Heavenly Sword - updated hands-on

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The PS3's answer to God of War finally steps out of the arenas

Both boss fights ended when we'd worn them down enough for a blinking indicator to pop up onscreen, telling us to start a superstyle attack; doing so led to hit-the-buttons-on-cue quicktime events, which were a dramatic - if not altogether satisfying - way to cut our enemies down.

We've also caught a glimpse of one other boss: Roach, Bohan's hulking, developmentally disabled son. Essentially a huge fat man wearing insect-like armor, fighting him will be a matter of yanking off chunks of his carapace with Nariko's chainblades, pausing only to make fun of him in front of his dad.

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Mikel Reparaz
Mikel Reparaz
After graduating from college in 2000 with a BA in journalism, I worked for five years as a copy editor, page designer and videogame-review columnist at a couple of mid-sized newspapers you've never heard of. My column eventually got me a freelancing gig with GMR magazine, which folded a few months later. I was hired on full-time by GamesRadar in late 2005, and have since been paid actual money to write silly articles about lovable blobs.