apparently sony are fixing it

It was OK gameplay-wise, but the demo of “Ninja Gaiden Sigma” was better (read: much longer). Visually “Heavenly Sword” was pleasant in close-up character shots, but when fighting at distance it was difficult to tell what was going on. The attack/action & guard buttons were a bit bizarre compared with other titles I’ve played, but it is maybe because I didn’t quite understand what weapon I had & what to do with it. The lip-synchroni[s|z]ation was good [far better than the awful PS3 "Sonic the HodgeHeg" offering (that couldn't be hard, to be fair)], however, skipping the first scene of the “Heavenly Sword” demo with a touch of the ‘X’ key meant I had to wait what seemed SEGA-ages for the main game to load; at least a minute of a ‘loading…’ screen. There must be some background-loading of textures/content etc. whilst you are sat through the odd dialog[ue] between the two characters in the cut-scene – this needs to be rectified before a general release I think.

When it does hit the (virtual) streets, if I see it cheap enough, say 30-35 GBP then I may buy it, but upwards of 35 GBP I could probably find much better uses for the cash (e.g. “Assassin’s Creed”, “Stranglehold”, “Jericho”, “Resident Evil 5”, “Time Crisis 4”, etc).

BFN,

fp.
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Hmmm… hello Mr Arse, I’d like to introduce you to Mr Elbow…

http://uk.playstation.com/games-media/news/articles/detail/item72267/PS-one-returns-to-PLAYSTATION-Network/

…and when the demo faded out, I was actually relieved. This game is nowhere near as much fun as God of War.