Child of Eden: How to Play, Soundtrack Details, And More [PS3 and Xbox 360]

After a few interviews we finally understand how to play Child Of Eden in some sense. Let’s get a basic rundown about information currently known so far.

Child of Eden Release Information

Release: Child of Eden will be released for Playsation 3 and Xbox 360 around June 14th, 2011. The game will feature support for “Kinect” and will also support standard controllers. Child of Eden price is currently $59.99 and is available for preorder.

Game:  Child of Eden is a musical multi sensory first-person shooter heralding some aspects of Rez with a extreme visual and audio upgrade. It’s described as multi-sensory due to the audiovisual and vibration feedback you’ll experience.  Tetsuya has been developing this game for the past two years.

Plot: Child of Eden thrusts you in the center of a battle to save Project Lumi, a mission to reproduce a human personality inside Eden, the archive of all human memories. As the project nears completion, the archive is invaded by an unknown virus. The player’s mission is to save Eden from the virus to restore hope and peace.

Within the game players will be purifying viruses which will evolve the environment to become even more bright and colorful.

How To Play

Child of Eden places a circular cursor on the screen with two modes of firing. With the Microsoft Kinect, by using your hand to hover over the enemies you will lock-on to them with a number of missiles. This style is known as the Glove Gun.  By flicking your palm, sort of in the sense of throwing something away, your missiles will be released. Clapping your hands changes the weapon type to a machine gun like style called the Vulcan Cannon, this will shoot enemies continuously.

Tetsuya describes the Kinect play style like conducting an orchestra, though you can still play the game using a regular videogame controller as well. With a regular controller, players will feel vibration sensations in sync with the music.

Soundtrack

Child of Eden’s soundtrack is created by Tetsuya Mizuguchi from his own band “Genki Rockets”  Tetsuya has said there will be DJs and remixers joining as well. You can currently hear two of the game’s music on Ubisoft’s Soundcloud page.

Child Of Eden – Heavenly Star (Glorious Mix) by Ubisoft