Child of Eden is a rhythmic, visually expressive shooter from Q? Entertainment and essentially a spiritual successor to Q? Entertainment's classic shooter title Rez .
Lumi, the player, ventures into a virtual reality called Eden, which is the internet in the future, two hundred years after Lumi's death. Lumi was born in space on September 11th, 2019, and all her memories were recorded and archived. The player must save both Lumi and Eden from "viruses" and entities within Eden.
The game is similar to Rez , but it's been built to take advantage of modern systems, especially motion control. Players use the Kinect controller to target enemies by swiping over them with their right hand and launching attacks by thrusting that hand towards the screen. The left hand controls a purple homing laser used to defend against enemy attacks, and raising both hands launches the powerful "Euphoria," which is a massive screen-filling attack.
The game features five stages, leaderboards, unlockables such as visual and sound filters, art and video galleries, and items to ramp up replay value. Each stage has a Purification rate (percentage of enemies cleared) and a star-based rating for each stage. The player's progress is ranked from one to five stars, with collected stars used to unlock the stages.