Holding R1 will trigger the power stance where attacks are slowed but heavier, while using neither employs the default speed stance. Holding L1 puts you in the ranged stance where the sword separates into two parts that are swung around on chains (this is what drew a number of comparisons to God of War). Instead of using only face buttons to put together combos, you have three different stances that each has its own set of moves. The game's biggest strength is its combat system, which in large part works very well.
Heavenly Sword's on-paper design is great, but unfortunately it just misses greatness in a number of areas. The story isn't exactly the deepest thing we've ever witnessed, but the presentation helps give it weight that wouldn't necessarily have felt like it was there otherwise.Ĭlick here to watch the video review. It rivals and perhaps even surpasses what Valve did with Half-Life 2 in this regard, though in the case of Heavenly Sword all of these animations are delegated to cutscenes (not to take anything away from it). Characters display a very wide amount of emotion thanks to facial animation that covers not only their eyes and mouth but eyebrows, forehead, cheeks and pretty much every other part of their entire body. The presentation is great from top to bottom, with fantastic voice acting that supports absolutely stellar motion capture performances. Sony has put a lot of money into Ninja Theory's title, and a fair bit of it paid off. One of the first big releases is Heavenly Sword, an action title that immediately caught the attention of gamers for its martial arts-inspired combat and highly impressive presentation. It's the first major release season since the console's launch last year, and the publisher/developer has a number of titles set to hit over the next few months that will hopefully show gamers what the PlayStation 3 is capable of. The latter portion of 2007 is an important one for Sony and the PlayStation 3.
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