What can I say about this game. This truly is one of the most beautiful games out there.

You play as the gorgeous Nariko who is gifted with amazing martial art techniques passed on to her from her father. You are blessed with the Heavenly Sword which gives Nariko amazing powers but is also killing her at the same time. You have to save your father and your village from the ruthless King Bohan who is trying to overtake your village and grab hold of the powerful Heavenly Sword that you posess for his own power and his personal collection.

You have 3 technique styles in which you play with. There's the Ranged stance in which you weild your sword with chains(aka. God of War), the power stance, and the speed stance. They tend to work really well and finding the right technique for the right enemy is pretty easy to figure out. Once you get the hang of it, you can come across some pretty cool finishing style moves. One of them being which you break an enemies neck by tossing him in the air and snapping his neck with your legs. The others you'll just have to figure out on your own.

There are small puzzle sequences in the game in which people tend to think remind them of God of War and well they are somewhat correct too.
From the button motion sequence to the small miniature puzzles scattered throughout the game, which can get a little boring and not to thought out from the developers. Most of them require throwing an object at a big gong symbol to open a doorway.

There are motion sensing controls also added to the game. The puzzles utilize them which I explained already, but also when you get to use Nariko's strange sidekick Kai. She only shoots arrows, but the motion controls when you use her arrows are pretty spot on and add a different dimension to the game.

All in all this is a fairly good game for a 1st year exclusive to the PS3. It probably has the best cut scenes out there and definitely the best motion capture to date of any game put out so far. For a 3 part series there are a few things that could be tightened up for the next sequal. i look forward to see what Ninja Theory has in store for us next.