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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

123 Comments

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Nice art style.

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Edited By Hyper_Bunny_Meow

damn it 
 
but really the fighting looks like it could be fun but not sure about a lot of the backdrops as they are very uninspiring.
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Edited By Picard

 Pretty sweet video.

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Edited By darkjester74

So close.

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Edited By Duffyside

This game looks awesome. Came out of no where. 
 
Support Shane Bettenhausen.

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Is he wearing a sports bra?

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Edited By Make_Me_Mad

Interesting art style... I don't like it too much personally, but it does look really good.  The combat looks really odd to me, but I'll definitely be paying attention to this one.

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art style on this is pretty crazy.

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Edited By landon

Wow. Looks really cool.

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Edited By popokarimu

Wow, this game looks amazing.

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Edited By bigchief

What a weird, crazy game. Very interested to see more, the visuals look super interesting.

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Edited By Mr_Skeleton

That name is just stupid, just call it god and be done with it. 
Edit: for those who dont know El Shaddai = god.

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Edited By Toxin066

I'm a little confused. The page for this game said it's being made by Ignition. Devil May Cry and Viewtiful Joe were Capcom. The video's caption says from the makers of DMC and VJ.
 
But hey. It looks really nice.

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I don't understand what exactly is going on, but it looks absolutely fantastic.

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Edited By Icemael

Neat art style, but the combat doesn't look like a lot of fun, and it looks like the main character has boobs, which is kind of... weird?

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Edited By Gdizzle

I have a feeling there's gonna be alot of Yaio fanart after this game's release...

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Edited By Rothbart

Kind of funny how at the end they inverted what the eyeball-man said in the subtitles. 
Anyway, very cool game!

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Dumbest weapon ever.

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Edited By D_W

This game looks very much like a MegaTen game in terms of art style. I'm certainly interested.

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Sweet, I've been waiting for about a year to see something more on this.  I think it looks great, visuals are a refreshing change.

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Why does Japan hate shirts that are the proper length?

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dude, as a jew this is weird. The title of this game entirely consists of stuff that you're not allowed to say...

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Hmm I don't know... While it certainly has a unique style of it's own, sometimes it just looks like bad art to me... We'll I'll keep an eye out for this one, just in case. :)

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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... "
what does it mean?  
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Edited By eternitymemory

While Enoch's design is kind of funky and I'm not quite sold on the combat, I love the art style they're going for and the story so far looks very intriguing. I'll definitely give this game a go when it comes out. 

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That guy is on a seriously heavy dose of LSD.

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@wrecks said:
"Is he wearing a sports bra? "

It's a Man-zier, thank you very much.
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This game is kind of freaking me out. Besides the terrible weapon design I'm really interested in this.

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@DrLove 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... "
what does it mean?   "
One of the names of G-d and the name of one of the highest ranked angels.
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It looks terrible, art style and all. Though the falling hand at the start looked incredible.
 
I'll give it a chance.

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@H2Oyea said:
" @DrLove 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... "
what does it mean?   "
One of the names of G-d and the name of one of the highest ranked angels. "
hmm thats interesting, dont worry i wont tell your parents you told me :)
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Intriguing is the word for the impression I got on this game. 
 
The art design and the animation looks beautiful, but the story doesn't make any sense.  I'll wait for the reviews to come out.

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Reminds me of Galactik Football, the art style does.

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@DrLove said:
" @H2Oyea said:
" @DrLove 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... "
what does it mean?   "
One of the names of G-d and the name of one of the highest ranked angels. "
hmm thats interesting, dont worry i wont tell your parents you told me :) "
What would happen if u did...
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I have absolutely no idea how this game is supposed to play. Is it a 2.5D side-scroller? Is it a 3D brawler? No fucking clue. Looks pretty though.

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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... "
It also makes no sense, like they chose it because they think it sounds cool. But whatever, still interested to see how it turns out.
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@Nasar7 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... "
It also makes no sense, like they chose it because they think it sounds cool. But whatever, still interested to see how it turns out. "
Well the game is actually based on sections of the Red Sea Scrolls and features characters from the Bible. So...its relevant AND sounds cool.
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@Nasar7: Japan likes playing around with all types of religious iconography and order systems. 
 
But hey, Angels fight with Batliffs, who knew?
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I'm a little skeptical but quite intrigued.

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That looks pretty interesting.
 
Really cool title.

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Odd looking game.
 
That's all.

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@H2Oyea said:
" @DrLove said:
" @H2Oyea said:
" @DrLove 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... "
what does it mean?   "
One of the names of G-d and the name of one of the highest ranked angels. "
hmm thats interesting, dont worry i wont tell your parents you told me :) "
What would happen if u did... "
nothing man, just making a joke about how your not allowed to talk about something you just told me about.. my bad it was lame, i apologize 
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@Toxin066 said:
" I'm a little confused. The page for this game said it's being made by Ignition. Devil May Cry and Viewtiful Joe were Capcom. The video's caption says from the makers of DMC and VJ.  But hey. It looks really nice. "
Those dudes left Capcom after the whole Clover thing didn't work out.
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@TheKidNixon said:
" @Nasar7 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... "
It also makes no sense, like they chose it because they think it sounds cool. But whatever, still interested to see how it turns out. "
Well the game is actually based on sections of the Red Sea Scrolls and features characters from the Bible. So...its relevant AND sounds cool. "
Might be relevant to the Dead Sea Scrolls in some loose way. Not familiar with the Red.
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@nnickers said:
" @TheKidNixon said:

Well the game is actually based on sections of the Red Sea Scrolls and features characters from the Bible. So...its relevant AND sounds cool. "
Might be relevant to the Dead Sea Scrolls in some loose way. Not familiar with the Red. "
Bah, that's what I meant. And I'm a religious studies major too. :P
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Looks beautiful!

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Looks like it could be a very good high-art game.  I love Clover and everything they did before closing, and the other offshoots... so I'll definitely give this one a try.
 
Don't care much for the title, though.  But that's very minor.

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This game looks really pretty, but it sounds really dumb.
 
We can always turn to Japan for a bunch of weird interpretations of monotheistic symbolism!

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Needs more robot angels. "I am Metatron, i am one with god"

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@TheKidNixon said:
" @Nasar7 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... "
It also makes no sense, like they chose it because they think it sounds cool. But whatever, still interested to see how it turns out. "
Well the game is actually based on sections of the Red Sea Scrolls and features characters from the Bible. So...its relevant AND sounds cool. "
I know its related to the Dead Sea Scrolls but it still doesnt make much sense. Ascension of the Metatron would've been fine by itself. But I'm not complaining too much since I think a video game based on the apocryphal stuff is really cool.