Eva Unit 01 and Angel Sachiel & Samshel
Almost any anime fan will immediately recognize the name Neon Genesis Evangelion, and for good reason. Evangelion is the first anime to make its way into City Shrouded in Shadow, and if you’re looking for some insane battles to survive, you can’t pick anything better. City Shrouded in Shadow features Eva Unit-01, the flagship mecha of the entire series, piloted by the protagonist Shinji Ikari. The origins of the Evangelion suits are a bit hard to explain without seeing the series itself, but basically they’re mechas created to battle extraterrestrial beings known as Angels. Eva Unit-01 is the prototype Evangelion, and the first one to battle the angels. As it turns out, Eva 01 is directly generated from the body of Lilith, an Angel whose transport vessel crashed into Earth in the past, creating the moon. Through a contact experiment, Eva Unit-01 also came to be inhabited by the soul of Shinji’s mother. Presumably, Shinji would be the one piloting the mecha in City Shrouded in Shadow, but it remains to be seen if this will play into the game in any way.
The Evangelion unit will face off against two fearsome foes in the game, the Third Angel Sachiel and Fourth Angel Shamshel. These two Angels attacked at different points in the anime series, with Sachiel appearing first. Sachiel itself has a humanoid form with odd dimensions, sporting a bulked upper body. The Third Angel also has gills on its body that let it breathe underwater, and can also act as a propulsion system.
Meanwhile, Shamshel is an insectoid Angel that’s roughly the size of an Evangelion. This one can transform between flight mode and combat mode, using two pink energy tentacles in battle. The Evangelion battles are sure to be some of the most intense found in City Shrouded in Shadow, and one heck of a challenge to survive.
