Earth defense force 2017

[Nesmaster]

Does anyone know how the weapon pick-ups work yet? I've unlocked a fair amount of weapons in my fairly short playing time, and I'm guessing it's just random what you get (though they inform you that you get better drops at higher difficulties). One thing I don't like is that I've run into a glitch (I would have said 'bug,' but it would have lost its meaning in a game with giant insects) where I had to roam over a gigantic level to kill the last bug who was hiding out (way the hell high up in the first caves level). Took me about 10 minutes or so just to find the damn thing. Overall, I'm pretty pleased with it and it certainly stands out among the 360 library as possibly the first sleeper hit for the console.

In other news, the "Air Tortoise" is one of the most apt weapon names in gaming history, it's a missile that goes so damn slow it feels like you can outrun the thing on foot, but boy does it pack a wallop when it finally connects.


edit: Smork beat me to the punch on the Air Tortoise.

It is totally random, on the weapon pickups. Each difficulty has it's own set of weapons available only on that difficulty, the better ones being available in the last 3-4 levels of the game. So to unlock them all you're going to have to play the last few levels on inferno until you get them all. Now obviously if you start the game out on hard, you'll be able to grab the easy and normal weapons while you're playing hard, making it useless to play easy or normal unless you want the achievement (I do). I'm about halfway through hard, and bygod some of the weapons I'm even getting at this level rock! You love the tortoise? Wait until you get the Prominence M1 (1500 dmg, 5 second reload, travels faster than the tortoise) or the deadly Tortoise ME (4000 dmg, 10 sec reload, 30 METRE blast area!)

I can NOT wait to see what the game gives you on the later stages on the inferno difficulty!

edit: I picked mine up at eb, $39.99 in Canada

[Steve W]

I've seen it at Fry's Electronics stores and at a Micro Center computer store. I'd like to pick it up eventually, if it didn't have giant spiders in it. That kind of thing makes my skin crawl.

[heybtbm]

I played the game for an hour or so last night and had a blast. This game is the epitome of cheesyness...but in a good way. I completely understand the comparisons to Starship Troopers and Team America.

One of the best parts of the game (IMO) is the return of unlimited ammo! After years of FPS's and Tom Clancy games, it's nice to just keep shooting.

[Gamereviewgod]

Wow. I am LOVING this game. It takes a few levels to pick up, but once the truly giant enemies start showing up, this is far beyond cheesy into the category of epic. Not even Shadow of the Colossus had a sense of scale like this, with building crumbling, mass explosions, and lasers firing all around your head. I just fought a giant ship that drops those long armed robots in the middle of a city and it's one of the most incredible sites I've ever seen in a video game.

[UndeadKing]

Back when it was announced for Japan I had hoped it would be region free. Sadly, it wasn't. Thankfully they saw the light and released it here and I couldn't be happier. Well, I would've liked online co-op and everything from the prequel but theres always hope that a sequel will come around fixing those two issues.

If you have a way of playing import Ps2 games I highly recommend checking out the prequel. There is a lot of stuff that simply didn't make it into the 360 game which is a big shame. This includes more enemy types and a second playable character. I think Play Asia has it on sale for about $20 now. The only downside is the frame rate which can get to be downright horrible at times. Still, it's totally worth checking out and if you liked EDF 2017 you'll love the prequel.

I posted a few videos up on youtube showing off some things that didn't make it into EDF 2017. Here are links to them!

Simple 2000 Series Vol. 81: The Chikyuu Boueigun 2

Centipede Boss

Flying Ants

[diskoboy]

I bought this today. It was either this or Tetris (which I'm sick to death of).

I thought it was really slow paced, at first. But the first robot battle literally had me floored. The explosions feel almost atomic, they're so massive.

This is one of those games I'd probably dislike, had it been the price of a normal 360 game. The budget price is a plus. But is it me, or does this really feel like a Dreamcast game? (I mean that as a compliment)

[Spartacus]

I bought the Japanese PS2 versions and enjoyed the heck out of them. Those were some nice videos Undeadking!
I've seen some sceenshots of the Xbox version and noticed some new robots and from the reviews I gather there's now some sort of mecha suit you can pick up and drive? But there's no giant centipede? Are the Gozilla type monsters still in the game?