Earth Defense Force 2017 (crazy game)

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:00 pm 0

Mine arrived today.

Just spent over half an hour blasting bugs.

Unfortunately I got a few of my men quite often too.

Tepic · Post by **Tepic** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:05 pm 0

As did mine. I have been having a blast!

trezzer · Post by **trezzer** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:21 pm 0

I got my copy two days ago along with Bullet Witch. I tried Bullet Witch first and it was fun till I hit a wall of frustration.

Then I put EDF2017 in. It's staying in

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:17 pm 0

Just had a good go at this:

When you bring down a Lander Ship in level 7 (IIRC) it's definitely a WTF! moment.

Battling spiders through levels 9+ now. Hoppy web-spinning fuckers.

Tepic · Post by **Tepic** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:41 am 0

I'm on mission 40 something and it is really hectic! God knows how it will be possible on the harder levels!

Jamesac · Post by **Jamesac** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:46 am 0

Better weapons and higher HP do wonders, trust me. I'm nearing 2000HP on level 47, Hard, and it's still possible. Not easy, but having a Governor 100 (60 pellets per shot, 100 damage each, six shots, 4.0 second reload time) combined with the Stingray M4 (4 rockets, 500 damage, 1.5 second reload) simplifies things tremendously.

Peek into the easier levels on difficulties that are technically too much for you. Higher difficulties = better weapon drops, which can really help out on the later stages. Plus, it's always fun to go in stupidly overpowered.

James

Jamesac · Post by **Jamesac** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:39 am 0

Just beat it on Hard, clearing 2000HP and getting a few bonus weapons on Inferno to boot. One of the cave levels, where you go alone into a spider pit (level 40-ish) is great on Inferno if you've got the Special Weapon bomb that does 12000 damage. Drop a few over the edge, poke back into the cave where you start, ignite bombs, repeat. The spiders are more aggresive so it might take a few tries for each success, but you can mine that for some really nice weapon drops if you do it right.

James

Tepic · Post by **Tepic** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 1:28 pm 0

I have now finished the game on easy and have started on the "Normal" level.

That last mission was a blast, eh?

Marius · Post by **Marius** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:40 pm 0

Â£18 eh? Of course, living in Norway, I can add another Â£15 to the pricetag...argh!!!

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:42 pm 0

Marius wrote:Â£18 eh? Of course, living in Norway, I can add another Â£15 to the pricetag...argh!!!

It's region free, so you could get it for â‚¬33 (+ shipping) from VG+

Earth Defense Force 2017.

Don't know if that's cheap for you or not though.

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:10 pm 0

Just battled through more levels, picking up some more weapons, including a new missle launcher that does 800 damage, but tends to hit the nearest building instead of an enemy, with me firing it anyway.

When I finish playing my left hand is aching because I grip the pad so tightly.

Bog · Post by **Bog** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:09 pm 0

I've taken to mowing down my squadmates just to stop them leaping in front of me shouting "I'll fight by your side until I drop!" just as I fire a huge smegging great bazooka round, thereby killing us both.

Really, it's just not worth it.

Lovely game, though, great fun.

Jamesac · Post by **Jamesac** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:57 am 0

Later on you'll be keeping them alive because they're actually pretty helpful. The canyon fight with the ants later in the game is when you'll really start to appreciate their help. They're dump as a stump, sure, but that firepower really comes in handy, plus every ant that's swarming them isn't swarming you.

But I very much understand why you'd want to clear the dear little pinheads out of the way.

James

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:47 am 0

It's staggeringly good. I've been reading this thread, but not posting - a little unconvinced about the game perhaps. I've recently dropped down to Easy level, and suddenly the game's an absolute riot.

You set the Entire Fucking SKY on fire at times. GIANT FUCKING ROBOTS STOMPING THROUGH A SKY ON FIRE!. It's almost indescribably good - you end up playing the best B-Movie ever, basically. Friends assure me I've not seen the best of it

I've had entire levels of the game where I've just pumped rocket after rocket at the spot on the map where I believe "THEY" are coming from. It shouldn't work as gameplay but by christ it does. I can't see anything - I don't really need to - but when the rockets hit I get gore. I'm firing through gore into more gore. Repeat!

When there's no gore, it's probably safe. Probably.

Them's the rules.

It should not work as a game.

It does.

It's bloody ace!

Marius · Post by **Marius** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:02 am 0

PVB wrote:
Marius wrote:Â£18 eh? Of course, living in Norway, I can add another Â£15 to the pricetag...argh!!!
It's region free, so you could get it for €33 (+ shipping) from VG+

Earth Defense Force 2017.

Don't know if that's cheap for you or not though.

It's the customs that is the problem, they add the equivalent of Â£13 or thereabouts to anything with a pricetag above Â£17.