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Child of Eden review: Fleeting Genius

June 15, 2011June 17, 2011 Doug Groves Child Of Eden, Child of Eden review, Microsoft, Q Entertainment, review, Rez, synesthesia, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Ubisoft, video, Xbox 3601 Comment

If I had to categorize Child of Eden, it would be a “first person J-pop electronica visualizer science fiction dance rail shooter”. While that sounds like a disjointed mouthful, everything flows together seamlessly. Taking place in the same universe as Q Entertainment’s earlier Rez, Child of Eden ups the ante in all respects, making it a singular experience, that all but achieves designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s goal of inducing synesthesia in the player, delightfully crossing the wires between sound and vision.

Child of Eden at Tokyo Game Show – Rez Super HD?

September 28, 2010September 30, 2010 Doug Groves Child Of Eden, Genki Rockets, Microsoft, Playstation, PS3, Rez, Rez HD, Sony, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Tokyo Game Show, Trance Vibrator, Ubisoft, Xbox Live Arcade4 Comments

Child of Eden, from Q? Entertainment, the spiritual successor to Rez HD (Rez remade), had an extended demonstration at the Tokyo Game show. If you’re not familiar with Rez HD, it’s ostensibly a 3rd person shooter where your hacker avatar attempts to infiltrate an advanced computer network controlled by an AI named Eden. The game itself was completely on rails, but that didn’t stop it from becoming one of the best titles released on the Xbox LIVE Arcade. What makes that game stand out is it’s balance of visuals and…