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Earth Defense Force 2017: Happy Birthday Thread, 1 Year
The_Spaniard
It's never lupinesIrvine, CaliforniaRegistered User regular
It's never lupinesIrvine, CaliforniaRegistered User regular
I'm not going to go for a big and flashy OP, but I just thought it would be worth mentioning that the new 360 title Earth Defense Force 2017, sequel to the SNES and PS2 EDF games, is now in stores and at the bargain price of 40 bucks. How about we talk about it a bit? It's getting reviews in the 60-80% range right now. Does anybody have it yet, what do you think?
For those of you unfamiliar with the game;
http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=3243
For those of you unfamiliar with the game;
http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=3243
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ill give it a rent, though. gotta support games that let you kill swarms of ants with rocket launchers.
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I have EDF 2 for the Playstation 2. It's a mix of neat ideas, and utter bargain basement production values regardless of how neat it looks. I wouldn't pay $40 for it to save my life though.
I was thinking the very same thing
At least you can manually aim in this one :P In the last game of the series the crosshairs jumped around the screen to whatever enemy was closest. So if you had creatures way up high, and on the ground, it would jump between them wildly. The game came very close to making me throw up after a while :P
Most of the reviews I have read said that it was unpolished, but wildly fun. One reviewer said that the game slows down a bit during certain scenes, but that they were so badass he didn't care about the slowdown.
edit: World's most one sided fight!
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE fighting these things. The screenshot doesn't do justice to how flexible they are, they'll twist their waist almost 360 degrees, lean "back," twist their arm almost completely down at the elbow and put that gun right in your face even while you're like ten inches away from them. Fucking awesome. This game is fucking awesome.
"Earth Defense Force" in the arcades and on the SNES is a totally unrelated game.
The only time lots of slowdown occurs is when spacecraft the size of baseball fields are falling into buildings two feet away from you because you fired a dozen rockets into it or when there's so many ants attacking you that every time you fire a rocket ten of them fly into the air in different directions and a skyscraper collapses. So worth it.
This is already a lot of information, and don't get me wrong, i appreciate it, but..........i want more.
Despite everything EDF was played by far the most played out of all games picked up yesterday. EDF is thrilling and addictive, from the rush to get new weapons to the joy of sending giant bugs flying is unreal. The game is neither deep nor innovative, it is simply fun. I highly recommend picking it up. They only had one copy at my store, so you should look soon.
$40.00 was a bargin, I would have paid 60.
I would love to give more information on this totally rad game.
You are a captain in the Earth Defense Force. The Earth Defense Force was formed when the people of Earth confirmed that intelligent life exists outside of our planet, in the event that said life ever proves itself hostile.
It has. And the progression of hostility is awesome. The first several levels have you battling giant ants. The next few levels have you battling giant ants as well as the ships that drop them off (yes it is as fucking awesome as it sounds, large saucers with a bottom hatch that opens up, ten dozen giant ants just fall out of it from 1,500 feet). Then you fight the robots that pilot the ships that the aliens sent. Basically as a member of the Earth Defense Force you take on every possible thing that has ever invaded earth in our pop culture.
There are several weapons available to you, at the start of each mission you can pick any two (even two of the same one if you really want) to go into battle with. It's all about rocket and missile launchers, of which the game has several that you unlock as you progress.
There's a ton of detail in the enemy animations that really helps out the game's (very good compared to what reviewers are saying) graphics. The sound effects are great too. The rapid clang as you machinegun a giant robot and the way it's synched with each jerky motion of the robot as it gets hit is awesome.
There's no cover system, no crouching/crawling/laying prone. No leaning. There's nothing fancy, you run around and ruthlessly destroy hundreds of invaders per mission in the name of the Earth Defense Force. There's about fifty-three levels of varying lengths.
The game has same screen coop.
Every single structure in each level can be destroyed with heavy weapons. If there's ten giant ants crawling around the building you can fire a rocket at its base to collapse the whole thing, or fire a rocket at the ants' location to cause them to get blown off of it and die as the building collapses.
I gotta speak up here, what is so outdated about this game's graphics? It's not Gears of War but as far as budget 3D games go it's the best looking one I've ever seen. Maybe the reviews/word of mouth lowered my expectations too much but I think the game looks more than adequate, and downright awesome in some areas (i.e., multiple giant robots exploding as skyscrapers fall down, of this I shall never tire).
...I need my own 360. Playing my dad's every couple weeks is not sustaining me.
Nothing compares to gears graphically, IMO. Honestly though, compare with it with games like lost planet and dead rising. I don't think there is much of a contest. The spraypaint blood to the 2d drops are two of the primary examples.
I really don't think the graphics are that important in this game though, they do what they need to. Though I do wish the ants got blasted to pieces when you hit them with rockets n such.
I think you just sold me the game. Tomorrow my wallet cries and I have a kickass time blowing up giant ants.
Ditto! This one has been on my radar for a while, so i'm glad to hear it's just raw fun.
Except for vehicles. You'll have trouble turning any vehicle in the game, and you will never be able to go backwards in the tank and fire at the guys coming at you at the same time, not matter how much you practice. As for the people who say the graphics look dated, they really don't. Considering your in an environment where you can see hundreds of bugs from over a few miles away, where every building is destructible and the AI is actually fighting instead of standing around waiting for its turned to be killed, it's really amazing for a budget title. And the 2d pick-ups are spose to be like that. It's an arcadish game.
One annoying aspect of the game is the explosions from the giant robots. They are really amazing to watch, and are some of the prettiest explosions of any game to date, they are a real pain in the ass if you are less then 500 feet away from it. You won't be able to see anything until the explosion clears, all the while bugs and robots may be ripping you apart as you blindly run into a wall.
"Everyone who is capable of logical thought should be able to see why you shouldn't sell lifetime subscriptions to an MMO. Cell phone companies and drug dealers don't offer lifetime subscriptions either, guess why?" - Mugaaz
Watch this game instantly become mega rare.
I actually was thinking that, but I'm pretty confident I'll be able to pick it up in a week or whatever. There's also a chance I'll give in and pick it up like tomorrow though. I dunno, I'm just bad with buying a ton of new games while I'm still playing a few then I get sidetracked and don't finish any.
What, did they release one here in the US? Or are they talking about previous games in the series?
Spoilered because there are many -
Previous game, Japan/Europe only.
Its a little dated looking and your character moves as if he's in desperate need of hip surgery, but its ludicrously fun. It does remind me of Lost Planet in some ways, just with a comparatively minuscule budget.
At 40 bones this is a must have, it has an extremely high fun to dollar ratio.
Hopefully my roommate will get here soon so we can hit this crap up two player.
And no, the SNES game is unrelated to this.
I continue the hunt tomorrow.