![]() ![]() And who wouldn't fall in love with a dumb action game that has you exterminate hordes of overgrown insects and UFOs? I have no idea how the team behind this game made the process of shooting increasingly bigger things with increasingly bigger guns feel so satisfying. ![]() The next is a desperate battle for survival as you're surrounded by all sides and breaking formation can mean an early end to the mission. One mission is a power fantasy, where you mow down endless waves of ants and spiders. It's one of the aspects, I adore about EDF. Then it's back to the drawing board, switch up classes and equipment or just smack your head against the wall until it breaks. I've been playing through this game with a friend, and several times we'd been turned into a human paste after a few minutes of brave engagement. Sometimes the game will just throw you into almost impossible scenarios and lets you figure it out for better or worse. Even on the normal difficulty setting, EDF5 doesn't pull any punches. We better beat these bugs before we're all turned to soup, the EDF deploys!Īnd you're gonna need those bigger and nasty guns as the game throws increasingly harder missions in your face. And later on, around the halfway point, you unlock some really nasty things. In the worst-case scenario, you just get a better version of some gun or toy that makes things dead harder. There are some duds, but nothing ever seems outrageously useless. You always find new stuff to experiment with and some of these weapons will turn out very useful at some point. ![]() While completing missions, you get a little more health but also more and more weapons. Wanna dual wield two Gatlinguns? What about some high-caliber armor-piercing cannons, rocket barrages, and that drill from Guren Lagann? Being a Fencer means to become destruction itself.Ī great deal of fun is also the progression system. There is the Fencer, a walking tank that can dual-wield whatever you can strip off the Air Raider's many vehicles. Compared to the other classes, this one usually kicks back and lets the tools do the all talking. And support means ordering bombardments of all kinds at once and air-dropping one of many drivable weapons of mass destruction. But that stops the moment your screen is just filled with gunfire, the monster remains and its 50 friends trying to eat you.Īir Raider is your support class. You'll probably look at these screenshots and wonder why this looks like an early PlayStation 3 title. ![]() It's epic in all its low graphical fidelity glory. Your foes also become increasingly ridiculous and the game starts throwing almost impossible scenarios at you. The longer it goes on, the more it spirals out of control. The rest of the story doesn't take itself too seriously, either. Like one soldier who tells his comrades that he'll sacrifice himself for the cause when the opportunity presents itself, only to be admired by others. And it is highly recommended to dial the voice performances up to hear their one-liners. Aliens invade earth! Again! And the titular Earth Defense Force strikes out to fight the alien menace head-on, sending only their best and brightest.įellow members of the EDF will throw themselves into danger with unbridled enthusiasm. The story of Earth Defense Force is as glorious as you'd expect. In short: Earth Defense Force 5 is excellent, and you should grab someone dear to you to shoot some bugs. Even if those games are just about shooting bugs with bigger and bigger guns. In moments like these, I remember why I love video games, when a friend and I have at it with the same glee we had before we became bitter adults. The screen is littered with the remains of their comrades, making it hard to see how many they are. “EDF! EDF!”, my friend and I cheer into the microphones late at night as hordes of ants, wasps, and frogs with laserguns threaten to overrun our position. Please pick up Earth Defense Force 5, here are many reasons why. ![]()
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