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This is one of my first games I ever brought it's a lot of fun trying to figure out which weapons to use
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I bought this game because, hey, how many games can you find on the XBOX 360 where you can play two-player through the missions without having to be online? Sure it's cheesy, sure it's B movie graphics, but it's kind of fun to play with a friend. Oh, and, no foul language. Wow! Is this even FOR the 360??
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First of all I gotta say I love this game!!! If you are looking for an old school arcade third person shooter where the action is non stop then look no further! Earth Defense Force 2017 will probably be missed out on by a lot of people because the game is a budget title but for the money you can't beat the simple fun of it all! In a style similar to Serious Sam, spiders, ants, GIANT walking robots, HUGE monsters, and nearly fully destructible environments make this game a riot! The graphics are nothing spectacular. The environments look pretty plain but the enemies and explosions are really well done. Game play is the best thing about this game! You can collect armor to increase your health for the next mission and pickup new and improved weapons as well. The satisfaction of blowing numerous enemies up into the air with a rocket launcher, missiles, or one of the over 150 weapons in the game is second to none. Your guy can carry two weapons at a time and the game has some "strategy" as to which two you want to take with you into a mission. And BTW, there are over 50 missions to play with five difficulties to choose from. There is lots of replay value here because you can collect new weapons each time you play a different difficulty level. If all those weapons and co-op can't help you push back the invading force, there are also a handful of relatively useless vehicles: a slow but powerful mech, a slow-firing tank, an attack helicopter, and a speeder on loan from Endor. I say they're relatively useless because the controls are straight-up awful. And for some reason, the developers switch up the controls when you're in a vehicle (except for the speeder) which makes sense to the degree that they have some unique weaponry – the mech has a flame thrower, gun, and rocket launcher – but the Y-axis will flip. When you aim up, you're aiming down, and vice versa. It's unnecessarily frustrating, but at least hoping in a vehicle is completely optional. The heart and soul of any foreign B-movie – foreign to North America in this case – is the often horrid English dub. Earth Defense Force 2017 doesn't disappoint! For those that find the constant quips of the other EDF members the volume can be turned down or off, but for the rest of us we'll enjoy those bon mots which are repeated (often) throughout the game. But their lives are often cut short so you never have to listen to them for long. The sound effects of the weapons are pretty good but the music sucks! I usually turn it down and throw on a custom soundtrack! If your looking for some mindless shooting fun thats a throwback to shooters of yesterday, then join the Earth Defense Force and kick some alien butt!!Read full review
Hooray for cheesy science fiction action! Earth Defense Force 2017 deserves to be experienced, thanks to its B-movie inspired scenarios. In the game, players control an Earth Defense Force (EDF) soldier, called upon to put a stop to an invading alien armada. A huge sphere that looks like a combination between the Death Star and a disco ball looms over the city, dropping multiple threats on humanity. Gigantic bugs emerge from sink-holes in the ground, metallic spaceships fly around and large robots, looking like something from a 50's sci-fi film, stomp about. The soldier fights back using unadulterated firepower. EDF allows the soldier to carry two weapons at once. Small weapons with more ammunition, such as the assault rifle and shotgun, are options. However, those eager to detonate the alien forces in a quicker fashion can stock up with grenades or a missile launcher. Throughout the game, new weapons can be picked up after defeating enemies. They come in handy for later levels, when more complicated enemies (like an enormous land walker that spews lasers) arrive on the scene. Earth Defense Force lacks complication and works more effectively as a result. Players don't have to worry about restocking their ammunition, only reloading their weapon and keeping their health and armor on an acceptable level. Anything and everything in the game can be blown to bits. See a tower in the distance? Send a missile its way and watch it crumble into a pile of dust. Does a building stand in the way of a grenade's trajectory? Shake it to its very foundation with a well-timed shot. The game asks players to save the city without punishing them for leveling it, and this adds to its overall appeal. Players won't be limited to on-foot combat. Throughout the game, they find EDF vehicles. These include a fast-moving tank with a powerful firing range and a zippy speeder bike with mounted guns. These come in handy, as huge groups of enemies pop up out of nowhere. For example, one particular level requires the wiping-out of some nasty overgrown termites. After defeating them, however, several hundred ships arrive on the scene -- in less than a minute's time, no less. Rookie players can start out on Easy difficulty, but playing the game on Inferno becomes downright INSANE. On that difficulty level, these suckers mean business.Read full review
This game by no means will be winning any awards for graphics this year, but if you can get past the initial Xbox style graphics and your main character looking like he’s got a bad case of Scoliosis it isn’t bad and as time goes on it gets better. Graphically it looks unfinished with your character and surroundings seemingly pulled from any old Xbox game, but as the enemy moves in their graphics and the sheer number of things going on around you all at once let you know that this is an Xbox 360 game that does use the processing power your 360 was built for. Amazingly enough the game is actually fun, and the first time you realize your surroundings are fully destructible also it just gets better. In a weird way the game feels “Old School” not Xbox or PS2 Old, but something before their time that gives the feeling of an arcade style game. If you are old enough to know the days that you had to go to an arcade to play anything with decent graphics then you should understand when you play it. If it had a halfway decent story, or maybe just any story to go with it, and better graphics all around it could be a 5 out of 5, but as is… and with a retail price of $39.99 and even cheaper on EBay this is a must have, and well worth a 4 out of 5 just for being fun to play.Read full review
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