EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5

If EDF 4.1 is digital heroin, EDF 5 is digital-er heroin-er. The EDF series is genuinely one of the best video game series ever made, with some pretty deep themes buried beneath mountains of cheesy writing and over-the-top setpiece battles.

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EDF 5 is a puzzle game in horde shooter paint. The game will give you a battlefield and you have to solve it by coordinating loadouts with teammates. It feels like an arcade game with how much it prioritizes gameplay compared to modern games today. Level design has greatly improved compared to 4.1 because every mission had a unique challenge while 4.1 has its filler levels. The enemies are better balanced compared to EDF 4.1 such as spiders not having as many threads that immobilize and instantly melt you. Although Deroy laser modules and laser Cosmonauts are super accurate. The game was perfect with two players on Hard and had the perfect difficulty curve of needing to strategize loadouts especially when a certain amount of picked up item/armor boxes are kept when failing which depends on the difficulty. The few standout enemy ai are the bees, bipedal frogs, and Cosmonauts. Bees will fly away when you approach them but will approach you if you move away. The frogs and Cosmonauts can take cover near buldings and can lose sight of you which is honestly better than most games today. Enemy dismemberment is present and can help by keeping bipedal troopers from moving or obliterating their arms so that they cannot wield their weapons. It's also satisfying for monsters to be dismembered upon death with certain weapons. Only a few of the last 10 missions felt nearly impossible to do with two players when there were just too much enemy variety to cover with two players. Compared to 4.1 which felt impossible with two players on Hard, enemies hit way too hard and accurately while health boxes were rare and failing gave no rewards. Story isn't amazing but it's immersive and unobtrusive. Lines are very corny but it's always treated seriously. It's also unobtrusive as story updates are given via radio transmissions during gameplay. It may seem odd but since it plays passively, you can choose to listen or to ignore them. No cutscenes or dialogue to interrupt gameplay. Downsides are that the game is locked to 60 fps, more optimization would be preferable since frame drops can happen, and the progression system is better but still pretty bad. The music is worse than 4.1 unfortunately. The progression system are enemies dropping armor or weapon boxes. Armor boxes increases armor which is basically health and unfortunately, you do not get enough armor boxes through regular play to reach the armor cap of the level. Weapon boxes drop weapons equipment that are biased towards your current class. Except they can be upgraded if you get the same drop with a better stat. Gear at their base are trash until you get upgrades. It's not guaranteed what gear drop you get and you could get duplicates without an upgrade. Overall, it's an amazing game that prioritizes gameplay and is refreshing compared to modern games today that prioritize macrotransactions, a story driven narrative, etc. It feels like a game and not some commitment that requires daily logins and grinding gear for numerical stat upgrades. EDF 4.1 does better in music and maybe the more arcade-y style graphics with the reflective metal of certain enemies. But 5 is such a massive improvement in regards to class gameplay, enemy balance, and level design that it's hard to recommend 4.1 over 5.

As someone new to this series with this being my first game, it was a bit confusing on what each weapon was, what was most effective and what each class did. However having a couple of friends who have already played to help guide helped a-lot The game play is fun, i have yet to actually use the other classes, having only played air raider so far, but the other classes seem fun Tanks are my favorite, helicopters are jank as hell to use and mechs are alright but i might be more biased to the tanks, though i have tried all three i haven't tried it solo yet, but this is a game that i would only play with friends and only really recommend to play with friends