Heavenly Sword has set the bar high for all next generation games and gaming consoles.  The fight scenes are intense and are not 'button-mashing' fights where you hope for the best while thumb hammering the controller; you need to accurately choose each fighting stance for each enemy that you fight while fighting up to 500 enemies at the same time.  With the six-axis you can maneuver arrow, while in slow motion, to guide them in to your enemies shins, chest, eye, around corners, toss discs bouncing them off walls and enemies, or to unlock doors and passageways. 

The story line is nothing short of spectacular.  The cinematic cut scene are of movie quality, and the character development is unsurpassed by any game this writer has ever played.  The games is short, but there is no 'filler', no looking around for a mission-needed items for 12 hours, no trapdoors you need to scour the earth to find.  Heavenly Sword is an action adventure game (game/movie) that is action-packed from start to finish with unrelenting enemies who are out to destroy you and your people to possess the coveted Heavenly Sword.  

Heavenly Sword is worth playing a dozen time from start to finish to relive the intense story line because your mind doesn't believe that a video game could ever be this great (it's like when you watch a movie over and over again because it's utterly amazing).  If you love great quality games, you know, the type of game where once you learn the basics you call in sick to work and play it until 8 o'clock the next morning, then this game is for you.