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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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fun and beautiful artwork... 
Weird plot & music... 
Is Enoch a man or woman??? wth?

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It might just be me, but this reminds me of X Blades...

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@Jayzilla: and god of war isnt
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That is the whitest thing I've ever seen.

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@HooliganTuesday said:
 the go-to guy if God wants to speak to you without exploding your head. Basically heavens Media Liason dude.  "  
Only in Dogma. 
 
More relevantly: Enoch is a handful of generations from Adam. He was taken into heaven (however you want to interpret that), and is sometimes considered to be the same entity as Metatron.
 
In other words, at some point in the game the main character probably goes to heaven and becomes a badass angel. 
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@dprabon said:

Is Enoch a man or woman??? wth?

If he's actually supposed to be an angel, then he's (ve's?) probably intentionally 
androgynous.   
 
The art style looks interesting, although I'm a bit confused about the context- maybe it's supposed to be a mystical pre-human version of Earth?  In any case, it's nice to see something based loosely on Judeo-Christian mythology as opposed to the usual Norse-derived Tolkeinesque European fantasy setting.  I actually think Indian/Hindu mythology would make for interesting visuals as well, hopefully we'll see that someday (we've already got things like Muramasa and Okami for Japanese mythology and folklore).
 
I'm mostly only familiar with Ignition as a publisher/localizer for semi-obscure Japanese titles, but I guess they've formed an actual internal development studio as well now.
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Wow, beautiful art style...

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This game looks incredible and concidering the talent behind the game it will most likely be great. but his is the WORST. TRAILER. EVER.

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I like the art style. It also seems to have a combination of exploration, action, and side scrolling platforming. But what system is is for? my guess is the Wii
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Looks to be keeping in tradition with Ignitions most recent releases. And that is, regardless of the final game play, this is a gorgeous looking game.

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I just had Japanese overload

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This game looks so completely Japanese they might as well replace Godzilla with it as their global contribution to visual entertainment! But damn if it isn't pretty and I desperately want to know more!

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@Khessed: Ha. I was just about to comment on how it's nice to see Val's still getting work.
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Wow - art and a half!  Here's hoping for gameplay as good as Bayonetta...

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That was completely bonkers.

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Totally getting a TRON vibe from this.  
 
It's a very pretty looking game, but I see no gameplay hook I'm interested in. It just looks like another action game. Excited to see more though.

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Whoa! Interesting. Going to keep an eye on this.  

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@Wandering_Idiot said:
" @dprabon said:

Is Enoch a man or woman??? wth?

If he's actually supposed to be an angel, then he's (ve's?) probably intentionally  androgynous.     The art style looks interesting, although I'm a bit confused about the context- maybe it's supposed to be a mystical pre-human version of Earth?  In any case, it's nice to see something based loosely on Judeo-Christian mythology as opposed to the usual Norse-derived Tolkeinesque European fantasy setting.  I actually think Indian/Hindu mythology would make for interesting visuals as well, hopefully we'll see that someday (we've already got things like Muramasa and Okami for Japanese mythology and folklore). I'm mostly only familiar with Ignition as a publisher/localizer for semi-obscure Japanese titles, but I guess they've formed an actual internal development studio as well now. "
Well, in the Book of Enoch, he was a man before he became an angel. So he probably kept his form and gender when he was given that power.
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Insanely trippy and wicked art style. The backdrops look cool, but hopefully they'll be more engaging. Same goes for the combat... and everything else. Guess we have to wait for more info. Is Enoch wearing jeans under his armor?

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Pretty art style, but the action looks bad.
Then again, it's still a work in progress.
 
Also, boring and bad edited trailer. DIdn't have to be this long to convey the information presented.

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@Blood_for_the_blood_God said:
" I just had Japanese overload "
This. 
 
Also, I wish there was an RPG with this artstyle (NOT a JRPG), but just not a pure action game as this looks to be.
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@snoreski said:
" I like the art style. It also seems to have a combination of exploration, action, and side scrolling platforming. But what system is is for? my guess is the Wii "
LOL Wii games don't look that good.