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To save our Mother Earth from any alien attack
From vicious giant insects who have once again come back
We'll unleash all our forces, we won't cut them any slack
The EDF Deploooooys!
Earth Defense Force is a game series that embodies the fact that games don't have to have insane budgets or hyper-realistic graphics to be fun.
The first game, simply called Monster Attack! on the PS2, was part of a series of extremely low-budget titles called the "Simple Series", featuring such gems as Ambulance vs. Zombie (exactly what it sounds like) and Demolition Girl (where a giant bikini bikini-clad woman destroys a city). Monster Attack was such a stand-out that it received Japan-only sequel called Global Defense Force. This saw a rerelease on the PSP as Earth Defense Forces 2 and was remade, but we'll talk about that later. This game intoduced a second class alongside the default trooper, the Pale Wing (later becoming the Wing Diver).
After that was the game that introduced most to the series, Earth Defense Force 2017 (at the time a year that was futuristic enough but not too futuristic). This game was rereleased on the red-headed stepchild of handhelds, the PSVita, readding the Pale Wing as a playable character.
Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon is the series' first spin-off, by an American studio no less. Though this game introduced many excellent new features such as sprinting, several classes to choose from, reviving downed teammates, and a higher level of graphical polish, its pitiful length and lack of an ending made for an ultimately poor reception. The good features from this game were slowly phased into the main series in subsequent games.
To be continued when I'm not on mobile, fuck this phone man.
From vicious giant insects who have once again come back
We'll unleash all our forces, we won't cut them any slack
The EDF Deploooooys!
Earth Defense Force is a game series that embodies the fact that games don't have to have insane budgets or hyper-realistic graphics to be fun.
The first game, simply called Monster Attack! on the PS2, was part of a series of extremely low-budget titles called the "Simple Series", featuring such gems as Ambulance vs. Zombie (exactly what it sounds like) and Demolition Girl (where a giant bikini bikini-clad woman destroys a city). Monster Attack was such a stand-out that it received Japan-only sequel called Global Defense Force. This saw a rerelease on the PSP as Earth Defense Forces 2 and was remade, but we'll talk about that later. This game intoduced a second class alongside the default trooper, the Pale Wing (later becoming the Wing Diver).
After that was the game that introduced most to the series, Earth Defense Force 2017 (at the time a year that was futuristic enough but not too futuristic). This game was rereleased on the red-headed stepchild of handhelds, the PSVita, readding the Pale Wing as a playable character.
Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon is the series' first spin-off, by an American studio no less. Though this game introduced many excellent new features such as sprinting, several classes to choose from, reviving downed teammates, and a higher level of graphical polish, its pitiful length and lack of an ending made for an ultimately poor reception. The good features from this game were slowly phased into the main series in subsequent games.
To be continued when I'm not on mobile, fuck this phone man.
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