Heavenly Sword: Now I know some of the HS people read gaf, but that doesn't mean I'm going to pull punches. Sorry, but at the last E3 I thought HS played like shit, at this E3 I thought it pulled just the same, so like shit. Sure the game looks good during QTEs and non-interactive kills, but during the actual part that matters: battle, the game plays like any generic shovelware action game from people who don't know what fighting games are about. Maybe I'm just playing it wrong and there's a specific way to 'play' the game, but just rolling around dodging and doing slashes with the 3 weapon types and the occasional grab kills...is not fun at all. There's no solid feel to the hits. It reminds me of how God of War 1's battle system felt more mashy and less fighting than DMC/NG, but then go back another bunch of steps from GoW1 and you have HS. Also some of the animations are still shit. Like your roll animation looks choppy as do some of the attacks. Game needs a TON of work and I just don't see it happening in time. And I don't think it's just me, as the HS sword was the most empty booth of all of Sony' section. People would pick it up and fight for a few minutes and leave. Lot's of the time no one was playing the demo and people I've talked to at last E3 and this E3 had similar thoughts to me.
