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El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron E3 Trailer

Angels and Devils clash in this new game from the developers of Devil May Cry and Viewtiful Joe.

Jun. 16 2010

Posted by: Matt

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MANGOD!!!

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Looks fantastic!

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Sweet!

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Well, the look is pretty cool.  Way trippy.

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I like the art style but I cant seem to get into DMC type games anymore. I wont be playing it but I may watch a playthrough of it or something. The biblical theology being used is gonna make it really weird. I look forward to that.
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HHHaaaahhhh! getting high without smoking anything!!! this thing was psychedelic!!
:D

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Looks really bizarre, good to see some try something visually striking from everything else. will keep this one on my radar for sure.

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FUCK YES!! Day one purchase for me!
 
Btw, from what I could pick up, the translation on this video isn't terribly accurate.
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I am so confused about who is making this. The video claims that it's by the makes of Devil May Cry and Viewtiful joe, but Hideki Kimiya made those games. He works at platinum games, not Ignition. I suppose it is refering to the makers of Devil May Cry 2-4 and Viewtiful Joe 2, but these guys work at capcom. Even if they did split and do work for Ignition, Ignition said that they were done with making orignal Ip's for a while because their last ones did poor in sales. This game is one big mystery to me.
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@H2Oyea said:
" dude, as a jew this is weird. The title of this game entirely consists of stuff that you're not allowed to say... "
Wow, that sounds almost Radical Islam level of restriction (No offense to the less radial of those out there.) You aren't allowed to name the voice of God, Metatron (Not very familiar with him in my faith)? Or God himself? As a lapsed Christian, I see that as odd. Even though Christianity worships and adores Him, we are allowed to fully mention His name. The only name unpronouncable is His true name, which is mentioned, but not written down, in Revalations.(But that's only because no one can comprehend or physically say it; kind of a Lovecraftian feeling thing, really.)
 
/Bible School Minute
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Damn....crazy artstyle

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That weapon looks pretty dumb.

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I'm getting a Panzer Dragoon vibe from this. It looks like Panzer Dragoon concept art come live, realistic faces but everything else is stylized with neon watercolors.

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Watching this was rough. Im getting used to the 1-2 minute tidbits we get from all the other trailers.

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@MetalGearFlaccid said:

" @H2Oyea said:

" dude, as a jew this is weird. The title of this game entirely consists of stuff that you're not allowed to say... "
" Wow, that sounds almost Radical Islam level of restriction (No offense to the less radial of those out there.) You aren't allowed to name the voice of God, Metatron (Not very familiar with him in my faith)? Or God himself? As a lapsed Christian, I see that as odd. Even though Christianity worships and adores Him, we are allowed to fully mention His name. The only name unpronouncable is His true name, which is mentioned, but not written down, in Revalations.(But that's only because no one can comprehend or physically say it; kind of a Lovecraftian feeling thing, really.) /Bible School Minute 
Well the thing is, we're allowed to say it in some rare cases, but in the case of the angel I'm not sure when we're allowed to say it. So I would assume that in a video game it wouldn't be proper to say these names.
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Incredible art style and decent looking gameplay, do want.

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@wrecks said:
" Is he wearing a sports bra? "
Yeah, I thought he had boobs too.
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Man that is Japanese.

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Pretty stunning visual style, but I'm a bit concerned about how minimalist some of the settings seemed.  I'm starting to have concerns about my retinas melting into puddles of jelly from all of the stark whites.

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That was trippy.

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Love the art style. 

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I like the look but god damn did it give me one hell of a headache.
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The title is funny, it's actually a religion in the Philippines, a Christian sect.

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About time we got something with this art style. I'm kinda iffy on the combat, though.

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@ImmortalSaiyan said:
" I am so confused about who is making this. The video claims that it's by the makes of Devil May Cry and Viewtiful joe, but Hideki Kimiya made those games. He works at platinum games, not Ignition. I suppose it is refering to the makers of Devil May Cry 2-4 and Viewtiful Joe 2, but these guys work at capcom. Even if they did split and do work for Ignition, Ignition said that they were done with making orignal Ip's for a while because their last ones did poor in sales. This game is one big mystery to me. "
Some ex-Clover and Capcom people, including Devil May Cry's art director, are working on the game.
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Very cool look. I'm not too hip on it's religious references, but this all sounds interesting. But why the dude with boobs?

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Looks fantastic!
 
Man that main character looks like Val Kilmer.

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Is the protagonist male or female?

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@Khessed said:
" Looks fantastic!  Man that main character looks like Val Kilmer. "
I was thinking the same thing!
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Combat looks like it'll get repetitive really fast.  I wish
I could understand what the fuck they were saying. Is
this coming the US?
 
I'll add this to the "maybe" list til I hear more about 
it. It'll probably have some serious fatal flaw that a 
lot of Japanese games seem to pump out over the last
few years.

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@MetalGearFlaccid said:
" @H2Oyea said:
" dude, as a jew this is weird. The title of this game entirely consists of stuff that you're not allowed to say... "
Wow, that sounds almost Radical Islam level of restriction (No offense to the less radial of those out there.) You aren't allowed to name the voice of God, Metatron (Not very familiar with him in my faith)? Or God himself? As a lapsed Christian, I see that as odd. Even though Christianity worships and adores Him, we are allowed to fully mention His name. The only name unpronouncable is His true name, which is mentioned, but not written down, in Revalations.(But that's only because no one can comprehend or physically say it; kind of a Lovecraftian feeling thing, really.) /Bible School Minute "
The Metatron is the voice of God, the go-to guy if God wants to speak to you without exploding your head. Basically heavens Media Liason dude. 
 
Also fucking turn the contrast down on your trailer developers, this game would have looked so much better if every single texture wasn't glaring.
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Surreal. This could be interesting.

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blasphemous much?

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If people think this is blasphemous never look at the plot of the original SMT

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Hmmm interesting

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this game looks pretty good.

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I'm pretty sure that thing at the end said "It's been a while, Enoch" not "Enoch, what brings you here."
 
Looks interesting. Enoch's outfit looks terrible though.

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Neat, however the main character looks a bit gay

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Why wear that shirt if you don't have a tramp stamp?

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Nonsensical title and game but looks cool.

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Very unique art style. I'm going to keep an eye on this game, see where it ends up.

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Very nice o.o

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This is awesome. No not the game, the trailer. When was the last time we saw a straight up "We didn't do any VO work in english before showing you this" trailer? FF13? So nostalgic.

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I can't tell what this game is supposed to be.  
RPG? Fighter? Platformer? Maybe all three. 
 I guess we'll just have to wait and see. 
 
Read aloud, it's poetry. 

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So they've finally just gone and put tits on their male leads now? Guess they've been heading that way for a while.

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oh man,the guys who made the bridge running part must have been trippin balls.

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This is from Platinum Games?
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Being a Christian, the title got my attention. I really like the art style (looking past the metrosexual types), but the story seems sorta out there, absolutely unbiblical despite it's attempt to sound spiritual.

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Looks good!