El Shaddai ASCENSION OF THE METATRON HD Remaster

Buy85%

Very Positive · 516 player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

crim Co., Ltd. · Action · Sep 2, 2021

Player review score
85%
Very Positive
Price
$29.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
49
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
3
Full audio2 of 3
Subtitles7 of 3

Should I buy El Shaddai ASCENSION OF THE METATRON HD Remaster?

Buy it if you like
  • Combat: 86 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 78 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 66 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 75 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 22 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 516 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 273 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise8% are divided42% are complaints
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
86 of 273 sampled reviews raised it
There's this really cool combat system, but then it’s matched with this stiff and badly-designed platforming – of which some is done in 2D and others in 3D.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
78 of 273 sampled reviews raised it
The story does some pretty interesting experiments with how it's told, especially in the early exposition stages where you're interacting with things that would be cutscenes in other games.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
66 of 273 sampled reviews raised it
Still, I would say it’s the definitive way to play the game now at least – performance and visuals are far better than what the game originally had on Xbox 360 and PS3.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
28 of 273 sampled reviews raised it
I listened to the soundtrack well before actually playing the game and will continue to listen to it in the future – it is that good.
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
14 of 273 sampled reviews raised it
It plays flawlessly on controller, but does not include keyboard and mouse controls of any kind.
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
12 of 273 sampled reviews raised it
The game runs well at 1440p and looks great at that resolution, but it is still capped to 60 fps.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Combat86 reviews
Story78 reviews
Graphics66 reviews
Audio28 reviews
Controls14 reviews
Performance12 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
80% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay
79% still recommend
Crashes
64% still recommend
Interface
82% still recommend
Difficulty
69% still recommend
Optimization
67% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSUnsupported
Steam MachineUnsupported

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$29.99

The lowest we've tracked is $7.49.

8 points recordedtoday · $29.99

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