Earth Defense Force Series - B-Movies Never Played So Good

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BananaSplit said:
No but I'm assuming the sequel is running on the same engine as EDF5. So if your PC was able to run that one no problem (real stress tests are the few last base missions such as the erginus/archelus showdown on the vast plain. Bonus points if Air Raiders are present), you should be fine.
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Yea, should be alright since that kaiju swarm was handled pretty well with maybe a brief stutter or two.
 
6th trailer just came out and the last minute shows a bunch of new enemies
 

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Updated the OP after three years in commemoration of the new game releasing and doing very well in Japan. GIVE US EDF 6.
 
Oh shit, I didn't know it released in Moonland. Now we settle in for the interminable 12+ month wait for the localization.
 
How exactly is EDF6 different from EDF5? A quick overview I read mentioned most of the levels were the same as EDF5.
 
New trailer of EDF 4.1 for Nintendo Switch featuring yukkuris. The main website was also updated.
The two mission pack DLCs will be available at a later date in January 26th and February 16th 2023. And D3 Publisher remains the sole japanese publisher in my knowledge still pushing the specific DLC bonus on different storefronts, the Dream Club Decoys being a D3 Web Shop exclusive bonus for instance.

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How exactly is EDF6 different from EDF5? A quick overview I read mentioned most of the levels were the same as EDF5.
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I don't have the game but I spoiled myself through the japanese streams. To sum up quickly the plot (without too much spoilers):
You, the player (and the Professor), are being sent back to time after you damage the Ring's engine. You sometimes revisit old levels from EDF5 but most often with new hijinks as the Primers introduce new enemy types that never appeared in the original EDF5 timeline, in order to finish off the EDF forces quicker and make the future look grimer. Think of something alike to Edge of Tomorrow if you will.
 
BananaSplit² said:
I don't have the game but I spoiled myself through the japanese streams. To sum up quickly the plot (without too much spoilers):
You, the player (and the Professor), are being sent back to time after you damage the Ring's engine. You sometimes revisit old levels from EDF5 but most often with new hijinks as the Primers introduce new enemy types that never appeared in the original EDF5 timeline, in order to finish off the EDF forces quicker and make the future look grimer. Think of something alike to Edge of Tomorrow if you will.
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Does there look to be any new gameplay mechanics/ weapons to look forward to? Or is just new enemies?

Oh, EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN is now on sale on Steam for $15. Why was that the "bad" one again?
 
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Does there look to be any new gameplay mechanics/ weapons to look forward to? Or is just new enemies?
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From what I've noticed on JP streams as well:

-Damage numbers can be enabled/disabled in the settings
-Air Raider main weapons are drones that mimic his previous arsenal from EDF5. The air support calls are available most of the time, they cannot be used in cave levels as usual but also in missions set in the timeline where EDF and civilization are both in ruins
-Ranger has a backpack slot for (previously Air Raider's) turrets, grenades and bomb traps. The AA tank is a new vehicle of his.
-Wing Diver also gained an additional item slot for plasma shields and grenades
-Fencer starts with 2 dashes and jumps now and gets giant katanas.
-You can later obtain an improved Barga with twin shoulder laser cannons with massive range

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Oh, EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN is now on sale on Steam for $15. Why was that the "bad" one again?
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I bought it back in January on Steam during a sale. I expected a bad game, not an actual trainwreck however. I review it a while back in another thread.

-Definitively shorter compared to the mainline games: 52 missions in total (EDF2 had 70-ish missions, EDF3 reached exactly 60, EDF4.1 contained nearly 100, and EDF5 had a whooping 110). Although this is a blessing in disguise as the game sucks and you want it to end soon enough.

-NPC allies are utterly useless as they will shoot in the opposite direction where the enemies are located most of the time, and never downwards or upwards. They don't even make good decoys because the aliens and giant insects will often focus on (You), the player, only. I even suspected my allies of killing each other through friendly fire.

-You can easily get stuck in a loop through stuns, frozen status, grabs, etc as unlike in the mainline titles, there are no "invincibility" frames in a short period of time once you're back up on your feet. Poison status from giant scorpions that is eating away your HP was also pretty gay.

-If an enemy corpse is located behind your character model but takes up the space of your entire screen, the game will no longer register the hitboxes of anything you shoot forwards.

-The grinding in Iron Rain is hell. Weapons appear in the inventory upon completing a certain mission (no idea if the rank rating for your personal performance has an influence over the loot) but you need in-game currency, which is divided between money and gems of various colors (blue, yellow or/and red that are dropped by aliens/insects) in order to actually fully unlock said weapons. It's already a problem when B-rank weapons generally need 100k bucks at least while a mission on Hard difficulty awards you at best 30k-40k.
-Increasing your own HP bar also costs money as armor boxes don't appear in this game either.
-Using items like grenades, vehicles or self-healing will penalize you by reducing the total amount of money rewarded.

-Damage output of the weapons was most often garbage against the large HP pool of the enemies. I ended up using the heavy armor PA-Gear class (the "Fencer" class which allows dual-wielding your equipped weapons) in the last row of missions so I could handle the waves upon waves UPON WAVES the game would throw at my face.

-Elite versions of certain enemies are also resistant to a specific type of weapon (grey ants for example can tank laser weapons) meaning the game encourages you even less to experiment unlike in the regular EDFs. As if spending large sums of money to obtain just one weapon wasn't bad enough.

-Probably a problem of the PC port itself but pressing too many keys at once would make my character move towards a certain direction without any further input from the keyboard. Happening to me a few times during the full playthrough.

By comparison, the Yuke learned a lot from their mistakes thus making World Brothers as a good anniversary crossover game.
The Switch port of World Brothers was decent too.

 
The Switch port of EDF 4.1 came out on Switch in Japan, in December 22. After 35 hours of playtime so far, mostly into the singleplayer mode with a couple of hours invested in the online, I can safely say it's a good port even if framerate issues can be present. But I think anyone familiar with the EDF games on consoles should be aware of those dips.

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+Loading times for levels are pretty short (about as fast as running the PC port on a SSD)
+Easy & Normal medals are rewarded upon completing a level on Hard, a QoL feature seen in EDF5 and the Switch ports of 2&3
+All DLCs are free for purchase for six months following their publish date, including mission packs
+Hiqh-Picture Quality TV mode as a graphic setting option (more likely a future-proofing option for a Switch successor)
-No significant gameplay changes (such as healing NPCs among all classes rather than just with Ranger) like it happened with the Vita ports of EDF2 & 3.
-Splitscreen 2-player mode is gone
-Only available in moonrunes right now and may not ever reach western shores like the other Switch ports. (I hope I'm wrong about that but I wouldn't hold my breath either)

 


D3 Publisher has announced Earth Defense Force 6‘s first downloadable content mission pack “Lost Days.” It will launch on March 23 in Japan for 1,650 yen.
“Lost Days” is a prequel story connected to the events of Earth Defense Force 5, featuring a dreadful scenario and enemies (Invasive Alien Species Primal Alpha, Invasive Alien Species Primal Beta, Invasive Wild Species, Primal Mother Monster, Invasive Alien Species Large Type, Cocoon, etc.), a total of 15 missions, and over 70 new weapons (some new, and some from Earth Defense Force 5‘s additional mission packs).
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In related news, D3 Publisher also unveiled the official logo for Earth Defense Force‘s 20th anniversary. More details on the company’s plans for the anniversary will be announced at a later date. The first game in the series, Simple 2000 Series Vol. 31: The Earth Defense Forces, known simply as Monster Attack in the west, first launched for PlayStation 2 on June 26, 2003.
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20th anniversary event soon
 
The DLC, titled "Visions of Malice" will be released in Japan on June 29. It includes over 30 missions with 5 difficulty levels each and over 100 weapons.
The missions are set in a virtual simulation created by Malice, the support AI that oversees the EDF Strategic Intelligence Department's database. The AI has collected data on all the worst enemies that appeared throughout the series, and players will face them in the simulation, which is deemed "extremely dangerous" and "filled with madness." It's recommended for real heroes only.
The DLC will be priced at 1,650 yen, which translates to approximately $11.5 at the current exchange rate.
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Looks like the second DLC will be out soon, and judging by the trailer itself, we might be getting the Nix Truck and Armament Barga as deployable vehicles for Air Raider. Also, it's likely that the english release isn't that far away since the past couple games have only had 2 DLC's and they seem to start translating after all the DLC's are released, there's probably around half a year more to go.
 
Earth Defense Force World Brothers 2 was announced for PS4, PS5 and Switch in Japan next year. Gameplay demonstrations will be shown during the TGS 2023.

 
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FUCKIN FINALLY! Everything I've heard about 6 has been making me rock hard, but why is it taking so damn long to release it? Why Spring 2024???

Either way, can't fucking wait. EDF is my favorite TPS series ever, ever since playing Insect Armageddon long ago as a public schooler. I eagerly await the carnage to come!
 
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