This is a review for both God Eater Resurrection and God Eater 2: Rage Burst because they are very similar games and the Steam version comes with both.
It's Monster Hunter, but anime. Also it's faster than MH, you are usually accompanied by 3 NPCs and often you must fight several medium or large aragami at once. Most missions are quite easy regardless and you are unlikely to feel challenged unless you go out of your way to not upgrade your equipment or try one of the most difficult challenge missions.
On that note the games can be quite grindy if you really want a certain piece of equipment, I just listen to something in the background while I play in those cases.
It's not hard to go from God Eater Resurrection to God Eater 2 Rage Burst and vice versa thanks to the retroactive improvements brought to the former for the definitive release, but I'd still recommend playing them in order because the tutorial in the second game is kinda anemic, I believe the developers expect players to play Resurrection first.
I've seen some people praise the story but I found it kinda cheesy and cliché ridden, it's hard for me to not see Alisa as a a discount Asuka and Ciel as a poor man's Rei from Neon Genesis Evangelion. Not to mention Romeo, Gilbert and Julius are Kota, Soma and Lindow 2.0 respectively, a lot of themes and character traits are repeated in God Eater 2 and I think the first one did it better. However I do like that we actually have a reason to go around exterminating cool monsters instead of just doing it for sport.
Overall I found both games to be a positive experience and I'm glad I played them. They are kind of pricey for their age if you only want God Eater Resurrection or God Eater 2 Rage Burst , but they are great value together nonetheless.
By the way I hate Hibari in the first game, Jesus Christ she never stops screaming. That's the last thing I need when a mission goes south to help me calm down and assess the situation.
It's Monster Hunter, but anime. Also it's faster than MH, you are usually accompanied by 3 NPCs and often you must fight several medium or large aragami at once. Most missions are quite easy regardless and you are unlikely to feel challenged unless you go out of your way to not upgrade your equipment or try one of the most difficult challenge missions.
On that note the games can be quite grindy if you really want a certain piece of equipment, I just listen to something in the background while I play in those cases.
It's not hard to go from God Eater Resurrection to God Eater 2 Rage Burst and vice versa thanks to the retroactive improvements brought to the former for the definitive release, but I'd still recommend playing them in order because the tutorial in the second game is kinda anemic, I believe the developers expect players to play Resurrection first.
I've seen some people praise the story but I found it kinda cheesy and cliché ridden, it's hard for me to not see Alisa as a a discount Asuka and Ciel as a poor man's Rei from Neon Genesis Evangelion. Not to mention Romeo, Gilbert and Julius are Kota, Soma and Lindow 2.0 respectively, a lot of themes and character traits are repeated in God Eater 2 and I think the first one did it better. However I do like that we actually have a reason to go around exterminating cool monsters instead of just doing it for sport.
Overall I found both games to be a positive experience and I'm glad I played them. They are kind of pricey for their age if you only want God Eater Resurrection or God Eater 2 Rage Burst , but they are great value together nonetheless.
By the way I hate Hibari in the first game, Jesus Christ she never stops screaming. That's the last thing I need when a mission goes south to help me calm down and assess the situation.