[GeckoYamori]

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Russian developer aptly named Gaijin Entertainment decide to make their own Heavenly Sword, with gunblades.
If they're going to be so blatant with the... art direction, they could have at least added more polygons to the buttocks.

It's for PC, by the way.

[Fritz the Cat]

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[The Damned]

Yeah, it's pretty much by-the-books, what's-popular-right-now, clichéd-characters-up-the-wahzoo fluff that only lonely males would get into.

So, yeah... it's pretty much an actual Japanese-made game.

Man, it just looks and feels like they threw Devil May Cry and God of War in with one of the blond chicks from DOA into a blender and poured the results out onto a cookie sheet. Which they then took cookie cutters to. And then baked on "derivative" for twenty minutes.

EDIT: No links to videos? For shame.

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[Decoy Octopus]

Originally Posted by The Damned

Yeah, it's pretty much by-the-books, what's-popular-right-now, clichéd-characters-up-the-wahzoo fluff that only lonely males would get into.

That's, uh, what 90% of video games are.

[Fritz the Cat]

Check the second picture. Her ass looks like a pair of parked Beetles...

[MasterSenshi]

All games should be like Japanese games... this may be the first Russian company to 'get' it.


Seriously though, it seems pretty lame, but who knows? With the right concept, and something like... a magic ring, kidnapped lover/family member, and a large array of weapons it would be 100% like all video games.

And isn't that what we all want?

Nope... but still I like the main char design.

[Sinewav]

Originally Posted by The Damned

Man, it just looks and feels like they threw Devil May Cry and God of War in with one of the blond chicks from DOA into a blender and poured the results out onto a cookie sheet. Which they then took cookie cutters to. And then baked on "derivative" for twenty minutes.

Is that really a bad thing though? I'm all for ripping off a mishmash of other games, as long as they make it fun. Look at Halo. There was really nothing original about that game, and yet most everyone loves it.

[OverCoat]

I saw this and I think the voice acting is pretty cool, even though it's probably just cheesy dialogue. I dunno why, I just think Russian sounds cool in a videogame. Maybe why I liked STALKER so much.

[Knives]

Originally Posted by OverCoat

I saw this and I think the voice acting is pretty cool, even though it's probably just cheesy dialogue. I dunno why, I just think Russian sounds cool in a videogame. Maybe why I liked STALKER so much.

The dialogue is not bad, basically the monster in the beginning is saying, "how did you find this place? get outta here" and the girl is all like "I didn't travel long roads to leave empty handed (referring to the orb)" and then in the next scene it follows with "you can't stop me, nobody could ever stop me" and the girl, "nonetheless, i can still try" and then they go into the dramatic music and battle scenes. finally in the end I think the monster says something about there being no chance of her beating him or something like that, it's kinda hard to understand since of the strange voice effects and my russian not being as sharp as it was, oh well.

[ambient]

Originally Posted by Knives

finally in the end I think the monster says something about there being no chance of her beating him or something like that

The monster says "Now I have no choice but to kill you".

Meh, the dialog sounds a little pretentious. But then, it's still true about a lot of video games, regardless of origin.