This is mostly going to be about Heavenly Sword: we got a chance to play the finished game over the past two days and its great.
The Good:
- GREAT characters and dialogues. Can be very funny at times and is always captivating on this aspect
- Amazing animation
- Good combat system. Not very deep, but its layers of stances, button combos and finishing moves give it satisfying depth. It also has a decent counter-system
- Uses SIXAXIS pretty well for the ranged combat (you can guide arrows through fire, the resultant projectile can then be used to explore barrels. There are some really cool sniping missions that make use of this aspect)
- The characters are REALLY awesome. King Bohan rocks (and is borderline obsessed with his crotch). Flying Fox is doubly cool and Kai, I pure <3. She is my kind of weird
- Cool unlockables including a couple of episodes from the animation series
You will basically have a good time playing it, which brings me to the biggest Bad:
- Very short. My friend reached the last boss in six hours
- The boss battles are also few (about six, according to him)
- There is the occasional screen tearing and frame drop (very rare)
Don't know much about replayability since we haven't actually finished it yet, but it convinced me that I need a PS3 asap. The game's THAT fun to play/experience.
We should have a video of our thoughts up by tomorrow (need to edit the footage today). I'll also edit this post with Warhawk (final build), Uncharted (E3 build) and Lair (almost final build) impressions -- although I did not spend much time with these.
We is Zapak.TV btw, (www.zapak.tv). This was at a distributor press invite.
Lair impressions
This game did not impress. It looks ok, but for me the gameplay was meh and nothing grabbed me about the game. Personally, I hated the fact that the dragons don't feel organic -- like a creature ought to, but rather like a "skinned" aircraft. This is not a review, just my first impression.
Unchared impressions
One to watch out for. We played the E3 build and my impressions:
- Main character's voice needs changing (just didn't connect with me, YMMV)
- Melee combat is good, ranged not so much. Combat, on the whole, needs work
- Looks great
- Platforming is awesome
- AI/encounter-rate needs tweaking. Seems to swing from one extreme (easy) to another (bloody hard)
Link to the videos:
Heavenly Sword review ****SPOILERS INSIDE****
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The Good:
- GREAT characters and dialogues. Can be very funny at times and is always captivating on this aspect
- Amazing animation
- Good combat system. Not very deep, but its layers of stances, button combos and finishing moves give it satisfying depth. It also has a decent counter-system
- Uses SIXAXIS pretty well for the ranged combat (you can guide arrows through fire, the resultant projectile can then be used to explore barrels. There are some really cool sniping missions that make use of this aspect)
- The characters are REALLY awesome. King Bohan rocks (and is borderline obsessed with his crotch). Flying Fox is doubly cool and Kai, I pure <3. She is my kind of weird
- Cool unlockables including a couple of episodes from the animation series
You will basically have a good time playing it, which brings me to the biggest Bad:
- Very short. My friend reached the last boss in six hours
- The boss battles are also few (about six, according to him)
- There is the occasional screen tearing and frame drop (very rare)
Don't know much about replayability since we haven't actually finished it yet, but it convinced me that I need a PS3 asap. The game's THAT fun to play/experience.
We should have a video of our thoughts up by tomorrow (need to edit the footage today). I'll also edit this post with Warhawk (final build), Uncharted (E3 build) and Lair (almost final build) impressions -- although I did not spend much time with these.
We is Zapak.TV btw, (www.zapak.tv). This was at a distributor press invite.
Lair impressions
This game did not impress. It looks ok, but for me the gameplay was meh and nothing grabbed me about the game. Personally, I hated the fact that the dragons don't feel organic -- like a creature ought to, but rather like a "skinned" aircraft. This is not a review, just my first impression.
Unchared impressions
One to watch out for. We played the E3 build and my impressions:
- Main character's voice needs changing (just didn't connect with me, YMMV)
- Melee combat is good, ranged not so much. Combat, on the whole, needs work
- Looks great
- Platforming is awesome
- AI/encounter-rate needs tweaking. Seems to swing from one extreme (easy) to another (bloody hard)
Link to the videos:
Heavenly Sword review ****SPOILERS INSIDE****
Zapak.TV - Free online video sharing community.
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune preview
Zapak.TV - Free online video sharing community.