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Gods Eater Burst
God Eater Cover.jpg
North American cover art
Developer(s)Shift
Publisher(s)
Composer(s)Go Shiina
Platform(s)PlayStation Portable
Release date(s)
  • JP October 28, 2010
  • NA March 15, 2011
  • EU March 18, 2011
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player, online multiplayer
Media/distributionUMD
System requirements
Gods Eater Burst is a 2011 action-adventure video game exclusively for thePlayStation Portable developed and published by Namco Bandai Games in Japan and published by D3 Publisher, a sister company of Namco Bandai Games, in North America.[1] The game was originally released in Japan as God Eater (ゴッドイーターGoddo Ītā?) on February 4, 2010 but was later improved and re-released as God Eater Burst (ゴッドイーター バースト Goddo Ītā Bāsuto?) on October 28, 2010. Gods Eater Burst was released in North America on March 15, 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 to Burst has been planned to release in Japan sometime in 2013 titled God Eater 2.

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[edit]Gameplay


Gameplay of Gods Eater Burst.
The game possesses a very large storyline which can be experienced fully 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 boasts a mission-based single-player mode consisting of more than 100 missions inclusive of co-operative play with up to three teammates over local adhoc wireless multiplayer or AI-controlled teammates. The North American version of the game will also support the PlayStation 3's adhoc Party.[3] The game also features character creation allowing customization of hair style, hair color, face, skin, clothing, voice as well as weapons using special materials. Equipment is divided into three groups: Blade, Gun, and Shield. Weapons can be switched between melee, ranged and shield in-mission.

[edit]Plot

[edit]Setting and story

Gods Eater Burst takes place in a post-apocalyptic setting, with the events of the game happening in Japan in 2071. Most of the world has been razed by the Aragami, mysterious and aggressive alien creatures that appeared one day. They consist of colonies of hundreds of thousands of independent units, which are analogized as cells. As such, they are called oracle cells. The only way to hurt or kill an Aragami is by using a God Arc, a specialized biological weapon that itself is made of oracle cells. The God Arc can destroy the Aragami's core, making an Aragami's oracle cells lose their cohesion. The God Arc can transform itself into either a melee weapon or a gun, depending on the need of the user. An anti-Aragami organization called Fenrir hires warriors, called Gods Eaters, to battle the Aragami. Due to the size and weight of the God Arc, Gods Eaters must have a special wrist bracelet surgically attached in order to wield it.[4]

[edit]Characters

  • The player is a new recruit on Far East Branch who is assigned as a member of the first unit of God Eaters.[5]
  • Lindow is the leader of first unit and boasts a high survival rate.[5]
  • Soma is the member of first unit who avoids interacting with others.[6]
  • Sakuya is the sub-leader of first unit.[5]
  • Kota is the member of first unit who joins the God Eaters at the same time as the player.[5]
  • Alisa is the new recruit from Russia branch who has mental traumas of Aragami.[7]
  • Tsubaki is Lindow's sister who also acts as a supervisor of the first, second, and third units.[5]

[edit]Development

The game was first 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.[3] However, D3 has now decided to localize God Eater Burst instead at the beginning of 2011. On January 12, 2011 it was revealed that the North American title would be changed to Gods Eater Burst making the word God plural.[8]
It has announced that there will be a sequel to the game entitled God Eater 2 on Famitsu, set three years after the first game.[9] It has a release date for 2012; it is unknown if it will be released outside Japan. The games first trailer was released September, 15, 2011 during the annual gaming convention Tokyo Game show.

[edit]Related media

[edit]Trading card game

A trading card game was released as [God Eater Burst] Monster Collection Trading Card Game in September 2011. Two fifty 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.

[edit]Miniatures

A set of nine miniatures featuring the Aragami was released in Japan as Soul of Figuration God Eater.

[edit]Soundtrack

The official God Eater Burst Drama and Original Soundtrack was released on one disc on December 22, 2010.[10] It was composed byGo Shiina and featured the game's theme Over The Cloud.

[edit]Reception

[hide] Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings74%
Metacritic71/100
Review scores
PublicationScore
Edge6/10[11]
Eurogamer7/10[12]
GameSpot7.5/10[13]
IGN6.5/10[14]
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).[15] It sold 295,000 copies in the first week of its Japanese release,[16] and by March 2011 God Eater had sold over 610,000 copies in Japan.[17][18][19]

[edit]References

  1. ^ a b c 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" (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Dengeki Online. February 24, 2010. Retrieved May 29, 2010.
  3. ^ a b Michael McWhertor (February 23, 2010). "God Eater's Brand Of Divine Hack 'n' Slash Action Coming To America". Kotaku. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
  4. ^ "GOD EATER 2：ゴッドイーター2" (in Japanese). Godeater.jp.
  5. ^ a b c d e Shift. Gods Eater Burst. (Namco Bandai Games).
  6. ^ 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."
  7. ^ 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."
  8. ^ Ishaan (2011-01-12). "God Eater Burst Has A New Name In North America". Siliconera.com. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  9. ^ Sam Marchello. "Namco Bandai Announces God Eater 2". RPGamer. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
  10. ^ "GOD EATER BURST Drama & Original Soundtrack". VG Tunes. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  11. ^ Gods Eater Burst Review. Edge Magazine. March 2011. pp. 103.
  12. ^ Matt Edwards (2011-03-31). "Eurogamer Gods Eater Burst review". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
  13. ^ Kevin VanOrd (2011-02-28). "GameSpot Gods Eater Burst Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
  14. ^ Ryan Clements (2009-02-). "IGN Gods Eater Burst Review - Eating gods is a tough job, but somebody's gotta' do it.". IGN. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
  15. ^ "Famitsu review scores". Nintendo Everything. January 26, 2010. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
  16. ^ Anoop Gantayat (February 12, 2010). "Japan Gaga for god Eater". IGN. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
  17. ^ "Financial Highlights for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2010" (Press release). Namco Bandai. May 7, 2010. Retrieved August 31, 2010.
  18. ^ "God Eater 2 in 2012 for Sony PSP". Senpai Gamer. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  19. ^ "God Eater 2 The first information pack". Senpai Gamer. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
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