Earth defense force 2017

[Richter Belmount]

Some of you may know its coming to the states , just caught some new trailers , looks very promising.
http://kotaku.com/gaming/clips/clips...ers-233861.php

[FAN8228]

looks pretty cool.

[spunibard]

disappointed (only slightly) to find out this is not a sequel to Earth Defense Force (SNES)

[roushimsx]

Thank god. I loved the hell out of the first two games and have been bummed that they never got picked up for US release (damn you Euros and your releases of quirky Japanese games; at least we got Katamari Damacy!).

I've yet to buy a 360 but I'll still buy this damn game to show some retail support.

[monkeysuit]

Those are the best kaiju ants I've seen in awhile.

[Half Japanese]

So anyone else pick this up? I was on the fence about it, but I picked it up this afternoon. It seems like it's getting an awful lot of internet hype (which I usually don't find myself buying into), so hopefully that'll drive sales. I've only played it for about an hour and a half so far, but it's very good from what I've played, and it's this kind of 'minimalism' that I've been missing in modern games for so long. Just a few buttons and a huge swarm of enemies. Here's hoping the sales encourage the publisher to bring more like it stateside.

[PapaStu]

So anyone else pick this up? I was on the fence about it, but I picked it up this afternoon. It seems like it's getting an awful lot of internet hype (which I usually don't find myself buying into), so hopefully that'll drive sales. I've only played it for about an hour and a half so far, but it's very good from what I've played, and it's this kind of 'minimalism' that I've been missing in modern games for so long. Just a few buttons and a huge swarm of enemies. Here's hoping the sales encourage the publisher to bring more like it stateside.

I saw it in my local GS last weekend, but I was kinda nervious about picking it up. This makes me feel better about getting it.

[smork]

So anyone else pick this up? I was on the fence about it, but I picked it up this afternoon. It seems like it's getting an awful lot of internet hype (which I usually don't find myself buying into), so hopefully that'll drive sales. I've only played it for about an hour and a half so far, but it's very good from what I've played, and it's this kind of 'minimalism' that I've been missing in modern games for so long. Just a few buttons and a huge swarm of enemies. Here's hoping the sales encourage the publisher to bring more like it stateside.

I've been playing the NTSC/J release with a friend of mine for a few days. Great arcade-y fun. I just love the weapons -- I'm making my way with the grenade launcher that's like a grenade shotgun. Hit a pile of ants, watch 'em fly 100's of feet in the air. Pure quality.

And there's the mega-damage homing missile -- moves so slow you can almost run faster than it.

It's a really stupid fun game, but stupid in a very very good way.

[Kamino]

disappointed (only slightly) to find out this is not a sequel to Earth Defense Force (SNES)

In same boat as this guy.

[UndeadKing]

Spartacus,
Thanks! Yes, there is a mecha suit to control, but it moves rather slowly. It has rockets, machine guns and a flame thrower on it. It can also hover in the air. [spoiler]



Yes, the Godzillas are still present.




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EDIT: Added the link to the third video in my previous post. It shows off another enemy type.

[PapaStu]

I'm only 6 or 7 levels in so far and the only thing thats really bugging me is that the Achievements are so shittacular. Only 6 for the entire game and 5 of the 6 are for beating the game on each difficulty with the last one for getting all the weapons. They couldn't come up with anything better and less insane?