Gods Eater Burst

Gods Eater Burst

North American cover art
Developer(s) Shift
Publisher(s)
Director(s) Hiro Yoshimura
Producer(s) Yosuke Tomizawa
Composer(s) Go Shiina
Series God Eater
Platform(s) God Eater, God Eater Burst
PlayStation Portable
God Eater Resurrection
PlayStation 4
PlayStation Vita
Microsoft Windows
Release date(s)

God Eater

  • JP February 4, 2010

Gods Eater Burst

  • JP October 28, 2010
  • NA March 15, 2011
  • EU March 18, 2011

God Eater Resurrection

  • JP October 29, 2015 (exc. PC)
  • NA Summer 2016
  • EU Summer 2016
Genre(s) Action role-playing
Mode(s) Single-player

Gods Eater Burst, known in Japan as God Eater Burst (ゴッドイーター バースト Goddo Ītā Bāsuto), is a 2011 action role-playing game for the PlayStation Portable, developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment in Japan and published by D3 Publisher in North America.[1] The game is an enhanced version of God Eater (ゴッドイーター Goddo Ītā), originally released exclusively in Japan on February 4, 2010. The enhanced version, featuring an expanded story and new game mechanics, was released in Japan on October 28, 2010, in North America on March 15, 2011, and in Europe on March 18, 2011. The opening and ending theme songs for the game are "Over the Clouds" and "My Life", both of which are sung by Alan.[2] A sequel, God Eater 2, was released in Japan in November 2013. A television anime series based on the game is currently being produced by Ufotable.[3]

A remake of God Eater Burst for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, titled God Eater Resurrection has been released on October 29, 2015 in Japan.[4] A Western release is set to summer of 2016 with North American and European divisions of Bandai Namco Entertainment publishing the game on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Microsoft Windows.

Gameplay

Gameplay of Gods Eater Burst.

The game has a storyline which can be experienced with names and voice actors in single-player mode. Players play as a young, previously unemployed warrior who has decided to go up against powerful creatures called "Aragami"; warriors who face these beasts are called "God Eaters."[1] The game's mission-based single-player mode consists of more than 100 missions, with co-operative play of up to three teammates over local adhoc wireless multiplayer or AI-controlled teammates. The North American version of the game also supported the PlayStation 3's adhoc Party.[5] The game features character creation allowing customization of hair style, hair color, face, skin, clothing, voice and weapons using special materials. Equipment is divided into five groups: Blade, Gun, Shield, Control Unit and Upgrades. Weapons can be switched between melee, ranged and shield in-mission. In addition to the main story arc featured in the original God Eater, Gods Eater Burst features an added storyline not featured in the original Japanese release.[6]

Along with the second story arc, Gods Eater Burst adds two new gameplay features: Bullet Customization and Burst Mode.[7][8] By devouring an Aragami that is still alive, God Eaters temporarily enter a state called "Burst Mode" in which their speed, strength and energy regeneration increase.[8] While in this state, the Control Unit equipped to the God Arc bestows the God Eater with helpful status effects that vary depending on which Control Unit is equipped. In addition, New-Type God Eaters are able to send teammates into an artificial Burst Mode called "Linked Burst" by firing special bullets at their teammates. These A-bullets are acquired whenever a New-Type God Eater devours a living Aragami, with the effects and duration of a Linked Burst capable of "stacking" up to three times by being hit with multiple A-bullets in succession.[8]

Plot

Setting

The game sets in Japan in the year 2071 where the world has been mostly destroyed by mysterious monsters known as the Aragami. An organization known as Fenrir was made to exterminate Aragami using weapons called God Arcs which is made from the cells of an Aragami. Those who specialize in exterminating Aragami are known as God Eaters. Originally God Eaters had one type in which their God Arcs can only keep gun form or blade form, however a new type has been discovered that can switch between gun and blade form. Since then, they have been classified new-types and the previous as old-types.

Story

The story revolves around the Hero character (named and customized by the Player) as he joins Fenrir Far East Branch alongside Kota after discovering that he is a new-type God Eater. Soon after he joins he is assigned under Lindow, leader of the first unit, in which he advises them not to die and to run when needed. He eventually meets more members of the first unit; Sakuya and Soma along with their instructor, Tsubaki. A while later, he also meets the members of the Fenrir Far East Branch; Kanon, Tatsumi, Gina, Karel, Shun, etc. When a second new-type God Eater named Alisa joined the first unit on a mission, a group of Prithvi Mata (an Aragami) ambushed them which causes for Alisa to experience a psychological episode and accidentally trapped Lindow. The rest of the first unit was able to escape; however, Lindow was left behind. After they returned to the base, Alisa is immediately treated for her episodes and is temporarily removed from combat duty. It was then revealed that they are due to her childhood trauma of watching her parents eaten by an Aragami and the fact that she was hypnotized by her therapist.

The Hero, after teaching Alisa the proper way of fighting again, is able to help her eliminate her trauma and she is returned to the front lines again. Meanwhile, Sakuya, after grieving for the missing Lindow, finds a secret message from him but it is inaccessible without Lindow's armlet. The Hero is then promoted as the new leader of the first unit, in which the director of the Fenrir Far East Branch, Johannes, attempts to use him in top secret missions in efforts to find the entity known as the singularity. Dr. Paylor Sakaki deceives the Director into searching for the singularity in Europe after telling him that a mysterious Aragami appeared there. Sakaki was left in-charge of the Fenrir Far East Branch for some time until the director comes back. Shortly after, Sakaki sends the Hero with the other members of the first unit to a secret mission which eventually leads to the discovery of a human-like Aragami named Shio. As they keep Shio a secret from the Director and learns from her, the first unit are sent to search missions for Lindow after his armlet gave off active signals. Finally, the first unit finds his armlet and Sakuya is able to access Lindow's secret message. Sakuya then discovers Lindow was secretly investigating Johannes' secret project known as the Ark Project.

Characters

Development

The game was directed by Yoshimura Hiro, produced by Yosuke Tomizawa. Character designs were provided by Koichi Itakura and Sokabe Shuji.[12]

God Eater was initially announced on July 9, 2009 by Namco Bandai Games.[1] Shortly after the game's Japanese release a North American release was announced by a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings, D3 Publisher, for a Q3 2010 release.[5] However, D3 announced that it would be delayed to sometime in 2011.[13]

Namco Bandai teased a new God Eater project with an event known as God Eater Fes 2010 which was scheduled to take place in Akiba Square on July 11, 2010.[14] However, five days prior to the event, Famitsu revealed God Eater Burst, an "evolved" version of the original God Eater. The game was confirmed to contain additional arms, a new story, characters, enemies along with rebalanced gameplay and brushed up graphics.[15]

On January 12, 2011 it was revealed that the North American title would be changed to Gods Eater Burst making the word God plural.[16]

There will be a sequel to the game entitled God Eater 2 on Famitsu, set two years after the first game.[17] The games first trailer was released July 21, 2012 during the annual gaming convention Tokyo Game show. It was released on November 14, 2013.

Related media

Printed media

Several light novel series adaptations have been released. The first novel series was written by Yuurikin, illustrated by Sokabe Shuji, published by Enterbrain and serialized in Famitsu Bunko magazine. The chapters were compiled into a single volume and released on June 30, 2010 under the title God Eater: Kinki o yaburu mono (ゴッドイーター 禁忌を破る者 God Eater: Those Who Break the Taboo).[18] The second is made up of two-volumes: God Eater: Alisa in Underworld (GOD EATER ～アリサ・イン・アンダーワールド～) and God Eater: Knockin 'On Heaven's Door (GOD EATER ～ノッキン・オン・ヘブンズドア～). They were written by Ryuzaki Tsukasa, illustrated by Sokabe Shuji, and published by Kadokawa Shoten. The novels were released on September 18, 2010 and December 18, 2010 respectively.[19][20]

The game had also received several manga adaptations written by Namco Bandai. The first is titled God Eater: Kyūseishu no Kikan (GOD EATER -救世主の帰還- God Eater -Return of the Messaiah-) was illustrated by Osan Eijii, published by Kodansha, and serialized in Rival Comics magazine. As of December 28, 2011, the series was completed and compiled into five volumes.[21] The second is titled God Eater: the spiral fate and was illustrated by Saito Rokuro, published by Dengeki Comics and serialized in Side-B.N Magazine. As of November 27, 2010, the manga was completed and compiled into two volumes.[22] A third manga titled God Eater: the summer wars was illustrated by Okiura, published by Kadokawa Shoten and serialized in Dragon Age Comics Magazine. The series was completed and compiled into a single volume on May 7, 2012.[23]

Anime

Main article: God Eater (anime)

A twelve-minute prequel original video animation was made by Ufotable and aired on September 28, 2009.[24] In September 2014, a television anime series also produced by Ufotable, was announced. The series is directed by Takayuki Hirao with character designs by Keita Shimizu.[25] The anime began airing on July 12, 2015, after the first episode was delayed by a week due to production issues.[26]

Soundtrack

The official God Eater Burst Drama and Original Soundtrack (GOD EATER BURST ドラマ&オリジナル・サウンドトラック) was released on a single disc on December 22, 2010.[27] It was composed by Go Shiina and featured the game's theme Over the Clouds.

Other

A trading card game was released as [God Eater Burst] Monster Collection Trading Card Game in September 2011. Two 50-card decks were released as God Eater Burst - God Eater and God Eater Burst - Aragami that included special dice, a reference sheet, and a play mat. A set of nine miniatures featuring the Aragami was released in Japan as Soul of Figuration God Eater. A cell phone game spin off titled, God Eater Mobile was developed by Mobage and released on December 16, 2010 in Japan for the i-Mode, EZWeb, and Yahoo! Keitai distribution service. Similar to the original PSP game, it features character customization, item purchasing and hunting Aragami.[28]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings74%
Metacritic71/100
Review scores
PublicationScore
Edge6/10[29]
Eurogamer7/10[8]
GameSpot7.5/10[30]
IGN6.5/10[7]

The game received mixed reviews, with a 71% on Metacritic and 74% on Game Rankings. The game scored well in Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, which gave a total score of 34 out of 40(9/9/8/8).[31] The original God Eater sold 295,000 copies in the first week of its Japanese release,[32] and by March 2011 God Eater had sold over 610,000 copies in Japan.[33][34][35] The re-release version, God Eater Burst, sold 263,150 copies within the first week of release in Japan.[36]

The 2015 remake, God Eater Resurrection, sold a total of 167,857 copies across both PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4 platforms within the first week of release in Japan; the majority of copies sold involved the Vita version, which took the top position within the Japanese software sales charts for that particular week.[37]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 John Tanaka (July 1, 2009). "Eat Gods on your PSP". IGN. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
  2. ↑ "人気ACT『ゴッドイーター』が出荷50万本をハイスピード突破". ASCII Media Works (in Japanese). Dengeki Online. February 24, 2010. Retrieved May 29, 2010.
  3. ↑ 2014-09-17, God Eater 2: Rage Burst TGS 2014 trailer, anime series announced, Gematsu
  4. ↑ "God Eater Resurrection Japanese release date set, debut trailer". Gematsu. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  5. 1 2 Michael McWhertor (February 23, 2010). "God Eater's Brand Of Divine Hack 'n' Slash Action Coming To America". Kotaku. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
  6. ↑ Alex Fuller (2011-02-14). "Gods Eater Burst – Staff Review. "Nutritional Results May Vary."". RPGamer. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  7. 1 2 Clements, Ryan (2011-02-28). "Gods Eater Burst Review - Eating gods is a tough job, but somebody's gotta' do it.". IGN. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Matt Edwards (2011-03-31). "Eurogamer Gods Eater Burst review". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Shift. Gods Eater Burst. Namco Bandai Games.
  10. ↑ Shift. Gods Eater Burst. Namco Bandai Games. Scene: Soma & Kota 1. Kota: Hey! Soma! I've been thinking we should throw a party for our new leader here on our next day off - are you in? / Soma: No thanks. / Kota: Oh come on, don't be like that... / Soma: Go ahead and have your little love fest.. just leave me out of it. (Jump from ruined house) [...] / [after Kota blame Soma from far] / Kota: Jezz! I'm just trying to... That guy is too anti-social.
  11. ↑ Shift. Gods Eater Burst. Namco Bandai Games. Scene: Another New-Type. Lindow: What a promising rookie... We've got to be the only branch with two of these rare New-Types! / Tsubaki: Yes, I suppose so. But we'll be stepping up the search for New-Types matches from now on... HQ's new policy. The thing is, this girl maybe a match, but she's also somewhat mentally unstable.
  12. ↑ "ハイスピードハンティングゲーム『GOD EATER（ゴッドイーター）』がPSPで登場". Famitsu. 2009-07-16. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  13. ↑ Spencer (2010-06-16). "God Eater Hit With Indigestion, Delayed Until Next Year". Siliconera. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  14. ↑ Spencer (2010-03-27). "Namco Bandai Teases Next God Eater Project". Siliconera. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  15. ↑ Spencer (2010-07-06). "God Eater Burst Confirmed For PSP [Update]". Siliconera. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  16. ↑ Ishaan (2011-01-12). "God Eater Burst Has A New Name In North America". Siliconera. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
  17. ↑ Sam Marchello. "Namco Bandai Announces God Eater 2". RPGamer. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
  18. ↑ ゴッドイーター　禁忌を破る者 (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  19. ↑ "GOD EATER ～アリサ・イン・アンダーワールド～" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  20. ↑ "GOD EATER ～ノッキン・オン・ヘブンズドア～" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  21. ↑ "GOD EATER　−救世主の帰還−（5）＜完＞" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  22. ↑ "GOD EATER（2） -the spiral fate-" (in Japanese). Dengeki Comics. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  23. ↑ "GOD EATER the summer wars" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  24. ↑ "Watch The Animated Gods Eater Burst Prequel (In English!)". Siliconera. February 22, 2011.
  25. ↑ "The Garden of Sinners' Hirao Directs God Eater Anime". Anime News Network. October 12, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  26. ↑ "God Eater Anime's 1st Episode Delayed, Replaced with Special". Anime News Network. July 1, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  27. ↑ "GOD EATER BURST Drama & Original Soundtrack". VG Tunes. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  28. ↑ "『GOD EATER MOBILE』がモバゲーで配信開始" (in Japanese). Famitsu. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
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  32. ↑ Anoop Gantayat (February 12, 2010). "Japan Gaga for god Eater". IGN. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
  33. ↑ "Financial Highlights for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2010" (PDF) (Press release). Namco Bandai. May 7, 2010. Retrieved August 31, 2010.
  34. ↑ "God Eater 2 in 2012 for Sony PSP". Senpai Gamer. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  35. ↑ "God Eater 2 The first information pack". Senpai Gamer. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  36. ↑ 2013-11-20, This Week In Sales: God Eater 2 To The Rescue, Siliconera
  37. ↑ "Media Create Sales: 10/26/15 – 11/1/15". Gematsu. Retrieved 2015-12-24.

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