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alr1ght · Feb 28, 2010

I won't even touch on the terrible combat or the motion controls.

Phase 1: Circle arena with 100s of enemies passing through, all the while being attacked from an enemy you can barely see through the crowd of people. All the enemies on screen make the game run at 15fps, which makes dodging his ranged attacks a crapshoot.

Phase 2: Circle arena again, but now the boss has giant black wings that obscure every single attack you do. The center of the screen is just a big blob of black with flashes of white from your sword.

Phase 3: Hey, lets combine both of them. Add the 100 enemies walking through along with the giant black wings that obscure everything, "that will make an exciting fight."

this boss gets a 1/10.

noah111 · Feb 28, 2010

I don't even remember if I beat it or not... I remember getting to the end in one sitting though.

FHIZ · Feb 28, 2010

Slaylock · Feb 28, 2010

I rented Heavenly Sword, got to the last boss and gave up in frustration and boredom.

I enjoyed the rest of the game (unlike many), but I hated the final boss.

Perfect Blue · Feb 28, 2010

Reminds me of the Arkam Asylum last boss. Now that shit was terrible.

I NEED SCISSORS · Feb 28, 2010

It's almost impossible at times. Best piece of advice I can give you is that you can actually deflect the crow things he shoots at Nariko.

alr1ght · Feb 28, 2010

I already beat it, but it was not enjoyable at all.

that sounds bad

noah111 · Feb 28, 2010

Slaylock said:
I rented Heavenly Sword, got to the last boss and gave up in frustration and boredom.

I enjoyed the rest of the game (unlike many), but I hated the final boss.

Basically my situation, except I got it for free instead of rental.

MarkMacD · Feb 28, 2010

If you're curious:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm9X7rKMCm4

Gameplay starts at @2:15...

timkunedo · Feb 28, 2010

Heavenly Sword final boss fight was pretty well done imo. 7/10 easy

beast786 · Feb 28, 2010

HS motion controls were one of the best use for any PS3 game. 2nd only to folklore and warhawk/Flower

Y2Kev · Feb 28, 2010

I think DMC4's final boss fight is worse. Took me 20 minutes of jumping from platform to platform :\

Mush · Feb 28, 2010

I didn't even get past the first five minutes of the game. The "combat" was disgusting.

hey_it's_that_dog · Feb 28, 2010

I thought it was the best boss fight in the game (possibly because it ripped off elements of the Zeus fight from GOW2). But I didn't really like any of them except him and Flying Fox. I thought those were relatively better. I did not like the game overall, however.

badcrumble · Feb 28, 2010

It's not bad because the boss itself is badly designed, it's bad because the counterattack-based combat system is atrocious.

Razor210 · Feb 28, 2010

All you had to do was time your roll with his attacks.

Everything else was straightforward and easy to figure out. Those fodder soldiers did absolutely nothing.

Sure, it could have been designed better, but it was still decent.

hey_it's_that_dog · Feb 28, 2010

beast786 said:
HS motion controls were one of the best use for any PS3 game. 2nd only to folklore and warhawk/Flower

If only it had been a game about archery featuring a lavishly produced and cinematic story.

threenote · Feb 28, 2010

I agree. Great game, poor final boss. I didn't even bother beating the last boss.

Host Samurai · Feb 28, 2010

Do people really think he was THAT hard? I beat him on my 2nd try on Normal mode. Are you playing on hard?

Gravijah · Feb 28, 2010

alr1ghtstart said:
I already beat it, but it was not enjoyable at all.

that sounds bad

What are you implying? Certainly not this, right...?

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Frank "Trashman" Reynolds · Feb 28, 2010

Game wasn't very good. I think I spent 15 minutes on it before I moved on to something else.

TTP · Feb 28, 2010

Why are you even exposing yourself to this anyways? Are you masochist?

alr1ght · Feb 28, 2010

Host Samurai said:
Do people really think he was THAT hard? I beat him on my 2nd try on Normal mode. Are you playing on hard?

DESIGNED LIKE SHIT, not difficulty.

1. Make game run at 15fps
2. Obscure combat details
3. Combine the two

Agent Icebeezy · Feb 28, 2010

Slaylock said:
I rented Heavenly Sword, got to the last boss and gave up in frustration and boredom.

I enjoyed the rest of the game (unlike many), but I hated the final boss.

Outside of renting, I bought. Same thing applies though.

Brannon · Feb 28, 2010

Fun game, but I'm still shocked at how long it took for an attack to come out when I pressed a button.

*press button*

Nariko: "I'll swing my sword when I get around to it you pussy!"

That lag time was offensive.

JaseC · Feb 28, 2010

I found the motion controls to be nigh on perfect.

slider · Feb 28, 2010

Despite the thread title I still clicked in. Having never finished my copy, which I've left at home, I just ordered this again. Really cheap and had been looking forward to taking it up again.

jett · Feb 28, 2010

I've always been intrigued by this game. I guess now that GOW3 is around the corner it doesn't really matter.

Razor210 · Feb 28, 2010

Brannon said:
Fun game, but I'm still shocked at how long it took for an attack to come out when I pressed a button.

*press button*

Nariko: "I'll swing my sword when I get around to it you pussy!"

That lag time was offensive.

Do I have a different memory of the game from everyone else? The only thing that had a delay was the heavy sword mode, and that was because of the longer animation.

OnPoint · Feb 28, 2010

Yes, the final boss certainly was a frustration.

Great game though.

I want more Flying Fox

Why For? · Feb 28, 2010

I enjoyed the game but HATED the final boss. Like the op said, shit design.

Rage quit and gave up for months. Then decided I should complete the game properly so I used a guide.

Fucker

beat · Feb 28, 2010

MarkMacD said:
If you're curious:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm9X7rKMCm4

Gameplay starts at @2:15...

That's... really not a good boss fight camera.

blindrocket · Feb 28, 2010

MarkMacD said:
If you're curious:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm9X7rKMCm4

Gameplay starts at @2:15...

Andy Serkis did such a good job. Good graphics too.
Gameplay was poop though.

Neuromancer · Feb 28, 2010

Throwing tons of dudes at you during boss fights is one of the shittiest hallmarks of this generation of games.

It's like the devs tried to think of a way to make their boss interesting and challenging for about 3 minutes, before throwing up their hands and giving up.

GDGF · Feb 28, 2010

MarkMacD said:
If you're curious:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm9X7rKMCm4

Gameplay starts at @2:15...

That kind of reminds me of the Bowser battles from Super Mario 64 mixed with bullshit.

WickedLaharl · Feb 28, 2010

the terribleness of it blends in with the rest of heavenly swords gameplay design so easily though.

yellowjacket25 · Feb 28, 2010

One of my favorite final bosses this generation. Fighting him on Hell Mode was awesome. Honestly, the soldiers around didnt bother me too much.

slade · Feb 28, 2010

Heavenly Sword was easily one of the worst heavily advertised hack n' slashers to come out this gen. Just about everything new it tried to do, ended up in failure. Not allowing you to jump was the biggest mistake.

dolemite · Feb 28, 2010

Aljosa said:
Reminds me of the Arkam Asylum last boss. Now that shit was terrible.

Huh? If you randomly button mash, then it's a pain, but if you take the time to learn how to chain combos then it's one of the more enjoyable boss battles in the game.

Barakov · Feb 28, 2010

Yeah, the final boss in HS was pretty bad. For some reason the final boss of Lost Planet made me far more angry.

flarkminator · Feb 28, 2010

Sorry this award goes to teh Conan game

industrian · Feb 28, 2010

flarkminator said:
Sorry this award goes to teh Conan game

I'm not alone?! Oh shit, I thought I was the only one here to have been submitted to that abstract terror in polygonal form. Hold me!

industrian · Feb 28, 2010

beast786 said:
HS motion controls were one of the best use for any PS3 game. 2nd only to folklore and warhawk/Flower

Shouldn't that be third?

andymcc · Feb 28, 2010

i've never played heavenly sword, but...

i've played my fair share of games, some which may be equated to nothing more than thinly-veiled boss rushes. and, in my history of gaming, i've got to say i've never encountered a more lazily designed boss than the lambent brumak in Gears of War 2. that thing was a joke.

StoOgE · Feb 28, 2010

I'm sorry, there is only one correct answer.

I don't know what the fuck happened in the directors room the day they came up with this. I assume it involved crack.

The literally through every game mechanic out the window and created a completely different game for the final boss fight. And not even a halfway decent one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puhbh9sHEXg&feature=related

StoOgE · Feb 28, 2010

andymcc said:
i've never played heavenly sword, but...

i've played my fair share of games, some which may be equated to nothing more than thinly-veiled boss rushes. and, in my history of gaming, i've got to say i've never encountered a more lazily designed boss than the lambent brumak in Gears of War 2. that thing was a joke.

That wasn't really a boss fight though. That was just a participatory cut scene/cool moment. That entire Brumac riding think was just an over the top ending to the actual gameplay of the final level. It was extremely easy on purpose

The games last boss fight was really the fight against the general about 2 levels before that.

Ember128 · Feb 28, 2010

I discovered the Secret Origins of Heavenly Sword. No joke.

I shall detail this on youtube within one weeks time.

BELIEVE.

SonOfABeep · Feb 28, 2010

yeah that was the worst.

I liked the rest of the game, but that ending.. fuck

Crash Station · Feb 28, 2010

Eh, I enjoyed it. Didn't love it but it was a nice time waste just like the rest of the game.

daxter01 · Feb 28, 2010

i didnt bother to finish hs becuz of last the boss

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