Parents' Guide to God's Trigger

Though this game adds some interesting mechanics to a familiar action formula, its unforgiving difficulty will make it more frustrating than fun for some players. In the twin-stick arcade action game God's Trigger, a demon named Judy and an angel named Harry must fight their way from Purgatory to Heaven in an attempt to save the world. Playable solo (in which case you can switch between characters on the fly) or with a friend controlling whoever you're not, you use a variety of guns, melee weapons, and special attacks to take out tons of enemies. While similar games are often simplistic with their play, God's Trigger adds tons of new mechanics, including upgradable abilities like Judy's teleporting and mind control abilities and Harry's temporary invisibility.

The problem is that as fun and unique as this may be, it's also frustrating. The game has only the one difficulty level, and it's such a tough one that you die very easily. One shot from a gun or a single smack from a sword and you're dead, returned back to where you were a few moments earlier. Adding insult to injury, you often have to redo huge sections you've already finished. The game is more fun as a hack-and-slash action title than a shooter, but since so many of your enemies are trigger-happy gun lovers and you die so easily, the problem is more and more apparent. Finally, the button prompts are super tiny and difficult to read if you sit at a reasonable distance from your TV. All of which can make this frustrating for any gamer who doesn't enjoy super-tough games. But for players who like being challenged and want to test their skills against hordes of enemies, God's Trigger is heaven-sent.