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FishyJoe on 17 September 2007
TheBigFatJ said:
Does anyone know why they didn't use PS3 gameplay footage to advertise Heavenly Sword? If one of your big selling points is graphics, why not show them off?

None of Sony's commercials seem to feature gameplay very much. 



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ckmlb on 17 September 2007

Lair was not more hyped than Heavenly Sword.

Lair has had zero ad support that I've seen on TV.

Heavenly Sword has gotten some.

Also, this was more hyped than Lair since E3 06 maybe even...



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Diomedes1976 on 17 September 2007

the commercials for HS in my country use ingame graphics



grandmaster192 on 18 September 2007
TheBigFatJ said:
Does anyone know why they didn't use PS3 gameplay footage to advertise Heavenly Sword? If one of your big selling points is graphics, why not show them off?

You can't sale games buy showing off graphics. People want gameplay and great graphics.



rocketpig on 18 September 2007

Here's my take on the game:

http://www.theancientgamer.com/index.php?/site/comments/heavenly_sword/

I don't see sales being huge for this title once people realize how damned short it is. I finished the game in 5 hours and 16 minutes. That's completely unacceptable for a $60 game with no multiplayer or co-op.




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jimmay on 18 September 2007
rocketpig said:
Here's my take on the game:

http://www.theancientgamer.com/index.php?/site/comments/heavenly_sword/

I don't see sales being huge for this title once people realize how damned short it is. I finished the game in 5 hours and 16 minutes. That's completely unacceptable for a $60 game with no multiplayer or co-op.

The only way you can complete the game in 5 hours and 16 minutes is if you rush through the game. If you rush through the game you are not playing it properly. Going through the game and collecting all the style points took me 13 hours, and im not rubbish at these games, i've completed devil may cry 1 and 2, god of war and ninja gaiden sigma and got a ninja master rating overall which is the best rating you can get.

rocketpig on 18 September 2007
jimmay said:
rocketpig said:
Here's my take on the game:

http://www.theancientgamer.com/index.php?/site/comments/heavenly_sword/

I don't see sales being huge for this title once people realize how damned short it is. I finished the game in 5 hours and 16 minutes. That's completely unacceptable for a $60 game with no multiplayer or co-op.

The only way you can complete the game in 5 hours and 16 minutes is if you rush through the game. If you rush through the game you are not playing it properly. Going through the game and collecting all the style points took me 13 hours, and im not rubbish at these games, i've completed devil may cry 1 and 2, god of war and ninja gaiden sigma and got a ninja master rating overall which is the best rating you can get.

 

I didn't rush through the game... I saw enemies and killed them, in fact I killed every enemy I saw in the game (other than the massive last level). I only died twice, I might add. You can argue with me all you want but I timed it down to the minute and didn't pad the numbers in any way.

Maybe we play games differently but you can't argue my time. I didn't alter the way I play the game at all to reach that time.

And I'm "not playing the game properly"? Errr... okay. Whatever you say. Maybe you also agreed with Factor 5 when they said everyone was reviewing Lair incorrectly. I beat the game and only died twice, I don't know how much more "properly" I can play the game.




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Onimusha12 on 18 September 2007

It's terrible how short this game is. Again, the price HD games pay to be released within the time frame of more conventional games.



ckmlb on 18 September 2007

Onimusha do you ever actually like a game? Or do you just shit on everyone else's games?



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TheBigFatJ on 18 September 2007
Diomedes1976 said:
the commercials for HS in my country use ingame graphics

Do you have a link to the youtube for the commercial? The commercials in the US just show a CG scene of the main character standing in a desert surrounded by enemies and the camera swirls around her as she performs a few moves and her hair flows magestically. It doesn't really give you a sense for how the game plays, nor does it give you a feel for how the game looks, since it wasn't rendered on the PS3.

This is the one I'm referring to:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCWm_SUPjLU