El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
Developed by a hugely-talented, Tokyo-based team headed by the legendary Sawaki Takeyasu (Devil May Cry) and Masato Kimura (Okami, Viewtiful Joe) El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, draws players into a…
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is an adventure developed by Ignition Tokyo, released 28 April 2011 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
What El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is an adventure game developed by Ignition Tokyo and released in 2011. It was published by UTV Ignition Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
The premise, in the publisher's words
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is a 2011 action video game developed by Ignition Tokyo and published by UTV Ignition Games for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It saw later releases on Windows and Nintendo Switch, with a PlayStation 5 port planned for later release. The storyline, based on the apocryphal Book of Enoch, follows the immortal scribe Enoch as he is sent by God to find seven fallen angels and save humanity from a great flood triggered by the Council of Heaven. Gameplay has Enoch platforming through 2D and 3D levels which vary in presentation and art style, with hack and slash combat using weapons stolen from enemies.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 49 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 9 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-4200U（1.6GHz）, 4 GB RAM and Intel HD Graphics 4400. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 8GB.
What it launched against
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron launched on 28 April 2011, within three weeks of Portal 2, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, L.A. Noire and Terraria. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Portal 2, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, L.A. Noire, Terraria.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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