In a recent interview with Inside Games, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron producer Masato Kimura offered some background information on the mysterious forthcoming action game for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. A few remarkable quotes:
"Right now there are 120 people developing this game. We began three years ago, although at the start it was only me, the director [Sawaki Takeyasu] and representatives of the company. Our core members have been involved in games such as Devil May Cry, Resident Evil, and Okami. From there our staff gradually increased until we were able to arrange the structure we have now."
When asked for more details on the game's mechanics: "[El Shaddai] has four pillars. First of all there's the 3D combat, then there's the 2D action. These are the only two components we could show at the Tokyo Game Show, but we're also preparing the 2D combat and the 3D action. Balance is distributed among these four pillars of the game. I believe we can do this due to the varied development experience of the people we've gathered."
On the "mysterious sensation" of the game's music: "That was written for us by composer Masato Koda who has worked on Monster Hunter and Devil May Cry."
Development may have begun three years ago, but we'll have to wait until early 2011 to see how well this high-profile team balanced those gameplay pillars. The organizers of the Tokyo Game Show were certainly impressed by the two pillars on display last week, as they awarded El Shaddai with a "Future Game of Show" Award.
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