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Shinseiki Evangelion 2: Evangelions (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン2, lit. "Neon Genesis Evangelion 2: Evangelions"?) is a Japanese video game for the PlayStation 2 which was developed by Alfa System and published by Bandai. It has RPG and world-controlling elements, and allows the player to follow a number of characters (such as Shinji Ikari, Asuka Langley Soryu, 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 White Moon of Lilith because they are seeking Lilith and not, as other sources like the anime would have it, 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).
[edit] Gameplay
The gameplay uses a large map and the player controls the Eva walking until he runs into the enemy. Once that is done the player is given a list of Action commands in which he chooses to attack the enemy. The gameplay is what made the game fail in many directions and is also what made complete criticism fall on the game. Once one of the Action commands are chosen It will be shown done in CGI format (which was one of the most praised things throughout the game). The game also uses story Arcs in which the player would have a list of playable characters from the beginning to play with and start their story mode with, for example, The 3 main characters that you start out with are Shinji Ikari, Rei Ayanami, and Asuka Langley Soryu. More are unlocked once some of the events are triggered.
[edit] External links
Japan 2003-11-20 (PS2)
