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'''''Heavenly Sword''''' is a hack-and-slash game set in an [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|ambiguously Asian]] empire where everyone speaks with British or Australian accents. It was developed by Ninja Theory and released exclusively on the [[Play Station 3]] in September 2007. The plot concerns Nariko, the unwanted daughter of a clan whose duty is to protect the titular sword, which the ambitious King Bohan believes will grant him [[A God Am I|godlike power]]. Nariko and her clan sister, Kai, flee with the sword and spend the remainder of the game attempting to rescue Nariko's father and end Bohan's reign of terror. Though the plot is hardly new, it's solidly executed, with excellent voice acting and motion capture (due to the involvement of Andy Serkis and Weta Workshop) and a surprising amount of humor.

 

* [[Action Girl]]: Nariko.

* [[Anime Hair]]: Nariko again.

* [[Anti-Villain]]: Roach. It's made clear that he's only doing what he does [["Well Done, Son" Guy|to try and please his father]], and is a great deal more sympathetic than the other villains.

* [[Automatic Crossbows]]: Kai uses one, for starters.

* [[Ax Crazy]]: Flying Fox.

** The animated series indicates that the [[Big Bad]] is {{spoiler|The Raven King, who the original wielder of the Heavenly Sword fought and defeated. Presumably, he's taken the form of a raven, and Bohan is helping him claim the weapon that led to his original defeat.}}

* [[Big No]]: {{spoiler|Nariko lets out a grief-stricken "NOOOOOOOOO!" after Kai's apparent death (and, shortly after, a variation which just has her [[Say My Name|screaming Kai's name]]).}}

* [[Break the Cutie]]: Kai is already broken. Then Flying Fox breaks her more.

* [[The Caligula]]: King Bohan.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Kai.

* [[Deadly Upgrade]]: Nariko trades in her longsword for the Heavenly Sword after being cornered by Bohan and his army. It ends the way you'd expect given the trope and the fact that the sword has a history of killing anyone who wields it in a rather excruciating manner.

** Bohan {{spoiler|sells his soul to gain the power needed to face Nariko, and it isn't enough to defeat her.}}

* [[Empathic Weapon]]: The Heavenly Sword.

* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: Nariko dying is shown at the beginning. {{spoiler|Still, she manages to wipe out Bohan and his army one last time before she's gone for good.}}

* [[For Massive Damage]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Kai.

* [[Groin Attack]]: This game is particularly fond of them, both implied and executed. [[Share the Male Pain|It affects all other surrounding mooks as well]].

* [[How We Got Here]]

* [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]]: Bohan's behaviour around Nariko {{spoiler|shortly after he captures her}}.

* [[Implausible Hair Color]]: Nariko.

* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: Due to the implementations of the sixaxis controller, Kai is a damn good shot, depending on the player.

* [[Snake Talk]]: Whiptail. It's even in the subtitles.

* [[Start of Darkness]]: One of the animated shorts details how Bohan got to be King (unsurprisingly, it involved poisoning the guy before him).

* [[Stripperiffic]]: Whiptail's outfit mainly consists of a type of armoured bikini, complete with exposed underboob.

** And [[Fan Disservice]] for ''[[Nightmare Fetishist|most]]'', do you really want to look at her slimy, fishy, scale covered body for that long?

** Throughout the game, Nariko wears the right half of a skirt and a top that leaves her [[Bare Your Midriff|midriff]] and right shoulder/arm uncovered.

* {{spoiler|[[The Dog Was the Mastermind]]}}: It turns out that {{spoiler|Bohan's bird is in fact The Raven Lord, the ancient warlord that started this whole mess in the first place. [[All There in the Manual|A pity he wasn't mentioned in the game proper before that point.]]}}

* [[Trauma-Induced Amnesia]]: {{spoiler|Kai doesn't remember the death of her mother, until Flying Fox forces her to remember.}}

 

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