Heavenly Sword - Official Topic

[solidsnakejej]

It's not new that is same thing as gamer's day demo and it was an old build I believe from November. heres a better version.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/19616.html (the start of the video)
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/19666.html (the gameplay part)

But the Jeux looks like it has the blood turned on.

[gozirah]

The jeux video also sports massive bloom (http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=224). Very 360ish. Gametrailers version with blood, please.

Ooh, and on another note, maybe Nariko's sister isn't crazy. (She seems to be distracted by floating invisible entitities while Nariko is asking about Twing Twang.) Maybe the reality of what she sees will be revealed as a part of the plot?

[chartwel]

It's not new that is same thing as gamer's day demo and it was an old build I believe from November. heres a better version.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/19616.html (the start of the video)
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/19666.html (the gameplay part)

But the Jeux looks like it has the blood turned on.

gamers day wasnt an old build from november, it was the newest one at the time.............

[LiquidEagle]

That video is sweet, BlackSin! :-D

[solidsnakejej]

gamers day wasnt an old build from november, it was the newest one at the time.............

Well around nov it was 3-4 months old heres Deano comments it was the same demo shown on heroes here
Originally Posted by Deano

Next up, the video footage seen in Heroes and the Production video earlier this week. Its in-game, not touched, direct captures done about 3-4 months ago. This is clear in that at least one frame you can see a ‘twisty’ bloke which happens when an animation hasn’t been re-exported, given the thousands of animations we have, we sometimes miss one and in this case it even made it into the video, doh!

http://blog.deanoc.com/?p=90

Heroes gameplay clip:
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/17487.html

it was in question from the pic they released around that time weather it was prerendered or not which was a pic from the latest build.
http://www.ninjatheory.com/images/HS/nariko_desktop_01.jpg

[LiquidEagle]

That last link doesn't work, snake.

[solidsnakejej]

there fixed

[chartwel]

Well around nov it was 3-4 months old heres Deano comments it was the same demo shown on heroes here

http://blog.deanoc.com/?p=90

Heroes gameplay clip:
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/17487.html

it was in question from the pic they released around that time weather it was prerendered or not which was a pic from the latest build.
http://www.ninjatheory.com/images/HS/nariko_desktop_01.jpg

umm your getting confused here man. yes, the footage shown in Heroes was old. the demo they showed at gamers day is the newest build of game (at that time). it was the same area shown on heroes, that doesnt mean it was the same exact code running.

[solidsnakejej]

Yea it seems like I was confusing GDC & SGD. But I don't remember anyone saying that it was a updated build for the SGD.

[makeitlookreal]

That new video was great.

[chartwel]

Yea it seems like I was confusing GDC & SGD. But I don't remember anyone saying that it was a updated build for the SGD.

yeah its all good. the gamers day build was done like 2 weeks before they showed it.

[mokmok]

Is this video from the Gamers Day build?

I still think the animations could be a bit smoother, apart from that it's looking great!

[Passive]

That video is sweet, BlackSin! :-D

I live to serve :) cept for the bits where i do my own thing.

I agree with Mokmok the anis could be a slight bit smoother, but we all know we have just had a new build shown to us (is shots anyway) fingers crossed they have adressed the animations and the transition between the cinematic parts and gamplay. But that said i hope there isnt a long break not even a second. it would take away that cinematic feel, just a small flash on the screen or sometghin imo.

[Junox50]

Every video makes me like what I see. The only thing that angers me is I can't play it yet. :(

[Passive]

i know what you mean Junox :( it seems so far away.

[makeitlookreal]

These small videos look good, but it's hard to see detail. I hope we get HD versions soon.

[Passive]

its a little hard to get good HD videos atm MILR :P


EDIT:...............................like a hawk i tell you....

[Epix]

Screen in native resolution from SCEA's flickr account:
7595

[Passive]

DAMN YOU!!!!! you beat me :(

[makeitlookreal]

I have to say that even the skin shaders on the bad guys are improving.

[Passive]

lol you just cant be pleased can you? :P

[mokmok]

you can also see the low res shadow mapping on her leg! I thought that DeanoC said they we using a different shadow mapping technique for dynamic shadows? These shadows look very similar to the ones in Motorstorm, F1CE and GTHD...

[Passive]

isnt this shot old already? O.o

[Passive]

Didnt know. can a mod please delete this post?

[yoshaw]

^old!!^

[qzak]

Demo coming!!!!

With thanks to burgniel at PS3forums...

NinjaMatt has been answering questions on the new Official Heavenly Sword Blog (IGN). Here is a summary of the questions and answers.

"Q: Is there blood, and how's the framerate?
NM: As for the frame-rate, every day it gets better...numerous people are working on optimisations and you can visibly see it get smoother with each one.

Someone asked about the blood? Well, if you take a close look at some of the more recent screen grabs...there's definitely some claret in there! We took a conscious decision to deliver a fairly elegant blood effect rather splashing it all over the walls as this is far more in keeping with the look and feel of the game.

Q. Is there going to be a special edition of Heavenly Sword?
NM: We have talked with Sony about a special edition of Heavenly Sword. After lots of ideas and discussions we decided that there will be no special edition as such...instead we would cram the retail release with as many extras as we could fit onto a BR! The retail disk will feature a series of behind the scenes features as well as the first 2 episodes of a special 'animated series' exploring the history of the Heavenly Sword prior to the start of the game

Q: How long will it take to finish the game from start to finish, for the avarage player?
NM: Heh, this is a good question…we were a little concerned with game length around E3 last year and have worked very hard to make sure this isn’t an issue. It’s hard to estimate exactly how long it’ll take someone to run through it the first time but we believe that you can expect somewhere between 12-15 hours of play.

Q: Have you managed to push it to 1080p/60frames yet?
NM: Heavenly Sword will be delivered in 720p HD

Q: When are we getting a demo?
NM: I can confirm that we are, of course, going to be releasing a demo for Heavenly Sword…and soon! This will be downloadable via the Playstation Network…so keep an eye out for this in the very near future…and i mean very near future!"

More after the link (Blog Post 7/2 10:32am, NinjaMatt)

http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News-49200.aspx

[Passive]

holy friggen mother of god!! rep for you good son! ^^ omfg!! a demo! :D :D :D

[VG Aficionado]

This month, most likely :-p

[BruceWayneIII]

Excellent - now what!? I promised myself I'd wait to buy a Sony Bravia 1080p until Lair or Heavenly Sword shows up. Guess a demo doesn't count...

[Passive]

Im sporting a 40" 1080P samsung with the new black technology so im all set for these games ^.^ oh my i really cant wait.

[yoshaw]

I can confirm that we are, of course, going to be releasing a demo for Heavenly Sword…and soon! This will be downloadable via the Playstation Network…so keep an eye out for this in the very near future…and i mean very near future!"

I'm gettin myself a PS3 in the very near future…and i mean very near future!

[dnpmakkah]

Very near future in my ears means E3. I hope we get Heavenly Sword, Uncharted, Rachet and Lair Demo's right after E3.

[VG Aficionado]

Heavenly Sword and Lair demos are likely this month after E3, but considering that Uncharted and Ratchet & Clank will be released by the end of the year, I wouldn't expect demos before September.

[Passive]

yeah it makes sense to release Demos after E3, the hype is high.

[dnpmakkah]

I can't wait till this game actually hits retail. I can imagine it now....bringing it home and unwrapping it. Opening the case just looking at the disc cover. Then taking out the book and checking out what it has to offer before I insert the game and watch in awe.

[Passive]

STOP IT! XD gah!! im really hyped for this game!!

[dnpmakkah]

I don't have a 360 but I remember that feeling with Gears of War. My friend got it and I went over there and it felt so wierd to finally have it in our possesion. I'm sure all these awesome PS3 games slated for the fall/winter will have that same feeling like 'damn it's been a year and half and I finally have it in my hands.'

[Passive]

I know what you mean, i waited for the ps3 ever since it was announced. i was hyped right from day one, and as soon as i got it i was like.... wow, i finally have it. WOOOOOOO

[Epix]

Sequel confirmed!
Question #1
· If the opening segments of the game depict Nariko dying with Heavenly Sword in hand, what will you guys do if this game is wildly successful and there is a demand for a sequel? I mean obviously you could have some "omg divine intervention she's really alive after all" sort of thing, but those are hard to pull off. Are you going to maybe show her "dying" but not actually "dead"? Or maybe a prequel would be in order?

[mat answer] The story of the Heavenly Sword was developed with a much longer arc in mind than just a single game. In the event that the demand for a sequel is great enough the next ‘chapter’ will be very exciting indeed!

No jump button confirmed:
Question #3
· Is there a jump button by any chance?

[mat answer] no, HS is a cinematic action-adventure game and not a platform game

Pwnage CONFIRMED!
Question #4
· Have you thought of having super star moves for each of the fighting stances plus the cool cinematic throws?? Just incase the enemies start to get too intelligent or in the case where you stand against 100s of enemies, a pay off superstar move will be good. Maybe do this holding down the square or the triangle button. (like in ninja gaiden)

[mat answer] we have and yes, there are specific Superstyle moves for each of the stances and at multiple power levels…the highest levels of Superstyle will enable you to take out several hundred enemies if you are skillful enough

EDIT: ZOMG! at possible E3 demo!

[VG Aficionado]

Too much pwnage in one single post, my eyes burn!

[Passive]

i do beieve that is REPage fo you my friend,


That said HOLY SH*T THATS AWESOME! :D


Jump button wont be missed in my life.

[LaLiLuLeLo]

Question #3
· Is there a jump button by any chance?

[mat answer] no, HS is a cinematic action-adventure game and not a platform game

THAT'S RIGHT.

[chartwel]

damn. 1 move taking out several hundred enemies. im sure we havent seen those yet :) cannot wait to see how the army battle plays out.

[section]

Hm, there used to be time when posters on this very forum were asked to give the source for their massive reppage:

Source for all kinds of HS Q/A by NinjaMat (http://blogs.ign.com/Heavenly_Sword/2007/06/29/58758/p4)

Would have wanted a special edition just for the sake of it. Including maybe a cool Nariko costume for some summer night cosplay sessions, heavenly sword for mowing the lawn and a big poster like in Shawshank's Redemption.

[Passive]

lol i agree, not about the costume or anything haha, but the idea od a SE should be on the tables for sony, id buy it :P

[NeoPlayStation]

July 5, 2007
This weekend an exclusive edition of Gamer TV dedicated to the forthcoming PlayStation 3 AAA title Heavenly Sword airs on UK satellite and cable channel Bravo.
This half-hour programme takes an in-depth look at the making of the game, as well as revealing never before seen levels, characters and story elements.
Exclusive interviews with the cast, including Andy ‘Gollum’ Serkis, and unseen footage from the performance capture sessions at Weta Digital reveal how the game’s impressive cinematic sequences were created.
The programme concludes with a round-up of critical reaction to the game, which is hoping to launch its star Nariko as the next iconic female video game character.
Producer Jason Kilshaw said, “This should rev people up for next week’s E3 where Heavenly Sword will undoubtedly be a key PS3 title.”
The programme airs:
Saturday 7th July 10.00 am Bravo 2
Sunday 8th July 11.30 am Bravo
Monday 9th July 5.30 pm Bravo

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=26399

[warmachine]

via gamefront (www.gamefront.de)

UK: Gamer TV zeigt Heavenly Sword-Spezialsendung

05.07.07 - Gamer TV zeigt an diesem Wochenende eine Sondersendung zu Heavenly Sword Click Picture in Großbritannien, die via Satellit und Kabel auf Bravo zu sehen sein wird. Die Sendung geht eine halbe Stunde.

Darin soll auf die Entstehung des Actionspiels eingegangen werden. Außerdem sollen noch niemals zuvor gezeigte Levels, Charaktere und Handlungsstränge enthüllt werden. Dazu gibt's Interview mit den Darstellern, darunter Andy 'Gollum' Serkis.

Sendetermine in UK
07.07.07 (Samstag) - 10:00 AM Bravo 2
08.07.07 (Sonntag) - 11.30 AM Bravo
09.07.07 (Montag) - 05.30 PM Bravo


Translation

UK: Gamer TV broadcasts Heavenly Sword-Special Show

05.07.07 - Gamer TV will be showing this weekend a special feature for Heavenly Sword in Great Britain, which can be watched via satellite and cable on Bravo. The show lasts 30 minutes.

They will discuss the developement of the action game and they will also reveal levels, characters and plots never seen before.
An interview with Andy "Gollum" Serkis will also be shown.

Aired in UK on
07.07.07 (Saturday) - 10:00 AM Bravo 2
08.07.07 (Sunday) - 11.30 AM Bravo
09.07.07 (Monday) - 05.30 PM Bravo

EDIT: Neo beat me by one minute... -_-
Stupid translation cost me time...grml...

[VG Aficionado]

Awesome stuff :) +reppage for both!

[Fats]

Cool. I could be working at any of those times though. Doh! :)

[FantasyGhost]

HS making of...
Heavenly Sword Bringing Cinematic Prodution to Gaming (HD mp4) (http://ps3.vggen.com/movie.php?game=155&id=1090&file=heavenly_makingof_hd.mp4)

[Epix]

HS making of...
Heavenly Sword Bringing Cinematic Prodution to Gaming (HD mp4) (http://ps3.vggen.com/movie.php?game=155&id=1090&file=heavenly_makingof_hd.mp4)If this vid is new can someone plz MegaUpload it? Thanks.

[LaLiLuLeLo]

It's not.

[chartwel]

can one of you guys be kind enough to record and post the show for us foreigners? that would be awesome and i would be very grateful.

[yoshaw]

It'll be recorded for sure chartwel. I'm sure someone on the intraweb will do the honors regardless.

[Passive]

heres hoping.

so that vid that fantasy ghost posted? is it the making of clip found on the official webitse?

[VG Aficionado]

Andy Serkis interview snippet with some new game footage (http://www.threespeech.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/clips/HS_FINAL_Andyv2.mov) :hugegrin:

[cliffbo]

just watched the full episode on TV. WWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWW!!!!!!!!!

fellas, you are going to wet your pants when you get to play this.!!!!!!!

[VG Aficionado]

Hopefully we'll get it later today. Don't spoil it, cliff!

[Sephiroth_VII]

On Spanish TV!?

[cliffbo]

it was on bravo tv . all i`ll say is that you`ll get to see the fighting system properly (and trust me it won`t disappoint) and new footage which is amazing.

[NickSCFC]

Told my mate there's a demo of this coming to PSN next week, if it's true I'll be spending the whole week there...



apart from going to work, where I'll most likely be following E3 on the web :D

[Sephiroth_VII]

Nice! I'm searching through YouTube, but I haven't found anything yet.

[BruceWayneIII]

^me too :)

[LiquidEagle]

Andy Serkis on Heavenly Sword

http://threespeech.com/blog/?p=458

hasn't been posted yet, right?

hehe it's pretty short but there's some footage in there (even though it's tiny) that's new to me, and I'm still really happy that Andy Serkis is so deeply involved in the game... he's amazing.

[Rockmond]

New Heavenly Sword screens from this mornings show on Bravo:

http://gamers-creed.com/wp-content/gallery/heavenly%20sword/UK/HS01.jpg
http://gamers-creed.com/wp-content/gallery/heavenly%20sword/UK/HS02.jpg
http://gamers-creed.com/wp-content/gallery/heavenly%20sword/UK/HS03.jpg
http://gamers-creed.com/wp-content/gallery/heavenly%20sword/UK/HS06.jpg
http://gamers-creed.com/wp-content/gallery/heavenly%20sword/UK/HS09.jpg
http://gamers-creed.com/wp-content/gallery/heavenly%20sword/UK/HS10.jpg

Sweet! Is that a canon launcher I see shooting down loads of enemy's! Awesome looking game!

:)

[Red_Eyes]

just watched the full episode on TV. WWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWW!!!!!!!!!

fellas, you are going to wet your pants when you get to play this.!!!!!!!
But if you're a girl, then you're going to wet your skirt?

[Epix]

Some captures from the Serkis interview: (looks like realtime cutscenes)

http://i16.tinypic.com/66xhcn4.jpg


LTTP: Heavenly Sword 2003 CG Concept Video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=iN6FlIcZEjE)

[KRA]

But if you're a girl, then you're going to wet your skirt?

my friend... she always plays games naked.
now i will have to cover my couch somehow.

[raVen]

Who else is hoping nariko has a belly dancing scene in the game?
:drool:


my friend... she always plays games naked.
now i will have to cover my couch somehow.

WAIT! WHAT?!
Who esle is hoping the playstation eye launches sooner?
:drool:

[VG Aficionado]

How would that exactly enhance gameplay? :huh:

[Red_Eyes]

How would that exactly enhance gameplay? :huh:
Oh, in many many different positions, I mean, um, ways. Yeah...

[chartwel]

come on people, no one was cool enough to record it for the rest of us? the episode that was on in the US was the NGS review with some stuntman interviews, etc.

[OmniCloud]

Dammit I wanna see the Show!!

And that King Bohan part looks like a freakin' movie=-o

[Sephiroth_VII]

How would that exactly enhance gameplay? :huh:

The boomerang (with rumble) and one of those cool chairs with a built-in subwoofer. And it certainly enhances the online experience if the game is compatible with the PSeye. For the other players anyway...

'nuff said.

[cliffbo]

wait til you see her on the battlements firing a canon at thousands of troupes. wait till you see how she automatically vaults over things and ducks automatically when she stands behind stuff. wait til you see the counter attacks

[Nameless]

Here's some footage from the show...
http://www.ps3forums.com/showthread.php?t=82949

It's not very good quality, but if you need footage you got it...

[cliffbo]

only one thing to say about the half hour, nice crisp on TV show, all about HS... watch the flickering shadows. hope they sort that out.

[frosty]

bad shadows won't be sorted out this gen sadly, maybe masked in certain ways, but not eliminated. (according to deanoC)

[OmniCloud]

Namless...

I...

Thank-you...

From the bottom of my heart...

:cheers:

[cliffbo]

bad shadows won't be sorted out this gen sadly, maybe masked in certain ways, but not eliminated. (according to deanoC)

have you seen the new footage yet. if those shadows flicker like that in the final game then that's one less purchase for me this year. it's bad, and i don't mean in a 'on careful examination' type way, i mean in a 'in your face' kind of way.

[karibu]

Here's some footage from the show...
http://www.ps3forums.com/showthread.php?t=82949

It's not very good quality, but if you need footage you got it...

You should've warned about spoilers :swear:

[Nameless]

^^ I watched the footage and was amazed at the level of detail and cinematic feel of the game. This title could be the system seller for the PS3 this fall and winter it looks that good... I'm confident the voice acting and motion capture will be amazing and the visuals are very impressive so the only question is the gameplay. If the gameplay is solid we have a definate winner on our hands.

[Nameless]

You should've warned about spoilers :swear:

Just can't make everyone happy damn... :whogives:

[julps31]

Wow @ the number of characters on screen. Looks crazy...

[VG Aficionado]

have you seen the new footage yet. if those shadows flicker like that in the final game then that's one less purchase for me this year. it's bad, and i don't mean in a 'on careful examination' type way, i mean in a 'in your face' kind of way.Those have always been there and I've seen that flaw on all games with self-shadowing, so you might not want to buy any games at all, ever :shrug:

Anyway, I'll agree that they are very distracting sometimes and it feels like they should remove them when they're too ugly to look at.

[OmniCloud]

^Which they probably will...Remember still at least 2 months of development to go on this game fellas...

Even still, it already looks better than say Ninja Gaiden and it looks even more epic than God of War 2. No flickering is gonna stop this game's artistic and emotional innovation from shining through.

This will be a reason to buy a PS3!! The cannon sequences and cross-bow gameplay is awesome!!!

[cliffbo]

yes but we are not talking subtle here. really really bad flickering, beyond acceptable, and i've seen it on other games too, but not this bad. i really hope they sort it out.

[Red_Eyes]

What? What flickering? I don't see any flickering. Are you sure it's not the bad video quality?

[OmniCloud]

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OmniCloud | July 7th, 2007 at 11:52 am

One complaint about Heavenly Sword that REALLY needs to be addressed…

A few of my guys over at PSINEXT have watched the special on TV and have noticed the flickering of the self-shadows. We understand this is a hard thing to get rid of, but it’s too apparent in Heavenly Sword and seriously needs to be toned down or completely done away with before shipped.

Now we’re probably just being a bit paranoid, but the game truly does look epic. But the constant flickering is very distracting and can ruin the quality of the title.

PS3 is still in it’s infancy so the majority of sells will still come from us early adopters. Plz don’t disappoint fellas;-( Polish this baby up so we can crown it game of the year!!!

Hope everything works out, and plz–FIX THE FLICKERING

Here ya go Cliffbo, I posted in on the Playstation Blog and the Heavenly Sword Blog at IGN...

You can do the Three Speech one if you want bud..

[VG Aficionado]

The developers themselves are the first ones aware of the flickering and certainly the first ones who wish there was a way to get rid of it with no important drawbacks. It's not like they don't see it :shrug:

[Z]

If Kratos and Nariko married, Dante would be their child.

man I'd kill to be a part of that family. just imagine the Thanksgiving dinners. lol

[Kabbage]

Delay the game 6 Months, then lets see the reaction.

Over a problem that we aren't sure has been remedied yet.

[OmniCloud]

Either way...complaining and criticizing can't hurt can it:huh: I've yet to see what in the world Cliff's talking about yet...

[gozirah]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR7e8HOm9ag

[OmniCloud]

Cool somebody finally put a better quality version out there..

[VG Aficionado]

If Kratos and Nariko married, Dante would be their child.

man I'd kill to be a part of that family. just imagine the Thanksgiving dinners. lolI wouldn't like to be the turkey!

[OmniCloud]

HOLy MOLY!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR7e8HOm9ag

Wha THE FreaK IS CLIFF TALKIN BOUT??!! =-o

PS3 GAME OF THE YEAR FTW!

[section]

Nice video, gave probably a bit too much away of the storyline at a glance though...

But that's massive amounts of enemies at once to nip/tuck. Love it.

[user friendly]

I just missed it on the tv this morning, video was full of spoilers. Last battle looks intense.

[OmniCloud]

What spoilers? We've known from the beginning that she dies??

[Kabbage]

That flying fox guy should leave Kai alone, Kai is my favorite.:whip:

Go bother umm... Race Davies.

[Z]

this year will be the first to have more than one game being crowned the Game of the Year! I already have three sharing that spot.

[NickSCFC]

Wow thanks for the vid it looks incredible.

[DeanoC]

Here ya go Cliffbo, I posted in on the Playstation Blog and the Heavenly Sword Blog at IGN...

You can do the Three Speech one if you want bud..

Cliffbo's right, many of those shadows were shite. The snow fort one made me cringe (and I wrote/designed the original shadow system...). Basically our shadow system has a number of artist tweakables numbers, I can only presume those videos were a)from a while ago (before Marco improved some things) and b) before the shadow optimisation pass had been done on those scenes.

TBH I haven't noticed anything that bad recently but going take a full pass over the game tomorrow make sure there nothing even remotely yukky like was seen in the tv program is left.

[VG Aficionado]

Hello Deano :) Any hint on what to expect at E3? :-p

[NickSCFC]

I think this is the first time I've heard the in-game music...



it's beautiful :'(

[DeanoC]

I'm glad people seemed to like it, I watched it this morning before going into work and saw loads of bugs and issues that we've ironed out by now.

Especially the army stuff, but then that's my baby so I see all the old bugs and cringe...

So it was a bit "Oh god, what the AI doing there? why did they film that bug" hehe

[Jay Gee]

What spoilers? We've known from the beginning that she dies??
I've read dev interviews and seen Gametrailer vids with ppl clearly stating that the story begins with Nariko's death. So yeah, no spoilers here.

[DeanoC]

Hello Deano :) Any hint on what to expect at E3? :-p

Haven't got a clue about E3, I've been too busy finishing the damn thing ;-)

Given how near we are to final, Sony don't really need us to do much special code/design wise... So we've been left to actually get it into a shippable state.

[NickSCFC]

You may collect the bodies of your men and give them a dignified burial!

"OMG it is my ex!"

Pisser!

[GTAce]

Its every time a great pleasure to read your posts here DeanoC! :thumbl:
Good to know that this stuff got fixed.

@Vid. Didnt watched it completly because i dont want to see TO much.^^
But its so damn nice, cant wait to play it for my self.

[user friendly]

What spoilers? We've known from the beginning that she dies??

The last battle was shown, so we now know that it's pretty much where the game ends. Im glad I watched it.

[LiquidEagle]

Wow, that footage from the special was incredible!! +10 hype points for this game! Can't wait for the game & the demo! DeanoC since you're here, Awesome job dude! This game's shown a lot of progress and is looking amazing!! Hope E3 goes well for you guys :)

[VG Aficionado]

I don't want to watch it either. Since all you guys are saying it contains so many spoilers and Deano says some of the footage is old, I prefer to be surprised when it's shown in a few days in a more polished state, and when I finally play it as well, of course.

[LiquidEagle]

No, it's definitely worth watching. No real spoilers since we don't TRULY know the end (We also knew that Kratos kills himself at the beginning of God of War 1... that wasn't a spoiler), and even though it's an older build, it's still amazing to see and there's a lot of great information scattered throughout it.

[VG Aficionado]

Before I played GOWI, I didn't know that :realmad

I'm too good at avoiding spoilers, but you guys are corrupting me :cry2:

[gozirah]

Hello Deano :) Any hint on what to expect at E3? :-p

Nice try!

That flying fox guy should leave Kai alone, Kai is my favorite.:whip:

Go bother umm... Race Davies.

Extra playable characters FTW!


@DeanOC. If your shadows are only nearly perfect in the final build, I am okay with that. But for the sequel, I expect laser precision 1080p60 shadows for each strand of red hair. If you can't use the footage as a Revlon commercial, I won't buy it.

[VG Aficionado]

http://xs217.xs.to/xs217/07276/army1.jpg

http://xs217.xs.to/xs217/07276/army2.jpg

http://xs217.xs.to/xs217/07276/army3.jpg

What the...? Is that real time? =-o

[Kabbage]

http://xs217.xs.to/xs217/07276/army1.jpg

http://xs217.xs.to/xs217/07276/army2.jpg

http://xs217.xs.to/xs217/07276/army3.jpg

What the...? Is that real time? =-o
Heavenly Sword is awesome, but is it that awesome?

[DeanoC]

The last battle was shown, so we now know that it's pretty much where the game ends. Im glad I watched it.

Nope, more complex than that. The zoomy over the battlefield into her eye, is the intro sequence to the game...

[GTAce]

Heavenly Sword is awesome, but is it that awesome?

Yes it is. :-p

[DeanoC]

http://xs217.xs.to/xs217/07276/army1.jpg

http://xs217.xs.to/xs217/07276/army2.jpg

http://xs217.xs.to/xs217/07276/army3.jpg

What the...? Is that real time? =-o

You had to pick those shots didn't you :-P

Okay I'm known for my honesty, so no that isn't real-time...

Oddly nothing to do with the army, we do that in real-time, you fight real-time in that particular scene. However those particular shots are rendered off-line because of the last bit of the sequence where it zooms into her eye. We simply don't have the texture resolution to waste to do the eyeball justice.

Go grab some other army screen shots, so I can confirm there real-time :)

[Viper]

The banners hanging down look.....odd. Almost 2 dimensional. Could be the captures and compressions though.


The draw distance and dust particles are great. Are the dark patches catapult impacts?

EDIT: Ah, not real time. OK.

[VG Aficionado]

Oh, sorry, I just found them around, I didn't capture them myself.

[GTAce]

You had to pick those shots didn't you :-P

Okay I'm known for my honesty, so no that isn't real-time...

Oddly nothing to do with the army, we do that in real-time, you fight real-time in that particular scene. However those particular shots are rendered off-line because of the last bit of the sequence where it zooms into her eye. We simply don't have the texture resolution to waste to do the eyeball justice.

Go grab some other army screen shots, so I can confirm there real-time :)

I have a huge smile in my face like this little boy ->:hugegrin:

[DeanoC]

Oh, sorry, I just found them around, I didn't capture them myself.

Nah its okay :D Thats from the intro movie, most of the rest are real-time, just not that particular scene cos of the eye-ball LOL

Just I bet most people wouldn't think an eye ball would be the least real-time thing about that scene ;-)

[LiquidEagle]

Before I played GOWI, I didn't know that :realmad

I'm too good at avoiding spoilers, but you guys are corrupting me :cry2:

Then you never played the demo :-p

It was well-known that he kills himself at the end/beginning of GoW1, and when they place the end of the story at the beginning, 99.9% of the time it's as a story device, not to spoil the story, so just watch the footage already :laugh:

Deano, HS is looking amazing! :) You'll have something to be very proud of going into E3 :-D

Any chance we could get any info on the imminent demo, like which part it'll be? Will it be the same location as the Gamers Day demo?

[warmachine]

@DeanoC: Are there any other scenes which are rendered offline?
What about the King Bohan/Raven Scene? Real-Time or not? ^^

[DeanoC]

I don't want to watch it either. Since all you guys are saying it contains so many spoilers and Deano says some of the footage is old, I prefer to be surprised when it's shown in a few days in a more polished state, and when I finally play it as well, of course.

There some good stuff in the tv show (just ignore the dodgy shadows :D), lots of real-time army bits, which makes me especially happy of course :D

I don't think it gives much away about the story... At least nothing you don't find out in the first 5 mins (they show a few scenes that basically consist of the intro and level select).

It also has a few mistakes (Kai isn't Nariko's sister)

[warmachine]

The other parts of the show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWev2oogYp0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Aa0lIyjUNc

[Fazares]

Nah its okay :D Thats from the intro movie, most of the rest are real-time, just not that particular scene cos of the eye-ball LOL

Just I bet most people wouldn't think an eye ball would be the least real-time thing about that scene ;-)

so it was real time but pre-recorded and shown as a picture into her eyeball...right?
btw when do u plan to release the demo on the psn store?

[LiquidEagle]

:lol: that's kind of a big mistake to make...

Can you talk about the Kai segments, like, perhaps give us a ratio of Nariko playable time to Kai's?

[DeanoC]

@DeanoC: Are there any other scenes which are rendered offline?
What about the King Bohan/Raven Scene? Real-Time or not? ^^
We have 3 types of cut-scenes in the game

1) Offline rendered FMV. Something in these scenes would cost too much (i.e. take too much development time) to develop on PS3 for a one shot effort. Think some fancy effects, eyeball reflections etc.

2) Rendered in-game real-time but captured and played back as an FMV.
We do this sometimes, for the simply reason it helps hide load times. So while we show you a cutscene, we can be loading the level your about to play in the background, instead of actually increasing the load time while we brought in the cutscene data (which itself can be huge, due to resolution of the animation and texture data for the close ups) also means of course there more memory for the actual game bits.

3) Rendered in-game.
As the only reason we do two is for memory/loading reasons, at other times we have the resources available so we just render them real-time.

BTW the choice between type 2 and 3 is a nice advantage of Bluray. Its a non obvious optimisation a big ol' disk lets you make. Were really tight on disk space at the moment mind, so in a few places we had to go with type 3 cos we didnt' have any more disk space for more HD movies.

[LiquidEagle]

Fillin' up that Blu Ray :)

[Nameless]

^^ No more disk space... :huh:
Is the game being done on a dual layer BD?

[gbovo]

Be careful what positive things you say about Bly-Ray Deano, some people might call you a PR stooge ;)

[KRA]

ok i want demo... now :)

ok it may be next thursday... i don't mind :)

ahh and i love kai's design.
it's great that she is playable character.
even if she can only shoot arrows.

[VG Aficionado]

Breaking news! Heavenly Sword too small for Blu-ray :shrug:

[Viper]

Deano, is this an issue of content far exceeding that of other titles or at least previous generations, using much less compression or abundance of HD footage?

[DeanoC]

:lol: that's kind of a big mistake to make...

Can you talk about the Kai segments, like, perhaps give us a ratio of Nariko playable time to Kai's?

I have to be careful, PR/Marketting tend to get upset if we say anything before they approved it.

But basically Kai is a playable character, as Sai said she has no melee attack. She's about avoiding, getting some distance and planting an bolt in your enemies.

Its Nariko's game but I think about 20-25% is Kai but don't quote me on that I've never really timed it or anything.

[VG Aficionado]

The question is: would the actual game content require cutting corners so that it wouldn't be the same game on a DVD?

[DeanoC]

^^ No more disk space... :huh:
Is the game being done on a dual layer BD?

No were single layer, we came close to being the first dual layer game but for manufacturing and cost reasons we went with single layer.

[gozirah]

BTW the choice between type 2 and 3 is a nice advantage of Bluray. Its a non obvious optimisation a big ol' disk lets you make. Were really tight on disk space at the moment mind, so in a few places we had to go with type 3 cos we didnt' have any more disk space for more HD movies.


Quite a revelation! I can already see the sensationalized headlines and misquotations on Kotaku.

Can you say anything about how this advantage plays against BR drive speed (often described as slower)?

I suppose if a game is cut-scene heavy, this is a big plus. MGS here we come.

edit: Oh, please also say you are making heavy use of the hard drive. That would also help stir the console wars.

[VG Aficionado]

http://www.mininova.org/tor/783329

MP4 ;)

[acousticvan]

This game and ninja gaiden sigma really open my eyes to HD gaming.

[OmniCloud]

Cliffbo's right, many of those shadows were shite. The snow fort one made me cringe (and I wrote/designed the original shadow system...). Basically our shadow system has a number of artist tweakables numbers, I can only presume those videos were a)from a while ago (before Marco improved some things) and b) before the shadow optimisation pass had been done on those scenes.

TBH I haven't noticed anything that bad recently but going take a full pass over the game tomorrow make sure there nothing even remotely yukky like was seen in the tv program is left.Tks man...Glad to know there being worked on...

Congrats on you and your team, you've got something special here, I can feel it through the coverage of the game...

Gonna be an awesome adventure that we'll be talking about for months...

[TEEDA]

That' s really amazing, the character number and the way they are moving and reacting towards Nariko is simply amazing.
And well hey ! I can't wait to see the new killing moves that she 's got.

BTW some of u may have noticed that the " arena " level has a new boss I think. But looks like some of the elements like maybe a big flag or something with its shadow covering a part of the arena has disappeared. well that doesn 't matter.

I hope to see spaceship battle , or battle on water lol !

[LiquidEagle]

btw, I think DeanoC should get a custom user title, 'cause it's weird seeing him as "Mini Fanboy" :laugh:

I understand that you can't say specifics about playtime as each character, so I really appreciate that you took a stab at it regardless :-D Thanks.

This game is shaping up to be amazing... can't wait to get my hands on it. I really wanted to play it at E3 last year, but every time I'd stand in the "line" (it was more like a ton of people standing around waiting to play the game too, in no real order), I'd get distracted when the MGS4 trailer came on because I'd HAVE to watch that (I can't turn away once I hear Snake say, "Sensou wa kawatta." :-p), and by the time it ends I'd look over at the demo booth and there was a whole other set of people in front of me :laugh:

[Sephiroth_VII]

Deano, could you point out some specific parts in the youtube video where you saw bug and stuff like that which has been fixed by now? I'm interested to hear just how much you've improved.

[Viper]

btw, I think DeanoC should get a custom user title, 'cause it's weird seeing him as "Mini Fanboy" :laugh:

I gave him a new one. I hope he likes it.

[Pimpwerx]

Damn, DeanoC. Hope you don't mind me quoting you over at GAF. I put a disclaimer to tone down some of the theatrics that will follow, but I thought it was very interesting. I wondered how long it would take devs to hit the cap for a single-layer. PEACE.

[LiquidEagle]

I gave him a new one. I hope he likes it.

Bravo! Good job, sir! :)

[GTAce]

:lol: And so true dat.^^

[Sephiroth_VII]

Good choice, Viper. Can't we give the same one to cpi?
It suits them perfectly.

[Viper]

Thanks.

Cpi has his own, "The Ultimate Wet Blanket."

[DeanoC]

I gave him a new one. I hope he likes it.

LOL Not strictly true, there plenty I don't know but cool :)

[DeanoC]

Damn, DeanoC. Hope you don't mind me quoting you over at GAF. I put a disclaimer to tone down some of the theatrics that will follow, but I thought it was very interesting. I wondered how long it would take devs to hit the cap for a single-layer. PEACE.

Oddly I can't post at GAF, something been up with my account ever since I made it a few years back. I do ask them every now and again but still no posting rights...

DeanoCalver is the name over there but hey as I can't post your never see me which suck cos sometimes I want to reply...

[Nameless]

I'm still shocked that developers are already hitting the limit with single layer BD... I heard rurmors that MGS 4 will require dual layer and we all know FFXIII will require dual layer with all the HD CG footage.

I'm sure they could have easily got the size down by doing more compression on sound & video, but that kind of defeats the purpose of HDMI connections and Blu-ray... Deano the game is coming along very well; I can't wait to try the demo... ;)

[VG Aficionado]

cpiasminc's should be "The ultimate wet blanket who knows more than you so STFU"

[OmniCloud]

That's just rude VG...lol

But seriously, CPI is eerily knowledgeable....

[Sephiroth_VII]

I know that it's very rude and bad forum manners, but I'm going to quote myself, since the post ended up at the bottom of the previous page.
Deano, could you point out some specific parts in the youtube video where you saw bug and stuff like that which has been fixed by now? I'm interested to hear just how much you've improved the game.

[Nameless]

^ That's an E3 question man...
Not sure you are going to get an answer today.

[DeanoC]

I know that it's very rude and bad forum manners, but I'm going to quote myself, since the post ended up at the bottom of the previous page.

Its almost one in the morning here, I need sleep else I won't want to get to work tomorrow (can you tell where in final ship crunch hehe). I'll take a look tomorrow during a full compile and post some thoughts.

Off the top of my head, Shadows as mentioned, AI guys standing around looking stupid in one of the army scenes. Glitches in the army movement.

[julps31]

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This threads got an audience lol...^ I feel like i'm at a roundtable lol.

[VG Aficionado]

This thread is also going to reach 100 pages before E3 :-p

[julps31]

Lol wouldn't be suprised. Its on its way...

[sikkinixx]

It's funny, my most anticipated game keeps changing. Everytime I hear more info on Uncharted it's like "OMG! I can't wait for this game!!!"

Then "OOOMG!!! Ratchet and Clank! DISCO BALL!?!"

Now "ZFOMG! Heavenly Sword FTW!!!"

:)

[OmniCloud]

It's funny, my most anticipated game keeps changing. Everytime I hear more info on Uncharted it's like "OMG! I can't wait for this game!!!"

Then "OOOMG!!! Ratchet and Clank! DISCO BALL!?!"

Now "ZFOMG! Heavenly Sword FTW!!!"

:)Same here....

Lair has even popped into the equation after some initial skepticism. I'm also looking forward to Warhawk and Singstar. Plus some 3rd party titles!!!
Bottom line, PS3 is smacking down this year. I already got a list of over 10 must-have games! I'll try to narrow it down but here's what I'm definitely picking up.

Warhawk
Heavenly Sword
Ratchet and Clank
Uncharted
Singstar
Call of Duty 4
Killzone-(probably)
LBP(-if the make a pay to play demo this year)
Haze
Assassin's Creed
Lair

A few may have to wait because they're releasing around the same time-frame...but damn what a year it's gonna be.

[Z]

I admit that when I first saw the game, I didn't see anything special. then I saw early vids. I thought this was a fighting game with some cool finishing moved. looks good, but nothing spectacular. but in the past few months, this game soared to one of of the top AAA and most anticipated games on any platform, imo. there is so much going on in it and for it that every nook and cranny looks amazing. it is amazing how Sony could embark on so many huge and diverse projects simultaneously. HS, WarHawk, Uncharted, Lair, LBP, The Agency and others are all amazing and doing their own things. and these are only the near launch games. look at what they have for next year like White Knight, Afrika, 8 Days, etc. PSN games are also looking extremely well with games like PAIN. I have yet to see a group with such dedication, potential, risk taking and talent as SCEWWS. and all of it is pouring into one distinational showcase center: PS3.

*salutes*

[sikkinixx]

^^ I forgot about Warhawk... I have been sad since they cut off the beta :cry2: It was so awesome...

Since I gotta pay for school I am trying to reduce the amount of games I will buy this fall/winter.

HS for sure, same with Uncharted, Warhawk and Ratchet & Clank.

Halo 3 and GTA IV also.

FFT: PSP is another gotta have.

Mario Galaxy

*sob* I don't have enough money...

[OmniCloud]

I agree and share your excitement Z:cheers:

One thing that could potentially be big as well-Playstation Eye

Imagine the possibilities...

[OmniCloud]

^^ I forgot about Warhawk... I have been sad since they cut off the beta :cry2: It was so awesome...

Since I gotta pay for school I am trying to reduce the amount of games I will buy this fall/winter.

HS for sure, same with Uncharted, Warhawk and Ratchet & Clank.

Halo 3 and GTA IV also.

FFT: PSP is another gotta have.

Mario Galaxy

*sob* I don't have enough money...OMG don't remind that I have to get a Wii over this year again!!!

lol...
My wii list shouldn't be that long though.
Mario Galaxy
Smash Brothers
Brain Age or Wario Ware game for Wii probaby

[sikkinixx]

One of the pitfalls of owning all the systems; you have to pick and choose the games you wanna buy for each and will miss a lot of good games. AAA only for me :)


And that video on You Tube was pretty sweet. The host guy was a bit annoying (I don't care about your ex dude, wonder why she dumped you? watch yourself) but the footage was really choice. The game looks so gorgeous.

[Z]

Since I gotta pay for school I am trying to reduce the amount of games I will buy this fall/winter.

eBay is your friend. don't buy new games. I won't buy most of my games new as well. just find a store that sells used games or go with eBay. sure we won't have the games for few weeks after it is released, but buying a hit game at less than have of what the fresh copy asks is worth it for me. I will only buy those crazy games at full price (i.e. MGS4). ;)

[sikkinixx]

eBay is your friend. don't buy new games. I won't buy most of my games new as well. just find a store that sells used games or go with eBay. sure we won't have the games for few weeks after it is released, but buying a hit game at less than have of what the fresh copy asks is worth it for me. I will only buy those crazy games at full price (i.e. MGS4). ;)

hmmm thats good advice, I never thought to use ebay...


I won't mind not getting them for a while since I have 10 games to buy (I narrowed it down to 10) and it's not like I can play 10 games at once...

[Media]

There's a satisfaction I feel at tearing open a newly packaged, fresh game.

[PUNK em 733]

I've got a feeling that my PS3 will be getting splooged on quite a bit this holiday season.:wank:

[OmniCloud]

Z EB is OK, since it's usually people selling back there stuff and what not.

But plz for the love of the industry DO NOT support Gamespot's used products!!!!

A bleeding greedy/grubby bastard corporation I tell you!!!

[lips]

http://www.mininova.org/tor/783329

MP4 ;)

I was impressed to have actors involved with this title, nice to see this clip which explains it all.

[GUNDAMSEED]

game looks awesome day one buy for sure.

[VG Aficionado]

http://i13.tinypic.com/4ougzgn.gif http://i7.tinypic.com/4v5ie4n.gif

[GTAce]

=-o

[woundingchaney]

There are quite a few games on my must buy fall list but the more and more I see of this title continuously puts it on the top. What Im seeing in the cinematic action, environmental offerings, action stylized gameplay, etc simply doesnt seem to be matched in its genre. This looks to be the new standard for action titles as this gen. matures.

Kudos to NT and Sony.

[Nameless]

http://i13.tinypic.com/4ougzgn.gif http://i7.tinypic.com/4v5ie4n.gif

(+rep) :buldge:

[OmniCloud]

WoW look at the OWNAGE is Nameless's post=-o

And We still haven't seen Killzone yet!! It's more than likely gonna be a more graphical showcase than either of these titles!!!

Might not come out this year tho..

Heavenly Sword will make the God of War team step there game up...The story telling is going to be amazing...

[yoshaw]

Sony and family(NT included) are gonna be leadin the charge on storytelling. Oh what am I sayin! Infact, they had already been doing it :duh:

With Final Fantasies and Metal Gears and God of Wars.

Lemme rephrase,
Sony and family(NT included) are gonna continue leadin the charge on storytelling for many generations.

[Z]

Z EB is OK, since it's usually people selling back there stuff and what not.

But plz for the love of the industry DO NOT support Gamespot's used products!!!!

A bleeding greedy/grubby bastard corporation I tell you!!!

didn't they merge?

[OmniCloud]

didn't they merge?Yeah, I meant Ebay;)

[NickSCFC]

One of the pitfalls of owning all the systems; you have to pick and choose the games you wanna buy for each and will miss a lot of good games. AAA only for me :)

That's my problem, got 4 consoles but only a few games. Here's what I plan to buy, I'll proba only manage half though...


PS3 (when I get one)

-Metal Gear Solid 4
-Heavenly Sword
-Killzone 2 (only if the graphics are as good as the trailer, don't care if gameplay is crap, it looks SO immersive!)
-Final Fantasy XIII
-Resident Evil 5
-Devil May Cry 4
-Tekken 6
-Soul Calibur 4
-Little Big Planet

Xbox 360

-Halo 3 (I will cum when I play this game)
-Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
-Virtua Fighter 5 Live (rhymes)
-PGR4
-Mass Effect
-Bioshock
-Unreal 3
-Alan Wake
-Crysis (we know it's inevitable)

Wii

-any decent sword fighting or golf or tennis.

[julps31]

http://i13.tinypic.com/4ougzgn.gif http://i7.tinypic.com/4v5ie4n.gif:buldge: :drool: Damn can't rep you...

[TEEDA]

http://i15.tinypic.com/6g1uq0j.gif
http://i13.tinypic.com/5ywcdg5.gif
http://i8.tinypic.com/6g00tv8.gif

Blood , and huge battlefield and I love the shadows !!!!!!!!!

[PurePremium]

Dean, could you tell us whether these screenshots are realtime? Were they rendered on the PS3?

http://image.jeuxvideo.com/images/p3/h/e/heswp3055.jpg
http://image.jeuxvideo.com/images/p3/h/e/heswp3057.jpg
http://image.jeuxvideo.com/images/p3/h/e/heswp3063.jpg

[frosty]

I can tell you they are rendered from in game assets. They most likely are the scenario he mentioned where they didn't want to sink the development time to pull off the effect they wanted (such as eye reflections) for such a short scene, so they rendered it offline instead (but still using the same in game assets).

[PurePremium]

I can tell you they are rendered from in game assets. They most likely are the scenario he mentioned where they didn't want to sink the development time to pull off the effect they wanted (such as eye reflections) for such a short scene, so they rendered it offline instead (but still using the same in game assets).
Thanks. The game is impressive either way..i was just curious about these because they seem to have more post processing going on than other screenshots.

[Nameless]

^^ I really like the artistic direction of using game assets rendered offline with CG effects, because it keeps a consistent feel for the game. I think next-gen visuals are a perfect blend of CG and game assets so you really can't see a huge difference in quality. I always remember playing games in the past with beautiful CG and always wish the game looked that good. It looks like HS may actually deliver on that wish and that's what I call next-gen visuals... I can't wait to see direct feed footage of this title running on my display.

Deano if you are reading this and you don't have a demo planned for next week; I really hope you guys have a direct feed trailer with minimum compression to really appreciate the visuals.

[cliffbo]

i wonder where this is going lol

[Siraris]

Normal version:

http://twobrothersandasister.com/?p=862

hi-res divx
http://stage6.divx.com/user/y2kev/video/1394282/Heavenly-Sword---Gamer-tv

[cliffbo]

Thanks. The game is impressive either way..i was just curious about these because they seem to have more post processing going on than other screenshots.

lol

[julps31]

I think Nick was right...Cliff must be drunk. lol

[KRA]

Deano if you are reading this and you don't have a demo planned for next week; I really hope you guys have a direct feed trailer with minimum compression to really appreciate the visuals.

daneo if you don't plan to put demo on psn next week just say it.
i will be really pissed waiting all the time for something that doesn't happen :)

[TEEDA]

daneo if you don't plan to put demo on psn next week just say it.
i will be really pissed waiting all the time for something that doesn't happen :)


Well maybe we ' ll have another on-stage demo at the Sony Conference.

[cliffbo]

just trying to point out an unwanted visitor

[Fats]

Who?

[DeanoC]

Dean, could you tell us whether these screenshots are realtime? Were they rendered on the PS3?

Can't say about the first one? (it doesn't have a background which makes me think not? Tho its the same model we use in-game).

The two Kai ones are real-time, first time I saw the CS the first Kai one is from was cos one of the artist had an issue with a shadow glitch. I was so awe struck, I sent a picture to Marco sawing WOW! :)

[DeanoC]

daneo if you don't plan to put demo on psn next week just say it.
i will be really pissed waiting all the time for something that doesn't happen :)
Honestly don't know, I know its very close but the exact release date etc. is a Sony thing.

I'll probably know a little after your do, sorry...

[Fats]

It's absolutely gorgeous looking. It's going to look stonking on my HDTV! :)

[julps31]

Can't say about the first one? (it doesn't have a background which makes me think not? Tho its the same model we use in-game).

The two Kai ones are real-time, first time I saw the CS the first Kai one is from was cos one of the artist had an issue with a shadow glitch. I was so awe struck, I sent a picture to Marco sawing WOW! :)Thats pretty amazing. The characters have alotta depth to them. Definanlty one of the closest to CG in-game models i've seen (in any game).

[VG Aficionado]

Deano, be proud of the work you all have been doing at Ninja Theory because it certainly is truly amazing. I hope you get some awards this year as well as the sales and fame you deserve :)

[cliffbo]

Deano, i recently saw the TV special and noticed a lot of shadow flicker, will this be toned down in the final build. i know it can't be totally eliminated yet... just wondering

[sikkinixx]

Deano, be proud of the work you all have been doing at Ninja Theory because it certainly is truly amazing. I hope you get some awards this year as well as the sales and fame you deserve :)

seconded. HS looks to take 'digital actors' to the next level. Andy Z as the King where he says "crush her" gives me chills.

[Sephiroth_VII]

Deano, i recently saw the TV special and noticed a lot of shadow flicker, will this be toned down in the final build. i know it can't be totally eliminated yet... just wondering

Cliffbo's right, many of those shadows were shite. The snow fort one made me cringe (and I wrote/designed the original shadow system...). Basically our shadow system has a number of artist tweakables numbers, I can only presume those videos were a)from a while ago (before Marco improved some things) and b) before the shadow optimisation pass had been done on those scenes.

TBH I haven't noticed anything that bad recently but going take a full pass over the game tomorrow make sure there nothing even remotely yukky like was seen in the tv program is left.

[VG Aficionado]

C'mon people, we've discussed that already, they'll do their best. Let's discuss something else, please.

[cliffbo]

eh? how can you be posting a reply that isn't there?!

[julps31]

seconded. HS looks to take 'digital actors' to the next level. Andy Z as the King where he says "crush her" gives me chills.*looks at avatar..flings holy water and puts up cruxifix* May the power of Christ compell you!!! lol...

Any way..it looks like this thread will get 100 pages just in time for E3. I say well before the end of today.

[cliffbo]

i think HS is amazing!!! VG. this is what next gen is about. i just wanted to ask, that's all. i've always been hyped about the graphics, but after seeing the counter attacks, i'm astonished with this game

[sikkinixx]

i think HS is amazing!!! VG. this is what next gen is about. i just wanted to ask, that's all. i've always been hyped about the graphics, but after seeing the counter attacks, i'm astonished with this game

Whats a PS2 with a PSP Finish?:huh:

[Media]

My hype for this game is immeasurable. I really need an action game that doesn't involve guns and the army, and I don't really want NGS.

[cliffbo]

Whats a PS2 with a PSP Finish?:huh:

just a theory. check the PS2 section

[FantasyGhost]

Finally.... Now do you ask what Twing Twang is :D:DSo what is it? If it's been answered already in this massive thread... Sorry

[cliffbo]

perhaps the fact that she fires a bow... Twing! twang!

[PurePremium]

Can't say about the first one? (it doesn't have a background which makes me think not? Tho its the same model we use in-game).

The two Kai ones are real-time, first time I saw the CS the first Kai one is from was cos one of the artist had an issue with a shadow glitch. I was so awe struck, I sent a picture to Marco sawing WOW! :)
Wow, I can't believe those are real times. Thats fantastic. :pinky:

[Applefiend]

This is the problem with threads about Heavenly Sword, I made up my mind to buy this title about 2 years ago, everything now is just spoiler. :)

[LaLiLuLeLo]

This is the problem with threads about Heavenly Sword, I made up my mind to buy this title about 2 years ago, everything now is just spoiler. :)

True that.

[Epix]

Un.Be.Leav.Able.

http://i19.tinypic.com/4y5i4hl.gif

[chartwel]

Un.Be.Leav.Able.

http://i19.tinypic.com/4y5i4hl.gif

^^and to think, most of that footage was from old builds :)

[Stelio]

For those not wanting to download can simply stream the goods riiiiight.....

here! (http://twobrothersandasister.com/?p=862)

[Stelio]

Can you guys say...Laura who?

Ninja Theory's got their game on lock. Done deal.

I know I'll be buying this one.

So...that's 2 exclusives coming soon. HS + MGS (yea yea i know...ff too. but only 2 matter)

[Media]

Lara Croft hasn't existed since PS1 anyway.

[Junox50]

Un.Be.Leav.Able.

http://i19.tinypic.com/4y5i4hl.gif

Man, this game has a blend of everything. Does it come free with a Nariko plush doll too?

[Smokey]

cliffys a girl?

[Applefiend]

Actually Tomb Raider Anniversary arrived this morning and it's quite good.

Not Heavenly Sword good obviously.... But good, really.

[VG Aficionado]

100 pages before E3 :-p

[cliffbo]

cliffys a girl?

OKAY!! what have you lot been saying?!

[VG Aficionado]

Cliff is not a girl. He's just girly :queer:

[cliffbo]

Cliff is not a girl. He's just girly :queer:

one more word about me being a girl and i'll scratch your eyes out!!!!

[VG Aficionado]

:cry2:

[cliffbo]

bless... lol

[VG Aficionado]

Heavenly Sword character design (http://threespeech.com/blog/?p=459) and Ninja Theory on Heavenly Sword combat design (http://threespeech.com/blog/?p=460)

[warmachine]

oO

Soo...beautiful... oO

[Stelio]

Lara Croft hasn't existed since PS1 anyway.

Are you sure about that? (http://ps2.ign.com/articles/425/425632p1.html)

What do we have here? (http://ps2.ign.com/articles/700/700372p1.html)

[Stelio]

Actually Tomb Raider Anniversary arrived this morning and it's quite good.

You know, it does look good. I don't have that kind of time anymore. Any time I get a new game it just pretty much sits there after a week or so.

Maybe things will change when I move to the west coast...

[Segitz]

one more word about me being a girl and i'll scratch your eyes out!!!!

VGs eyes are protected via a Hellghast mask, good luck scratching those out!

[warmachine]

@Stelio: Just look at the rating of TR - AoD and you can understand what he meant. ^^

It's comparable to Matrix: There's never been such a thing like Matrix - Reloaded or Matrix - Revolution. These are just movies the Matrix itself wants us to believe exist. ^^

[Epix]

Update to the HS Blog with a few new screens (http://blogs.ign.com/Heavenly_Sword/2007/07/09/59609/)

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[VG Aficionado]

Andy Serkis is undoubtedly the most experienced and accomplished motion capture actor on the planet. As fate would have it, my brother is his mortgage advisor. So I gave him a call and asked him if he could take care of these areas for Heavenly Sword. He was enthusiastic and I almost wept with joy. What I experienced with him during the shoot just blew my mind. Awesome :laugh:

[yoshaw]

I was tired, dirty and filled with thoughts about the shoot but I was keen to impress so I crouched down and showed them some WIP tests on my laptop which did indeed impress. I didn’t really fully appreciate, until the next day, that I had: Philippa Boyens, writer for Lord of the Rings; Andy Serkis, the greatest motion capture actor of this age; Peter Jackson, the legend and my childhood hero; and James Cameron, the groundbreaking and blockbusting film-maker, all crouched down around me looking at Heavenly Sword and talking shop about the possibilities of motion capture and how it can be applied in games and movies in the future. I came away thinking, “I thought we were breaking new ground... but we haven’t even scratched the surface of what is possible in the future!”

=-o OMFG!! NT Rocks the house like no other!!

[LiquidEagle]

Those are all people you want looking at your work :laugh:

James Cameron ftw, too :-D

[julps31]

100 pages before E3 :-pYea I was gonna point that out if nobody else did lol. How appropriate..a day before E3 lol.

[VG Aficionado]

Two days before E3, actually. Microsoft's conference is pre-E3.

[julps31]

Well two days before E3 then :crazy2: lol.