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''Growth or Devolution: Mezameyo to Yobu Koe ga Kikoe'' (English: ''G.O.D.: Heed the Call to Awaken'', or just ''G.O.D.'' for short) is an RPG developed by Infinity for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem and published by Imagineer in 1996.
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''Growth or Devolution: Mezameyo to Yobu Koe ga Kikoe'' (English: ''G.O.D.: Heed the Call to Awaken'', or just ''G.O.D.'' for short) is an RPG developed by Infinity for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem and published by Imagineer in 1996.
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A remake named ''G.O.D. Pure: Growth or Devolution'' was made for the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}}. Little information is available in English.
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* BatOutOfHell: Gen encounters and fights one at the beginning of the game in an underground cave, guarding a mysterious diamond. After the TimeSkip, Gen returns to the same spot to find the same bat who recognizes him and wants to get back at him. The bat then will appear again at several points in the game to try to take revenge on Gen, becoming a single member GoldfishPoopGang.
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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Basil went back to training after Fahrah went missing trying to look for him after he ditched her five years ago pretending that he found a temple to train.]]
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* TheAntiGod: [[spoiler:A terrified child thinks that ''the heroes'' must be this after they killed God; the epilogue consists of them averting this]].
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* {{Atlantis}}: One of three ancient alien cities alongside Lemuria and Mu.
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* AGodIAmNot: [[spoiler:The party decides this about themselves in the good ending]].
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* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler:Gen's mom begs her son to kill her after the aliens transformed her]].
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* GuideDangIt: To defeat [[spoiler:Insecurity]], the party must remove all their weapons and armor. This is pretty well hinted at...but only after the battle starts. You can't change equipment in battle, and you can't leave the battle either as it's a boss, making it {{Unwinnable}}. Enjoy sitting through [[spoiler:the credits roll and half the PlayableEpilogue]] again - and that's if you found the save point! Oh, and the same applies to [[spoiler:the fight with Sadness]] immediately afterward, so don't re-equip everything after the fight unless you ''really'' like [[spoiler:that credits roll]].
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* GuideDangIt: To defeat [[spoiler:Insecurity]], the party must remove all their weapons and armor. This is pretty well hinted at...but only after the battle starts. You can't The game never tells you how to change equipment in battle, and you can't leave the battle either as it's a boss, making it {{Unwinnable}}. Enjoy sitting through [[spoiler:the credits roll and half the PlayableEpilogue]] again - and that's if you found the save point! of course. Oh, and the same applies to [[spoiler:the fight with Sadness]] immediately afterward, so don't re-equip everything after the fight unless you ''really'' like [[spoiler:that credits roll]].fight.
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* CrusadingWidower: Heath was already on his way to fight the aliens, but [[spoiler:the death of Ai, the mother of his unborn child,]] didn't do any favors.
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* NonStandardGameOver: At the start of the game, your mom is concerned about sending you off on your own and asks if you're sure about going. If you answer No, then answer Yes twice when asked if you're sure, she'll be relieved (and a little disappointed) and you'll get a "THE END" "GAME OVER!" screen that suggests you "Use your brain next time!" with a little animation of the main character looking exasperated.
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In terms of gameplay, ''G.O.D.'' is a fairly standard JRPG from the SNES era, RandomEncounters and all. Battles take place in an over-the-shoulder perspective, and each playable character has a set list of PsychicPowers which they learn as they level up and a JobSystem in the form of "Chakra". ''G.O.D.'''s most notable twist on the formula is its setting - not just a modern-day sci-fi story in a time when fantasy settings dominated the RPG landscape, but one set on the real Earth itself, featuring all manner of famous landmarks and NationalStereotypes.
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In terms of gameplay, ''G.O.D.'' is a fairly standard JRPG from the SNES era, SNES-era JRPG, RandomEncounters and all. Battles take place in an over-the-shoulder perspective, and each playable character has a set list of PsychicPowers which they learn as they level up and a JobSystem in the form of "Chakra". ''G.O.D.'''s most notable twist on the formula is its setting - not just a modern-day sci-fi story in a time when fantasy settings dominated the RPG landscape, but one set on the real Earth itself, featuring all manner of famous landmarks and NationalStereotypes.
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[[NextSundayAD In the year 1999]], a ten-year-old boy named Gen, fresh out of school for the summer and bicycling across Japan to visit family, witnesses an AlienInvasion that promptly [[DownerBeginning wrecks human civilization]]. Ten years later, Gen is a [[EasyAmnesia recovering amnesic]] working for Bless, an international [[TheAlliance alliance]] of humans fighting against alien control of Earth following the collapse of most world governments. Over the course of his fight against the alien menace, he'll go on a WorldTour across many countries and landmarks, gather together a small RagtagBunchOfMisfits, and learn the truth about his own PsychicPowers, the motives of the aliens, and the nature of the very Earth itself.
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Ten years later, Gen is a [[EasyAmnesia recovering amnesic]] working for Bless, an international [[TheAlliance alliance]] of humans fighting against alien control of Earth following the collapse of most world governments. Over the course of his fight against the alien menace, he'll go on a WorldTour across many countries and landmarks, gather together a small RagtagBunchOfMisfits, and learn the truth about his own PsychicPowers, the motives of the aliens, and the nature of the very Earth itself.
Ten years later, Gen is a [[EasyAmnesia recovering amnesic]] working for Bless, an international [[TheAlliance alliance]] of humans fighting against alien control of Earth following the collapse of most world governments. Over the course of his fight against the alien menace, he'll go on a WorldTour across many countries and landmarks, gather together a small RagtagBunchOfMisfits, and learn the truth about his own PsychicPowers, the motives of the aliens, and the nature of the very Earth itself.
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* GodIsEvil: Oh yes. [[spoiler:A formless entity craving the ultimate body all His own since the beginning of time, He aims to put an end to the world of humans since He appears to be dissatisfied with the violent hijinks of the Earth's denizens.]]
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''Growth or Devolution: Mezameyo to Yobu Koe ga Kikoe'' (English: ''G.O.D.: Heed the Call to Awaken'', or just ''G.O.D.'' for short) is an RPG developed by Infinity for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem and published by Imagineer in 1996.
[[NextSundayAD In the year 1999]], a ten-year-old boy named Gen, fresh out of school for the summer and bicycling across Japan to visit family, witnesses an AlienInvasion that promptly [[DownerBeginning wrecks human civilization]]. Ten years later, Gen is a [[EasyAmnesia recovering amnesic]] working for Bless, an international [[TheAlliance alliance]] of humans fighting against alien control of Earth following the collapse of most world governments. Over the course of his fight against the alien menace, he'll go on a WorldTour across many countries and landmarks, gather together a small RagtagBunchOfMisfits, and learn the truth about his own PsychicPowers, the motives of the aliens, and the nature of the very Earth itself.
In terms of gameplay, ''G.O.D.'' is a fairly standard JRPG from the SNES era, RandomEncounters and all. Battles take place in an over-the-shoulder perspective, and each playable character has a set list of PsychicPowers which they learn as they level up and a JobSystem in the form of "Chakra". ''G.O.D.'''s most notable twist on the formula is its setting - not just a modern-day sci-fi story in a time when fantasy settings dominated the RPG landscape, but one set on the real Earth itself, featuring all manner of famous landmarks and NationalStereotypes.
A remake named ''G.O.D. Pure: Growth or Devolution'' was made for the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}}. Little information is available in English.
Ironically for a game about world travel, neither ''G.O.D.'' nor ''G.O.D. Pure'' [[NoExportForYou was released outside Japan]]. A FanTranslation patch for ''G.O.D.'' was released in 2018 by Dynamic Designs. All information regarding character names, dialogue, etc. on this page comes from this translation unless noted otherwise.
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!! ''G.O.D.: Heed the Call to Awaken'' contains examples of:
* AGodIAmNot: [[spoiler:The party decides this about themselves in the good ending]].
* AlienInvasion: Sets up the game.
* AlternateWorldMap: Japan gets a world map to itself, even though it only takes up a few tiles of the real world map.
* AncientAstronauts: The Egyptian pyramids, Chichen Itza, Stonehenge, and the Nazca lines are all connected to the aliens - [[spoiler:although it seems they constructed these artifacts ''before'' they left]].
* AntagonistTitle: [[spoiler:God is the final boss]].
* TheAntiGod: [[spoiler:A terrified child thinks that ''the heroes'' must be this after they killed God; the epilogue consists of them averting this]].
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:God offers this to the heroes, but they reject it in favor of their human lives and proceed to kill Him to prevent Him from rendering His judgment. But in the bad ending, it's [[AmbiguousEnding vaguely implied]] this happens anyway]].
* {{Atlantis}}: One of three ancient alien cities alongside Lemuria and Mu.
* ConnectedAllAlong: [[spoiler:Michael and Gen are half-brothers. Gen's mom was pregnant with Michael when she was abducted, and the embryo was "enhanced" with alien genetic manipulation]].
* CrusadingWidower: Heath was already on his way to fight the aliens, but [[spoiler:the death of Ai, the mother of his unborn child,]] didn't do any favors.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Did you just [[KillTheGod punch out God]]!?]]
* DoomedHometown: Gen's hometown is pretty thoroughly obliterated.
* DrunkenMaster: Dan Kichi is always asking for booze, although we don't get to see whether it makes him a stronger fighter.
* EnigmaticMinion: Michael. In most of his appearances, he asks the heroes to stop their mission, hits them with an HPToOne move, and disappears as quickly as he came.
* FlunkyBoss: King Tut fights alongside two mummies. [[spoiler:The Alien Mother fights with several Crystal Boys and constantly respawns them.]]
* FunWithAcronyms: "G.O.D." stands for either "'''G'''rowth '''O'''r '''D'''evolution" (according to the game's title) or "'''G'''rouping '''O'''f buns '''D'''iscovery" (according to the Bun King).
* GameBreakingBug: The first version of the FanTranslation patch had a bug that prevented characters from being revived in battle. While not ''impossible'', this made the game far more difficult than it had any right to be, and was fortunately fixed in a later version of the patch.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Dan Kichi and Lem the lemur are both the "can't be equipped or ordered" type. Ai, on the other hand, behaves exactly like any other party member right up to [[spoiler:her pregnancy and subsequent PlotlineDeath]].
* GuideDangIt: To defeat [[spoiler:Insecurity]], the party must remove all their weapons and armor. This is pretty well hinted at...but only after the battle starts. You can't change equipment in battle, and you can't leave the battle either as it's a boss, making it {{Unwinnable}}. Enjoy sitting through [[spoiler:the credits roll and half the PlayableEpilogue]] again - and that's if you found the save point! Oh, and the same applies to [[spoiler:the fight with Sadness]] immediately afterward, so don't re-equip everything after the fight unless you ''really'' like [[spoiler:that credits roll]].
* HelloInsertNameHere: Party members aren't named by the player until they actually join up, so whatever name you give them retroactively replaces their actual name which has been used up to that point. You get to nickname Gen's mom, too.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Lem the lemur must sacrifice his life to power the ancient ship. Michael sacrifices himself to destroy Ra Mu's barrier]].
* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler:Gen's mom begs her son to kill her after the aliens transformed her]].
* LastSecondEndingChoice: [[spoiler:CONTINUE? [[PostFinalBoss YES]]/[[NonStandardGameOver NO]]]]
* MissingMom: Gen's mom goes missing after the initial alien invasion. A psychic NPC claims that she's still alive, but doesn't offer any information beyond that. [[spoiler:The aliens abducted her and are using her to breed]].
* MotherOfAThousandYoung: [[spoiler:The aliens turned Gen's mom into one]].
* MultipleEndings: After the credits roll, a simple "CONTINUE? YES/NO" prompt appears. [[spoiler:Choosing "Yes" leads to a short additional PlayableEpilogue and the PostFinalBoss, where the heroes reject their destiny to "become as gods" and go on to live their lives peacefully. Choosing "No" leads to a simple GameOver screen which implies that the heroes did become as gods]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: An alien commander named ''The Great Catastrophe''.
* NinetyPercentOfYourBrain: According to the game, humans normally use 30% of their brains at a time. When the heroes find a new God Stone, it unlocks another 10%, so after seven God Stones their brains are operating at 100% capacity.
* NoBiochemicalBarriers: The aliens have no trouble living on Earth. [[spoiler:The fact that they came from Earth in the first place ''might'' justify this]].
* NonStandardGameOver: The only place where the words "Game Over" appear are [[spoiler:choosing "No" when asked to continue at the end of the game]]. Normally, falling in battle returns you to your last save, but not this time.
* OverworldNotToScale: Considering that the map is supposed to be the ''real'' Earth, this is an acceptable break from reality.
* PostFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Incarnations of the party's anger, insecurity, and sadness, which appear before the party in Antarctica in the PlayableEpilogue.]]
* PlayableEpilogue: One after beating the final boss where you can walk around a few locations in the game and talk to the people you've saved, [[spoiler:and one after the credits roll where you face the PostFinalBoss]].
* PsychicPowers: The game's equivalent of magic in other [=RPGs=]. All the playable characters have them, but few other humans do.
* PuzzleBoss: The PostFinalBoss. [[spoiler:Heal the party's Anger, remove all equipment before facing the party's Insecurity, then do both to the party's Sadness]].
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: [[spoiler:The aliens barely escaped God's judgment and want to strike back at Him. The heroes ultimately finish the job when He prepares His judgment against humanity as well]].
* TheRightOfASuperiorSpecies: The aliens treat humanity as refuse to be swept aside. [[spoiler:They came from Earth in the first place; they figure they're just taking back what was always theirs, and it doesn't matter what happened to grow on it in the meantime.]]
* SequentialBoss: [[spoiler:The alien leader, Ra Mu, has three stages]].
* SpaceCompression: The overworld is based on the real Earth, but small enough for a group of adventurers to traverse most of it on foot. Several large cities from real life are compressed into about the size of your average JRPG town. New York, an exceptionally large city, is the size of ''two'' average JRPG towns.
* SpritePolygonMix: ''G.O.D. Pure'' uses it.
* TimeSkip: A ten-year one between the initial alien invasion and the start of Gen's real adventure.
* TrueFinalBoss: After beating [[spoiler:Ra Mu, the leader of the aliens]], the real final boss is [[spoiler:God. But see PostFinalBoss]].
* UsefulNotes/Tutankhamen: King Tut is the boss inside the Great Pyramid.
* UnnamedParent: You're asked to provide a ''nickname'' for Gen's mom, with several variations of "Mom", "Mother", and "Mama" to choose from if you don't have your own in mind.
* VideoGameGeography: Apparently our actual, real Earth is toroidal. Who knew.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the beginning of the game, Gen's mom sends him to visit his grandmother. Gen's mom is a constant presence in Gen's mind throughout the rest of the game; his grandmother isn't so much as mentioned.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In the good ending only.
* WorldTour: All sorts of real-world locations are represented here.
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:The party killed Michael's mother. The fact that she was Gen's mother too, and begged her son to do it, doesn't cool Michael's rage much]].
* ZeroEffortBoss: [[spoiler:The Alien Mother constantly heals your party for far more than its Crystal Boys can dish out, making the fight a cakewalk...[[TearJerker physically, at least]]]].
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[[NextSundayAD In the year 1999]], a ten-year-old boy named Gen, fresh out of school for the summer and bicycling across Japan to visit family, witnesses an AlienInvasion that promptly [[DownerBeginning wrecks human civilization]]. Ten years later, Gen is a [[EasyAmnesia recovering amnesic]] working for Bless, an international [[TheAlliance alliance]] of humans fighting against alien control of Earth following the collapse of most world governments. Over the course of his fight against the alien menace, he'll go on a WorldTour across many countries and landmarks, gather together a small RagtagBunchOfMisfits, and learn the truth about his own PsychicPowers, the motives of the aliens, and the nature of the very Earth itself.
In terms of gameplay, ''G.O.D.'' is a fairly standard JRPG from the SNES era, RandomEncounters and all. Battles take place in an over-the-shoulder perspective, and each playable character has a set list of PsychicPowers which they learn as they level up and a JobSystem in the form of "Chakra". ''G.O.D.'''s most notable twist on the formula is its setting - not just a modern-day sci-fi story in a time when fantasy settings dominated the RPG landscape, but one set on the real Earth itself, featuring all manner of famous landmarks and NationalStereotypes.
A remake named ''G.O.D. Pure: Growth or Devolution'' was made for the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}}. Little information is available in English.
Ironically for a game about world travel, neither ''G.O.D.'' nor ''G.O.D. Pure'' [[NoExportForYou was released outside Japan]]. A FanTranslation patch for ''G.O.D.'' was released in 2018 by Dynamic Designs. All information regarding character names, dialogue, etc. on this page comes from this translation unless noted otherwise.
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!! ''G.O.D.: Heed the Call to Awaken'' contains examples of:
* AGodIAmNot: [[spoiler:The party decides this about themselves in the good ending]].
* AlienInvasion: Sets up the game.
* AlternateWorldMap: Japan gets a world map to itself, even though it only takes up a few tiles of the real world map.
* AncientAstronauts: The Egyptian pyramids, Chichen Itza, Stonehenge, and the Nazca lines are all connected to the aliens - [[spoiler:although it seems they constructed these artifacts ''before'' they left]].
* AntagonistTitle: [[spoiler:God is the final boss]].
* TheAntiGod: [[spoiler:A terrified child thinks that ''the heroes'' must be this after they killed God; the epilogue consists of them averting this]].
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:God offers this to the heroes, but they reject it in favor of their human lives and proceed to kill Him to prevent Him from rendering His judgment. But in the bad ending, it's [[AmbiguousEnding vaguely implied]] this happens anyway]].
* {{Atlantis}}: One of three ancient alien cities alongside Lemuria and Mu.
* ConnectedAllAlong: [[spoiler:Michael and Gen are half-brothers. Gen's mom was pregnant with Michael when she was abducted, and the embryo was "enhanced" with alien genetic manipulation]].
* CrusadingWidower: Heath was already on his way to fight the aliens, but [[spoiler:the death of Ai, the mother of his unborn child,]] didn't do any favors.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Did you just [[KillTheGod punch out God]]!?]]
* DoomedHometown: Gen's hometown is pretty thoroughly obliterated.
* DrunkenMaster: Dan Kichi is always asking for booze, although we don't get to see whether it makes him a stronger fighter.
* EnigmaticMinion: Michael. In most of his appearances, he asks the heroes to stop their mission, hits them with an HPToOne move, and disappears as quickly as he came.
* FlunkyBoss: King Tut fights alongside two mummies. [[spoiler:The Alien Mother fights with several Crystal Boys and constantly respawns them.]]
* FunWithAcronyms: "G.O.D." stands for either "'''G'''rowth '''O'''r '''D'''evolution" (according to the game's title) or "'''G'''rouping '''O'''f buns '''D'''iscovery" (according to the Bun King).
* GameBreakingBug: The first version of the FanTranslation patch had a bug that prevented characters from being revived in battle. While not ''impossible'', this made the game far more difficult than it had any right to be, and was fortunately fixed in a later version of the patch.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Dan Kichi and Lem the lemur are both the "can't be equipped or ordered" type. Ai, on the other hand, behaves exactly like any other party member right up to [[spoiler:her pregnancy and subsequent PlotlineDeath]].
* GuideDangIt: To defeat [[spoiler:Insecurity]], the party must remove all their weapons and armor. This is pretty well hinted at...but only after the battle starts. You can't change equipment in battle, and you can't leave the battle either as it's a boss, making it {{Unwinnable}}. Enjoy sitting through [[spoiler:the credits roll and half the PlayableEpilogue]] again - and that's if you found the save point! Oh, and the same applies to [[spoiler:the fight with Sadness]] immediately afterward, so don't re-equip everything after the fight unless you ''really'' like [[spoiler:that credits roll]].
* HelloInsertNameHere: Party members aren't named by the player until they actually join up, so whatever name you give them retroactively replaces their actual name which has been used up to that point. You get to nickname Gen's mom, too.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Lem the lemur must sacrifice his life to power the ancient ship. Michael sacrifices himself to destroy Ra Mu's barrier]].
* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler:Gen's mom begs her son to kill her after the aliens transformed her]].
* LastSecondEndingChoice: [[spoiler:CONTINUE? [[PostFinalBoss YES]]/[[NonStandardGameOver NO]]]]
* MissingMom: Gen's mom goes missing after the initial alien invasion. A psychic NPC claims that she's still alive, but doesn't offer any information beyond that. [[spoiler:The aliens abducted her and are using her to breed]].
* MotherOfAThousandYoung: [[spoiler:The aliens turned Gen's mom into one]].
* MultipleEndings: After the credits roll, a simple "CONTINUE? YES/NO" prompt appears. [[spoiler:Choosing "Yes" leads to a short additional PlayableEpilogue and the PostFinalBoss, where the heroes reject their destiny to "become as gods" and go on to live their lives peacefully. Choosing "No" leads to a simple GameOver screen which implies that the heroes did become as gods]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: An alien commander named ''The Great Catastrophe''.
* NinetyPercentOfYourBrain: According to the game, humans normally use 30% of their brains at a time. When the heroes find a new God Stone, it unlocks another 10%, so after seven God Stones their brains are operating at 100% capacity.
* NoBiochemicalBarriers: The aliens have no trouble living on Earth. [[spoiler:The fact that they came from Earth in the first place ''might'' justify this]].
* NonStandardGameOver: The only place where the words "Game Over" appear are [[spoiler:choosing "No" when asked to continue at the end of the game]]. Normally, falling in battle returns you to your last save, but not this time.
* OverworldNotToScale: Considering that the map is supposed to be the ''real'' Earth, this is an acceptable break from reality.
* PostFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Incarnations of the party's anger, insecurity, and sadness, which appear before the party in Antarctica in the PlayableEpilogue.]]
* PlayableEpilogue: One after beating the final boss where you can walk around a few locations in the game and talk to the people you've saved, [[spoiler:and one after the credits roll where you face the PostFinalBoss]].
* PsychicPowers: The game's equivalent of magic in other [=RPGs=]. All the playable characters have them, but few other humans do.
* PuzzleBoss: The PostFinalBoss. [[spoiler:Heal the party's Anger, remove all equipment before facing the party's Insecurity, then do both to the party's Sadness]].
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: [[spoiler:The aliens barely escaped God's judgment and want to strike back at Him. The heroes ultimately finish the job when He prepares His judgment against humanity as well]].
* TheRightOfASuperiorSpecies: The aliens treat humanity as refuse to be swept aside. [[spoiler:They came from Earth in the first place; they figure they're just taking back what was always theirs, and it doesn't matter what happened to grow on it in the meantime.]]
* SequentialBoss: [[spoiler:The alien leader, Ra Mu, has three stages]].
* SpaceCompression: The overworld is based on the real Earth, but small enough for a group of adventurers to traverse most of it on foot. Several large cities from real life are compressed into about the size of your average JRPG town. New York, an exceptionally large city, is the size of ''two'' average JRPG towns.
* SpritePolygonMix: ''G.O.D. Pure'' uses it.
* TimeSkip: A ten-year one between the initial alien invasion and the start of Gen's real adventure.
* TrueFinalBoss: After beating [[spoiler:Ra Mu, the leader of the aliens]], the real final boss is [[spoiler:God. But see PostFinalBoss]].
* UsefulNotes/Tutankhamen: King Tut is the boss inside the Great Pyramid.
* UnnamedParent: You're asked to provide a ''nickname'' for Gen's mom, with several variations of "Mom", "Mother", and "Mama" to choose from if you don't have your own in mind.
* VideoGameGeography: Apparently our actual, real Earth is toroidal. Who knew.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the beginning of the game, Gen's mom sends him to visit his grandmother. Gen's mom is a constant presence in Gen's mind throughout the rest of the game; his grandmother isn't so much as mentioned.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In the good ending only.
* WorldTour: All sorts of real-world locations are represented here.
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:The party killed Michael's mother. The fact that she was Gen's mother too, and begged her son to do it, doesn't cool Michael's rage much]].
* ZeroEffortBoss: [[spoiler:The Alien Mother constantly heals your party for far more than its Crystal Boys can dish out, making the fight a cakewalk...[[TearJerker physically, at least]]]].
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