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{{quote|'''Lucifel:''' Allow me to tell you a tale. It took place 360,000... No, 14,000 years ago. But what is time, anyway? To me it seems like yesterday. For you, it might be tomorrow. It's the story of a man.}}
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* [[2½D]]: Many platforming stages consist of 3D visuals seen from a 2D perspective, though Enoch can still turn "back" and "ahead." One stage in "The Tragedy of Baraquel" shifts briefly into 3D for unique effect, but is still 2D in execution.
* [[Action Girl]]: Ishtar, who is able to hold her own against Ezekiel. Later on she becomes a full-fledged [[Lady of War]].
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Although inspired by [[wikipedia:Biblical apocrypha|Apocrypha]] of [[The Bible]], this game is a very, very loose adaptation.
* [[Airplane Arms]]: While wielding the Gale weapon.
* [[Alien Geometries]]: Every world, but particularly obvious in the Netherworld, the End of the World, and Arakiel's Grave.
* [[Alien Sky]]: If you can see the sky, it's all but guaranteed to be otherworldly.
* [[All Powerful Bystander]]: Lucifel and Michael, greatest Archangel brothers, Lucifel apparently can pop up anywhere he wants in ''enemy territory'', stop time to give some advice to Enoch, warp reality by snapping his fingers just to resurrect Enoch; Michael is always close to Enoch, he is Lucifel's brother so assuming he has the same finger snaping powers isn't far fetched, and yet all they do is just provide information and gadgets.
* [[Alternate History]]: In regards to the Book of Genesis (by way of the Apocrypha.) At the end of the game, {{spoiler|the Flood is averted, and Man is freed from the Watchers' unnatural evolution and can continue to live in peace according to God's plan}}. Considering the Watchers were the ones who taught humanity about {{spoiler|warfare, science, and vanity}}, averting that as well as {{spoiler|the Flood}} is a pretty big deal as far as biblical history is concerned!
* [[And Now for Someone Completely Different]]: After the {{spoiler|Armaros}} Boss fight, Enoch goes after {{spoiler|The Darkness who has Nanna kidnapped}}; {{spoiler|Armaros being concerned about Enoch, his former friend, goes after him}} then you play as {{spoiler|Armaros}} for a little bit.
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* [[Art Shift]]: Nearly every time you enter a new location. Especially with {{spoiler|Azazel's world, which looks like [[Tron]]}}.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Enoch, who (rather surprisingly) is also a [[Badass Biker]]. Ishtar also qualifies, leading armies of Free Men into battle against the fanatics and the Fallen Angels and can wield God's Weapons without any issue.
* [[Bait and Switch Boss]]: Just when you beat {{spoiler|Azazel's}} second form and he's going on about his [[One-Winged Angel]] form, {{spoiler|Armaros comes [[Back
* [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]]: Enoch, who, {{spoiler|unlike the leotard-clad Watchers, is actually naked under the armor of vileness, but has nothing to see even after you've destroyed all of it}}.
* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]: Although Enoch fares much better while wielding one of God's Weapons, he's certainly no slouch while empty-handed... and neither is Ezekiel, for that matter.
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* [[Mind Screw]]
* [[Mission Control]]: The Archangels. Although they sometimes give warnings about environmental hazards or cry out when you're getting hurt, Uriel is the only one that assists you directly.
* [[Mission
* [[Moral Dissonance]]: Lucifel. For an angel, he enjoys taking out the fallen angels a little too much.
* [[Mr. Exposition]]: Lucifel, he drops much of the plot points from the game, also most of the Library information is written from his point of view.
* [[Never Mess with Granny]]: Ezekiel is one of the only female Grigori and one of the most elderly, but unlike the other Grigori, who fight with a balance of projectiles and melee, her moveset mostly consists of pulverizing bare-handed force.
* [[Never Say "Die"]]: Archangels will often say that Enoch must find the Gregori and "purify" them, Lucifel downright says that they're going to die, Enoch must ''kill' them.
* [[Nonstandard Game Over]]: If Enoch gets consumed by the darkness during the Ishtar's plataform segments, he will be corrupted into becoming one of the Watchers, also the credits will pop up in rapid succession.
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* [[Platform Hell]]: The 2D stages are not so bad, but the 3D ones will give you premature baldness, if only because the [[Bottomless Pits]] mean you can't use Enoch's shadow to gauge his leaps until it's too late.
* [[Playing with Fire]]
* [[Possession Implies Mastery]]: Although Lucifel does instigate some basic training for Enoch in the begining of the journey, the following adventure has Enoch being very proficient at any new given thing Lucifel and other Archangels present him with, the motorcycle is certainly the best example, as soon as Enoch got his hands on it, he became a demon on wheels.
** Even GOD seems surprised at this. Shortly after you collect the last of the three Godly Weapons, you can hear Lucifel chatting with God on his cell phone about it.
{{quote|'''Lucifel:''' Look, you worry too much. He's figured out how to use everything so far, right?}}
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* [[Recurring Riff]]: Variations on Theme of El Shaddai and Theme of Enoch are scattered all over the place in the soundtrack, particularly their introductory fragments. These variations run the gamut from the playful and whimsical ("Floral Arrangement") to the heroic ("The Bell of Hope Resonates On High") to the solemn, mournful versions you'd expect to hear in a church.
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: Although {{spoiler|Armaros doesn't seem to accept the idea he's not one of the good guys}}, he was against [[God]] and the heaven after all, he does feel bad for {{spoiler|going against Enoch}}; later {{spoiler|Armaros has a chance to save him}}, but is not redeemed by any of the Archangels and {{spoiler|dies after saving Enoch, but comes back again as the final boss}}.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Each of the "Nether" versions of the Fallen feature eyes that shift from green to yellow and finally red as they get closer to defeat, their attacks getting increasingly frantic and damaging along the way.
* [[Reincarnation]]: It has been prophesied that {{spoiler|Ishtar will resurrect and continue her war against the Darkness}}.
* [[Rise to the Challenge]]: Dark World stages, where Enoch must escape the ever-rising flow of Darkness while trying to retrieve fragments of Ishtar's Bones. There's no penalty for missing these fragments, and you can try again and again, but if the Darkness catches you...
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* [[Turns Red]]: {{spoiler|Nether Azazel}}, more than any other Fallen Angel.
* [[Unexpected Gameplay Change]]: {{spoiler|1="Azazel's Zeal" is a surprisingly solid [[Vehicular Combat]]/[[Racing Mini Game]]}}.
* [[The Unfettered]]: Lucifel and, by proxy, the other Archangels, {{spoiler|Armaros switching sides just to save his former friend Enoch didn't change their judgment of him}}, death was still on for {{spoiler|Armaros}}, Lucifel was even glad {{spoiler|he died, temporaly, saving Enoch}}, not for gratitude but for convinience.
* [[The Unfought]]: {{spoiler|Baraquel}}, who was devoured by the Fire Nephilim before Enoch had the chance to meet him; also, when {{spoiler|Baraquel's powers took its influence on the Fire Nephilim}}, turning into {{spoiler|Baraquel Nephilim}}, Enoch didn't battle against him either.
** The same goes for {{spoiler|Arakiel}} and {{spoiler|Semyaza}}. Both died during the process of falling from heaven, and their levels are {{spoiler|a grave and an empty life support system, respectively.}}
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