The 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo is in full swing, and although many games are out on the show floor, several more are being shown behind closed doors, including El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron. This unusual third-person action game is being developed by Ignition Entertainment, headed up by character designer and artist Takeyasu Sawaki, formerly of Capcom, whose artistic credits include Okami and Devil May Cry.
l Shaddai is a third-person action game with a biblical theme. In the game, you'll play as Enoch, a heavenly angel tasked with saving the world from the wrath of God himself by descending to Earth and rustling up the souls of fallen angels who have descended from Heaven to wreak havoc on mankind. On the off-chance that you happen to be at the E3 event, you'll see posters that depict the game's two main characters outside of the West Hall--the blonde-haired young fellow with the frilly, open white shirt (which is actually heavenly armor) is Enoch, while the unassuming brunette fellow in the black shirt and pants is none other than Lucifer himself, though the Prince of Lies has gone modern by getting himself a cellular phone.We were shown two different trailer videos for the game that depicted its gameplay, which includes third-person exploration and puzzle solving, third-person melee battles, and even some 2D side-scrolling platform-jumping. While little was shown of the exploration aspect of the game, the combat will apparently include both barehanded brawling, as well as melee weapon fighting with an "arch"--a gigantic, glowing semicircle that looks a bit like a longbow, but is used by Enoch as a two-handed sword blade. Mr. Sawaki suggests that more than half of the game will consist of third-person exploration; slightly less than half of the game will focus in on combat; and the remainder, about a tenth of the game, will be the side-scrolling platformer sequences.
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