Child of Eden
| Child of Eden | |
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European cover art
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| Developer(s) | Q Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Ubisoft |
| Director(s) | Tetsuya Mizuguchi |
| Producer(s) | Sawako Yamamoto |
| Artist(s) | Makoto Takanashi |
| Writer(s) |
Tetsuya Mizuguchi Alexis Nolent |
| Composer(s) |
Genki Rockets Yuki Ichiki Shogo Ohnishi |
| Platform(s) | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 |
| Release |
Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 |
| Genre(s) | Rail shooter, Music game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | (X360) 84.57% (PS3) 81.25% |
| Metacritic | (X360) 84/100 (PS3) 81/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Edge | 8/10 |
| GameSpot | 8.5/10 |
| GameTrailers | 8.4 |
| Giant Bomb |   |
| IGN | 8.5/10 |
| Joystiq | |
| X-Play | 5/5 |
| Metro (UK) | 9/10 |
| Award | |
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| Publication | Award |
| GameZone | Best Kinect Game |
Child of Eden is a rhythm action game created by Tetsuya Mizuguchi, best known for Rez, developed by Q Entertainment and published by Ubisoft. The game announcement opened Ubisoft's pre-E3 2010 press conference and was one of the first titles shown with support for Xbox 360's Kinect peripheral. The game serves as a prequel to Mizuguchi's earlier game Rez and sees players shoot at various targets which produce melodic sounds upon destruction. It was developed for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and is compatible with Microsoft's Kinect and Sony's PlayStation Move and standard controllers for both consoles. In April 2011, Mizuguchi announced that he had developed a unique corset peripheral for the game, which featured four controllers, all of which vibrated to the game's music. The new device is currently only available in Q Entertainment studios, and is unlikely to see a retail release.
As was the case with Rez, Child of Eden is presented as an experiment on synesthesia, integrating sound, vision and touch in one seamless experience. The game features music from Genki Rockets.
Child of Eden takes place during the creation of Project Lumi, whereas Rez dealt with its protection from a later attack.
The story of Child of Eden is revealed through the game's introduction. It focuses on a girl named Lumi who was the first human to be born in space, on 11 September 2019 aboard the International Space Station. Throughout her life, Lumi dreamt of visiting Earth, conveying her feelings into song which she sent down to the people of the planet. When she died her body was preserved and her memories and data were recorded and archived. The story moves to humanity's advancement in space exploration, and the creation of a universal wide internet system called Eden. Eden is described as a fountain from which all knowledge flows, to those who have never set foot on Earth, containing all of human history and knowledge. By the 23rd century scientists attempt to use Lumi's preserved data to create a living persona with Eden itself, in an experiment called Project Lumi. As her recompiled persona emerges and awakens into Eden, she is attacked and trapped by an unknown computer virus.
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