Heavenly Sword is “half-assed” says Itagaki

Phaethon360 - Mr Pant<s>s</s>ies
Phaethon360
Since 6669 Days
Well in my opinion from playing the demos of Sigma and HS, HS is more fun.
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GriftGFX - He can also<br>ban your ass!
GriftGFX
Since 6823 Days
Posted by Phaethon360
Well in my opinion from playing the demos of Sigma and HS, HS is more fun.
But... HS isn't out yet! ;)
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kenshin2418 - Junior Detective
kenshin2418
Since 6798 Days
hey, at least HS has you know....a story. Actually let me not be so mean, an "interesting" story.


also Jedi, I'm lending you my gif to use in situations like these. Use it wisely, my son!
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all good things must come to an end

CockKnocker
CockKnocker
Since 6768 Days
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Fuck Itagaki, that lame old pedophile. He's probably says that cause theres not a setting to change the "boob bounciness" to super high. Or that she's actually wearing a top, and not just a string to cover her boobs.
KORNdog
KORNdog
Since 6227 Days
the term "put up, or shut up" springs to mind here,
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deftangel - Hot stuff!
deftangel
Since 6691 Days
I will respectfully disagree with Itagaki here having been lucky enough to play Heavenly Sword for myself. I intend to go back and play Sigma after HS though to see if I get on with it better then. It's a great game to be sure, we just never say eye to eye.

Itagaki has his style and I find him quite entertaining. Whilst he's controversial in any interviews where they actually try to get him to expand on what he's saying, he's usually got a lot to say on why he thinks they suck. As he happens to have made some great games he's got the minerals to back it up.
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JediMasterMalik
Since 6558 Days
Posted by kenshin2418
hey, at least HS has you know....a story. Actually let me not be so mean, an "interesting" story.


also Jedi, I'm lending you my gif to use in situations like these. Use it wisely, my son!
lol Just needs a STFU at the time of the neck snaop to be perfect :D
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mkk316
mkk316
Since 6636 Days
LOL @ CockKnocker.
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Saying you cant find animaton in Japan is like saying you cant find food in Italy. Its simply not true.

Jollipop
Jollipop
Since 6706 Days
Posted by kenshin2418
well all we know so far, is that it will make other developers lose their motivation :p
I don't believe this at all, lately Team Ninja haven't impressed me at all, and i think Itagaki has lost his touch in making mind blowingly graphical games.
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Marumaro for the WIN !!

mkk316
mkk316
Since 6636 Days
Posted by Jollipop
I don't believe this at all, lately Team Ninja haven't impressed me at all, and i think Itagaki has lost his touch in making mind blowingly graphical games.
If you are using the DOA series as an example of that, I think it was because he was too caught up with the style of the characters and his unwillingness to change their look which held the game back visually.

Though I dont care for his antics, Im sure NG 2 will be a visual masterpiece.
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COD 4's pre-alpha stage looks better than most game's gone gold stage.

E3 2K7- best. e3. ever.

Saying you cant find animaton in Japan is like saying you cant find food in Italy. Its simply not true.

kenshin2418 - Junior Detective
kenshin2418
Since 6798 Days
Posted by JediMasterMalik
lol Just needs a STFU at the time of the neck snaop to be perfect :D
Done :p
http://i19.tinypic.com/4uxk1zl.gif

@Jollipop
Hey I'm not saying I believe that, just saying what he himself said. We will see :P
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all good things must come to an end

Sath - Missed the<br>hay
Sath
Since 6689 Days
I gotta say though...Ninja Gaiden >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Heavenly Sword

I am a very big Ninja Gaiden fan so I prefer that over Heavenly Sword anytime.
But I think that the man behind this amazing franchise and the future NG 2 :D, should just take it easy and just like the game and not trash talk over it.
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Playing: Ninja Gaiden Sigma!
360: Mass Effect - Assassin's Creed - Ninja Gaiden 2 - Dark Sector - DMC4 - Too Human - Resident Evil 5 - Fable 2 - Haze
PS3: Metal Gear Solid 4 - Heavenly Sword - God of War 3 - Uncharted - Killzone 2 - Lair

alimokrane
alimokrane
Since 6753 Days
Posted by Jollipop
I don't believe this at all, lately Team Ninja haven't impressed me at all, and i think Itagaki has lost his touch in making mind blowingly graphical games.
He made only DOA 4 this gen and that was a launch title and looked very good for what it is. Let's wait for Ninja Gaiden 2, DOA 5 and DOA Code Cronus and his other untitled project "project progressive"
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Assassin's Creed-Blue Dragon-Lost Odyssey-Eternal Sonata-Final Fantasy XIII-Cry On-Ninja Gaiden 2-Heavenly Sword-Devil May Cry 4-Resident Evil 5-Naruto 360-Mass Effect-Alan Wake-Too Human-Infinite Undiscovery-Metal Gear Solid 4-The Last Remnant

gmulis - blames poor<br>marketing
gmulis
Since 6611 Days
wow, gone few days and look at what my thread turned into


anyway with all respect to itagaki, he shouldn't trash talk other devs, thats immanture,childish imo. acting like uneducated brat won't do him any good.

lets see what NG2 has, he already dissapioted me with NGS going to ps3, and with possible NG2 going multiplatform lets see if he spends enormouse resources getting the best graphics
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CockKnocker
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Since 6768 Days
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Hes way to proud for his own good. Just look at him...an old Japanese dude trying to imitate a white American rockstar....He needs to remember that he's a videogame designer, and not everything else he thinks he is.
deco
Since 6394 Days
Well I agree with him and the button pressing sequences. I hated that in god of war. Sometimes I see a cinematic and I enjoy what I'm seeing and not ready to do the button sequences, I see a big triangle appear and I'm too late. I like the button sequences to kill off a monster, but during the cinematics it's useless.
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dcdelgado
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Since 6683 Days
Posted by CockKnocker
Hes way to proud for his own good. Just look at him...an old Japanese dude trying to imitate a white American rockstar....He needs to remember that he's a videogame designer, and not everything else he thinks he is.
Woahhhh calm down CK!
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deco
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Posted by CockKnocker
Hes way to proud for his own good. Just look at him...an old Japanese dude trying to imitate a white American rockstar....He needs to remember that he's a videogame designer, and not everything else he thinks he is.
You mustn't go out much cuz I see a lot of imitation around... Like white American kids who think they're black rappers... The way he dresses has nothing to do with what he says.

In my opinion he's great, he's a shit disturber. He speaks his mind, says what he thinks, even if it might be sour grapes. Just look at how many people posted in this thread.
Sath - Missed the<br>hay
Sath
Since 6689 Days
Posted by dcdelgado
Woahhhh calm down CK!
I gotta say, he do like to go out like a rockstar :P

I dont understand why he do that.

He should go out like a ninja in modern clothes :P
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Playing: Ninja Gaiden Sigma - Hard Mode!
360: Mass Effect - Assassin's Creed - Ninja Gaiden 2 - Dark Sector - DMC4 - Too Human - Resident Evil 5 - Fable 2 - Haze
PS3: Metal Gear Solid 4 - Heavenly Sword - God of War 3 - Uncharted - Killzone 2 - Lair

ItsOK_ImaNinja
ItsOK_ImaNinja
Since 6136 Days
Posted by GriftGFX
But I'm sure you would agree that you couldn't review the finished product based on a pre-release demo?
Oh I'm not reviewing the game. The demo I can review, and the demo wasn't very good, mostly because it was so short.

But there are other reasons why I think NG is better, and those reasons were apparent to me right away.

For example, not being able to jump in HS is a big deal to me. Right off the bat I thought to myself, wow... I really wish I could jump.

Then, I really wished I could run instead of having one speed. In NG, you can move much faster by using wall running and jumping ninja skills to move around faster.

Then I really wished I could run and slide or do a big jump kick.

In short I just felt the fighting engine wasn't very flexible. Counters are nice, juggle combos too - but it just isn't the same.

Not being able to jump makes the world feel much less interactive.

I'm not reviewing HS, I'm just saying that I can clearly tell from the demo that if I want to run around killing things with a sharp weapon I rather do it in NG than in HS.
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Sath - Missed the<br>hay
Sath
Since 6689 Days
Posted by ItsOK_ImaNinja
Then, I really wished I could run instead of having one speed. In NG, you can move much faster by using wall running and jumping ninja skills to move around faster.
Speedrun junky :P
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Playing: Ninja Gaiden Sigma - Hard Mode!
PS3: Heavenly Sword - Lair - Killzone 2 - God of War 3 - Metal Gear Solid 4 - Uncharted
360: Mass Effect - Assassin's Creed - Ninja Gaiden 2 - Dark Sector - DMC4 - Too Human - Resident Evil 5 - Fable 2 - Haze

anm8rjp
anm8rjp
Since 7520 Days
Amusing little video "recapping" the heavenly sword demo, and mentions of the RE5 trailer. Pretty entertaining.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/edit...
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SimonM7 - The other mod's bitch
SimonM7
Since 6846 Days
Posted by ItsOK_ImaNinja
the demo wasn't very good

For example, not being able to jump in HS is a big deal to me. I really wish I could jump.

do a big jump kick.

Not being able to jump

I'm not reviewing HS, I'm just saying that I can clearly tell from the demo that I can't jump.


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gmulis - blames poor<br>marketing
gmulis
Since 6611 Days
Posted by ItsOK_ImaNinja
For example, not being able to jump in HS is a big deal to me. Right off the bat I thought to myself, wow... I really wish I could jump.

Then, I really wished I could run instead of having one speed. In NG, you can move much faster by using wall running and jumping ninja skills to move around faster.

Then I really wished I could run and slide or do a big jump kick.

Not being able to jump makes the world feel much less interactive.

I'm not reviewing HS, I'm just saying that I can clearly tell from the demo that if I want to run around killing things with a sharp weapon I rather do it in NG than in HS.
i'm sure you get used it. remember how people where bitchin about no jumping in gears of war, once you played the game it didn't matter, and you got used to it. same thing with this game
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