Earth defense force 2017

[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?

[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?

[Nesmaster]

I'm almost done hardest now. Inferno is going to take mad leveling and probably a second person to beat it...

[PapaStu]

I've got a long way to go I think before I get any good leveling up to even do some of these levels on hard or Hardest.

Stupid question...
How do I enter the vehicles that are there for me to use? I've stood next to them and pressed every button and jumped all over them and been unable to get into the vehicle.

[smork]

I've got a long way to go I think before I get any good leveling up to even do some of these levels on hard or Hardest.

Stupid question...
How do I enter the vehicles that are there for me to use? I've stood next to them and pressed every button and jumped all over them and been unable to get into the vehicle.

Hit the back button (isn't that what it's called -- the small face button on the left side). Very counter intuitive.

Most of the vehicles aren't so great, but the mecha and the tank are awesome for firepower. The little bike is useless except for zipping across large fields to get tags.

[Nesmaster]

Finished Hardest. The ZEXR-GUN made that possible. I used two sets of these to beat the levels I couldn't otherwise finish on Hardest. The mothership was still a bitch though

(ZEXR-GUN = mounted guns that you deploy, they do 70 damage per shot per gun and each gun holds 500 ammo. sweet!)

I'm up to 40 hours playtime now, 3300 HP. Getting all the achievements certainly isn't for the faint of heart ;/

[PapaStu]

Hit the back button (isn't that what it's called -- the small face button on the left side). Very counter intuitive.

Most of the vehicles aren't so great, but the mecha and the tank are awesome for firepower. The little bike is useless except for zipping across large fields to get tags.

Your telling me. That helicopter was horrible to control. Weapons being the face buttons and all that. That was the worst 3 minutes I was in the air in pretty much any video game.

[heybtbm]

As I was playing one of the giant robot levels last night, it occured to me that this is what Shadow of the Collossus should have felt like. I love SotC, but it was released on terrible hardware (we all know why it was on the PS2...no need to beat that dead horse again). The scale of the giants in the distance getting closer and closer...destroying everything in their path to get to you is an incredible video game experience. It reminds me of the AT-AT sequence in ESB.

After playing EDF 2017 for several hours now, I can only think that this game is one of those classic titles that we'll be talking about years from now. It's purposely cheesy and requires a sense of humor, but in the end is a true gem. Don't be deceived by the budget price...this is easily one of the best games released so far this year.

I can't emphasize enough to anyone with a 360...pick this game up immediately!

[Push Upstairs]

I saw a video clip of this game and all I saw was some little guy shooting some giant creature way off in the distance.

Aside from being 3rd person, it reminded me of "Serious Sam".

[Nesmaster]

55 1/2 hours, all the difficulties are done. Inferno needs 2 players.

[SaturnFan]

I saw a video clip of this game and all I saw was some little guy shooting some giant creature way off in the distance.

Aside from being 3rd person, it reminded me of "Serious Sam".

You should play it. It reminds me of Alien Front Online(for the action) for Dreamcast and Shadow of the Colossus(for the sheer size of the enemies).

[smork]

55 1/2 hours, all the difficulties are done. Inferno needs 2 players.

Very, very impressive. Not sure I could finish it on Inferno, even with two players.

[Nesmaster]

Very, very impressive. Not sure I could finish it on Inferno, even with two players.

Thanks. It was still quite hard even with 2 people. My buddy used two ZEXR-GUNs, and I used two Lysander Zs (5500 dmg per shot) on pretty much every level, it was still tough but we were unstoppable most of the time.

When you complete Inferno, you get a rocket launcher/Plasma cannon thing( called the Genocide Cannon or something) that does 1 million damage with a blast radius of 75m. This thing is DEADLY, to both you and whatever you shoot. Be warned, it's useless on the UFOs .

[heybtbm]

55 1/2 hours, all the difficulties are done. Inferno needs 2 players.

What was your health level up to by the end?

[Nesmaster]

What was your health level up to by the end?

Just over 4000, like 4038 or something.

[Nesmaster]

http://profile.mygamercard.net/Nesmaster

that feels good. Took a while to get the last few weapons to drop. Total playtime was about 58 1/2 hours.

[josekortez]

I found a used mint copy of this game at Gamestop the other day; only paid $31.99. This game is pretty fun, even the graphics obviously weren't updated too much from the PS2. It is definitely a change of pace from Crackdown, which is the other game I am playing most often on the 360.