Neon Genesis Evangelion 2 - PlayStation PS2 NTSC-J Japan Game with Manual

Neon Genesis Evangelion 2 is a Japanese video game for the PlayStation 2 developed by Alfa System and published by Bandai. It has role-playing video game and world-controlling elements, and allows the player to follow a number of characters (such as Asuka Langley Soryu, Shinji Ikari, Pen², etc.) through multiple versions of the main plot of the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion. The PlayStation Portable port was released 2006-04-27 as Neon Genesis Evangelion 2 -Another Cases-.

The 24 topics were named in total "Classified Information" (Kimitsu Jouhou). The topics considerably expand upon the back-story: Adam and Lilith are settlers sent to Earth in what would become Earth's moon by a "First Ancestral Race", with "Seeds" and Spears of Longinus. The various Angels seek out the Black Moon of Lilith because they are seeking Lilith, or Adam; and so on. While the information seems to have been based on extensive interviews with Hideaki Anno, creator of the franchise, the canonicity of the information in the game has never been officially stated. Besides the additional information, Neon Genesis Evangelion 2 also introduced a number of additions like F-type Equipment and the final products of the Jet Alone project (as in some storylines, the A HUMAN WORK episode does not end in the cancellation of the Jet Alone project).

GAMEPLAY:

The player controls the Eva walking around a large map, until they run into an enemy. The player is then given a list of action commands which they can choose to attack the enemy. Once one of the action commands is chosen, a sequence will be shown, created by CGI depicting the attack. This was one of the most praised elements of the game. The game also has story arcs in which the player has a list of playable characters to choose from, to play as in the story mode. For example, the 3 main characters Shinji Ikari, Rei Ayanami, and Asuka Langley Soryu, are available from the start. More are unlocked as various game events are triggered.

A combo battle-RPG game that runs parallel to events in the EVA series, featuring characters from the show and all of the Evangelion robot battlers in a game very much like developer Alfa System's other combo game, Gun Parade March. Character interaction is seen through an isometric 3D RPG engine (with anime pop-ups for talking characters), while battles are played out in full 3D action/stragety RPG battles in the heart of the Tokyo defense system. Story sequences are based on an automated simulation system -- events may or may not trigger depending on how deep the game considers the story to be at any given point. It also features different scenarios for the characters -- Shinji, Rei, Asuka, Gendo, and Kaworu -- where characters can explore the complex and interact with (and even develop love relationships with) other EVA figures, while the battle scenarios have a number of variables for affecting the story flow (destruction caused to the city while in battle, for instance, affect your ending.)

  MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:

2nd game where you can become a hero and Shinji Ikari anime "Neon Genesis Evangelion", to experience freely Eva world that has been completely reproduced. Imitating the thinking of Anno Hideaki of anime Eva general director "game master AI" loading. Play depending on your, the mystery that was not revealed in the original becomes apparent.