El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
El Shaddai [ shah el - ' dah- yy], with full title El Shaddai - Ascension of the Metatron, a computer game of the developer Ignition Entertainment for the PlayStation 3 platforms and X-Box 360 is The game was released in Germany on September 9 2011, sales in Europe was taken over by Konami. The title is derived from a biblical name of God. As a designer Akeyasu Sawaki is responsible.
In El Shaddai is a genre mix of platforming and action-adventure. The game is in English and Japanese with German subtitles and intermediate texts. The character is controlled from a third-person perspective through the levels.
Action
The plot processed timeless biblical themes, in particular the apocryphal text of the Book of Enoch. The main character Enoch was sent by God to turn to seven renegade angels. The fighter jumps and beats by graphically spectacular scenarios, from the off he receives tips. At certain points he meets Lucifer, which is connected with his cell phone with God, and the game saves at this point. Enochbesitzt three different weapons to combat the emerging in-game opponents: Arch, Veil and Gale. These three weapons have in stone -paper-scissors - style all strengths and weaknesses and offer different special attacks and movement changes (eg jump prolongation). Various combinations are necessary to succeed in higher difficulty levels can. Weapons must be regularly subjected to a so-called cleaning, otherwise they lose their efficiency in combat, which is made clear by the changing colors of the weapon. Such purification can be performed by pressing a button at any time. However, weapons can be stolen by enemies in combat, which merges the cleaning process of the weapons used.
Reception
Despite mostly positive reviews, praising the visual style that is easy -to-learn combat system as well as the diverse soundtrack to El Shaddai sold so sluggish in Germany that the sale price was cut in half after only a few weeks. In week 2/2012 the price was further reduced to 20 euros.