Lutter Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Did anyone pick up this game other than me? I remembered seeing a preview for this game a couple months ago on the 1UP Show and stumbled upon it used at Gamestop. I knew it was one of those games that would only have one pressing, so I picked it up. Someone else on LCVG HAS to be mashing giant herds of red ants, UFOs, and giant robots! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony G Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Someone else on LCVG HAS to be mashing giant herds of red ants, UFOs, and giant robots! A few of us do. I'm having a blast with the game. Well worth the $40.00 for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 It's at the top of my wants list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMonkey Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 I'd pick it up for $20. EGM review made me kind of interested. I'll keep an eye out for a deal on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Someone else on LCVG HAS to be mashing giant herds of red ants, UFOs, and giant robots! Of course. I've had since release and utterly adore it. It's 40 bucks. Technically it's absolute garbage but then it's supposed to be. It also happens to be one of the downright most fun balls to the wall shooters out there.:tu I'm currently on level 23 or so and it just gets better and better. If you walk into this expecting some deep multi-layered shooter you're completely offbase. EDF tasks you with shooting stuff. When you're done doing that you need to shoot more stuff. When you're done doing THAT....you shoot even more stuff and I wouldn't have it any other way.:rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff W Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Well worth the $40 IMO, I compare it a lot to Black for the xbox, a game I pop in when I just want to shoot shit and not worry about hostages, teammates, or bullshit objectives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 This game is fun as hell. Has been since it was on PS2 a couple years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Zot Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 On my GF list. Look forward to running through it with the 5 yr old, seems to be right about his level of fun (point, shoot, kill giant ants/robots, repeat.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan_E Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Played it, beat it, enjoyed it WAY more than I thought. When I first played it I went: WTF?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff W Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 So, what weapon works best for those damn robots? I keep getting swamped by em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan_E Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Toward the end, I relied heavily on those 3 gun turret things; takes forever to reload, but they took down everything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTello Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 ' From IGN's review,... It will take you 75 hours to get all 6 Achievements. Ohhh, Tantalizing! D'oh! Come to think of it, that's about my current rate of achievement acquisition for every 360 game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foogledricks Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Is this game best compared to Serious Sam then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCREWNUT Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Have it rented for the next few days and a buddy of mine are going through it. first off....Great little game. Very addicting. Who cares about the plot..just run and gun. second. EDF.....ummm did these guys rip off the Godzilla movies? Cause the guys that fight Godzilla and friends are called the "Earth Defence Force" too! Check out Godzilla Final Wars and see them get mentioned!! third. Buy when it comes down to $20.00 Canadian. It's great but not at $60.00 here in Canada. fourth. Since when do ants and spiders team up together? And not to be bitchy or anything but spiders are not insects! oh those alien flying machines should have been overgrown house flies to fit better with the plot! Best weapon against the robots.....machine guns. Keep firing at them and they can't fire back at you! You juggle them with your bullets! if you play 2 player mode..The one guy has to carry at all times the sentry guns!! I had the machine gun and rocket launcher and my friend last night had both Sentry guns that are available. We stopped at 3:00 am in the morning on level 32. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Finally saw a copy in-store, so I finally bought it Utterly utterly fantastic despite the obvious low budget production values. It's "only" $40 here in the US. Keith, "Serious Sam" is a great comparision, though the structure around the game is very different. You only ever have two weapons in a level - you choose them at the beginning from your inventory. But there's tons of huge big bugs to kill, and there's tons of cheesy Japanese B-movie inspired dialogue & action sequences. The barebones action isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea, but I'm loving it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 I saw it at GS yesterday and passed for now. However I will be buying it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Y'know, in a lot of ways, EDF reminds me of Crackdown & its take on super-hero/sandbox games, but this time it's a spin on old-school shooters. If you miss the days of double digit counts of enemies onscreen at once, this is the game for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lutter Posted April 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 I'm around 15 missions into the game and I love all the giant robot levels.... I just got this missile launcher that literally fires a rocket at a walking pace, but when it hits BOOM! Dead robot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Finally tried the 360 version of this game. Looks great and still tons of fun, although I had some wicked slowdown in the first gunships-coming-out-of-the-mothership level. Like WoW, slideshow bad. Anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Josh, there's tons of slowdown all over the game, unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Yep, slowdown all over the place. The initial gunship attack slowed down to the single digits for me. Reminded me of some old school shmups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Great "post-mortem" interview with the director of EDF, Takehiro Homma. Five years ago I started questioning the course of Japanese games. My issues comes down to these two points: The games are becoming too complex. I see a lot of games that put too much focus on the graphics, and neglect the core game-play. First and foremost, I believe a game should be ‘fun’. And unfortunately, I feel like the recent trend has strayed from this quality. As a producer, I started to think I must create games that are “easy to play” while offering game-play that is addictively entertaining. This was the concept on which the “SIMPLE2000 THE Earth Defense Force” was made, with a price tag of 2,000 yen. The good sales of the original lead us to develop the sequel, “THE Earth Defense Force 2”. It is our pleasure to bring the series to Xbox 360 platform with our third installment. Rock on! Still utterly enjoying EDF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan_E Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 I would gladly play EDF2! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony G Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 We do hope to incorporate online co-op play in the next installment, but not with the cost of cutting down the essential components of the current game, such as the massive number of enemy characters. So, although it might sound pretty challenging, we would like to develop a co-op mode that keeps the current core gameplay. I hope they can get it to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 I would gladly play EDF2! Import it from the UK or Japan for the PS2 The one on the 360 is the third in the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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