It’s like having to finish the first level of Super Mario World a hundred times before being allowed to progress to the next stage, taking away from the player’s enjoyment of the game rather than adding to it. The problem is that most of it isn’t unique or worthwhile enough, and results in huge periods of grinding through enemies that have been felled repeatedly in countless previous missions. That sounds like a lot of content, and to be entirely fair, it is. Using the Rage Burst is gratifying, and should have been available from the start.Īll told, I finished up the game about sixty five hours after starting. Doing so is more than worthwhile, as it not only powers up the character to the point where they start laying out untold amounts of damage, it also makes them invincible and – amazingly – causes an overly energetic J-rock track to kick in. Pledges such as ‘ I’m going to do ten thousand points of damage to that enemy‘ or ‘ I’m going to swagger over there and smack the bugger a hundred times‘ which must then be completed before a short timer expires. The most interesting of these is the Rage Burst mechanic, where powering up a God Arc during combat will allow players to make pledges to said weapon. It’s not much of a shakeup, but it’s enough to differentiate itself from what came before.Īfter watching the credits roll for the first time (and presumably eating a million of Nana’s delicious Oden sandwiches) new mechanics and enemies start to seep in through the cracks. The formula does eventually shake itself up somewhat after about thirty hours when the Rage Burst content starts to kick in for real. Given that each boss requires about ten to fifteen minutes of spamming the same attacks, the problem with repetition soon becomes obvious.
It’s not much of an exaggeration to say that 80% of my playtime was spent performing a single move over and over (the hammer’s R1 and Square attack) and my online buddy playing the campaign with me used his circular scythe spin maybe 95% of the time. Not only that, but enemies require nothing more than some routine dodging, locating their weak spots, and smashing away at them until they run away to recover a bit or die. It’s especially bad in the beginning - GE2:RB‘s arena environments and most of the enemies are lifted wholesale from Resurrection.
Sure, it features a new storyline taking place several years after the end of the original, but since the two titles have many of the same enhancements it winds up feeling very, very samey. Having recently played through God Eater: Resurrection (an enhanced remake of the original God Eater Burst) it’s tough to shake just how familiar GE2:RB is. The team gets chucked into a small arena, destroys the enemies within, and then it’s back to the shop with any bits they can salvage to power up their equipment before heading right back out again. In this case, mankind’s been pushed to the brink of destruction by monstrous entities known as Aragami, and only the God Eaters have a chance of fighting back thanks to their God Arc Weapons – weapons taking the form of massive hammers, pointy spears, oversized swords, and so on. The God Eater franchise falls into the Hunting genre alongside things like Monster Hunter, Soul Sacrifice and a few others. It’s a shame that the rest of game doesn’t follow suit - not because it’s bad, but because it barely evolves past its first few hours of play, and it’s a long, long, loooooong experience. Shortly after starting, a cute, spunky, and slightly demented hammer-wielding psychopath welcomes the main character to the God Eater squadron by stuffing an Oden Sandwich into their hands, offhandedly calling it a ‘sammich’ or suchlike in the process, and therefore inadvertently endearing herself to me forever. God Eater 2: Rage Burst starts off promisingly. WTF Gil? Gil! That’s not a Glaswegian accent, mate. LOW …which unlocks about thirty or so hours in.
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