, motion capture, and a great story with great visuals and great sound. In my book thats a 10/10!!!

[illizit]

I thought you can control the camera with the SIXAXXIS?

[Douglasp]

How long is this game?

[etownone]

Thats it, just 6 hours long.
I have to honest, being a 360 owner, there are a couple of games I was looking to forward to, with Lair and HS being top of the list for this year. LittleBigPlanet and Warhawk dont interest me.
Lair is getting majority AVERAGE REVIEWS, and now so is HS. Lowest score being from edge (6.0) and the highest score being from PlayMagazine (10) all together an average press score of 7.3

http://www.gamestats.com/ob...

And although no one can deny HS looks hot, it is still only 6 hours long. No multiplayer. No co-op. and for 60 bucks??

Once again, I'm happy I got my 360 form day one. This year we get Bioshock (already one of the highest rated games EVER) Halo 3, and Mass Effect. This X-Mas PS3 gets beat as far as Quality.

Maybe next year, when KZ2 and MGS4 comes out I can finally have a reason to buy the PS3.... but then again there is always that top secrect Peter Jackson Halo games coming out.

To rukusa. YOur right, I haven't played it, i'm bored at work and Ive read the reivews, so yes I have read it takes 6 hours to complete and that its not worth going back to play again. I wouldn't compare it to GoW simply even if it takes HS just as long os GoW to complete because of the fact, I have played the single player campaign more than once ONLY because its a fun game to play CO-OP with buddies online and the Multiplayer is the #1 played game on consoles as of now.

[rukusa]

I doubt you've played to KNOW its actually 6 hours... at least drop that bullshit - cause it seems to be what 360 owners love to quote from IGN.

Its different for all the reviewers that have played it, its all personal. I wouldn't be surprised if its just as long as the Single player mode in Gears of War.

[Figboy]

i mean, damn!

not *EVERY GAME needs to expand/redefine/revolutionize whatever genre it's a part of.

sometimes a game just needs to be fun.

and from what i've read, despite some repetitious battles, Heavenly Sword is quite fun.

so it's not the Half Life of the action/adventure genre. big. fricking. deal.

gamers and media alike are expecting *TOO MUCH from these guys.

they bust their @sses for 8-16 hours a day, 6 days a week, to give us a fun gaming experience, and we want to get on it's case because it's not 100% original, and not offering a "surprise a minute" gameplay wise.

from the demo, i gathered these few things from Heavenly Sword:

1.) it is pretty.
2.) killing people is fun.
3.) voice acting is superb.

for me, that's *ALL i need. sure, i may get tired of the "enter room, fight bad guys," formula, but the same can be said for Ninja Gaiden and God of War, which offer a rather similar setup (especially the first God of War).

all i know is that the PS3 is simply *STARVED for a good 3rd person action/adventure game, and this looks like it'll slake the thirst until Ratchet and Uncharted hit in October and November, respectively.

wow, Heavenly Sword in September, Ratchet in October, Uncharted in November, and Warhawk today! and that's only 4 of the 15 or more games i'm pumped about getting this year! i am a happy, happy PS3 owner, that's for sure.

[JokesOnYou]

Almost all of them are basicly saying the same thing, and I said on the other thread that HS was beautiful but it looks repetitive which is one of the main criticisms, its hard to balance a game like this, few have done it like GoW and NG, sonykids of course think I'm full of it but look at all the reviews pretty much saying the same thing,

Gamedaily:

"Sony truly sunk a big production budget into this project, and if cinematics alone made a game, Heavenly Sword would easily rival A-list titles like Halo 3-- but repetition, predictable boss battles and some tacked-on SIXAXIS shooting levels keep this game from reaching its full potential."

"The game doesn't quite match God of War's sense of pacing, character control and after plowing through another room of identical enemies, button-mashing until your thumbs are sore, you may eventually lose the urge to see what's around the next corner."

damm I also find it very ironic that sonykids crap all over Gears for being 10 hrs or so and now that this game has been criticised for being very short at only 6 hrs, and now sonykids say thats OK, but but its on bluray, ha ha= hypocrites once again=

JOY