[360] Earth Defence Force 2017

Oh hey so EARTH DEFENCE FORCE X. Previously the Earth Defence Force games have been developed with a low budget as part of the Japanese Simple 2000 (because they cost 2000 yen :moreyouknow: ) range of games for PlayStation 2. But even then, they did some mind boggling stuff considering the hardware and put most big name action games to friggin' shame. Basically, you BLOW STUFF UP. You blow up ANTS and BUILDINGS and GODZILLA'S and EVERYTHING. You must defend Earth by pretty much destroying it! The scale of the game's incredible and now the developer's been able to run wild on much more powerful hardware with a bigger budget soooo here's where I post screenshots that I've shrunk down because they stretched the hell out of the internet! Long sentence GO.






Little ants aww




BUT HOLY SHIT IN A BOX THEY'RE HUGE





Apparently it may be co-op online, but it's still a deep space mystery (SECRET EDIT: it's not). The game's due out December in Japan, with American and PAL releases UNKNOWN at the moment. The first two EDF games on PS2 got PAL releases (well, the second one's still due out, keeps getting pushed back), but for whatever reason no publisher picked them up in America. Though I imagine since D3 recently set up over there, they'll release it eventually.

MORE SECRET EDIT FUN: March for both the US and Europe!

HUGE images.
Video (YOU SHOULD PROBABLY JUST SKIP THE FIRST HALF UNLESS YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO A JAPANESE WOMAN MAKE BABOON NOISES)
Video of EDF2 on PS2 for the hell of it because it's amazing.

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Yeeeah, Tactics doesn't really look that thrilling. Painful load times for every battle sequence and everything. Also you could always keep a look out for Monster Attack in the pre-owned sections of EB, the PAL release of the first EDF. It got a pretty limited release, though.

How ya doing, buddy?

They've gone and totally renamed it, changing the X to a 3. This will cause massive confusion now! There's also this new trailer. GAAAAASSSPP gigantic bloody metal thing in the distance. Oh and there's no online co-op, just split screen. =(

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Maybe if two people in the same room stand on a line while playing co-op. =o

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Originally Posted by NoWittyComment

Wasn't this game supposed to be low-budget or something? It's going to be 7,100 yen. That's 1,000 yen more expensive than Blue Dragon. I wonder how well its going to do...

This was given a proper budget unlike the PS2 ones, but who knows what that could be with D3, maybe as much as a Big Mac meal! And given the state of the 360 there, it probably won't do very well at all. ;_;

I was speaking idiomatically.

That is AWESOME. =D D3 America finally makes a good decision. It only took them what, three thousand terrible cartoon licensed GBA games to realize they need to do better. I wonder if this means they'll also release D3 Japan's other 360 game. =x





What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

That'd be excellent. Maybe they'd give the sequel more than just six levels and the frame rate wouldn't completely self destruct when crazy alien things on Riho's head shoot lasers! Or maaaaybe they'd just focus all development on upgrading the jiggle physics!

FELIPE NO

Box art revealed, pretty dodgy compared to the Japanese one but OH WELL~



2017? Looks like I'll have to rename this thread for the third time. March 20th for America, $40. Still no PAL release detaaaiiils.

BUY IT

Or don't, I guess!

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Yeah, sucks they left her out of this one. Maybe they'll chuck her in later as a microtransaction, only $700!

"I'm much more useful than you with this!"
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah!"
"WELL YOU'RE FIRED FROM THE EARTH DEFENSE FORCE"
"You could have just asked to borrow my pack, jerk"

loool Global Defence Force. ;_; I have no doubt this one will manage to come out before that, and by several months/years!

How ya doing, buddy?

Haha yeah. And Zombie VS Ambulance! Almost a year long delay is still better than if 505 GameStreet had picked it up instead.

Radio chatter would be cut completely, there'd be text scrolling on the bottom of the screen "GETTINGY TWO THE ALIEN WOW ATTACK RUM NORTH EMERGAENDCY! QUICKLY!" and the box art would be of some fat guy scratching himself in front of a fountain.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Yes yes yes, PAL wins for some odd reason. <3
Haha double post someone should ban this guy.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Awww naaaww, they just delayed it here. Now due out in May (still out in other PAL regions next week.. I think). That gives me time to actually save up for a 360 though~

Spoiler:

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