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El Shaddai: Gettin Biblical on your ass
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li0yID0-l9w&feature=related
Based on one of the 'forgotten' books of the Bible, El Shaddai is a... well, it's hard to tell WHAT the heck it is exactly. Part platformer, part action game seems to be the best bet at this point.
The story is simple enough. After a bunch of fallen angels do their douchebaggery, the Almighty selects Enoch, a human with free will, to go forth and capture them for great justice. He's backed on mission support, by... Lucifer of all people, who amusingly enough has a cell phone line straight to God. Enoch must save the world, assisted by various archangels in what looks like a kind of proto-Earth.
I'm getting ICO/Prince of Persia vibes from the whole deal. If nothing else it certainly looks unique.
Based on one of the 'forgotten' books of the Bible, El Shaddai is a... well, it's hard to tell WHAT the heck it is exactly. Part platformer, part action game seems to be the best bet at this point.
The story is simple enough. After a bunch of fallen angels do their douchebaggery, the Almighty selects Enoch, a human with free will, to go forth and capture them for great justice. He's backed on mission support, by... Lucifer of all people, who amusingly enough has a cell phone line straight to God. Enoch must save the world, assisted by various archangels in what looks like a kind of proto-Earth.
I'm getting ICO/Prince of Persia vibes from the whole deal. If nothing else it certainly looks unique.
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LOL I'm sure it won't follow the Book of Enoch much if at all, but I think its cool. I'm already sold. And I love the art style.
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
PS3/360.
Anyway, yeah this has been on my radar for a while now. Very cool art style and interesting looking gameplay, so I'll give it a go at least. They've still got it listed for 2010 though, which I somehow doubt will actually happen.
I'm also cautious about Ignition's involvement, since their localizations are notorious for being horrible.
'Course, maybe Metatron would've been a more logical choice, but with the game's subtitle being what it is, I guess he was unavailable.
so that's good news
I thought I heard somewhere that
That is the Shin Megami Tensei ideal for Enoch. Generally speaking it is a belief that Gnostics endured, but generally in Christianity he is just Enoch.
This is enough for me.
From a biblical perspective, Satan was a Cherub before God banished him to Earth. He was apparently one of God's favorite angels.
Lucifer, technically. I believe in that, outside of modern conflation of the two, Lucifer and Satan are supposed two separate beings, the latter being an angel that essentially serves God to say "Man those humans are so fucked up! See, look at the shitty things they're doing. Don'tcha just wanna smite 'em? Cause they're evil."
In one scene, he's in the 'traditional' somewhat 'Romanesque' and looks up, it's seemingly identical to one scene in the movie where Brad Pitt does the same thing.
So uh, yeah... just throwing that useless trivial information out there.
Closest picture I could find of the scene:
Compare to 1:10 to 1:25; basically with a hint of asian features.
Anyway, no idea what is going on but the graphical style is gorgeous. This trailer really reminds me of the first ever trailer for Killer 7. Platforms pending I'll probably get this even if the gameplay is shallow.
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/tgs-10-el-shaddai/705090
I've never heard of Lucifer and Satan being two separate entities.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer
Hmm... Looks like I'm gonna do some reading.
It might be apt to say it is a title or position rather than a name, which makes the most sense.
In some circles(like SMT), Lucifer is regarded as the fallen angel, and Satan the avenging angel sent by God to test man's piety.
Well, 'Morning Star' would be more accurate as the shared title, but translations muddy up the waters. Apparently in Hebrew the words are different.
The Lucifer of this game is likely the same "Lucifer" that is referenced in Job and whatever apocryphal texts they're using for this.
Of course, anyone going into this game expecting any sort of scriptural accuracy is gonna be sorely disappointed. But then again people got offended by the plot of Xenogears so...
Personally, as long as the gameplay is actually good, this game looks brilliant to me.
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One bit of information I'm not sure has been told is the health gauge is actually the main character. As you get hit, your armor gets broken and damaged.
/pedant
at least, I don't know of any Apocryphal text that has to do with Enoch
The Book of Enoch is actually quoted in Jude in the New Testament. I'm saying it is an apocryphal text because it was widely known and read among the Jews around the time of Christ (hence the quotation), is part of the Dead Sea Scrolls so we know what some sects used it; it was left out of the Tanakh and thus the Bible. It is actually still in the scriptures of the Ethiopian orthodox church. There were actually three Books of Enoch that were widely known and used. Plus, as a member of the LDS church, we have even further expansion on Enoch in our scriptures. I'm sure LDS gospel won't be used in this game however. :P
Now, we don't need to get into a discussion about pseudopigraphal works because that is an entire thread of itself and would be more appropriate in D&D. I think the vast majority of scholarly views would say that there are hardly any books in the various Jewish/Christian scriptures that were actually written by who they are attributed to, aside from some of Pauls letters.
EDIT: I should say that it isn't technically in the typical list of books that are considered Apocrypha, no. So you're right there. Pseudepigrapha just denotes something more than simply "not included in the Tanakh and Septuagint and thus the Bible", as it implies false authorship. Just wanted to clarify what I was saying.
Anyway, /Pedant.
Origin: Galedrid - Nintendo: Galedrid/3222-6858-1045
Blizzard: Galedrid#1367 - FFXIV: Galedrid Kingshand
weirdo
Psh.
I live in Lehi and I graduated from the U a couple years ago. :P
Origin: Galedrid - Nintendo: Galedrid/3222-6858-1045
Blizzard: Galedrid#1367 - FFXIV: Galedrid Kingshand
this?
I'll still check it out most likely, but that video is just the tip of the iceberg for what Japan has done with this game.
Origin: Galedrid - Nintendo: Galedrid/3222-6858-1045
Blizzard: Galedrid#1367 - FFXIV: Galedrid Kingshand
I lost it multiple times starting at the start of the video. Particularly, at "this is an umbrella" and "no problem no problem no problem no problem" and the ensuing attempted act of murder by Lucifer.
Someone has a sick, twisted sense of humor, and I love them for it.
Personally my favorite part of all the videos is that chanting whenever he falls. I should probably stop posting these though before anyone else becomes tainted and can't take the game seriously anymore.
Might be the art-style, I dunno.