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| Description Emotionally charged, stunningly beautiful, and delivering unprecedented dramatic character performance, Heavenly Sword is a dramatic tale of revenge that sees Nariko, a fiery red-haired heroine, embark on a quest for vengeance against an invading King and his army. The story builds around the ancient Heavenly Sword, which once belonged to a powerful deity. It can never be wielded by a mortal without it slowly but inevitably draining their life-force.
Warnings Blood, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence
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Top Reviews  Review: Heavenly SwordReview created: 03/06/08 by:  17 of 17 people found this review helpful. The trouble is that, for all its glitz and glamour, Heavenly Sword never quite reaches the high bar set by Sony's first and primary action franchise. But what the game does--and it does it well--is offer up its own unique and satisfying take on the action genre that God of War helped redefine. Heaven And Hell We won't go too deeply into the details of Heavenly Sword's story, as half the fun is in letting the narrative develop over the course of the game but if there is one thing Heavenly Sword does well, it's the narrative story: the main character Nariko belongs to a tribe whose fate is tied to a prophecy which proclaimed that a man would be born into their midst to save them. Unfortunately Nariko, who was born at the prophesized time, was born a woman, a fact that her fellow clansmen see as an omen of doom. Tied into the prophecy is the titular Heavenly Sword, a magical blade that is under the protection of the clan's protection. The evil King Bohan seeks the blade to consolidate his power and a war breaks out. It's during this ensuing conflict that Nariko falls into possession of the Heavenly Sword and arms herself with it, setting into motion the events of the game. Suffice it to say, the production values in the game are top notch and it definitely has the cinematic flair that truly memorable games like Half-Life 2, Halo and yes, God of War, possess. This is supplemented by a ton of unlockable Hollywood-style extras like behind-the-scenes clips and animated vignettes that flesh out the game's narrative. The game's graphics also take full advantage of the PS3's horsepower, with stunning backdrops and fantastic character animations. The in-game cinematics have a Hollywood quality to them, thanks to superb motion-capping and fine acting, including a great performance by Andy Serkis, he of Gollum and King Kong fame. The character animations are also smooth and adeptly choreographed. Nariko, especially, moves with a sense of fluidity and grace and at points, the game brings to mind fight sequences from popular wushu movies like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero. Review ID: 10000000006022603 Was this review helpful? Report this review  Demo is Done, Game is Out and It ROCKS! A++++Review created: 07/29/07(updated 09/22/07) by: 20 of 23 people found this review helpful. Last week, Sony released a demo to one of the most anticipated games for the year.Playstation 3 – Heavenly Sword. The game stars a female character by the name of Nariko, A ninja fighter with a lot of killer moves. Though the game is nothing like God of War, If you liked god of war, your going to love Heavenly Sword. The demo starts with a cut scene that does really give much away about the story line. The cut scene is not real time it’s a video (that sucks). When the cut scene concludes, you control Nariko standing and overlooking the terrain from a high cliff. The graphics are amazing. The environment has waterfalls cascading down a cliff, A rainbow that fades out or becomes more solid looking as you change the camera angle, and the wind movement. After checking out the breath taking scenery, you much walk over to a glowing orb look alike thingy. The first action in the demo takes place descending down a rope that is connected a pillar off in the distance. The scene is done in real time and follows the God of war type button presses to forward the action. Once you made it down to the pillar, you engage in combat. Heavenly Sword uses a unique battle system that differentiates it with God of war quite well. There is a lot more countering strategy than God of way and you can pick up almost anything and throw it at your enemies using the Sixaxis motion control. After defeating all of the enemies, you cut the final rope connected to the pillar and descend down to the next playable area of the game. More enemies attack and the demo gives you a few more minutes of showing off its fight system. You will notice during the fight sequence, a lot of times you will get these close ups, showing the moves you used to kill your enemy.(very nice) The demo ends with axe enemies breaking through a door nearby. Although the demo is less then ten minutes long, It does have a load of replay value. You can go back through and see all of the different combos or just look around at the environment. The graphics are simply amazing. In closing, a five minute demo is just to short to make me go and spend sixty bucks on a game. Though the demo does not talk much about the storyline, I believe that is what is going to be the main selling point. I personally would just rent the game. ADDED 9/15/2007 OK, I just got the game from my local rental store and I have to say, I'm very impressed with this game. The graphics and game play is just amazing to say the least and the story line is what brings the best in this game. Make Sure and watch the 5 heavenly sword movies to get a in depth look into the story. just look at (google search heavenly sword small movies) You need to rent this game so you can see the playstation 3 doing what it does best...create amazing graphics. Review ID: 10000000004071481 Was this review helpful? Report this review Reviews very goodReview created: 09/19/08 by: dragunov37 ( 4 ) everything about this game is good.this is one awsome game buy it and see for yourself thanks very good reviews Review ID: 10000000008766269 Was this review helpful? Report this review  good game!Review created: 09/12/08 by: This is a pretty good game a la God of War! I'd recommend it to anyone who has a ps3. The game is not too long either, so there's not really a chance that it will end up in your pile of shame. Review ID: 10000000008704883 Was this review helpful? Report this review My Daughter-in-law loves...so does my sonReview created: 09/10/08 by: honeypot.417 ( 8 ) I purchased this item for my son's wife's birthday. I received the item very promptly from the seller, my son started to play the game, just to make sure everything was alright with the item, 4 hours later...my daughter-in-law got to play the game. Review ID: 10000000008686698 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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