Earth Defense Force 5 Review

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The fact he went from being sponsored by Gaijin then to Wargaming then back to Gaijin again like a true merchant is astounding

"We've already lost thirty percent of the earth's population." "Thirty percent? That doesn't sound too bad." One of my favorite lines. Besides the "humanoid aliens" conversation.

The EDF series is defined by the rare scenario of taking the “throw everything at the wall and see what sticks” approach and having everything stick to the wall.

"And if you play singleplayer... I respect that, you do you." One of the most wholesome but unsettling things in a sseth video, possible sincerity and a photoshopped smile.

To save our mother Earth from any alien attack From vicious giant insects who have once again come back We'll unleash all our forces, we won't cut them any slack The EDF deploys!

9:00 Just so y’all know, that brief flash of “Approaching Monster Balls” is an actual mission in EDF5. And it’s THE best mission for weapon farming, especially late game weapons if you boost the difficulty to the “Insane” tier, because there’s a spot on the map that you can hide and be completely safe from harm, and murder every enemy who tries to kill you. Here’s how it works. The mission starts, and you’re facing a bridge, with some NPC Fencers in front of you. Step 1: Turn to your right. Step 2: Abandon those NPC’s to their fate by running like hell. Step 3: Follow the river until you reach a waterfall at the end. Step 4: Turn right, and notice there’s some rocks, with a very narrow gap between those rocks that you can walk into. Step 5: Go into the gap, turn around, whip out your weapon of choice (NOT AN EXPLOSIVE WEAPON) and wait for the enemies to finish off the NPCs. After which, they WILL come STRAIGHT for you. Step 6: When the enemies start swarming the rocks, and cannot reach you in your hideyhole, pull the trigger and do not stop pulling the trigger until the enemies are dead. Step 6B: There will be opportunities to run out and grab the weapon boxes during the mission. When the 2nd enemy reinforcement wave appears, it’ll take a long time for them to reach you, grab whatever boxes you can then, and get back in the hole. And at the end of the mission if you feel like it, leave one enemy alive so you have plenty of time to grab the boxes, just dodge them while you’re running around until you feel like you’ve gotten everything and then murder them. [Edit] @Type Odd Name Here below reminded me of a weird Not-glitch for this mission too. You’ll know when the NPC’s are dead because a half-dozen of the red dots on your mini-map will suddenly shoot up high, and then come down on top of you. Because I don’t know why, but some of the roller-ball enemies will be yeeted literally across the map to your location once you’re the only target left for them to go after. And if you feel like it, you can wait to go into the crack, and watch them shoot up in the air and head for you. Just make sure to duck into the shelter before they land, because they’re trying to land ON you, lol.

"But edf players aren't attracted to games that make sense, they are attracted to dry wall, and the taste of ADRENALINE OF A HOMELESS MAN AS YOU CHASE HIM THROUGH THE STREETS OF NY" This is one of the most hilarious things i have heard seth say

Fun fact even though it looks like the wingdiver has more clothes in EDF 6, they made her thicker and gave her a glorified loincloth later on in the game.

Actually when the other aliens show up the EDF first thinks they're robots. Then they shoot off enough of the armor to spot the alien underneath and proclaim that "they look nothing like us!" I love this franchise.

"Aliens, if you ever invade our planet...we're gonna destroy it first." There's something hauntingly beautiful about that.

This one was a banger. The accurate portrayal of Japanese cuisine and the Diogenes bit were inspired and above average.

"And God resists arrest." Broke my medically significant bout of depression, Thank you Sseth!

So glad he mentioned the frogs being "just like us", it's my favorite line of dialogue in the game.

Am I the only one that finds it suspicious that the second AI voices take off in effectiveness and accessibility, Sseth suddenly develops a healthy upload schedule?

I once met a friendly crack-head at a gas station, followed him home, and he proceeded to load this up on a TV, the size of which, I have never seen before outside of theatres. I had no idea what I was witnessing between this fever dream of a game and the questionable, hot-cold romance that fired back and forth at whiplash speed going on between his teenage son and daughter. I always just kinda assumed I hallucinated the whole thing, until now.

As a romanian, I didn't expect Sseth to come over with a joke like that. It was sudden, unpredictable and, above all else, true.

Best part of my experience in this game was with my brother. It was the final boss, God. Literally. The two of us, always playing on Inferno difficulty, threw ourselves at Him countless times to no avail. So many hours. Each new phase was harder than the last. But eventually, it happened. As the Wing Diver, my strategy was swooping in and getting out, blasting God's face every time. But I was so vulnerable to damage. I couldn't finish Him off alone. That was when my brother, the air raider, had to save the day with a Barga unit. Just when we thought all was lost, Barga put us back on our feet. God knew He stood no chance against big robot. Barga, one punch after another, tore off God's limbs. And when He was taking his last breath, my brother, in a giant Transformers-esque robot, uppercut punched God in the chin, and HIS HEAD EXPLODED. Credits roll. Needless to say, my brother and I gave a standing ovation. EDF is beautiful.

The merchant guild is pleased with this upload schedule.

I think one of the great attractions of this game is that you can experience the streets of Japan. From rural areas lined with paddy fields and frontier cities with small train stations to core cities lined with skyscrapers and residential areas with small alleys, everything is realistically reproduced. One such map (used in Operation Ironwall, etc.) is modeled after a real-life Hokkaido metropolis, which makes you feel like you've actually traveled. (Although it will be broken immediately by the attack of enemies and allies) Sandlot, the company behind the EDF series, seems to like making city maps like this, and in the works they released for the Nintendo DS, they placed buildings so much that it slowed down the game. In a way, it is the fruit of their efforts.