Earth Defense Force 2017

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Earth Defense Force 2017

Developer(s)	Sandlot
Distributor(s)	D3 Publisher
Platform(s)	Xbox 360
Release date	December 14, 2006 March 20, 2007 March 30, 2007
Genre(s)	Third-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single player, two player co-op
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen CERO: C PEGI: 12+
Media	DVD

Earth Defense Force 2017, known in Japan as Chikyû Boueigun Surî (地球防衛軍3, Chikyû Boueigun Surî^? lit. "Earth Defence Force 3") is a third-person shooter developed by Sandlot, and published by D3 Publisher, for the Xbox 360. It is the follow up to Global Defence Force, and is the first game in the series (as well as the first game based on D3's Simple series of budget games) to be released to North America.

1 Overview
2 Reception
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Overview

The player takes control of a soldier who is part of a paramilitary group known as the Earth Defense Force, which was formed to combat a hostile extraterrestrial race known as the Ravagers, who aim to take over the Earth with an arsenal of weapons including giant ants, spiders, robots, dinosaure like creatures, and gunships.

To fight these alien forces, the player can access over 150 weapons in the game, ranging from machine guns to rocket launchers and some laser weapons, and in certain levels also has access to a tank, a helicopter, a speeder bike and a bipedal mecha. The game takes place across more than 50 levels featuring destructible environments. There is no penalty to the collateral damage that is inflicted on the environment, nor to EDF soldiers that can ally with the player leaving them to focus primarily on surviving the alien attacks.Some levels are very short, but these are still action packed.

There are five difficulty levels. Better weapons are dropped by the enemies in the game at the higher difficulty levels, encouraging players to repeat the missions. In addition to weapons, armor enhancements (health bonuses) are dropped along with healing items. The player also has the option to select two weapons that they can take with them before starting any mission.The game is mainly about skill and Ravagers.

[edit] Reception

Reviewers pointed out the game suffered from relatively poor graphics and some bad gameplay. At some points, a lack of many standard features and characteristically poor voice acting (a typical vice for cost-effective English translations of Japanese games). However, the game still received solid reviews from American critics, whose general consensus was that the game is "inexplicably fun".^[1] Some outlets however, have claimed that the game pales in comparison to its predecessor, which had a larger range of enemies, missions, weapons and a second playable character.^[2]

As of December 2007, Earth Defense Force 2017 has a Game Rankings score of 71%.^[3]

In the May 2007 issue, Electronic Gaming Monthly, the 3 reviewers gave:

Sharkey:8.0/10 (Good) Jeremy:7.0/10 (Good) Milkman:7.5/10 (Good)

Still, there are people advocating it as a gamers' game with nothing in the way of the pure game, like Kieron Gillen in his 9/10 Eurogamer review. ^[4]