Taking a Break
Topic: The Weekend in Gaming
Actually, the title is kind of misleading. I haven't taken a break from gaming, just playing Blue Dragon. Don't get me wrong, it isn't going to be a long break. It has become an overriding mission to finish the game, but after putting in eighty or so hours, I needed a break.
So I began my break last weekend by playing through Heavenly Sword, with I borrowed from my brother. The game is a lot of fun. It looks great, the controls are responsive, and there are many great things to recommend about this game, unfortunately, game length is not one of them. Nor is difficulty level. The real tragedy of Heavenly Sword is that it could have be a great, great game, but for whatever reason the developer chose to short change the game, and left it as a could have been. Really, the game has two major shortcomings: it's short and it's too easy on default difficulty. Four to five hours, part of which is filler, just isn't enough to justify a $60.00 purchase. There really is no way around that and the replay value isn't high enough to help that issues either. This is made that much worse by the low level of difficulty that is brought to the table by the default setting. There is no real level of challenge until the last boss battle, and even then it isn't too much. Like I said, good game, just not enough to justify any more than a rental. Sixty bucks for this little game is a joke.
captainzoli
Tags: playstation 3, ps3, heavenly sword, review, blue dragon, x-box, xbox, 360, rpg, action, adventure, hack n' slash
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Posted by the Captain
at 9:45 AM CST