Gods Eater Burst

PlayStation exclusiveExpanded edition

Gods Eater Burst is an action role-playing game and an enhanced version of God Eater. The enhanced version features an expanded story and new game mechanics. 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 game features character creation, allowing customization of hairstyle, hair color, face, skin, clothing, voice and weapons using special materials.

Released: 28 October 2010
Platforms: PlayStation Portable PlayStation Vita
Genres: Role-playing Adventure
Developers: Shift
Publishers: D3 Publisher Namco Bandai Games
Modes: Co-op Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Action Science fiction
Languages: English

About

God Eater (ゴッドイーター, Goddo Ītā) is a 2010 action role-playing game for the PlayStation Portable, developed and published by Namco Bandai Games in Japan. Gods Eater Burst (ゴッドイーターバースト, Goddo Ītā Bāsuto) is an enhanced re-release that expanded the story and introduced new game mechanics. Burst was the version that was localized and published by D3 Publisher in regions outside Japan; it was released in Japan on October 28, 2010, in North America on March 15, 2011, and in Europe three days later. A sequel, God Eater 2, was released in Japan in November 2013. An anime television series based on the game, also called God Eater, was released by Ufotable in 2015.

A remaster of Gods Eater Burst for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, titled God Eater Resurrection has been released on October 29, 2015, in Japan. It was released in Western territories in summer 2016 with North American and European divisions of Bandai Namco Entertainment publishing the game on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Microsoft Windows.

Keywords

post-apocalyptic
character customization
jrpg
steampunk
local co-op
enhanced version
digital distribution
original soundtrack release
playstation plus
playstation tv support
backwards compatibility
tokyo game show 2009

Media

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Gameplay

God Eater is an action role-playing game in which players take control a young New-Type God Eater, special warriors dedicated to defeating monstrous enemies known as the Aragami (荒神, "violent god"). God Eater offers mission-based single-player mode, which consists of over 100 missions, and cooperative play of up to three teammates over local ad hoc wireless multiplayer or AI-controlled teammates. The North American version of the game also supported the PlayStation 3's ad hoc Party. The game features character creation, allowing customization of hair style, hair color, face, skin color, clothing, and voice.

The goal of each mission is to defeat specific Aragami in the designated area within the time limit. Additional rewards are gained depending on how efficiently the mission was completed. Players can dash, sprint, and jump by consuming stamina (ST) that auto-regenerates over time. Players' sole weapon is the God Arc (神機, Jinki), a unique weapon that can instantly switch to four different forms: Blade, Gun, Shield and Predator.

Story

The game is set in the year 2071, in a world where civilization has been devastated by mysterious monsters known as the Aragami. The organization Fenrir, which had existed prior to the Aragami Outbreak in the early 2050s, rose to prominence after discovering the existence of Oracle Cells, the building blocks of Aragami. Using weapons called God Arcs, made from the cells of Aragami, Fenrir's Anti-Aragami Punitive Force, known as God Eaters, battle to exterminate the Aragami threat. The story is primarily set in the former Greater Tokyo Area. God Eaters are classified as either old-type, which can only keep their God Arc in gun form or blade form, or new-type, which can switch between gun and blade form.

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Development

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

God Eater was initially announced in July 2009 by Namco Bandai Games. 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, but was delayed to sometime in 2011.

Reception

The game received mixed reviews, with a 71/100 on Metacritic. The game scored well in Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, which gave a total score of 34 out of 40(9/9/8/8).

The original God Eater sold 295,000 copies in the first week of its Japanese release, and by March 2011 God Eater had sold over 610,000 copies in Japan. The re-release version, God Eater Burst, sold 263,150 copies within the first week of release in Japan. Both versions combined have sold over one million units in Japan.