Heavenly Sword
Underrated PS3 Games That Deserved More Love
If you hear the name “Ninja Theory,” you most likely think of the game Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. While that is likely the company’s most famous game, it worked on a bunch of cool titles long before that, one of these being the PS3 exclusive Heavenly Sword.
It’s a hack n’ slash action game that launched early in the system’s life. The PS3 was fairly starved for exclusives in its early days, so why didn’t this game get more love? Possibly because the headlines for the console at the time centered around the systems insanely high price point, and not much else. The negative press certainly didn’t help its sales, which definitely also didn’t bode well for the exclusive games such as Heavenly Sword.
Nariko, the main character, was in PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale (likely just to fill out the roster a bit), but besides that, the Heavenly Sword series has been dormant. If you haven’t tried the original game, check it out. It features an excellent performance from Andy Serkis as the main villain.
