It’s a different set of expectations in the context of a console in a living room, where it feels more natural to tear through a dozen missions in one sitting. The original appealed to that specific on-the-go audience that enjoys brief play sessions. Resurrection’s faithfulness to the original PSP version, Gods Eater Burst, underscores its limitations.

These echo the kind of transformable armaments found in Monster Hunter and Vanquish, only they’re infused with the ferocity of the beasts they kill. Not only are these tools of destruction often larger than the people who wield them, but these gunblades also eat Aragami-hence the 'God Eater' name. Your squad’s confidence in the face of humanity’s likely extinction is complemented by the extreme designs of their multipurpose God Arc weapons. Your custom character fits right in as the rookie who sounds self-assured no matter what voice type you pick. All the tropes are here: the archetypically neurotic support teammate, the brooding all-business specialist, and the squad member whose bubbly, saccharine demeanor can be forgiven thanks to her usefulness in combat. As with many teen-targeted manga-styled ensembles, the cast is a collection of distinct personalities with limited emotional capacities. You play the newest member of a team of god-killing soldiers, a group of teens and 20-somethings who’ve managed to survive an apocalyptic event in which hostile demon-beasts dubbed “Aragami” took over the world. Along with the variety of environments, there’s a lot of creativity to be found in the design of the enemies you’re sent to destroy: four-legged beasts with faces of old men, living iron maidens, and large bipedal lizards with stylish helmets. Resurrection’s world is candy-wrapped around an anime-influenced aesthetic and the medium’s ever-growing fascination with urban dystopias. It’s due to a shortage of these surprises, however, that God Eater Resurrection never transcends its safe, uncomplicated design. The narrative device that improves on this premise is, of course, when things don’t go as planned, when the agent or squad must adapt to changing circumstances. It’s the same kind of glamorized efficiency that makes spy fiction so appealing. You jump into a mission knowing full well what your orders are, you carry out those directives, and you exfiltrate when the job is done.

There’s an alluring sense of immediacy and simplicity to God Eater Resurrection.

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