Review summary :Heavenly Sword recieves an 9/10 from a polish mag

Heavenly Sword review from a polish mag.

Graphics - 10/10
Sound - 10/10
Gameplay - 9/10

+

-Nariko
-beautiful and spectacular
-fighting system

-

-lack of secrets
-little number of bosses/opponents diversity
-it could be longer

[hella whip]

Good to see the game getting good reviews.

[ArduousAndy]

I mean I guess its a good review but what do the polish know did they not put screen doors on submarines and invent the solar powered flashlight?

edit: wow adriokor, I guess in Poland you do not have Jokes. See in this country (United States) we have these comments that impose a humorous response from others which we call jokes. Some jokes are geared in good fun to other countries and races.
For example I am of Cuban decent. So the joke "What is Cuba's national anthem?" the response is "Row row row your boat" see thats humorous since the majority of Cubans coming to this country come on boat.

Here we also have jokes that are called Polack jokes which ironically enough were actually Italian jokes and before that were Irish jokes.

So before you see a stupid joke comment and go "i take offense" well grew up and release that hey its a joke.

[Adriokor]

Buddy you are so ignorant, I take offence to your sad ass criticism at the Polish culture and people, if you want to make stupid remarks about other nationalities, look at your own.
BTW: the Polish invented many great things such as the Helicopter, maybe you ll think next time you speak.

[SmokeyMcBear]

haha ariokor, its just a staple over here with polish jokes. The peeing in the corner in a round room, all sorts of em. But we make fun of everyone, blacks, hispanic ( like me ), trailer trash, blondes, your momma, don't be offended, we makes jokes of everyone. If you can't laugh at yourself, then well, you've got some problems.

[The Brave 1]

Ive played both GOWs and i think this game will surpass it in every way,and thats saying a lot.PS3 rocks!

[nasim]

BUT HOLD ON

this mag gave GEARS an 8
and Resistance a 7.5

This mag is a very hard marker

so expect HS to get 10 from other gaming websites.

GOTY confirmed

[Ri0tSquad]

The games and there reviews speak for themselves.

[Kratos12]

TheMart will come and say something bad about this game followed by Bladestar and some more retarded idiotic xbots.

Great game and a great console!!!!

PS: Lost a bubble for praising this game!!! Please give me some bubbles PS3 bros.

[sonarus]

haha actually bladestar isnt so bad. He prefers the xbox to ps3 and its quite clear but IMO he is a bit more mature bout it

[pilotpistolpete]

And Power of Green will come and say the graphics are crap.

[DixieNormS]

Why would you even bring these two guys up. You guys are worse than those two if you just said what you think they are going to say about this game. Next time just talk about the game and don't say anything about an Xbot and you will see that they will become more and more mature about their responses.

[Watkins]

As I see it, it's good that they did predict it. Cause now, the mentioned users can't come and troll here since the predicters would be right then, and that cannot happen!

[Violater]

Seems they got a review build?
Sounds iffy to me.
But the score is there.

http://img169.imageshack.us...

[solidt12]

They said it could of been longer as one of th cons of the game. I wonder how long the game takes to beat. My guess is around 15-20 hours.

[xaphanze]

It got a 9+,not a 9.
The actual score is 9.67 if u do your math.

[Bill Gates]

When I bought the PS3, i also purchased Motorstorm. A month later, I made the mistake of buying RS:Las Vegas. I played that for about a day and I haven't touched it since.

I'm starting to believe that first first party games are the way to go for the PS3, with the exception of games like MGS4, and the FF series. Atleast for the type of games I'm looking for.

I pulled out the original "Wii"(NES) at home a few days ago , and I gotta say, that system still has THE most fun games of all time. Master Blaster anyone?

PlayStation, and Nintendo can take my money. M$, can take my man juice after what they pulled with me withe the original xbox.

I'm 95% sure this game will go on my list of my favorite games of all time.

Not that anyone cares. I'm done ranting.

[The Swordsman]

I think that was the most(in fact, the only) intelligent comment that I've seen you make on this site.

[Daxx]

*claps hands* Best comment I have seen you say.

I'm glad that we can fully agree with you now. ^_^

[sjappie]

Whatever you're doing, keep it up! HS will be a great game I think, me personally, I don't like the whole genre.

[Odion]

yup Hell just froze over

[UJUSTLOSTONE]

good job bill
that wasn't so hard now was it
lol

bubb for you, (if it matters)
which i suspect that it doesnt

[SmokeyMcBear]

woohoo bill, I'm right there with you on vegas, played if for a while, said dammit. You forgot your HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, its your trade mark man, you gotta add it. hehe Can't wait for this game

NES rules them all... but I do have a special place in my hear for my Genesis.

[Gizmo_Logix]

LOL!

[s8anicslayer]

it's a great game, and all ps3 owners are in for a treat!

[gano]

is this s@#$ is taken to long to come out.

[Loudninja]

Darn

[xaphanze]

Buble for me =P.

[Rythrine]

I'll give you a bubble, man. Good job.

[TJ Crucial]

They would probably plug a controller into a toaster, play with it for an hour and give it a 7.

Edit: BTW, I'm part-Polish and that was just a self-deprecating remark, not a PS3 bash;)

[rev20]

Thats what i thought no doubt im expecting the same score from the american and other european reviewers.

I just dont wanna take the word of the polish just look at there language looks like someone has tried to type english with there elbows on a keyboard :p

[socomnick]

I don't really agree with your comment but that was funny bubble for you lol

[bym051d]

So you're saying that Heavenly Sword is at least better than a toaster? :D

[TJ Crucial]

I'm sure it kicks way more ass than a toaster, but to the Poles something shiny is at least a 7. If it moves and has different colors, it's at least a 9.

[pilotpistolpete]

RE5 should of been in Poland, then killing Poles would ok. But then people woul dlook at you funny when you say you stayed up all night smoking poles.

[rev20]

i skim read it, my fault :)

[pilotpistolpete]

Your have obviously no sense of humour. I am merely pointing out the fact that its alright to laugh at the expense of the Polish by today's society. Read the above posts and change the word polish for black. Now do you see what I meant.

Apology accepted

[Jesse]

This game looks amazing, I cant wait to be playing it on my HDTV.

[solidt12]

Yeah man I can't wait to play this on my 10 inch Black and White Zenith TV. Its gonna be awesome. I hear the Graphics are the bomb and the surround sound is cool.

[socomnick]

I tried the demo and theres only one thing that bugged the hell out of me the blocking. I wish it was like god of war with the l1 blocking with the automatic blocking of heavenly sword I just ended up button smashing and praying for the best. I cant wait for god of war 3 though hope its sooner than later.

[xaphanze]

The devs arent so stupid to make a game only about button mashing,you played 5 minutes of the game.The game is like 15 hours and it gets difficult by the minute.Patience my friend.

[Kratos12]

You need to buy a PS3 first to play HS.

[techie]

hope for the best? Leg go of the buttons - wait for the hit and counter. GOW didn't have counters - you have to press a button to counter - it's much more satisfying than a normal boring block.

[pilotpistolpete]

The only thing that i didnt like about the game (comming from someone who hads in fact played it) is the bouncing ragdoll effect. When a dead enemy flies through the air and lands on his head and bounces just as high, it makes it look cartoony. They could lower the "bounce" by 75% at least.

[Violater]

remember you basically have 2 different level attacks to block.
So having to hold a block button plus hold a stance button would have been very cumbersome.
Blocking is easy, it takes skill to be able to go from blocking and countering the light attacks to blocking and countering a sudden medium attack.
Try going through the demo countering alone and not attacking.

[UJUSTLOSTONE]

this is most fun, but after a while I can't help unleash a super
attack on the poor sob's

*cue evil laff*

MUAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

*clear throat*

ahem, yes a great way to enjoy the demo indeed

[MikeGdaGod]

agreed, thats what i did. i thought the demo was really short but if you try to learn all the skills it takes alot longer to get through. i play the demo at least once a day to get the in-air combos and throwing people around in slow-mo down.

[Loudninja]

Its looking good.

[Daxx]

The game looks great. I'm glad it's starting to get good reviews.

[THE_JUDGE]

but I'm giddy with anticipation to play this game. Very high on my list, now if I could just buckle down and beat NGS I'd be all set for September.

[DEADEND]

Once people start talking about these up coming games for the PS3(like WARHAWK,HEAVENLY SWORD,UNCHARTED,LAIR, AND MORE) the sales of the PS3 are going to pick up real quick and you'll start seeing a dramatic change in the sales charts come this Q1 08.

[tudors]

Nice to see the games are upping in quality, this is not my type of game but for those who are into this sort of thing lucky for you....it's bioshock for me.

2 great games scoring some big numbers.

P.S

To Kratos12: Who made you judge jury and executioner.

[Bathyj]

Nice.

But when can I get this sexy beast in my hands, is what I want to know.

[Agent VX]

LOL, some obsure Polish magazine gives it a 9 and the fanboys are getting their shorts in a knot.

Guess they have missed some of the other, "Not So Positive" reviews. I guess cherry picking your reviews will always be a "fanboys" last resort.

AA tile at best folks.

[gunnerforlife]

wow u r one pissed of fanboy just cuz this game got a 9:P

[xaphanze]

As far as I know,there are no bad reviews of this game.

[pilotpistolpete]

also had good reviews from obscure mags and sites, but that was ok? I'm not saying that bioshock isnt good, but I love how blind fanboyish is a one way street. Why didnt you post a comment like this on xbox game reviews on this site?

I do beleive that one of the perfect scores posted on N4G for Bioshock was Playboy. We all know that they have dedicated gamer staff ;)

[techie]

cherry picking? This is the "bad" review of two. It's got 10/10 and now this one 9+/10 lol What a tard.

[Frulond]

will worth the wait :D

[boi]

kool this game is good...and you know what else seeing my cousin play this demo button bashing makes me laugh lol

anyways more games on the PS3 will make it that mark if not then higher :)

[jay3]

POLAND!

[Agent VX]

LOL, if your saying that this game is AAA material, your in for a rude shock. This game will score quite good, but it's not AAA material, and the scores will bear this out.

This game isn't even due out til next month and the hyping has started.

Please, when this game can compete with Gears or Bioshock, come back and talk.

And since this site likes to put out obsure reviews of the game for the PS3. Here's one for Heaven Sword http://www.escapistmagazine...

Just press on the video to start it. Gives the view of the repetive play of Heavenly Sword.

[Loudninja]

And thats review of the demo you noob.

[rev20]

2 games in 2 years nice one there

go out of the topic and stop posting crap, i think the majority know this game is gonna be awesome, why does it even bother you ya obviously only interested in a 360 so go away

[DEADEND]

How can you compare GEARS and BIOSHOCK to HEAVENLY SWORD those other two games are shooters you dumb ass. There hasn't been one site or magazine that has said anything bad about this game, so you'll start seeing a ton of more people saying the samething about this game. And as far as this game go's everyone knows its a AAA title, any real unbiased gamer, developer, site, and magazine will tell you the same so stop acting like a fanboy and get your head out your ass if you really can.

[sjappie]

"press X to not die" LOL.

[Gizmo_Logix]

Agent VX -

That video was from Fully Ramblomatic (yahtzee19). He's a satirical writer. Here's two more of his reviews...

http://www.youtube.com/watc... (The Darkness Demo)

http://www.youtube.com/watc... (Fable)

Funny sh*t!

[Rythrine]

Good to hear that this game is getting great reviews. I guess it wasn't so half-assed like some developers think. A must-buy title for me.

[Agent VX]

Yep, 10 minutes with the Demo is all he needed. Do the same thing, over and over and over, AA material for sure.

Hey don't get mad, if I was a PS3 fan and owner, any game at this time would be a god sent. Beggers can't be choosers. At least it's a game that you can maybe start to put down those lame launch titles, though looking still bad for Sony's online gaming, want to talk about poor choices!!!

[Rythrine]

Wow, an Itagaki-defender. I'm not surprise at all. Looking at your early posts, I can say that you are just like him. Somebody who can't give credit when its due. Just so you know, that demo was from an old build, that's why it has those problems. If you think a demo determines the whole game, then you're as lame as Itagaki.

[ZombiesNJ]

You obviously don't know much about the game. When your shoot or throw objects you see them from the first person point of view until they hit their target. This alone mixed up the gameplay, along with puzzles and not to mention the immersive cut scenes and hundereds of enemies players will have to battle. They used motion capture technology to make the game more realistic to show the characters' emotions. Is it similar to God of War? Yes. But I think this game does add some elements that will make it even better and it will be AAA.

[TheExecutive]

I will wait for other reviews to come in... an obscure and unknown polish magazine does not count. I will wait for a more reliable source, wait, whats that again?

Day one purchase for me.

[omfg_111]

magazine ... and the best/biggest polish magazine about games.

sure u didnt hear anything about it... it polish lol!

[Whoooop]

Apparently Ninja Theory gonna have to change the name of the game to Heavenly Score!!

[Loudninja]

The mag is known and respected there in Poland. Its not unknow.Just because its not known to you does not make the review any less vaild

[Loudninja]

This is the 4th good review,so just dropit.

[UJUSTLOSTONE]

I'm still getting this game day one
But I would like other more credible magazines (that I know of) to review the game. Just so that others who may be sitting on the fence can make up there minds.

Not to mention, shut up all the Naysayers

[lucek6667]

Chuj w dupe wszystkim spasionym smieciom ktorzy oczerniaja nasz narod.
Juz predzej oni wkladaja wibrator w dupe niz my pada w toster.

[Jrome]

@ 24.1

A lot of game demos are boring. Demos are meant to give you a TASTE. They're not going to put the whole damn game into the demo. Well, actually any demo to me is boring because I hate being limited to demo content. So I guess all games suck in my opinion because the demo is boring?

Anyway Heavenly Sword is definately going to be a hit.

[Anything but Cute]

I played the short demo and it looked good. But reviews 9/10 and 10/10 so far.

I'm still picking up Lair unless more reviews give it 5/10 or something, but I doubt it. Controls are more controversial but I think EGM over did it.

[Gizmo_Logix]

Lair should get between a 8.4-9.0 (depending on the source). I just think there's a lot of old school grumpy gamers that don't like to learn the sixaxis. What's that about old dogs and tricks?

Oh, and EMG goes out of business! Haven't you heard? :)

[PPL]

This review was maded from full version of the game not from the demo. This is one of the older magazine about consoles in Poland (they got around 10 years)
Polish scientifist (i dont know is this good word :D) invented "blue laser", we do not plug gamepads to toasters ^^ :D. One of the Polish player is world champion in Q4, Polish team win World Championship in Counter-Strike, Polish player is European Master in PES, so....we know a lot about gaming ^^. You dont even suppose how many Polish players kick your ass badly :D

Yes, some of us are sensitive about our nationality :D

PS. Sorry for bad english ^^ :D

Ohhh, and PLAY magazine rate it for 10/10.

[PS360PCROCKS]

Ah finally the great part of the gaming year is upon us. HS, Lair, Bioshock, Halo 3 all within about a month!

[omfg_111]

and this is the best polish mag ... i dont thinnk they just made this review just for fun. lots of developers like "psx extreme" thats what they are called. it is a multiplatform magazine

[Agent VX]

Yep, Cooking Mama Cook Off scored a 100%, or a Triple A score from this site. LOL, must be true............:-) http://www.justadventure.co...

Don't get me wrong folks, it's not like I am saying HS is gonna bomb, but it sure doesn't deserve a triple A ranking, which it won't get.

Just because some site puts up a great score, just wait until more come and, and this game will be exposed by it's rather repeative gameplay. Cherry picking your reviews like I just did with Cooking Mama don't make the game AAA.

Grow up and quit being fanboys.

[Violater]

Have you played Heavenly Sword?

[ukilnme]

you are the one being a fanboy. Maybe I'm wrong about you but as the old saying goes if it looks and sounds like a duck it must be a duck.

Replace duck with fanboy.

[sleepbox]

There is nothing original about this game. The aftertouch effect is copied from MAX PAYNE

[ZombiesNJ]

Then any FPS is a copy off of doom to a certain extent.

[trane07]

Max payne showed you where the bullet was going. You couldn't make the bullet move. Thats why its called after "TOUCH" not after "look"

[ZombiesNJ]

You obviously don't know much about the game. When your shoot or throw objects you see them from the first person point of view until they hit their target. This alone mixed up the gameplay, along with puzzles and not to mention the immersive cut scenes and hundereds of enemies players will have to battle. They used motion capture technology to make the game more realistic to show the characters' emotions. Is it similar to God of War? Yes. But I think this game does add some unique elements that will make it a must have.

Also, on the topic of fanboys, you seem to be one because you can't even agree on the possibility that it could be AAA, and that's just ignorant.

[Bonsai1214]

we ps3 owners got lucky. our first "real" stellar title wasn't a year late, but rather only 10 months... haha

i can't wait for this game... too bad i'll have to wait until thanksgiving to play it (Effing college)

[ZombiesNJ]

...can't people just stop arguing and give the game a chance. Is it entirely possible that the game will be AAA? Yes. Is there a chance it won't be? Yes. Let's just wait and see how the game turns out before rushing to judgements. Whether you own or don't own a PS3, I think anyone can agree it looks like a game worth checking out. But to write off any game so quickly as not being AAA or 10/10 is ignorance. Why can't people just buy whatever system they want, but whatever games they want, and enjoy those games. There is no need to speculate and pick apart this game and decide whether it's AAA or not because no one will really know until it's released.

This review is one of many that you should take into account before deciding whether or not to buy the game. Just because it's in polish doesn't mean that it's not a reliable review. I'm not polish, but i'm just saying that people should take into account as many reviews as possible before judging games.

[trane07]

Simple. They wanna be fanboys. They want to say "well it wont be AAA" or that it doesn't match up to BIOSHOX or GOW when nothing of the genre is even remotely similar. Fanboys do whatever they can to keep their console in best intrest and trash the others. Thats their mindset. And thats why you'll find fanboys of a particular console, in the other console's area trolling their ass off with nonsense. Its nothing new.

If heavenly sword wreaks of AAA, we've got the authority to rub it in the fool's faces plain and simple.

[Agent VX]

Ohhhh, rub it in my face!!! ROTFLOL!!!

Look at all the "shorts in a knot" rampant sony fanboys getting mad because I beleive that HS will not be AAA material.

My gosh, this game isn't all that, hope as you might. Definately not AAA. But as I mentioned earlier, if you were a unfortunate one to buy a PS3, with hardly any games. This AA title should give your gaming experience a fresh breath of air. Cause as it is, with your lackluster gaming library, any game should be exciting, even if it turns out to be just an above average game like HS.

Rub it in my face.............LOL!!!

[nasim]

shut up u garbage BOT

Bioshock is a slow paced FPS

halo 3 is just a cartoon

HS will kill x360 in September

Killing spreee will commence with LAIR,HS and WARHAWK

:)

[ZombiesNJ]

Your response just proves that you are an ignorant fanboy who can't see both sides of the coin. I will enjoy games for both systems this fall while you are to ignorant to appreciate both systems. That's the bottom line. People are ignorant! (just like mr. jefferson says in south park haha)

[Umbrella Corp]

I am quite angry for this mag just a 9 out of 10?lol an kudos for you Bill Gates i liked that comment bubble for you!

[nasim]

It is 9.6/10

Thats a great score.

stop complaining

This mag gave gears an 8.

so expect HS to get 10 from most mags

[caffman]

by saying that this magazine is the be all and end all of reviews, you have just confirmed that Gears is better than RFOM.
Damn never expected that one

[Charlie2688]

SWEET REVIEWS :D

[Violater]

A Good review for a PS3 exclusive to bring out the trolls.

[caffman]

nothing like a good 360 review to bring out the sony fanboys.
It's the nature of this site

[RH06]

It looks like they packed a lot of audio and visuals into the disk so the game should look great, many say that the ps3 can't support a wide range of colors but it you look and many upcoming games like HS and Ratchet can produce wonderful graphics!

[Figboy]

the blocking *WAS odd at first, but that was because i had just come from months of playing Ninja Gaiden Sigma, and before that, God of War 2 and Rogue Galaxy (all of them use a button to block).

i've played through the Heavenly Sword demo so much that *NOT pressing a block button has become second nature. i don't even notice it.

the problem now, is when i go back to playing God of War, Rogue Galaxy, and Ninja Gaiden Sigma i have to remind myself to press the block button! lol.

oh yeah, and on topic, i wasn't expecting this game to get any less than an 8 (it seems like if it's a PS3 exclusive, most reviewers knock off 1 point from the "real" score, just because, you know, it's on a *SONY console).

a 9 out of 10 is very, *VERY impressive, and i can certainly buy it, as the demo is a great taste for what they've done with the game, and i know i was certainly jonesing for *MORE, which is more than i could say for demos like Armored Core and Dynasty Warriors Gundam, even GRAW2 (and the GRAW2 demo was pretty damn good).

[ADAMC]

I know this magazine and its very good(its multiplatform!),Neo+ plus is also a good magazine.

Adam - Poland

[GameHero]

When I played the demo I kept wanting to button mash, I sure hope its more than a button masher, Maybe I need to learn the stances??? Anyway Warhawk should hold me off until HS and others arrive.

[PimpHandHappy]

are the hottest

[Yosking]

Heavenly sword is sooo heavenly...
"10/10 sound" (duh 10 gigs of audio)
"10/10 graphics" (stunning Hi-def visulas)
"9/10 gameplay" (incredible story and combat system)
...Now ain't that heavenly! rock on ps3

[Wii60_FTW]

but i still want to see some twin tang action!!! naruko is hot!!!

[P1MPDADDY]

It's funny how all the PS3 fanboys are in this forum circle jerking each other while commenting on this game like some Polish magazine is the Holy Bible on all videogames scores. Why dont we wait till it comes out to pass judgement. Is it that bad in Sony fanboy land that Sony Sausage Smugglers jump at any remote possibility of good news?????

[FirstknighT]

That is the comment of the day!

[Gizmo_Logix]

Because once the game comes out you WILL pass judgment. And it wont be positive. So, in your case it's not difference.

[Honor_in_Armor]

With all due respect sir, out of all names and out of all avatars, PimpDaddy? and a potentially naked man? And if sony fans were that horny the only thing they'd be jerking off to right now is nariko. And this ain't even hentai. Please, no gays (aka SON¥ Stalkers) here. I am cybernetically homophobic.

[P1MPDADDY]

I will take the high road on this one. Seeing as 1up banned me for schooling PS3 fanboys 2 days ago. I smell jealousy. Dont hate me because I am beautiful. Dont like my picture. Dont look. Easy. PimpDaddy is a nickname I have had for the past 12 years. I have what is called real "GAME". FYI I am also a personal trainer. So I am proud of my body. If you need some work out tips you can PM me. Otherwise dont hate...

[Mandangoof]

Goes to show how useless you are. "Wait until the game comes out and pass judgement"
Well, we could, or we could look at the reviews, 10/10 and 9.67/10 and go from there. You can't say the game sucks, because nothing supports you and you don't own it. We can say the game is good because we have reviews supporting that.

Oh, and this shatters Bioshock and Gears (and really everything else) on a presentation level (graphics (acting included), sound etc). Gameplay has to be determined from playing it IMO.

And wow is Agent bitter or what? He can't STAND that this game is getting good reviews. I guess Bioshock's no AAA either, AA at best. I mean that one got 10/10s and high 9s as well.

And SH*T Pimpdaddy are you ugly! Where the hell did you get the idea people wanted to see you half naked? *Vomits*

[FirstknighT]

"Oh, and this shatters Bioshock and Gears"

Wow, are you this stupid in real life or just on here? Welcome to my ignore list.

[P1MPDADDY]

That the game sucked. I just questioned why all Sony fanboys started "NUTTHUGGING" this thread because some "Polish" magazine gave it a favorable review. BTW Cutscenes dont make a game. Its about in game graphics. I will reserve judgement till I have played the finished product. I think you are actually the first PS3 defender I have heard say that this game will visually destroy Gears of War and Bioshock. Thats a new one...

[PiTCHBLaCK]

I've played the HS Demo, It's pretty good, My fingers are sure tired though, and why do XBOX 360 users come here to start stuff anyways?, This doesn't even have anything to do with the 360.

and to comment so harshly on HS without even checking it out is naive.
Not sure why, but 360 fanboys"as they are usually called" always seem so uptight, In Theory it might have something to do with three red lights and ear plugs, not sure though.

PS3 is awesome by the way, we use it for everything.

[GameHero]

That was the most logical "PIMP SLAP" I have ever seen!

Rock on! Deperado

[Mandangoof]

But I didn't say HS shatters 'Bioshock & Gears period' as the idiots quoted. I said, quite clearly that it shatters them in presentation, and this is absolutely true.
Do you f***wits stop reading in the middle of every sentence?

In game graphics which we've seen are also top of the line by the way.

For the record, I think Bioshock will be GOTY.