Heavenly Sword devs promise blood, one edition, demo

by Nick Doerr { Jul 3rd 2007 at 2:00PM }

If you don't want to get any information about Heavenly Sword by cycling through the comments section over at Ninja Theory's blog on IGN, don't worry. We've got the skinny and we're delivering it to you, list style! All answers come courtesy of Mat Hart, producer of Heavenly Sword.

Blood: "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." We take it that means we'll see some stylish blood-letting.
Special Edition: In a word, no. Sony has decided that, instead of making you pay extra for a special edition of the game, they're going to let Ninja Theory cram as many as they can onto the single Blu-ray disc. So far, they're planning for the retail disc to 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." Can you say, awesome?
Game Length: "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."
Demo: He explains they've got plans for a demo in the very near future and have been working on it for some time. If you want his words exactly, he says to "keep an eye out for this in the very near future...and i mean very near future!" Our clocks are ticking.

That's it for now. We think the word about no special edition is fantastic. It's a great example of a developer really taking advantage of all that extra space. Much better than shoving an extra disc in the case and upping the price $10-20. We'll look for a demo every week until we get one, but from his tone of voice, we might see one either right before or right after E3. Our bet is on right after.

[via N4G]

Tags: heavenly sword, HeavenlySword, ninja theory, NinjaTheory, playstation 3, Playstation3, ps3, scee, sony

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Matt B @ Jul 3rd 2007 2:17PM

Any new is good news for this title. :)

pete @ Jul 3rd 2007 2:19PM

Dope!!!!!!!!!!!11

mccomber @ Jul 3rd 2007 2:56PM

I really want an art book for this game, the concept stuff I've seen on the web is awesome and would be great to have in a hardback.

Tanya @ Jul 3rd 2007 2:57PM

fraking awesome!

Andy @ Jul 3rd 2007 3:26PM

I have never bought a special edition. Would you classify this game as a platformer or action or adventure or what? I am interested but I have seen so much with this game. ALL GAMES SHOULD HAVE DEMOS!!!It saves me $5 for a rental.

Andir3.0 @ Jul 3rd 2007 3:41PM

Now taking bets on Demo Release....

I have Thursday's PSN Update!

Stef Geiger @ Jul 3rd 2007 3:41PM

Yeah, demos are key. Not only does it look BAD when a developer isn't willing to release one, but it gives us the opportunity to freaking try the damn game before we drop $60-70 on it. Kind of like how that new-fangled FM radio machine lets us hear bits of albums before we buy them.