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This is even true of its visuals, which not to put too fine a point on it, are easily among the best in the medium. The environments in El Shaddai are nothing short of breathtaking, and their beauty is only matched by the amount of variation. In its representation of the dimensions between heaven and earth, Ignition seem content to apply any aesthetic style they please, and they run the gamut from ethereal line drawings to anime, to psychedelic swirls, to children's cartoons.

This variety in the world of El Shaddai unfortunately doesn't extend to the characters that populate it. In the beginning, enemies look interesting in their design, but as the game progresses, it starts recycling them; players will encounter the same templates, with only new colour schemes or different weapons to differentiate them from earlier versions. The game's bosses, The Watchers, all have different faces, but in battle they all wear the same armour and the same pyramid shaped helmet with an eye in the centre of it.

Rating: 4/5