God Eater Resurrection Review

God Eater Resurrection is a tense and action-packed game that provides a fun and emotionally-driven experience, despite some overly complicated gameplay mechanics.

God Eater Resurrection
Developer: Bandai Namco
Price: $19.99
Platforms: PS4, PS Vita
MonsterVine was provided with a PS4 code for review

Before receiving God Eater Resurrection for review, I had never dived into the God Eater series. While I would get glimpses of the cool characters and their vague histories from Project X Zone and its sequel, I never got the chance to try out the core franchise. Since Resurrection technically an updated remake of the first God Eater game, there was no better time to hop into the game.

Taking place in a world where terrifying monsters known as “Aragami” dominate the Earth, Resurrection takes pride in its dark and gloomy setting. As the customizable “New Recruit”, you join a group of Aragami-slayers in the Far East Branch of Fenrir: a group of humans who continue to battle Aragami for the sake of mankind.

God Eater: Resurrection‘s plot is fantastic. The characters are all endearing and memorable. While your squad’s personality seems to be composed of regular anime clichés, that’s only on the surface. Each character has more depth to them than the “cool leader”, or the “pervy young guy”. The backstories and interactions do wonders for them, as they’re developed and relatable characters. This is especially handy since you’ll be fighting alongside these characters throughout the game, and being forced to battle with a team of annoying partners would become grating quickly.

There’s plenty to enjoy about the gameplay of God Eater: Resurrection, despite a couple of blunders. Customizing your character adds a noticeable layer of personality to Resurrection, as you feel far more connected to your team when it’s actually you who’s protecting the human race with your squad. The amount of customization is impressive to say the least, as everything from your face and clothing, to your stray hairs and beauty marks can added and edited. You truly feel like a part of this desolate world, in the best way possible.

Throughout most of Resurrection, missions mainly consist of you, and often an assortment of your teammates, eliminating certain types of Aragami. The combat is reminiscent of titles such as Monster Hunter, as you’ll be hacking and slashing at monsters in real-time while gathering materials from around the stage, and from your fallen foes. These materials can be combined to create different types of ammunition, clothing, and weapon upgrades, all of which can be useful as time goes.

Missions are largely enjoyable, as the thrill behind battling numerous well-designed and fearful foes with your team is a constant pleasure. The free-flowing hack-and-slash gameplay is lots of fun, especially as you pinpoint the areas of weakness of each Aragami. The only problem is the repetitive nature of the regular mission structure. While the missions are fun in spurts, they can become tiresome if played in rapid succession. The bits of story between missions provide some refreshing content, but the missions themselves can still be repetitive.

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While the weapon and equipment customization can be rewarding, it’s needlessly complicated. Few, if any, tutorials are given for most of the customization process, meaning you’ll have to fiddle around with the system for a while if you want to have any chance of making useful items. It would have been nice to have a bit more guidance in these complex areas of the game.

God Eater: Resurrection‘s graphics are fantastic. The anime-style visuals complement the dramatic and high-octane story, providing a more dynamic experience overall. The Aragami designs are all incredibly intricate, with some feeling as though they came straight from the mind of H.R. Giger. The colours and details that are put into each Aragami make them truly feel dangerous, unsettling, and ultimately far more threatening.

The sound in Resurrection is one of its best qualities. Though the sound effects are crisp and fitting for each situation, it’s the voice acting that really steals the show. Each character is given life by their spirited and fitting voices. Every character’s minor quirks and ticks are highlighted by the impressive English dubbing.

The Final Word
God Eater Resurrection is a fun and intense game that boasts a fantastic narrative that’s complemented by enjoyable gameplay and stellar voice acting. Though some aspects of Resurrection are repetitive or underexplained, these are relatively minor gripes that don’t take too much away from the thoroughly enjoyable world of God Eater

                                                                                                   MonsterVine Rating: 4 out of 5 – Good