To this day, I still believe it easily has the best character acting/voices. I don't even think its that close - it's easily better than the first Uncharted and Mass Effect (haven't play U2 yet). It also had a hugely epic final boss.

I didn't like the Six Axis stuff much, though. And the combat wasn't QUITE perfect.

8.6

7.5

Pro's:

Quirky Characters

Nice graphics

Decent plot

Con's:

Gameplay -- meh

LENGTH of the damn game!!

Repititive

Boring QTE's
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In all a very averagy game

7.5

good combat, good graphics, ok story, great characters, bad sixaxis controls.

i stopped playing the game because of the controls, i will go back to the game soon, and try master the sixaxis contols

I was really disappointed with this game the time i played. Too short, horrible sixaxis controls, some parts are really hard( like the last boss ), the graphics are not top anymore, regular story. I was expecting some kind of a God of War.... HS was overrated because of a lack of competition when PS3 came out.
6,5

+ Nice cutscenes
+ Good graphics
+ Great voice-acting

+/- Story was okay.

- Sixaxis controls for aiming. It takes quite a while to used to aiming, and using the analog stick was much easier. Anyways, the sixaxis aiming thing was nice at first, but it got tiresome and old after a while. Too bad this aiming stuff was half of the game.
- Way too short.
- No replay value whatsoever.
- Extremely shallow, bland, depthless combat system compared to Ninja Gaiden, Devil May Cry and even God of War. You'll mostly be button mashing the square and triangle buttons. Sure you could hold the L1 or R1 button (don't remember which) to change your combat stance, but it's not very deep. Heavenly Sword has no personality in its combat. It feels like a very dumbed down GoW.
- Framerate problems
- Screen tearing
- Final boss fight was tedious.

Final Score: 4.0/10

8.2

+ Best motion capture cut scenes in a game
+ Some very nice animations and graphics
+ Huge number of enemies on screen at any given time
+ Solid if simple story
+ One of the few times where I felt the Sixaxis actually worked
+ Very good voice acting: has the girl from Fringe as Nariko and Gollum as the main bad guy :P

- Very little enemy variation
- Waaaay too short and no real incentive to play through a second time
- Final boss fight is a steep and annoying jump in difficulty
- Plays a bit TOO much like a toned down God of War

Mirson said all what I wanted to say and I would say fix that shitty framerate one more time.

4/10

6/10

Heavenly Sword is an extremely well put together game with good graphics, excellent cinematography, and solid gameplay. The music and sound effects are adequate, but unremarkable. The storyline, script, and dialog are some of the worst in modern gaming history, although the voice acting is well done.

The gameplay makes impressive use of the SIXAXIS controls. They are tricky to get the hang of, but work much better than most PS3 implementations of the motion controls once you learn it. The system utilizing the motion controls is called "aftertouch". Basically after you use a ranged attack, you can control the object as a guided missile.

The hack and slash combat system gets repetitive and boring, but at least mixes it up a little bit with 3 different "stances", one for breaking through blocks, one for quick attacks, and one for extended range attacks. There is also a counter system that is a little tricky to execute.

Some of the cutscenes can be pretty gruesome and disgusting, even though the title is only rated T for teens. The game is set in a primitive medieval world, with some fantasy elements, but also horror and more brutal portrayals of reality than other games in similar settings.

I found the script uncompelling, and felt I was being dragged through a torturesome storyline just to get to play the next level. The emphasis in this game was obviously on finding people talented in graphic design and cinematography, not writing talent. It's really a pity, because this game had the potential to be much better. But it does show what the PS3 is capable of, and is a preview of better games to come.

This title is a good option as a rental, but probably not a good choice for your PS3 library now that better titles are coming out.

8.0 Great acting performances, awesome facial expressions, can be played in different languages including Dutch (good voices in both English and Dutch) and great use of motion control.

A bit short and not as good as the awesome God of War series in terms of story telling, epic atmosphere and gameplay.

Good voice acting performance by Birgit Schuurman:

Sexual education:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iS2xQ-yovA

She's the younger sister of the popular Katja Schuurman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbVnwmS8wPk

One of my fave games of the generation.
Combat sure isnt ninja gaiden slick and the set pieces aee'nt god of war good but the characters like Bohan and Flyin Fox were incredible. Great music, voice acting, characters, animation and graphics. Very short though.
8.5

Hope this and mgs4 get trophy patches.