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Interesting that you say its a short demo, considering it is nearly a 1GB download...

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I didn't find the demo very fun to play. I didn't think Nariko controlled very well.

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The heavenly sword demo wasnt only short, it sucked.

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An update to the demo would be good to see as such a short demo would put off quite a few potential buyers who were disapointed with the demo

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I wan't too impressed with the demo. The battle system is complicated, but you get no time to use it.

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The demo is from an old build, according to the developers on the official Ninja Theory forums.

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complicated... did you even bother to go check out the control setting to figure out how it works?

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I liked the demo and you know what I find funny. The opening cinematic sequence probably was 15% of the file size.

I love throwing things(sometimes people) at the enemies. Good demo though.

The only thing that bothered me was how chunky the redhead's hair looked. I compare it to her sister on drugs who had much more realistic hair and more polygons to her face.

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Did anyone else notice a really bad video tearing issue when running side to side?

Hope this really was on old build, 'cos if the release version is like this I really can't see what all the hype has been about.

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I hate to say it, but the demo left me entirely unimpressed. Perhaps it was from playing Ninja Gaiden Sigma too much, but what the smeg is this 30 fps deal? Yeah, things look really beautiful, but it's terribly jerky.

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I'm enjoying the hell out of the demo...

I've played it maybe 15 times now, each time trying to learn a different aspect of her varied fighting moves -- not just the different stances, but breaking your opponent's blocks, aerial combos, counter attacks after blocking, using the sword to knock objects at your enemies, etc.

I definitely see the God of War comparisons, but the fighting really has *so* much more depth to it -- there are 12 screens of instructions on what she can do.

I wasn't expecting to have 20 minutes of the story revealed... a demo's supposed to leave you wanting more. I just wanted to finally wield that sword. ;)

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No offence to some people here but I think it's clear to anyone that bothered to look at the control/combo/stance/break lists that there is going to be way more to this game than the demo had to show. I thought it was amazing. What the hell do people expect from a demo?!

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I don't know what these guys are on but this is hands down the best demo I've ever played. I do hope once this game is complete that it will give many hours of game play and a story equal to or greater than God of War. I didn't see any of the tearing you spoke of on my system (trust me I was looking for something to be wrong). The only game that I've had the tearing issue was with Ninja Gaiden.

I wonder how big this game actually is though... That short demo was damn near one gig worth. There is ONLY 50gigs on the disk (like how I said ONLY)...one thing is for sure we will never hear of this game getting ported. Mess around and use 5 disk on the first level on a 360(do note I'm exaggerating a bit).

This has shapped up to be a must haver period!

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I've played the demo about 5 times now, and I guess I'm just not noticing the choppy framerate that people ate complaining about...? To me, it looks and plays great. If you are looking for a button mashing beat-em-up, this is NOT it. Very deep, very intricate. Delicious.

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the demo was AWFUL. It was just like Genji. I bought my PS3 for nex-gen gaming, not these awful 'Ninja' games. I will not be buying this rubbish.

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Yeah, I liked the demo even though it was too short. Played it a couple of times, testing out the different stances and such, and it seemed pretty solid; also saw some footage on Kotaku of the entire 2nd chapter of the game, it seemed real nice and contained different modes of battle such as sniping enemies with remote-controlled arrows and fighting some enemy that throws waves of water at you.

It’s also fun to toy with the different translations; the Dutch one isn’t so good I think (compared to the English), but it’s cool to see Nariko speak French or German or even Finnish :). When I have the full game I might even re-play the game in a different language just for the fun of it ^_^.

@15, I haven’t played Genji, but Heavenly Sword doesn’t resemble Ninja Gaiden at all. And Genji got such terrible reviews, I didn’t even bother buying it, so I find it hard to believe that this game is anything like that. Plus, I’m glad there’s something other than FPS games to enjoy, because *that’s* definitely a genre that I’m sick and tired of.

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@16 I agree with EVERY word you said, I loved playing with the different translations! I'm also SICK of FPS games.

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@ 15

Translation: "I only like FPS's BOOM HEADSHOT, NO SCOPE! NO SCOPE!"

@ Everyone.

Lol ok for real though, the Demo leaves you wanting, so play it about 15 times like I did, learn the controls and combos, and you will LOVE this game.

This game is sure to be a MUST have for any PS3 owner with their eyes on anything other then the next FPS.

Don't go into this game expecting Goddes of War, LEARN the game, and you will LOVE the game.

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The only thing this game has in common with God of War is Narikos ranged stance (which really doesnt even seem the same when actually used)and the fact that its made by Sony.

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@19. Shock horror, some people like a game some don't! Whoa didn't know that could happen. News flash, I hated Halo and WoW that didn't stop them being massive hits.

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