God Eater Resurrection is the sort of game that encourages cooperation. After all, even a solo run will see you teaming up with virtual allies to attack Aragami. But, it’s particularly notable for also allowing you to go through the entire game with someone else, if you so choose. You can work with other players if you like, instead of relying on the computer to keep up.
What’s nice about God Eater Resurrection is the ability to call in others for assistance. You use the same slot, so any progression made with a friend will be maintained when you’re going it alone, and vice versa. You’ll go through the story segments of the lowest rank character. So if you follow the story, their next story mission will be your group’s next one. This means it’s best if everyone is at or beyond that person’s progress to participate, so you may want to coordinate with people you know to try and keep from repeating experiences you’ve already had.
But, if you do work decide to help people who are at a lower rank than you, it’s possible to avoid those story segments. If all people participating in the multiplayer session choose to skip a cutscene, it can be passed over. It’s essentially a means of easily and efficiently coming together to beat every mission. Especially since you can always back and view unlocked cutscenes later in your room.
I noticed God Eater Resurrection can also be rather forgiving. My internet signal was rather weak this weekend, due to factors beyond my control. Instead of immediately booting me from a match on Saturday, the game allowed me to try and rejoin the mission. It was considerate, since I’ve encountered other games that were more intolerant and would boot people the second connections stumbled. This isn’t to say you can’t be kicked, but that you could get a chance to make a comeback.
This accommodating nature applies to party creation as well. You’re able to fill a God Eater Resurrection multiplayer party with real players or AI NPCs. If you can’t get enough people prior to mission selection, you can pull characters like Lindow and Alisa to aid your team. Just make sure you don’t resort to virtual companions too quickly. Once you close a room and start to decide on a mission, you can’t let anymore people in. Even if there is space, others are locked out once mission selection begins.
I’d recommend being adaptive as well. It’s a good idea to adjust your loadout before engaging in any online interactions. Namely, adjust your guns and bullets. Shotguns have a chance of friendly fire, and you don’t want to hit people who are there to help you. Those are guns best left for offline play, since it doesn’t matter if you hit virtual opponents. You should also adjust your bullet recipes, to make sure you aren’t unintentionally hitting people on your side with an area of effect attack. Go in, make sure “misses allies” is attached to ones with a bomb attack. Best to be sure you won’t unintentionally sabotage a mission.
It really feels like God Eater Resurrection is a game that works with you to meet your needs. You could absolutely beat it on your own. There’s no doubt in my mind that it’s possible, even though I turned to a friend to help me get through my last five story missions. But, it’s equally possible to go through the entire experience with someone else, always knowing you can rely on another actual person to help make the best possible decisions when defeating Aragami. It’s quite a comfortable thing and helps ensure you have the exact experience you want with the game.
God Eater Resurrection is immediately available for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in North America. It will come to the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in Europe, as well as PCs worldwide, on August 30, 2016.
