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Collect your jaws from the floor: new Heavenly Sword screens (update) photo

Blades are cool. Women are cool. Kratos taught us that blades on chains with fiery streaks coming out are even cooler. But blades on chains plus fiery redheaded women plus screenshots that look like this? Ashes, ashes, we all fall in love!

Check out this gallery of seriously stunning new Heavenly Sword screenshots -- maybe it won't make you buy a PlayStation 3, but it will at least make you excited to play it at the house of that punk rich kid you only hang out with for the videogames.

Holy wow! 

[Via JeuxVideo]

[Update: Gamevideos.com has posted new (and very sexy) Heavenly Sword video which you can view after the jump. - Nick]


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AngelsDontBurn's Avatar
AngelsDontBurn at 06/29/2007 15:42
Wow, all of them look phenomenal..

But 26 - 29.. Wow. Looks like it would be bananas.
hexix's Avatar
hexix at 06/29/2007 15:43
I haven't been very impressed with earlier screen shots and videos of this game. I didn't understand all the hype around it. These new screens, however, have made me change my opinion a little bit. Some of the screen shots have really great colors. Realistic but still bright and stylish. I'd love to see a newer video.
Salamande's Avatar
Salamande at 06/29/2007 15:48
Sweet. Looks like they're working those shaders like they owe 'em money.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 06/29/2007 15:49
Shhh! The punk rich kid will figure me out if you keep that up!
Niero's Avatar
Niero at 06/29/2007 15:50
*Insert long-winded comment about video games as art*
kawitchate's Avatar
kawitchate at 06/29/2007 15:59
definitely one of the titles that's going to make me break down this fall and buy a PS3 - here's to hoping for a price reduction announcement at E3!
Namelessted's Avatar
Namelessted at 06/29/2007 16:05
One of the awesome things about these screenshots is the wide variety of environments. There are waterfalls, desert, snow, forest. It is good to know that its not going to be like playing the same level with buildings arranged differently.
lwesquire's Avatar
lwesquire at 06/29/2007 16:07
My opinion of this game went from 'meh' to 'oh!' to 'skills!' in about 10 seconds there. This is going to be an expensive autumn.
Garbz's Avatar
Garbz at 06/29/2007 16:09
If i can make do without a PS, a PS2 and God of War, i'm sure i can make do without this game and a PS3.

Sure it looks pretty but from what i've seen so far, it just looks too much like God of War for my liking.

Though i will admit, the protagonist is pretty hawt in this game.

Totally not worth buying the console for IMO. Atleast not yet anyway.
BahamutZero's Avatar
BahamutZero at 06/29/2007 16:12
garbz there is no reason not to own a ps2.
Ignus's Avatar
Ignus at 06/29/2007 16:16
Cool, these screenshots look pretty good. The ones before really weren't that fantastic, but it looks like they improved quite a bit. Or the old screenshots were just taken poorly.
BluDesign's Avatar
BluDesign at 06/29/2007 16:18
So this game is a next-gen Dynasty Wars? 99 Nights?

Meh. Pretty tho'.
Garbz's Avatar
Garbz at 06/29/2007 16:22
@Bahamut:

I used to be one of them scumbag Nintendo Fanboy's.

Kind of still am but i love my 360.

Still, somewhere along the road that is my life i decided i didn't like the Playstation and thus never wanted one.

I have been severely tempted on numerous occasions though.

Mainly for FFVII, FFX and Shadow of the Collossus.
kawitchate's Avatar
kawitchate at 06/29/2007 16:27
@Garbz:

there are still people out there that still don't own a PS2? on THIS site? wow.

and btw, there are SO many more games to get than the 3 you listed (though those are a start).

BEST SYSTM EVAR! PS2 ftw!
Garbz's Avatar
Garbz at 06/29/2007 16:31
@Leigh:

I bought a Gamecube. AND i defended it to everyone even when i knew it was dying a slow and painful death.

Nintendo owes me for supporting them.

@kawitchate:

I never said those were the only good games on the system, just that they were the only three that ever seriously tempted me into getting one.
Vigor's Avatar
Vigor at 06/29/2007 16:35
I kinda feel happy that i sold my elite. After getting a rrod on the first week. Now i got the PS3 and this game looks awesome.
poonster's Avatar
poonster at 06/29/2007 16:37
ya it looks good but not enough to sway me into buying a ps3 yet
Rockvillian's Avatar
Rockvillian at 06/29/2007 16:50
Whoa.......

If they replace Twizzler-Hair with Gatsu I'd get a PS3 on the way home, but otherwise... no thanks.
Crunshii's Avatar
Crunshii at 06/29/2007 16:54
just wow...
synce's Avatar
synce at 06/29/2007 16:59
Once the PS3's price drops this will be one of the first games I buy.
Topher Cantler's Avatar
Topher Cantler at 06/29/2007 17:05
Looks sweet! I can't wait until Sony loses exclusivity and it's announced for Xbox 360 too. ^_^
zardoz's Avatar
zardoz at 06/29/2007 17:06
You guys really like this art style?

Technically impressive, artistically dull.
LordRegulus's Avatar
LordRegulus at 06/29/2007 17:06
That's probably some of the best skin shader work I've ever seen. It's certainly more convincing than Crytek's overenthusiastic use of normal mapping:



A lot of this "next-gen character" art looks way too plasticky for me. Even Mass Effect, as much as I love the concept, just looks like Mannequin Effect to me:



I don't know what Ninja Theory is doing differently here, but I like.
Tron Knotts's Avatar
Tron Knotts at 06/29/2007 17:29
I'm not liking this uncanny valley next gen world.

Ever Resident Evil 4 was a little to plastic and pseudo real for me. It works in a game where you are supposed to hate and kill most of what you see on screen. But when you are suppose to actually like the characters you are looking at, it sort of fails for me.
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Milofo at 06/29/2007 19:16
It looks like they finally got rid of the frame rate issues I would see in previous videoes. To be honest I have yet to buy any of the God of War games so this game would be a new experience for me.
jerrt's Avatar
jerrt at 06/29/2007 19:36
oh, i am so sold on this game.
deiga-the-semivaliant's Avatar
deiga-the-semivaliant at 06/29/2007 21:12
This game is so YES. A PS3 in my future was completely inevitable, but from the looks of this game, it'll come that much sooner.
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 06/29/2007 21:53
This looks fantastic, and I say that as someone who doesn't particularly like Sony. I like the character designs, especially Olivia Mu- I mean, uh, Nariko.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 06/30/2007 02:31
This game looks awesome...I just hope it won’t be delayed any further (unlike Lair, which apparently just got pushed back to mid-August).
Zero Iscariot's Avatar
Zero Iscariot at 06/30/2007 04:06
close up cut-scenes look nice, but the actual gameplay looks like Dynasty Warriors.

Basically the cut-scenes are glorified tech demos, and the in-game graphics are uninspired.

just wow, my ass. If you want excellent upcoming *in-game* graphics, you should be looking at Mass Effect, Bioshock, or Blue Dragon. On Playstation, Lair looks excellent visually, but it is still Rougue Squadron with dragons (not a bad thing on second thought!)

Rainbowblack's Avatar
Rainbowblack at 06/30/2007 04:40
thats the most gorgeous ugly game I ever saw.

you could poke your eyes out in some of those screenshots


deanhatescoffee's Avatar
deanhatescoffee at 06/30/2007 09:27
Looks pretty nice, though I don't understand why she can't run on top of people (she did kill them, after all); instead, she just jogs in place right in front of them.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 06/30/2007 13:07
@deanhatescoffee: Well, that may be, but will that aspect of the game seriously factor in a decision not to purchase it (if you have a PS3)?
MasterMS's Avatar
MasterMS at 06/30/2007 16:28
Screen shots look great...now if only I had an HD tv. Oh well I'm still going end of up owning it.
Churchhills Dog's Avatar
Churchhills Dog at 06/30/2007 17:49
@ LordRegulus

Not sure how you can say Crytek's normal mapping is overdone. Trying to compare realism (crytek) with stylized character work (Heavenly Sword) is a bit apples-to-oranges, no?
pixelsword's Avatar
pixelsword at 07/04/2007 01:34
*fap* *fap* *fap*

Okay now, stroke her hair...

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