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Heavenly Sword Gamezone review - 8.8/10

Heavenly Sword is among the rarest of treasures in the video game world. It is also an important game in the history of that entertainment genre.

Why?

Never have there been such compelling characters in the gaming world; characters you cared about, characters that could twist your emotions with the initial look in their eyes after a plot point is revealed. Nariko and Kai are the stuff of video-game legends and they have perfect counterparts in Bohan and his minions.

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vidoardes6094d ago

This game is getting such mixed reviews, it is clearly a love it or hate game (much like lair). Personally looks like a must-buy for me (when I finally land the cash to buy a PS3), but I'm one of those crazies who still enjoys Dynasty Warriors.

Loudninja6094d ago

What is wrong with people?it got 1 6,and one 7.The others are all 8 and above.Thas not mixed

ktchong6094d ago (Edited 6094d ago )

and one 10 and one 9.

It got 10 from one of the many Play magazines -- the same magazine that also gives Lair a 9; The next higher score for Lair is 7.5 from GamePro.

Here are the consensus...

Heavenly Sword's scores round-up - an average of 84% based on 10 reviews, or 85% based on 9 reviews:
http://www.metacritic.com/g...
http://www.gamerankings.com...

Lair's scores round-up - an average of 61% based on 9 reviews, or 64% based on 6 reviews:
http://www.metacritic.com/g...
http://www.gamerankings.com...

nasim6094d ago

Sepetember would be a killing field for SONY and PS3

BTW over 200 000 copies of Warhawk has already been purchased

LAIR has opened decent with 50k + sales

Keyser6094d ago

Lair is far better than that 6.1 average and IGN's review was an insult to the game.

I got it this afternoon and took some time out to "learn" the controls and even participate in the training mode and what a difference practice makes.

I'm not sure if the reviewers had the training mode but that really changes the game. The controls are about 90% of what they should be (which isn't bad). The graphics are stunning and the sound will touch your soul.

The most important thing is that it's FUN. I'm a gamer and I felt biased so I let a girl who doesn't play games try her hand at the controls and in 20 minutes (no exagerration) she was destroying dragons and manuevering with ease.

I guess developers don't have time to get controls down and I don't fault them for that but if they had the scores for Lair would have been a lot more reasonable.

Sorry for being wordy. Just wanted to clear up some of the rumors and hate out there.

Heavenly Sword: I'm buying it first day. No questions or regrets. It's a must have for a PS3 owner.

Game on...

rukusa6094d ago

WOW!

A 8 on average. thats pretty good :).

To me this game is a definite buy. I already got my copy pre-ordered.

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Lightning Mr Bubbles6094d ago (Edited 6094d ago )

Seriously, this game is getting 8.5 - 7. It's not getting any lower than a 7. It's a good game, just depends on how much people gripe that's it's story over gameplay.

Heavenly Sword is averaging a B grade, it's a buy for me no doubt. Now Lair, yeah that's tanking on the reviews.

Lightning Mr Bubbles6094d ago

Heavenly Sword is averging a "B" grade, Lair is averaging like a "D" or an "F". I say there's no comparison.

Figboy6094d ago

is averaging a "C" at worst.

remember, 50% is considered average. Lair is at the, roughly 60% mark, so it's a "C".

on topic: how many positive reviews does this game need to get in order to convince some of you haters that it's a *GOOD FRICKING GAME??

i mean, jesus, there are been, like two or 3 reviews that fall into the 6-7 category, but at least 10 reviews that have fallen in to the 8-9 category.

some of you people just can't *STAND IT when the Playstation 3 gets some good games.

get over it already. it's a gaming platform. gaming platforms have a mix of good and bad games. it's about time more good games started to roll in.

just face facts that Heavenly Sword is, overall, a really good game that Playstation 3 owners should have in their library.

(last i checked on metacritic, the PS3 has about 33 out of 60 games rated 75%- above average or higher, and the Wii has 13 out of 80 titles rated 75% and above. take from that what you will).

Goshyujin_Sama6094d ago

Almost everyone who reviews this game say's that it is epic in every way! Only complaint is that the combo/countering/blocking system may throw some people off. Personally iv'e played the hell out of the demo and I love it. Should be loads of fun!

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OtterX60d ago (Edited 60d ago )

Even if they could just remaster and put on PSVR2, some would still look great as VR titles and could do a whole lot to bolster the headset w these exclusives! I'd imagine the investment of reworking these titles into VR would be way less than building new games from the ground up, and they could be amazing experiences, and VR often makes flat games feel fresh again. The Resistance and Killzone games are particularly what I want to see!!

Rude-ro60d ago

I played killzone 3 in 3d and it really changed the game per being immersive.
In vr, that would be even more awesome.

darthv7260d ago

Funny you mention that... my son wanted to play some PS3 games in 3d on my PS tv and he was blown away by how good KZ3 was. It really was a great addition to the game. Im surprised there have not been more 3d games from that era being ported to the PSVR/VR2.

_SilverHawk_60d ago

resistance 1-3, killzone 1-3, uncharted 1-3, uncharted golden abyss, folklore, socom 4 , motorstorm, twisted metal, MAG, heavenly sword

Cacabunga60d ago

Killzone 2+3
Sly Thieves in Time
Crack in Time
God of War Ascension
Motorstorm
Modnation racer
Infamous 1+2

Profchaos60d ago (Edited 60d ago )

Killzone trilogy in VR would be amazing bonus points if they offer shadow fall.

There was a psvr1 Killzone project that supermassive was working on at one stage which wasn't up to scratch and Sony brand it back in house I was hoping we would see that on psvr2 eventually.

Personally I'd love to see some more love or acknowledgement of psvr2 from Sony in general it was a expensive headset and Sony barely acknowledge it's existence

seanpitt2360d ago

The amount of work needed to remaster these games wouldn't be beneficial on a financial and business sense.. MGS4 would probably be the best bet as it would need the least amount of work!

Iceball200060d ago

YEAAASSSSS! I miss this franchise and wanna play it so bad again.

Father__Merrin60d ago

The time is perfect for a resistance fall of man game campaign coop multiplayer

InUrFoxHole60d ago

The resistance series is str8 trash to me. Socom 3 I would welcome. Or killzone MP.

Marcus Fenix60d ago

A Resistance reboot will be awesome

Michiel198960d ago

That's what Bungie should make, Ill keep saying it until it happens

1Victor60d ago (Edited 60d ago )

Resistance was ok but Warhawk and Starhawk was better and kept me coming back for almost a decade of fun and petty revenge on the loud mouth unskilled players 🤣
Edit I loved capture the flag dropping the pot on the flag carrier was extremely satisfying as well as transforming your plane in bot form and stumping them to death 😱

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Michiel198960d ago

Resistance was the best co-op fps I ever played after L4D2

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darthv72563d ago

Dante's inferno... an excellent GoW inspired game. So sad the sequels will never be.

LoveSpuds563d ago (Edited 563d ago )

I recall enjoying it well enough at the time, but it wasn't a patch on God of War 3 which came out around the same time I think.

I own it and fired it up on my PS3 about 6 months ago and time hadn't been particularly kind to it although it still very much nailed the atmosphere and it is a cool as he'll setting and universe.

Inverno563d ago

Dante's Inferno needs the GOW treatment. No cut camera, with a real hellish depiction of the 9 circles and a story as dark and as serious would be amazing.

Yui_Suzumiya563d ago

Still pretty amazing there was a PSP version that was actually pretty good. I remember playing it 10 years ago. I had the PS3 version when it first came out and loved it.

Hellcat2020563d ago

Ahh the memories of playing Heavenly Sword
Such a amazing experience

LoveSpuds563d ago

Yup, I remember being blown away with Heavenly Sword. I remember holding out hope that they would go back and add trophy support as a incentive to go back and replay the game, but I don't think they ever did?

Yui_Suzumiya563d ago

I couldn't beat the final boss though! Spent several days trying but eventually gave up, lol. Still enjoyed it though.

refocusedman563d ago

heavenly sword was such a short, but amazing game. that game should be prime material to be made into a download only remaster.

YoungKingDoran563d ago

I really enjoyed Castlevania, but struggled to get into it again reattempting it a few years back. I still think it does another of things well; story, presentation, level varietily and art style at least. Gameplay maybe has not stood test of time unfortunately which makes it a chore to get through.