Someone To Drive You Home

Child of Eden is one of the worst games ever made, yeah I know pretty hyperbolic right but allow me to elaborate. Not only is it not very good but it has made me question if Rez was actually any good. This is the videogame equivalent of a existential crisis.

My line of logic on this one is that Rez and Child of Eden are basically the same aside from minor aesthetics and a complete soundtrack swap. I know Rez was was all about synesthesia so it’s not really mean to be deconstructed to it’s parts but still the gameplay is largely similar. Ultimately I still think Rez is fantastic but the fact Child of Eden would lead to me questioning it’s quality was worth mentioning.

So why didn’t I like Child of Eden it pretty much boils down to the fact I loath J-pop. Now don’t get me wrong I’m not a massive music snob, I actually think of mass Market pop music as a sort of fascinating brain washing experiment, but J-pop just goes right through me. The gameplay addition of having two firing modes with certain enemies only susceptible to one of these as a bit pointless and immersion breaking.

I gave the kinect support a try and it was ok but limited the amount of time you could play in one session. I’d say the controller was the way to play but you really shouldn’t play this game at all. Honestly if you’ve not played Rez just play that and if you really like Rez and J-pop then try this but this isn’t the sequel to Rez anyone I know wanted.