According to Earth Defense 2017, giant ants will have created space ships and giant robots to attack the planet Earth...
Bad: Extremely arcade-like game play; frame rate goes WAY down sometimes; no online coop; the enemies consist of creatures from an alien film 20 years ago.
Wow, theres so much to say about this game its hard to start. First off, the plot is pretty low, in fact, I wouldn't be surprised if this was actually based off of a 1970's alien movie. Aliens have invaded earth by mother ships, and they are a group of passive-aggressive ants. Thats right, in 2017, giant ants will have created giant floating space ships, and large mechanical robots. If that doesn't make you laugh, the voice acting will.
WARNING!!!
(These are actual conversations between soldiers.)
Soldier 1: "Are you scared?"
Soldier 2: "Thats not True!"
Soldier 1: "I'm reloading!"
Soldier 2: "Alright, I will do that!"
Soldier 1: "Sir yes sir!"
Soldier 2: "Thats not true!"
Wow, my guess is that random phrases are programmed to occur at random times. Soldiers act like complete psychopaths and oftenly talk to themselves. This isn't a bad thing, it actually is very funny just to hear what there saying. The script for the game is also laughable. In the intro the announcer says "That looks like something is from a comic book!" This was obviously translated from Japanese to English very sloppily. The game play feels solid and there are plenty of weapons. One weapon is a big suitcase that launches out turret guns twice as big as the launcher. Another weapon is a missile launcher that has the speed of a tortoise, its actually called the "Tortoise" and you can walk faster than it, I'm not even kidding, you can literally walk faster than it. And nothing is more precious than watching the missile follow an ant. They just keep walking and it will never hit. Another great gun is the grenade launcher. It can destroy a 200 story building. In fact, every single explosive, no matter the size can destroy any building. When the building falls it looks great. But after it, it looks like a big pile of Lego pieces. There are like 50 missions, and it takes some time to pass through them. The achievements are pretty lame but it should be easy to measle out 300 or so. The music in the game is actually pretty good. Its generic, but it fits the already cliche theme. You got to love the physics though, if you shoot a car with a sniper rifle, it will be launched 600 feet in the air. Sky Scrapers can collapse from a grenade, and giant ants dead corpses become stiff statues that rest on the ground. At least the coop is fun, its not online, but if you got a bud, if you can convince him to play with you, its surprisingly fun, just don't show him/her the box of the game, say its Gears of War in the Xbox, and act surprised when this loads up.
Overall, Earth Defense force is basically a big joke. Its pretty fun, can get repetitive, but no where else can you get as great of voice acting and no other game provides as good as a script as this. It can be a great challenge on harder modes, without a partner you'll most likely give up after you get owned by the acid spraying from the ants asses. Graphics aren't anything to get excited over, sound is alright, the value is great considering its only $40.00 and no other game is like this. This is a one-of-a-kind, don't miss it, its pretty rare due to its low popularity.