EDF! EDF! EDF!

Just defeated one of the most difficult games I have played in a long time, The Earth Defense Force 2017. It's a long running series in Japan that started on the Super Nintendo, and has build up into multiple games. Unfortunately most of the games never came to North America, but one of them The Earth Defense Force 2 was released in Europe for the Playstation 2.

What I played seemed to be a simple third-person shooter, with hardly storyline except that giant bugs and robots have attacked the world. The nameless hero who is part of the E.D.F. (Earth Defense Force) is stationed in Japan, among a lot of very weird comrades. These guys get hyped over everything, and some of their conversations and out bursts of speeches are all laughable. With that I post some of my favorites:

"Those damn aliens making holes in my backyard!"

"Tiny is dead!"
(That one was yelled a lot, how many Tinys are there?)

"I feel like a mole or something."

"I can kill these things with my eyes closed!"
(Maybe you should open them so you can stop shooting at me!)

"Fight with honor and don't die, got it!?"
Everyone: "Sir, yes sir!"

And of coarse the well known war cry of all: "EDF, EDF, EDF!"

The graphics are probably one of the best things about the game, colourful with good graphic buildings and houses. The spiders look grossly real, and the robots are very shiny and bright.

Without mentioning the difficulty part of the game, the only thing I have issues with is the vehicles section, mostly with the helicopters. I know that helicopters are probably very hard to learn and steer in real life, but why make it that realistic in the game? A lot of the missions that I done probably would have been a lot easier if the helicopter was used. But steering and moving the damn thing is a new difficulty itself, let alone trying to attack something.

The only thing I wish they would explain was who was attacking? Who was the mastermind behind this attack? Was it the ants, robots, spiders, or the Godzilla ripoff?

Other then that this game is pretty fun in a love to hate sort of way, as long as you are not looking for something with an in depth storyline. Earth Defense Force is one of those games that are fun to play till your hair is pulled out from the frustration. I just wish that I had a Player 2, unfortunately I played solo. Congrats to anyone who actually played the game with the difficultly Inferno.