El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron

I can't believe this, shadow of the damned and red faction armageddon are only a fiver now. They're sold out though so i'm raging hard. Well red faction hasn't i might still pick it up later.

I heard Armageddon was really linear, nothing like the other third person Red Faction. You should definitely get Shadows of the Damned if it comes back in stock though.

Got this as a birthday present for myself because it had dropped in price, and I didn't want to bother going home from the shops. I'll play it after I've finished Catherine.

So I just got the Gale, and I like it more than the Arch, mostly because of the range. I do think I'm too aggressive, though. Is blocking very essential?

The just guard is useful, but it's easier to just jump out of the way.

Does the perfect guard timing do anything? They seem capable of breaking any guard if it pleases them.

The guarding is weird. From what I remember there's a standard block, a counter and a parry. A counter is when you charge an attack, and an enemy attacks you. You'll take the damage but it won't interrupt the charge so the attack will connect and do more damage I think. The parry is the perfect guard, which is supposed to stop the enemy's attack and leave them vulnerable but I can't remember if it worked like that.

Block and counter are useless since your guard gets broken easily and it's hard to do counters on purpose.

I just jump. Those fights you're supposed to lose are also weird, because if I die too soon, I have to restart.

It's possible to win those fights, or not die at least.

The weapon strength seems to vary a lot. Sometimes the Gale is the strongest, and other times the Arch can kill an enemy in seconds.

Visually better then i thought it was the demo did not do it justice. Gameplay seems basic as i think there os only 1 combo...

Story intrigues me though i suspect it will be crap, but great presentation.

If I remember right the combos are timing based, so you have to pause between attacks to get different attacks.

This game is hilarious and mental. Trippiest game ever.