History VideoGame / GodEater3

''God Eater 3'' is the third entry in Creator/BandaiNamco's ''VideoGame/GodEater'' videogame franchise. It was released on December 13, 2018 in Japan, and February 8, 2019 in the rest of the world on UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. A UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch port released on July 12, 2019.

''God Eater 3'' further evolves the gameplay of the previous games by adding new features. New weapons include: the Biting Edge, twin blades which can be combined into one depending on whether the situation calls for fast attacks or powerful, wide-reaching strikes; the Heavy Moon, a chakram-styled blade which can turn into [[AnAxeToGrind a powerful axe]] under certain conditions; and the Raygun, which emits a concentrated beam that grows in power the longer it's fired. The new Engage ability triggers a shared buff when synchronizing with your teammates, while the Accel Trigger is a new SuperMode activated upon meeting a chosen condition.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: Even more so than previous installments. This is especially apparent in the conflict between Port Gleipnir and Crimson Queen; Gleipnir sees the development of [=AGEs=] and various experimentation on [[spoiler:humanoid Aragami such as Phym, from which the [=AGE=] bias factor apparently comes from]] as NecessaryEvil in order to protect whatever is left of mankind. However, their extremely inhumane treatment of them is also what gives birth to AGE extremist movement such as the Crimson Queen, which people just want a place where they can be free as a person.Sympathetic, in a way...except for the fact that they are equally willing to resort to dirty measures to achieve it.

A fateful meeting with Claire Victorious, a God Eater from ''Port Gleipnir'' in charge of securing a mysterious cargo en route to the Port, and Lulu Badan, an "abandoned" [=AGE=] from ''Port Badan'', sets them all on a grand mission to discover the origins of the Ashlands, all while staying one step ahead from a new type of Aragami: the highly-aggressive [[EldritchAbomination Ash Aragami]]. Making things a ''lot'' complicated is the discovery of the content of the cargo: [[MysteriousWaif a humanoid Aragami with the form of a little girl]] named Phym.

''God Eater 3'' further evolves the gameplay of the previous games by adding new features. New weapons include: the Biting Edge, twin blades which can be combined into one depending on whether the situation calls for fast attacks or powerful, wide-reaching strikes; the Heavy Moon, a curved blade which can turn into a powerful axe under certain conditions; and the Raygun, which emits a concentrated beam that grows in power the longer it's fired. The new Engage ability triggers a shared buff when synchronizing with your teammates, while the Accel Trigger is a new SuperMode activated upon meeting a chosen condition.

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[[caption-width-right:301: ''From the ashes... A new generation of Gods begins.'']]

You, designated ''PW-01804'', are one of such [=AGEs=] belonging to ''Port Pennywort'' alongside fellow [=AGEs=] Hugo and Zeke, the former longing for freedom by making his own Port where everyone can be free to choice and live for themselves. They eventually get their wish when their Port gets obliterated by an Ash Storm during a mission and end up saved by the Ash Caravan of ''Port Chrysanthemum''.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:At the end of Ein's Character Episode, to help with Ein's decision to return to the Far East Branch as well as to pursue their own dreams for Ports where [=AGEs=] can live freely, the Hounds planned to create network of ports to bridge the expedition through Eurasia. Furthermore, Ein noted that something was off before the Calamity due to one of his collaborators during Project Ragnarok, Dr. Kwon, was "not the type to gamble with the unknown", although he immediately cut himself short before making too much assumptions.]]

* AfterTheEnd: Taken UpToEleven. The world had already gone to hell once the Aragami arrived. Previous games show humanity slowly getting back up on its feet, but then came the Ashlands which basically undid all progress humanity had achieved up until that point and made things even worse than before.

*** Engage can be triggered by synchronizing with a teammate, which is achieved by fighting near them. When activated, you and your teammate both benefit from both player's equipped Engage buffs for some time, and Burst status is also shared. This gets taken UpToEleven in the Traversing the Past Extra Episodes, where completing Character Episodes allows God Eaters to learn Core Engage, boosting their effects and causing both characters to enter Burst Level 3.

* AdultFear: At least two notable cases, both of which involve [[spoiler:being separated from your beloved adoptive child]].
** Mid-way through the story, [[spoiler: Phym is forcibly being taken away by Dr. Inukai, who clearly only sees her as a mere specimen and promptly treats her in as dehumanizing way as possible. Furthermore, from his attitude, he acts as if he is only reclaiming what is "rightfully" his.]]
** Near the end of Rank 6, this occurs when [[spoiler: Phym lied to everyone and ran off in order to turn herself to ''Port Gleipnir'' once she learned the full weight of the situation and her supposed role in the entire mess (specifically, she is the humanoid Aragami that Werner was referring to and how her presence alone could have stopped more [=AGEs=] to be sacrificed to Odin), with no one knowing where she is going until later. This is after the entire crew tried their damnedest to protect her both physically (since she is just as much of a wanted subject as the Hounds), but also mentally as they tried to shield her from the AwfulTruth surrounding the [=AGEs=]’ situation]].

* {{Transhuman}}: A big part of the reason the [=AGEs=] are treated as badly as they are, and are so feared, is because of the advance in God Eater-creation tech that they represent; [=AGEs=] have pushed the enhancements humans get from the God Eater process to such a degree that even an average AGE is now, theoretically, a huge threat to any human they come in contact with, and the most skilled of [=AGEs=] are capable of absolutely astounding meta-human feats (such as the protagonist being able to act as an anti-Aragami radar system with a range of ''one hundred miles''). As a result, ''Gleipnir'' and the Ports feel a need to keep an extremely tight leash on them.
* UncertainDoom: The entire cast (except one) of the first two games is absent and a huge deal is made of the fact that Fenris was obliterated during the timeskip. [[spoiler:At least Ein hints at their survival.]]

* SuddenlyVoiced: {{Downplayed|Trope}}; while your player character has a slew of generic dialogue they can spout off during gameplay, they're effectively a HeroicMime throughout all of the story cutscenes, spending the course of the plot simply nodding and agreeing with whatever Hugo plans. [[spoiler:It makes their own RousingSpeech to save Phym from the FinalBoss [[PapaWolf all the more]] [[MamaBear impactful]].]]

*** Acceleration Trigger requires a certain criteria to be achieved during combat (for example, blocking 3 attacks or devouring 5 times). Once the condition is met, you temporarily gain a buff for a few seconds or so. If Engage is active, your Engage partner will also receive the buff.

!! So, God Eater 3... what does it feel like to lose your tropes?