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The available arsenal of weapons has been roughly doubled, for one, thanks to retroactive additions from God Eater 2: Rage Burst.įor example, the new Boost Hammer is a massive mallet that can activate a rocket engine in its head to deliver a rapid, stamina-draining series of blows, while the Charge Spear adds a backflip and charged lunge attack to the player’s mobility options.
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The new sheen on God Eater‘s presentation and technical performance (framerate drops from the PSP version are absent on both the Vita and PS4, though the Vita version has more noticeable aliasing) go well with a number of mechanical updates. Plus, the whole thing has received a new localization, with a decent dubbing job, more polished translation, and prettier character models overall. What’s there does do the job, and it’s just enough for people who want a story to go with their monster-skinning. That’s actually a verifiable fact because God Eater did get an anime adaptation last year, and while pretty, it was quite boring when separated from the actual game itself.
The story and characterization are thinly drawn by the standards of JRPGs, and it wouldn’t stand well on its own. Players in search of a reason to murder huge monsters beyond the desire to turn their remains into even better monster-murdering paraphernalia will find what they’re looking for here.ĭon’t expect Shakespeare, though, or even Neon Genesis Evangelion. Loved by some and hated by others, the God Eaters are the only ones capable of harming Aragami, and they do so by chopping, smashing, shooting, and biting them with God Arcs, weapons that regularly dwarf their wielders and morph from giant swords into giant guns and even into giant monster-mouths.īetween the cool, sexed-up character designs, post-apocalyptic style, and J-pop inflected action, God Eater Resurrection distinguishes itself by dint of presentation, as well as by providing an actual narrative to follow and characters to listen to. Players are cast as the newest member of the God Eaters, a corps of soldiers working for Fenrir, humanity’s last bastion against the Aragami, a race of massive beasts that live only to consume everything in their path. Whereas Capcom’s giant is content to provide a relatively chill, neutral fantasy backdrop to slaughter giant beasts against, God Eater confidently strides the path of otaku appeal. Most obviously, God Eater Resurrection brings the anime-ness. In any case, being able to see God Eater Resurrection as a fresh release helps reaffirm the game’s appeal, and highlights what the original brings to the table in a genre typically associated solely with Monster Hunter. At the time of this writing, pre-orders for Rage Burst will net both games, which isn’t a bad deal if you’re already sold. The long half-decade between the release of the PSP original (back when it was renamed to “ Gods Eater Burst for fear of getting religious types riled up) and now has kept sequel fatigue from setting in the way it has with some of the competition, and new features and gussied-up technical aspects will appeal both to new people wondering what the fuss is about and franchise veterans curious about what’s coming in God Eater 2: Rage Burst, which this game effectively acts as a prequel to. The good news about God Eater Resurrection is that it’s a fresh game from most any relevant angle. God Eater Resurrection (PS4, PS Vita, PS TV, PC) But will it be enough in this day and age, or have gamers’ appetites just changed too much? Monster Hunter itself moved to the Nintendo 3DS, a whole new generation of consoles launched and matured, and gaming as a whole went further online, away from the local-area antics that founded and sustained the hunting genre in its Japanese homeland.Īnd now it’s back as God Eater Resurrection, an enhanced remake of the original game. It’s been quite a long time since Bandai Namco first threw its hat into the monster-hunting ring with God Eater, and since then the landscape has changed.