El Shaddai trailer is full of angels, arches and apocrypha
by Griffin McElroy 
on Jun 22nd 2010 8:30AM
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Posted: Jun 22nd 2010 8:53AM Zoot Suit Jedi Grammar Hammer En said
What kind of mushrooms did you say these were again?
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Posted: Jun 22nd 2010 10:06AM The Albatross said
Good use of the word "apocrypha," Joystiq/Griffin. It's not often that videogame blogs use words appropriately. Unfortunately for the game, If it's anything like the Book of Enoch, it will be thrillingly incoherent.
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Posted: Jun 22nd 2010 11:26AM vicelus said
At first, i though of Nier trailers. But this seems to be less refined then ever.
The battle system seems repetitive and boring, the art visual is a 50/50 hit: sometimes it looks unique and beautiful, sometimes it's just blank.
And i simply can't stand Enoch's concept.
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The battle system seems repetitive and boring, the art visual is a 50/50 hit: sometimes it looks unique and beautiful, sometimes it's just blank.
And i simply can't stand Enoch's concept.
Posted: Jun 22nd 2010 11:33AM SpartacusMagnus said
A Japanese developer using Jewish apocryphal/pseudopigryphal mythology attributed to Western society as a basis for a secular video game... Interesting.
As much as I love angels in video games and appreciate the uniqueness of the source material, overall it looks like about every other Japanese action/platformer in terms of gameplay. So it looks like I'll be passing on this one.
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As much as I love angels in video games and appreciate the uniqueness of the source material, overall it looks like about every other Japanese action/platformer in terms of gameplay. So it looks like I'll be passing on this one.
Posted: Jun 22nd 2010 1:31PM catsdontsmile said
He looks asian or something... with green eyes and blonde hair. Looks so wrong.
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Posted: Jun 22nd 2010 3:08PM aarontuyet said
Kinda looks like Heath Ledger from A Knights Tale although this music is wayyyy better.
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Posted: Jun 22nd 2010 10:38PM ArQuesta said
What the hell happened with the concept art? The overall imagery from the game is interesting enough with simple shapes and color. It seems that the exploratory areas are segmented with some simple 2D platforming finding it's way in there, depending on how they break up the monotony it could be interesting.
But why does Enoch look like a blond host with white whispy crap? As others have pointed out the circular armor things look like boobs and it looks like they just wrapped strappy white crap around a pair of skinny jeans for the bottom. The dude who speaks with Enoch looks like some crappy Japanese host and it goes a long way to ruin the imagery the game shows off. Just wow. How does a developer have such stupid character design choices paired with great theme and level design?
I blame Visual Kei.
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But why does Enoch look like a blond host with white whispy crap? As others have pointed out the circular armor things look like boobs and it looks like they just wrapped strappy white crap around a pair of skinny jeans for the bottom. The dude who speaks with Enoch looks like some crappy Japanese host and it goes a long way to ruin the imagery the game shows off. Just wow. How does a developer have such stupid character design choices paired with great theme and level design?
I blame Visual Kei.
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