El Shaddai has your light saber chainsaw

My play through of El Shaddai was easily the most informative time I had at PAX East. For one, the game taught me what happens when one of the most talented visual artists in gaming today gets to be in charge for once. The lead visual designer on Okami and Viewtiful Joe didn’t make the jump to Platinum Games when Clover disbanded. Instead, he took the reins as the director of El Shaddai, which explains why the game looks so gorgeous. It’s rare for a game to tie together so many visual ideas, and so many styles of gameplay, into one cohesive package.

That’s just the start of what I learned about the game from Shane Bettenhausen (formerly of EGM and 1UP, now at Ignition Entertainment). For instance, did you know that Lusifel, the time traveling angel, looks exactly like Travis Touchdown, while the evolution-loving angel Azazel looks just like a battle armored Marlon Brando? Or did you know that there are parts of the Bible that most Christians don’t consider “canon”, sort of like how some Star Wars fans choose to believe that Han and Luke had a secret sexual relationship, because that’s their…

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