Heavenly Sword is up ! !

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I saw alot of you guys playing the game ealier and after playing i must say....
It is nothing like god of war, from what i can tell this game is focused more on timed attacks and counters. Simply pressing the square button constantly will not work, as the badguys will just pummel you to the ground. The battles are very cinematic as moves can turn into nicely animated cut scenes on the fly. blocking is done opposed to what the enemies' attack is to add a deeper defensive aspect. The combat is done very well but my biggest concern is still whether we will see good traversal, exploration and puzzle elements in the game (since there's no jumping, platform gameplay is out of the picture). I don't want this game to end up as an arena to arena to arena to cannon shooting to arena over and over again. Frame rate felt a little chuggy to me but with graphics as good as it is, i can see why, hopefully the game will run alot smoother when it's released. Other than that it was a great demo, i only wish i can fight those guys with the axes and the really Fat guy.