Melodramatic story and epic characters made Heavenly Sword a good game overall but unfortunately nothing more.
The main character is beautiful amazon Nariko. She's really deadly and fast. Nariko has got the Heavenly Sword, this is a weapon which is very powerful but it drains the life from who he wields it. The second playable character is Nariko's sister Kai. She's not a real Nariko's sister. Kai is 16 years old probably and she's funny. Kai is opposition to Nariko cuz Nariko is a serious person. Kai's weapon is special crossbow which is a very good weapon. After we shoot the arrow we can control it by sixaxis which is fun especially when arrow will hit the bad guy to the head, after that we get a special bonus hehe. I will back to Nariko was more. As I said she uses a Heavenly Sword and this weapon has his combos and attacks. We have a speed attack and powerful attack. There are also counter attacks which are pretty cool and brutal. A sword right to the enemy's eggs? No problem! (OUCH!).
The story is very good and melodramatic because of the sword which drains Nariko's life and cuz we have a battle where evil king Bohan wants to take over the whole land. I would say that Heavenly Sword takes place in the land which is very similar to China, I don't mind it but I like Japan way more better. There are some momentum times in the game where we have to press the right button on our controller. These momentum times are really great and they appear when we are fighting with the bosses and when we have to jump to the right place for example. The enemys I mean Bohan's army are tough and we will have to choose a tactic to fight with them, I mean choose the right style for the battle, powerful or speed. The bosses are interesting and really well created. What is awesome is the mimic of the characters face. The characters animation is great. What I don't like is this that lots of battles are boring for me and I don't feel the same gorgeous feelings as I feel with Devil May Cry series for example. Also Nariko is way too serious person for me. To be honest I like Kai better than Nariko cuz Kai is funny. I love funny characters with sense of humour like Dante from Devil May Cry 3, 1 and 4 for example.
The graphics are amazing that's no doubt. Each character is looking absolutely brilliant. The environment is really stunning. The light and shadows are awesome. The graphics in Heavenly Sword is as outstanding as it is in Gears of War or even a little bit better. Of course it's not all what Ps3 offers but it's a lot.
The sound is very good, I really like the music and the voice over is absolutely superb. The sounds of the battles are fantastic and realistic.
Overall Heavenly Sword for Ps3 is a good game with really interesting melodramatic story and with epic characters. It's not a must buy for me. Good game but as I said nothing more unfortunately in my opinion.