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Games That Nobody Plays Any More: Heavenly Sword

It's hard to recall but this was one of the big PS3 releases, drumming up massive E3 excitement over the rolling demo several years ago. On first glance it's just Goddess of War, twin blades twirling, quicktime eventful and featuring an epic, mature, Conan-style fantasy storyline. To be absolutely honest, the first impressions aren't too far off. This is every bit as action-packed as Kratos' journeys, if considerably less gruesome.
Steve519 - contributor
Published: 168 days 11 hours ago | Article | PlayStation 3
 
 

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DIRTYHAIRYJOYSTICK - 168 days 11 hours ago
1 - Shame
This should have been in one of those red boxes as a Greatest Hit
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andron666 - 168 days 10 hours ago
1.1 - It's in the Platinum range here in Europe...
Probably sold better here? I wouldn't mind a sequel/prequel...

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chrisnick - 168 days 10 hours ago
1.2 - omg
they need to make second one, first day purchase for me.
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cayal - 168 days 9 hours ago
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Ninja Theory said they aren't interested in doing a sequel. But Sony owns the IP so they may get someone else to do it.
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FamilyGuy - 168 days 8 hours ago
1.4 - length
The only problem with this game was it's length and lack of replay value. Had it been a 20 hour game a sequel would be in stores this year.
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FlameBaitGod - 168 days 7 hours ago
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I play the demo but havent Bought the game, is is GOOD?
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40cal - 168 days 7 hours ago
1.6 -
Game is awesome.

HEAVENLY SWORD 2!
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ABizzel1 - 168 days 7 hours ago
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Heavenly Sword was a great game. The only fault to it was the length which was about 6 hours. Also there's no real replay value to it unless you play Hell mode. But Heavenly Sword has one of the best stories in Action games, one of the the best cast out any next gen title, and it's so refreshing to play (It's not so extra gory hack and slash it kind of gives me the same effect Flower does). Heavenly Sword will go down as one of the best 3D Action games of all time to me(action games as in hack n slash not including games like GTA). Again 3D Action games.

1. God of War 1&2
2. Ninja Gaiden Black & Sigma (Hopefully Sigma 2 NG2 had problems)
3. Devil May Cry 3 (1 was good, but 3 was by far the best)
4. Heavenly Sword
5. Onimusha 4 (I don't care what anyone say 4 was the best to me)

Jade Empire would have been number 3, but it's more of an RPG.

Hopefully Sony makes another one and I agree a prequel would be best. If not it will be booted from my top 5. Castlevania with Kojima looks sick, Dante's Inferno, Darksiders, and Bayonetta are all coming for you HS.

Feel free to tell me some other ones that you think should be on my top 5 so that I may update my list or play any games I may of missed.
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Knightrid808 - 168 days 7 hours ago
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Its still $60 here in the US, it sucks since I really wanna play it but paying full price for a 2 years old game kinda sucks. Not to mention, I can't find it on shelves in the stores near me anymore.
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Snake Raiser - 168 days 7 hours ago
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Wow it is definitely not $60 in the U.S. I got it like 6 months ago for about 30-40. I thought it was ok-good the whole game....until the END!!! omg The end was awesome. I was like "why was the whole game not like this?" The end made it all worthwhile, but I still really prefer GOW. If they would make a sequel and iron out some of the problems this could be another amazing series of games. We have seen what the potential is at the end of the first game. Now give us a sequel that plays like the end of the game and we have GOW all over again....but with a chick...who is hot...and not....bald.
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IdleLeeSiuLung - 168 days 7 hours ago
1.10 - @ABizzel1
Personally I felt NG2 was at the top due to the deep gameplay and the crazy responsive controls. No other game I have played beats this game in the control department not to mention the insane fast action.

From what I remember, my biggest complaints is the lack of tight controls and worse the unresponsiveness. You will probably disagree, but to me Heavenly Sword is only worth $20 and that is what I paid for it at amazon on sale.

In my opinion, no other games have come close to NG2 in the fine tuning of controls.
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ABizzel1 - 168 days 6 hours ago
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I wasn't really concerned about Ninja Gaiden 2's gameplay since it's always amazing. But the story was poor, and the occasional hiccup performance wise was completely unexpected (After playing the others I didn't expect any slowdown or anything like that in NG2). I mean the first games story wasn't amazing, but it wasn't bad by any means. Ninja Gaiden 2's story was a complete WTF for me.

I need a complete package. Story, Gameplay, Controls, Visuals, Entertainment, Difficulty, and Longevity in my games. I need to get lost in the game and not realize how many hours I've just spent playing it, and God of War has been the only game on the list to do that for me. Ninja Gaiden Sigma was there, but it was basically the same game from the Xbox. Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition is the one I had so I didn't have to worry about breaking a controller. Heavenly Sword got everything right, but Longevity. And Onimusha comes just shy of being great in all the categories.

So I agree with you Ninja Gaiden is the best gameplay wise (even though God of War is more fun), but it doesn't have that effect God of War has had on me.
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Knightrid808 - 168 days 6 hours ago
1.12 - @1.9
http://www.walmart.com/cata...

Yup definitly not close to $60...

Sucks Best Buy doesn't carry the game anymore and never had a good experience shopping at Gamestop.
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iamtehpwn - 168 days 6 hours ago
1.13 - Ahhh mates, twas a fine game
about a fine piece of ass
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N4Flamers - 168 days 6 hours ago
1.14 - ehh
the acting in heavenly sword was just plain down syndrome bad to me. It was terrible and made it hard for me to get into the characters. The main character is ok but everyone else in the game is just ugh freaking nails on a chalkboard. I did like the gameplay all five hours of it, and it was a fun game. These problems they could all just adress in part 2
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AAACE5 - 168 days 6 hours ago
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I don't care! Heavenly Sword is still on my list as one of the first games I will buy when I get a Ps3! I really hope they make more of them in the future though...
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twoface - 168 days 5 hours ago
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I think sony should re-release the game on psn (if possible) at 25-30 bucks. Didn't they do that with need for speed or some other racing game?
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Alvadr - 168 days 3 hours ago
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It is a really good play through but has little replay value, Andy Sirkis does some awesome acting in this.. This game stood out for me because when it was released there was very few quality titles on the PS3 so I ended up playing the hell out of it.

I probably would play through again if they added trophy support. Not going to happen though
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Syronicus - 167 days 23 hours ago
1.18 - This game is still one of my all time greatest hits...
It is by far one of the best early titles for the PS3 and if you have a PS3 and did not play this one you should. It's one of those games that you will remember, especially the final fight with Bohan (sp?).
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JoySticksFTW - 167 days 22 hours ago
1.19 - If Ninja Theory wont do a sequel, they need to get that team behind the PSP GOW to do it
PSP GOW: Chains was amazing

Who knows if the devs will want to venture onto the PS3. But heck, they could do the sequel on the PSP and I'd still get it!
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talltony - 167 days 18 hours ago
1.20 - This game
was so effing awesome just really short. One of the most satisfying boss fights I have ever played! and the best voice acting with a great story. i really did love this game I hope they make a sequel.
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himdeel - 167 days 17 hours ago
1.21 - LOL I'm playing through it again now on Hell Mode...
...but I have to chime in. Heavenly Sword has some of the BEST facial animations I've even see in a console game, still to this date. The production value of the game and extras that you unlock while playing are only rivaled by Uncharted:DF for me when considering games that dropped around the same time.
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Lucreto - 168 days 11 hours ago
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I still play it. I want a Heavenly Sword 2. Hopefully one of Sonys Japanese studios will pick it up.
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Hi-def freak - 168 days 10 hours ago
2.1 - I still play it as well
too bad theres not gonna be a sequel:(
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apena89 - 168 days 10 hours ago
2.2 -
they should make a sequel and put optional PS3 motion controls for it using the motion sticks.
i'd love to carve some bad guys' faces!
AND THEN SHOOT THEM WITH THE BOW!!
OMFG! SONY IF YOU'RE READING THIS, DO IT!
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ABizzel1 - 168 days 7 hours ago
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I've played it recently as well. It's a really good game, and scripted so well. Heavenly Sword was the most underrated game this gen.
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Dadymidnit3 - 168 days 10 hours ago
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i was thinking da same thing sony own da ip i was wondering why they haven't announce the sequel yet that game had lots of potential im crossing my finger on dat one
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DarkBlood - 168 days 7 hours ago
3.1 -
maybe when they finish god of war 3 they will let the development team work on that or something lol food for thought
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ABizzel1 - 168 days 7 hours ago
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I thought the same thing Sony Santa Monica would make it after GOW 3. But it would have been nice to have Heavenly Sword 2 before GOW 3 since GOW 3 isn't coming out until 2010. Well guess we'll have to wait and see.

We need to make a petition letting Sony know we want a Heavenly Sword 2 aka prequel.
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cloudkev - 168 days 10 hours ago
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i liked it thougt it was great.
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ToeKneeHaze - 168 days 10 hours ago
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it was wicked...brought me back to liking hack em and slash ems
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Kurisu - 168 days 10 hours ago
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Heavenly Sword is an amazing game, and I enjoyed it from beginning to end. As for a Heavenly Sword 2...why? There's no need. Anyway, I heard that Ninja Theory's next game was going to be multiplatform, more than likely because Heavenly Sword didn't do as well as they hoped.
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pippoppow - 168 days 10 hours ago
7 - A real gem
Such a good solid action game. The motion contols portion of the game was done well. I also liked the whole asan martial arts flair. Love to watch a woman asian character like in Crouching Tiger kick ass so paying a video game character where the main character is like one of those kick ass movie characters was great. High production values with really good voice acting and a good story to me warrants a sequel. This game was one of the reasons why a bought a PS3 when I did besides buying one of the last 60gigers.
On a side note the nice blond from Fringe (really good tv show)was the voice actress for Nariko.
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nnotdead - 168 days 4 hours ago
7.1 - agree
one of the few games where i actually liked the sixaxis controls. im surprised they didnt like it.
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SpaceSquirrel - 168 days 8 hours ago
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They should of added Nariko to Soul Calibur PSP roster as well.
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grantps3 - 168 days 8 hours ago
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i want to get this game so badly, but since i know the campaign is only about 6 hours long and not much replay value i dont want to pay $40 for it.

holy crap it looks fun
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CAPT IRISH - 168 days 7 hours ago
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dont pay $40, its not worth it
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MelaDarkwood - 168 days 7 hours ago
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Yeah, I'd love to play this game, it looks great, but it's selling for like $40 new, $35 used. I don't have that much. =\ Same for Uncharted, I played it and it was awesome, but I can't buy it (I borrowed it), it still costs around $50 new, $40 used. So not fair! Why aren't they greatest hits??
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ABizzel1 - 168 days 7 hours ago
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Since you said used I'm guessing you're talking about gamestop. Just sign up for their mailing list and they'll send you coupons for 20% off used titles (I believe it's their mailing list). And boom you save $7 making it $28, and if you have an edge card that's minus another $3.50 which is $25. And Heavenly Sword is well worth $25.

And if that's too much trouble buy it off amazon.com for $25.

There's no excuse not to have this game.
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dogmeat eater - 168 days 7 hours ago
10 - I play this all the time
The voice acting is amazing.
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GiantEnemyCrab - 168 days 7 hours ago
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Still waiting for Ninja Theory to announce their next game. I know it will be a multiplat but I love what they did with Heavenly Sword and it's an underrated title. What an epic battle at the end!!

Would of loved to get some trophies for it, instead I used the unlockable videos as sort of the trophies(like the ol days). The last fight on the most difficult setting was one hell of a rush!
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RememberThe357 - 168 days 7 hours ago
11.1 - The end was insane!
And it makes me wonder how they would do a sequel.
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bym051d - 168 days 7 hours ago
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The reason nobody plays it is they've beaten it... 5 hours after they bought it.

I loved the game, but it's too short.
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cereal_killa - 168 days 6 hours ago
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Agree but accidentally hit disagree my bad this game was one of the first games I got because it was recommended to me from so many people to get would love it if they made a sequel we could defiantly use more Nariko
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Ashriel - 168 days 7 hours ago
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Too short, I've read in some sites. Many compared it to God of War, maybe unfairly :/
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Kamikaze135 - 168 days 7 hours ago
14 - Here's the ONLY reason I won't play it....
This game was supposed to be part of a trilogy. The game did bad sales-wise and Ninja Theory practically washed their hands of it and never looked back. Sony owns the IP so they can still make a sequel. However, I just don't want to play it, know there's supposed to be more and want it badly, but never end up getting it.
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dogmeat eater - 168 days 6 hours ago
14.1 - it did pretty well
It sold like 1.2 million copies. Its not ground breaking. But Sony will probably make a sequel.
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Bathyj - 168 days 7 hours ago
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Still more beautiful than 90% of games today.
The best facial animation ever, yes even better than Uncharted.
Huge crowds, well implemented motion controls, great story and acting, and a headshot with an arrow has got to be the best sound effect I've ever heard.

I guess the only reaseon no sequel has been announced is because Sony wouldnt want to steal any spotlight from another, similar game. Its called God of War, anyone heard of it?
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Grandreaper9999 - 168 days 7 hours ago
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The cannon stage simply blew my mind. Aside from dynasty Warriors, I've never seen so many enemies on screen at once. The system didn't even hiccup once either.
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RememberThe357 - 168 days 7 hours ago
15.2 - IMO
Ninja Theory cutting loose from Heavenly Sword make them look like d-bags. So much was done well with this titles and they act like it never happened. I want to see Sony hand Santa Monica Studio the task of making a sequel.
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