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Earth Defense Force 2017: Happy Birthday Thread, 1 Year
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"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
It looks fine, the graphics are completely acceptable, but it's clearly a low-budget game and below par for graphics on 360.
Is it cheesy? Yes
Could it do with some polish? Yes
Is it worth every bit of money I paid for it? Yes
I just wish someone like say Insomniac would get in on this sort of game. I would love to fight hordes of bugs with the kinds of weapons those guys would dream up.
Crackdown and Oblivion are the only other 360 games that I can think of that have anywhere close to the same view distance as EDF, and Crackdown is the only one that can see action at a distance. Also add that EFD has hundreds of giant monsters attacking individual targets, and 10+ humans running around shooting what ever they can, then add that every building can be blown up and explosions are going off everywhere. Even after that, it looks better then most 360 games. What makes it stand out has a budget game is the horrible clipping, not the graphics.
"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
Went to an FYE and they didn't have it, then I got the last copy at a Gamestop. If you want this game, I'd go pick it up now, it seems rare around here at least already. Haven't had a chance to play it yet, but I'll post impressions later.
Also, I was at another Gamestop later in the day and saw one of the employees talking with a customer at the 360 game rack. They were talking about GRAW 2 and Saints Row and whatever then the employee said "you want a really bad game? Check this out" and showed him EDF2017. They laughed about the graphics and the budget price and the giant ants on the back of the box. I didn't say anything, but it made me :x .
On top of that they only had 1 copy.
Fun stuff.
So how does it feel to play as the tiny infantry who shoots tiny pellets to Godzillas and other nasty giant monsters?
XBL Gametag: mailarde
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Yes, poorer graphics, but one of the playable characters can fly.
Most. Epic. Game. EVAR.
Buy it now or you are a communist terrorist child rapist that should die in a fire. Lack of a 360 is not an acceptable excuse.
Flying is for pansies. Real men don't need to fly.
EDF2017 has:
Shitty animation
Mediocre graphics at best, technically
Clipping problems
Unstable framerate
Voice acting that makes me want to die
Terrible story and cutscenes
Some Engrish
Bad vehicle controls
All that being said, it's is a fabulous game that everyone with a 360 should buy. It's exhilerating, beautiful, and most important of all, extremely fun. Getting a couple new guns (there's over 150 overall, awesome) after each level (over 50 overall, awesome), the new enemies every few levels, the changing environments that are all sweet, and the co-op keep it fresh, and really, just fucking blowing up robots and giant insect feels great. It also has 6(?) difficult levels, and I can't even imagine how long it would take to get all the achievments.
tl;dr - Buy The Earth Defense Force 2017 or die.
But it's far more fun when they do.
I love that gun too, but unless you are on a flat surface with no buildings near you, you are most likely going to kill yourself. Maybe its just me, but instead of going towards the target I aim it, it will often try to go after a monster thats below me on a hill, or on the other side of a near by building.
"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
How do the two compare?
(side note: Lost Planet didn't really stick with me as long as I had hoped it might)
It's a low rent Lost Planet with TWICE THE FIREPOWER AND FIVE TIMES THE ENEMIES AND TWICE THE DESTRUCTION AND HALF OF THE WALKING AROUND AND OH GOD BUY IT NOWWWWW.
That is how they compare.
I'm actually playing both side by side right now, and am in the process of writing a piece for the site I write for (see sig) about the contrast between the 360 third person shooter with a 20 million dollar budget, and the one with one clearly much, much lower. All I'd say right now is that Lost Planet is not any more fun to play than EDF2017. I think they're both awesome and worth buying though. EDF is a no-brainer at $40.
To clarify, imagine you're in the first Starship Troopers movie, facing down a thousand bugs with nothing to back you up but a squad of battle hardened troopers. That's pretty much how the game starts out. From there the game starts to add in all sorts of insanity. From giant robots with guns so fucking large that they can destroy entire city blocks to fucking Godzilla rip-offs with giant honking lasers attached to their backs that can take out entire armies if you let them, you'll pretty much be in combat from start to finish in this game.
The game puts you in cities that are entirely destructable. We're talking everything from the buildings, to cars, to fences, to hell, even the stairs and trees. One moment you and a squad can be ducking inbetween alleys, firing at enemies that are crawling down the tops of the buildings at you, and the next a plasma salvo could level the entire area causing you and your squad to scramble over the top of the ruins of the buildings while firing entire clips into the oncoming swarm of enemies.
Some of the other levels are pretty good too. The underground, beach, and mountain levels are pretty fantastic. The first time you encounter the Hektors (The giant robots.) your jaw will probably drop at how epic the entire scene is. It's basically D-Day only with giant robots attacking instead of the allies.
No regrets.
Anyone who says that hasn't actually played it. I thought it had DC level graphics from watching videos and looking at screenshots too. Then I bought it, and it actually looks pretty nice (not great, but nice).
Good to hear it
That's Earth Defense Force 2017, and that was also the longest and worst sentence I have ever written but I don't care because I love this game.
Can anyone lone me 35? I'll pay you back.
Gonna try to grab this tonight or perhaps from fry's tomorrow.
I'm only at level 22 or something out of 53, I can't wait to see how insane it gets by the end.
PRO:
CO-OP!!!
-Tons of Enemies
-Those enemies are HUGE!
-Tons of guns to unlock
-Explosions are the most satisfying I have ever encounter in any game ever, you'll know why when you --down 3 giant robots with a Goliath Rocket Launcher
-Feels like you are in a cheesey sci-fi film where anything can happen
CONS
-Don't even bother using the vehicles in this game, just don't...
-Hard, well we were playing on one of the most difficult settings so that probably explains it, if you want to be a total wuss you can play on normal or easier, but than the game won't last aslong, we spent nearly 4-5hours to get about 7% of the game done :O
-170 available weapons in this game, you can only hold two at a time? I smell Guild Wars syndrome.
-I can see single player being extremely repetative, but if you got chips and a second controller and a friend who likes to shoot robots (who doesn't) than you can probably go for hours on end
Warning
You have a team with decent AI following you around to attack and more importantly soak hits off of you, BUT keep this in mind because it is very important, they also SPEAK and they ALL like to, they will always be talking. And when I say ALL, I eman all of them, sometimes 4 different guys will be saying 4 different things at once.
One will be chanting your terrible team slogan 'EDF EDF EDF'
Another will ask for backup
A third will be boasting about his killing prowess
A fourth will be screaming as he dies
than you have your HQ filling you in on the situation telling you what your next objective is
Now mix that all together and youll have a clusterfuck of annoyance coming outta your speakers
In Conclusion: RENT IT!