Controls are very good, but its not for noobs or casuals.

Its not God of War where button smashing will work, you need to learn it. Its more like NGS where skill goes a long way.  To defend attacks and counter them use Triangle, it has to be done at the right time.

Ai is bit better then God of war, but nothing great.  Animations and voice acting is superb!!! Graphics are really good, cant wait to play it at night in pure dark.

Combat can be quite complex, but very rewarding when done right.  I LOVE stomping on some dudes nuts

 God of war Ninja Gainden Devil may Cry owners will love Heavenly Sword, 1million seller for sure.

@Nonquihote

I think I've COMPLETELY misinterpreted the game, I went to play it thinking it was hack n slash

I think I'll have to try it out again from a different view and the way I play it

kber81 said: Ok. Here goes my review. Game is freaking awesome. It's 4D Kutargi was talking about. Graphics is extremly good, music is awesome too. Everything looks great. Cut scenes just blow your head off. Gameplay is extremely solid. I don't know why dearthdavidem is disappointed. Probably he just pressed a triangle during all demo...shit, no offense but 4.5/10 is a joke. Combo system is deep, stences gives you a lot of discrection. Must have. Only minus for me is lack of "objects weight"... you can move big tables or drums pretty easily. Looks kinda unnatural. Anyway this game is a real deal.

I think her being able to move big objects is going to tie into some powers she gets from the sword I bet. 4d, haha, very good. I can't wait till I get home, only 7 hrs left. Hopefully the AI is going to get better in the final, often demos are on easy difficulty. can you change the difficulty on this one?

I'd like to hear more reviews of it (as non-biased as possible please).

You can't change difficulty. It isn't piece of cake though.

Is that going to be the way it is in the final game or is the Demo just 1 difficulty?

I doubt they will only have one difficulty that can alienate possible buyers if the game is to hard for them.

Nariko will auto block attacks when she is in Default Stance.

Blue attacks can be blocked in Speed Stance.

Orange attacks can be blocked in Power Stance.

Red attacks are unblockable, so get the hell out of the way.

Heres my opinion. HEAVENLY SWORD was a must buy but now a rent from playing the demo. The good, beautiful scenery, great counters, beautiful music, and the variety in you fighting style. The Bad 30 frames per second, alittle choppy, auto blocking, and The demo was alittle too short. 7/10

Apparently this is quite an old build from the GDC back in March. Hopefully that means that they will be able to get rid of the minor issues that are there.