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El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, originally released in 2011, is a unique third-person action adventure filled with a deeply artistic world-building, outstanding aesthetics and thrilling battles.
Details
- Released
- September 2, 2021
- Developer
- Crim
- Genres
- Action · Platform · Role-playing (RPG) · Hack and slash/Beat 'em up · Adventure
- Publisher
- Gamirror Games, Crim, Rainy Frog
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El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron Reviews
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If you missed it back in 2011, El Shaddai ASCENSION OF THE METATRON HD Remaster is a second chance to experience a MUST PLAY in gaming.
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is the kind of creator-driven adventure that major publishers seem loathe to fund these days. Which is why it's great to
It can feel a little dated in terms of its approach to combat, but the game is so beautiful, so different, so utterly weird and wonderful that this is of no real consequence.
It hurts my eyes so good!Due to some prolific film critics, the
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron combines gorgeous artistic design with enticing combat to create a memorable adventure.
The bare minimum was done to port El Shaddai: Ascesion of the Metatron over to PC, but 10 years later it's still an incredible journey.
Completely unique and good fun to play, El Shaddai is a refreshing change and well worth adding to your collection. If nothing else, it's a joy to the senses
I would be lying if I told I had heard of 2011’s El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron prior to its recent re-release on Steam. This was as niche as niche could get: a lower-budget Japanese hack n’ slash centered around the Hebrew Book of Enoch, released in the same month as bonafide classics such as Limbo, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Bastion. There was no way I would have been able to pay attention to it back in the day. Thankfully, its PC port gave me the chance I needed to revisit wh...
The PC version has no mouse and keyboard support, which might turn some players away, but otherwise it seems like a fine port. It also comes with a PDF copy of Lucifer’s Fall: Chronicles of Ceta, accessible from the launch menu as a clear bonus. This is a collection of three short stories that, according to the foreword, didn’t make the final cut of El Shaddai. It’s a nice way to further expand the story and lore of a very unique game.
If anything, El Shaddai is worth looking into just for the experience. Is it a good game? Honestly, I wouldn’t say so. But the opportunity to get lost in beautiful worlds inspired by obscure bible references may be worth the price of admission to some.
A basic port of a cult classic action adventure that's still as visually stunning as ever, but also retains repetitive combat that makes exploration a real chore at times.
As the old adage goes, 'good things come to those who wait', and that couldn't be a more apt statement for El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, UTV Ignition's deceptively simple and narratively convoluted hack and slasher that starts out as a study in portentous, preposterous pseudo-religious madness, and then pings off in unexpected directions. You may initially think that El Shaddai is a bit boring and repetitive, and for the first few chapters, you could be forgiven for making that assum...