WTF Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 (edited) Developer: Ignition Entertainment Publisher: Ignition Entertainment Lead Designer: Takeyasu Sawaki Most of the art people from Clover Design Other People sort of Involved: Shane Bettenhausen (Former 1up/EGM guy) Release Date: April 28th Japan End of Summer (US and EU) Platforms PS3/360 First Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUFROkKk_9s Gameplay Video Voice Actors: Blake Ritson As Enoch Jason Isaacs As Luciphel Hands on Previews: Siliconera Gamesradar (brief) Joystiq GiantBomb Quick Look I'll add more later A few things to note: The game possesses no HUD or interface menus like that. There is an easy transition between 2D and 3D segments of the game. Apparently you start most levels with no weapons though Enoch can throw punches and kick enemies. You do reclaim weapons easily at the start regardless. Enoch doesn't have a lot of dialogue and just says he's fine whereas Luciphel will keep talking to you and sometimes pull a Bertolt Brecht. It features mostly 1 Button combat but the focus for this game is art design though gameplay will be similar to 3rd person platform actioners (after all most of these guys are of the original DMC, viewtiful joe team). The game can be completed in about 12-15 hours though Luciphel will taunt you to try and finish it in 8. You'll be visiting the realms of fallen angels for each level and the level design varies depending on the nature of the angel. You'll face a lot of enemies though certain weapons will help you just move through without having to fight them.There are unescapable enemies though. Of course the game has been extremely popularised via memes. PS3 Retail Xbox 360 Retail Boxart Screenshots Official Sites Global http://elshaddaigame.com/index.html Japan http://elshaddai.jp/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/ElShaddaiGame P.S. I'm not in any way associated with this game, but I thought it would be nice if we could make official threads for games with all info on it which would make it easier for us to find it if we want. Edited March 31, 2011 by WTF 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Worst. Name. Ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Game looks fucking amazing, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excel_excel Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Looks fantastic. Nice to see its going to get a EU release date too. Jeez WTF making your posts all nice and purty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted March 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 Just added GiantBomb's quick look in the main post. It's basically Shane Bettenhausen and the GB guys showing a small portion of the game, intro levels. The video is about 30mins long and is in their usual style. But if you had an hangups about combat or the like I'd suggest watching the video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted April 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Since there are video limits per post and I might want to add more videos to the OP later. I'll post the new trailer for a feature in the game here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 I don't think the title is bad at all. Sure the full thing isn't very snappy but if that bothers you just call it El Shaddai. Otherwise Ascension of the Metatron has a nice ring to it. As for the actual game I've been following it with interest sine I first heard about it but I can't decide whether I like the graphical style or not. I get that they're going for an abstract, minimalistic aesthetic with the backgrounds, but I can't help but think the lack of detail makes them look a little...well amateurish. Also, WTF could you explain the reference to Brecht? Which Brechtian elements does the game use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted April 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 (edited) I don't think the title is bad at all. Sure the full thing isn't very snappy but if that bothers you just call it El Shaddai. Otherwise Ascension of the Metatron has a nice ring to it. As for the actual game I've been following it with interest sine I first heard about it but I can't decide whether I like the graphical style or not. I get that they're going for an abstract, minimalistic aesthetic with the backgrounds, but I can't help but think the lack of detail makes them look a little...well amateurish. Also, WTF could you explain the reference to Brecht? Which Brechtian elements does the game use? The title's fine in my eyes as well. I mean there have been worse names for games ranging from infinite undiscovery to pro evolution soccer (winning 11 is much better imo, since that makes sense.) I'd say don't judge the game from the minimalist approach. If you've watched the previews you must have noticed that the world isn't entirely a minimal world. They've gone for a lack of HUD which they probably should have in Okami. However it's the Okami, DMC and Viewtiful Joe etc part of Clover that's working on it sans of course the leads from the latter two titles. Most of Okami's original team from Clover is working on the game which explains the art style. There's plenty of Brechtian elements used here particularly because of Luciphel. Firstly we have the Verfremdungseffekt or the estrangement effect brought forth by continual Luciphel narrative where he pretty much talks to Enoch and the audience and puts us at a distance from the story and lets us observe this tale as a neutral observer even if one was heavily into Bible Studies. It's particularly used with the usual breaking of the fourth wall as well as time travel. Giving the character jeans (which are also sold in the real world and sold out), using time travel and thus having cell phones and the like. The game isn't trying to get us to have an emotional connection but wants us to observe the events as a neutral observer and then comment on the actions. It might have to do mostly with Japanese interpretations of Abrahamic lore really. But the implementation of this story is definitely not trying to give you an emotional engagement but can be said to be more like Sartre's No Exit to some extent. Not to mention the game has an interesting representation of reality when it tells us that where Enoch goes is Earth but before God punishes the people. Also this is different to what sort of interpretation the west would have of this myth which would mostly have Greco-Roman overtones. Edited April 1, 2011 by WTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgi Duke of Frisbee Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-ex-el-shaddai-ascension-of-the-metatron/17-3937/ Oh man, this game looks so amazing. The art style is absolutely captivating, and the combat makes a one-button system incredibly deep and complex. The demo was a blast, and I was instantly hooked on what little background story the demo gave me. This is definitely in my "Must Play" list of games; maybe at the top, before such known quantities as Battlefield 3 and Mass Effect 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 Dammit. I never finished downloading the demo. Retarded name or not, this game is looking very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 All I know is that this game is made by people on LSD or some shit from my impressions from a stream of the game I saw a month back. Now for me to try the demo. Enochku.... I BELIEVE IN YOU! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 I thought the demo was really boring. Combat is very basic, the demo had no story, just dialogue that is VERY vague. It was pretty though. As pretty as it was, i can see myself getting tired of these kinds of random looking stages. I dunno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
「Advent Chaos」 Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 I just watched Gametrailer's Review, my mind is blown. My kind of game, hacking and slashing with some platforming and it looks amazing. gotta save money now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Wait, I just saw somewhere that this is a retail release? As in 60$? What. The. Hell. I played the demo and the production value screamed PSN release. I wasn't interested at 15$, but 60$ seems insane to me. O_O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 The production value seems low to you? Seems medium-high to me. Anyways, odds of this showing up in a Redbox near me? *cries* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 Biblical jeans models aren't cheap to have fight dancing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 The production value seems low to you? Seems medium-high to me. I didn't say low, I said PSN. As in, it seemed like a smaller-scale project and not a bigger, AAA-type game. The visuals are certainly very minimalistic and artsy, which I'm not saying is a bad thing, just that you normally see that in PSN/XBLA releases more often than in retail ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 I didn't say low, I said PSN. As in, it seemed like a smaller-scale project and not a bigger, AAA-type game. Sorry, but since when have only AAA-type games (good lord I fucking hate that term) been the ones that sell for $60? I'll buy this at $60 any day over a Call of Duty game. just that you normally see that in PSN/XBLA releases more often than in retail ones. So no one is allowed to do anything different this generation? Last generation people had no problem with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 I didn't say low, I said PSN. As in, it seemed like a smaller-scale project and not a bigger, AAA-type game. Sorry, but since when have only AAA-type games (good lord I fucking hate that term) been the ones that sell for $60? I'll buy this at $60 any day over a Call of Duty game. just that you normally see that in PSN/XBLA releases more often than in retail ones. So no one is allowed to do anything different this generation? Last generation people had no problem with it. What the hell are you talking about? I never said that the game should be a PSN release. That's just the impression the demo gave me. I find the 60$ price crazy not because the game is not AAA but rather because I was absolutely unimpressed by the demo. I would not have purchased it as a PSN release, which I thought it was, so yeah I was a bit shocked when I realized the pricetag will be 4 to 6 times higher. And who the hell said anything about the game being "too different" ? All I said is that games like this are most often found in smaller channels like PSN and XBLA, not that that's the only place they should exist. Learn to read, dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 (edited) I've really grown interested in the game, but unless I can find a deal soon, I don't think I could justify blowing $60 right now. It seems more like $40, though I guess there is some replay value according to the Gametrailers review. I'm going to Redbox for Deus Ex to see if I'll like it, but even if I do, it'll have to wait as well. Edited August 17, 2011 by Atomsk88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 I find the 60$ price crazy not because the game is not AAA but rather because I was absolutely unimpressed by the demo. You know, how impressive a demo is does not determine the game's price. Anyways, same boat as Atom. But I never buy at $60 so whatevs. I have patience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 Yeah, the demo was terrible. The gameplay was boring and the visuals got old for me personally. Just a bunch of squiggly desaturated worlds repeated over and over. Ive played shitty demos of good games before though, but I think ill wait this out. Maybe around the $25 price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 (edited) Yeah, I hate to be negative or harsh...but the demo was fucking dreadful. Mind-numbingly boring and clunky combat that really would've benefitted from a HUD, terrible platforming with an unhelpful camera, and I had no interest in whatever story it was trying to tell. Plus, for all the visual boastings, the character models don't mesh with the surroundings. Edited August 17, 2011 by Hot Heart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 (edited) I find the 60$ price crazy not because the game is not AAA but rather because I was absolutely unimpressed by the demo. You know, how impressive a demo is does not determine the game's price. What? Sure, it does! All those PSN games are priced at 10 bucks because they all had terrible demos. That's just how it works, dude. You might want to read up on some of the finer points of the industry before you start arguing, otherwise you just end up looking stupid... Edited August 17, 2011 by FLD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 I didn't realize the demo came out long ago, so I played it last night. Ugh, it was very mediocre. I'm sure the actual game will be better, but there could have been a HUD of some kind or other game elements to not make it feel like you're hacking away to oblivion. I know there are some that say Okami should have had less of a HUD, but this game shows that you need at least something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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