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I like sequels to good games, but I'm somewhat of a rarity. I'm a casual gamer who owns a PS3.

If I somehow manage to learn which buttons to push to win a game, I don't mind a sequel coming out with a continued story & new levels, but same control configuration.

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wow, that is like so amazing, and stuff .... kinda

On topic, lets hope the reception for Heavenly Sword is a warm one, and that UK IGN were way over critical. If that is the case, then why not expand it to have second and third installments ?

All this hupla over rotten reviews, is just that, meaningless fluff, give us the games and let us decide.

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meh, my loyalty lies with the other "Ninja" developer that is making the real twitch-action game sequel. =D

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That IGN UK review is very disheartening. This game seemed like high 8, or low-to-mid 9 material. But.. 7?

This was going to be the first game that I bought at retail for my new PS3. I have already played Ninja Gaiden, and Ninja Gaiden Black, have Oblivion for my PC, which is better due to the mods, and I have all of the other highly regarded titles for my 360. Shame.

I guess my PS3 will be a Tekken: DR machine for a while longer. That is, if I can pull myself from Bioshock.

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I'll take a sequel please!

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"Chief developer for Team Ninja, Nina Kristensen"

Do you mean Chief Developer for Ninja Theory? If I recall I think Team Ninja actually did not care for the timed button presses and thought Ninja Theory was lazy for adding them.

Anyway... I think it all depends on how good the story is and how well it can carry another episode or chapter. In some cases it is hard if not impossible to add on to a completed story. Then in other cases the material simply begs for another story to be told. Some authors can build a world with endless possibilities while others are simply open and close. I guess we will find out how the Protagonist and Antagonist are developed and utilized in Heavenly Sword.

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Since GOW3 will probably be the last one, I'm guessing that this will become the new GOW-ish franchise.

Let's not start talking sequels until it hits retail and we can all get our grubby hands on it, mmkay?

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Ninja Gaiden had almost no story and still had good reviews.. so i am not too worried about this story... Hopefully it does well enough to have a sequel.

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The demo was a lot of fun. I particularly loved the in game animations-- some of which were brutal in their execution. Definitely be picking this one up!

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That IGN UK review WAS a ridiculous review, I say this as a rational person and not as a fanboy. I'm 30 and stopped caring about system wars back in the Sega/Nintendo days when it was just as bad. I'd been scratching my head over some of their reviews already, how can you say "this fighting game is crappy because all you do is fight" and then go and give Ninja Gaiden a score of 9.

As I understand it the same person reviewed one game for IGN US and then gave the same game on the same system a lower score for IGN UK. What the hell is that all about!? I'm from England and frankly can't understand why people would think that we're that different from the US then we'd need separate reviews and that for some reason the same game should get a lower mark.

IF this game gets other bad reviews then I'll happy nod and bow my head but as I said above, I'd already stopped reading IGN UK.

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#11: IGN UK gave it a lower score because it lacked a hidden soccer hooligan level. ;)

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To #11 -

They actually stated that you don't fight enough, rather than fight too much. Early in the review, it is mentioned that actual sword-fighting only makes up for half of the game, which is only 6-7 hours long as it is. The remainder of the action is made up of archery, bad puzzles, or situations where you either a) don't have the weapon, or b) the sword-fighting is watered down somehow.

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@12 Ah I see, as I said as I understand it, I'd not read that review myself.

@13 As I remember it without going back they say something along the lines of "you clear an area of bad guys, then progress to the next section, and do it all again and again and again. It's incredibly boring." Frankly, how is that any different from any other fighting game? From Streets of Rage and Final Fight all the way up to Ninja Gaiden.

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"Positive" ?

Edge 6/10
IGN 7/10

6 hours of gameplay - 3 of boring sword hacking + 3 of uterly boring arrow shoting and cutscenes.

Thanks that there is no framerate issues as in nearly all PS3 games (RSX su**)... Or NOT:

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/815/815031p2.html
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"Minor framerate and tearing issues aside, Heavenly Sword is an absolute tour de force of visual splendour."

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PS. Please feel free to disregard my comment - I'm X360 fanboy ;)

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Love how people escpecially Xbox fanboys are judging the game before it even comes out. How about giving it a chance first? That sound okay to you?

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The annoying thing about the IGN UK review is, not only how ridiculous it was, is that theres no way the US review is going to improve that much. IGN UK has notoriously been harsh on PS3 games, such as giving resistance 1 lower than the US review.

But even if the US reviewer loves the game, they surely cant be seen to differentiate that much because it'd raise questions about the credibility of both reviews. So people looking for IGN US to give Heavenly sword a high rating are most likely going to be disappointed. I'll be looking at gamespot, they're actually quite fair with their reviews.

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If they make a sequel, they might want to consider adding the ability to JUMP.

It's silly that a character like this can not jump.

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this game is just eye candy and thats about it...

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