Global Defence Force[a] is a PlayStation 2third-person shooter video game developed by Sandlot. The game was originally published as The Chikyū Bōeigun 2 in Japan by D3 Publisher, as volume 81 of the Simple 2000 series of budget games.[2] It was later released in Europe by Essential Games, the brand created by D3 Publisher to publish Simple 2000 series games in Europe.[3]
Players assume the role of a member of the Earth Defense Force and fight giant insects and other enemies who have invaded Earth from outer space.[4]
A PlayStation Portable version of the game, titled Earth Defense Forces 2 Portable was released on April 7, 2011 in Japan. A PlayStation Vita version, titled as Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space (known in Japan as Earth Defense Forces 2 Portable V2), was released for the first time in North America by Xseed Games in December 2015.[5][6] A port of Earth Defense Force 2 was released for the Nintendo Switch in Japan in July 2021.[7]
The PaleWing soldier flying with her jetpack while attacking giant ants with an electrical weapon.
The game is a third-person shooter featuring large play areas and waves of mecha and giant insects. Players control either a foot soldier (Storm-1) who uses conventional weaponry such as assault and sniper rifles, shotguns, and rocket-propelled grenades or a jetpack-equipped soldier (Pale Wing) who uses energy-based weaponry.[2] Most of the game's missions are cleared by eliminating all enemies present, starting with giant ants on earlier stages and eventually progressing to giant lizard enemies.[8] A number of vehicles such as a tank, helicopter, and a hoverbike are available in some missions for players to board and attack enemies with. However, only the Storm-1 unit can use the vehicles.[2]
Split screen co-operative mode. The player on the left is controlling the PaleWing soldier. The player on the right, controlling the infantryman, is driving a tank.
A total of 300 different weapons are available between the two characters, but players are limited to carrying two weapons during missions. Weapons are unlocked by picking up containers dropped by enemies. Every weapon picked up during play will add a random weapon of the character's to the selection, duplicate weapons are discarded. Armor chips and medical kits, also dropped by enemies, increase the character's maximum possible health and recover lost health respectively.[9]
There are a total of 71 missions spread over 7 environments to play through,[citation needed] the first mission taking place in London.[10] Five difficulty levels are available for each mission. Half-medals are awarded for completing a mission on a set difficulty with either character. Completing the same stage with the other character results in a complete medal. Once a player has collected all the medals for every mission, "Impossible" mode is unlocked.
Global Defence Force received little press attention in the West. The few reviews the game received were generally positive; Games Asylum's Matt Gander described it as "one of the PlayStation 2’s best budget buys".[8] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one eight and three sevens for the PS2 version;[13] and one eight, one seven, and two sixes for the PSP version.[14]
The PlayStation Vita re-release of the game, published by Xseed Games and retitled Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders From Planet Space, received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[17]Destructoid's Jed Whitaker wrote that the game "has enough original content to keep it feeling fresh alongside the other recent releases in the series", and that it was "easy to recommend to Vita owners looking for some campy over-the-top action in spite of its flaws."[11] In Japan, Famitsu gave the Vita version a score of three sevens and one nine for a total of 30 out of 40.[15] During the 19th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominated Earth Defense Force 2 for "Handheld Game of the Year".[18]
During D3 Publisher's simple series awards 2007, the title received a platinum prize for selling more than 200,000 copies in Japan during the 2006 fiscal year. It was the only title in the range to reach this volume of sales.[19]
^Known in Japan as Earth Defense Force 2 (Japanese: THE地球防衛軍2, Hepburn: Za Chikyū Bōeigun Tsū, lit. The Earth Defense Forces 2)
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^Romano, Sal (August 20, 2014). "Earth Defense Force V2 announced for PS Vita". Gematsu.
^ abc"Previews: Earth Defense Force 2". 1UP.com. July 29, 2005. Retrieved October 10, 2007.[dead link]
^Sheffield, Brandon (February 1, 2007). "Q&A: D3 - Not Just A Simple Company?". Gamasutra. Retrieved October 12, 2007.
^ abSewart, Greg (September 27, 2005). . X-Play. Archived from the original on November 22, 2005. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
^Ishaan (May 29, 2015). "Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders From Planet Space Coming To North America". Siliconera.
^Dunning, Jason (May 29, 2015). "Earth Defense Force 2 Invaders From Planet Space PS Vita US Release This Fall". PlayStation LifeStyle.
^Romano, Sal (April 26, 2021). "Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space and Earth Defense Force 2017 coming to Switch". Gematsu. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
^ abGander, Matt (August 3, 2007). "Global Defence Force". Games Asylum. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
^Wilson, Trevor (August 18, 2005). "Earth Defence Force 2, the best D3 game ever". Namako Team. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
^Barder, Ollie (December 5, 2006). . GameSetWatch. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved October 9, 2007.
^ abWhitaker, Jed (December 8, 2015). "Review: Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space". Destructoid. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
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Global Defence Force a is a PlayStation 2 third person shooter video game developed by Sandlot The game was originally published as The Chikyu Bōeigun 2 in Japan by D3 Publisher as volume 81 of the Simple 2000 series of budget games 2 It was later released in Europe by Essential Games the brand created by D3 Publisher to publish Simple 2000 series games in Europe 3 Global Defence ForceEuropean PlayStation 2 box artDeveloper s SandlotPublisher s D3 Publisher EU Essential Games PS2 NA Xseed GamesEU PQube Vita Director s Takehiro HonmaToshio NoguchiProducer s Nobuyuki OkajimaProgrammer s Toshio NoguchiNobuo FujiiArtist s Masatsugu IgarashiComposer s Masafumi TakadaJun FukudaSeriesEarth Defense ForcePlatform s PlayStation 2 PlayStation Portable PlayStation Vita Nintendo SwitchReleaseJuly 28 2005 PlayStation 2JP July 28 2005EU June 29 2007 PlayStation PortableJP April 7 2011 PlayStation VitaJP December 11 2014 1 NA December 8 2015EU February 12 2016AU August 1 2016 Nintendo SwitchJP July 15 2021Genre s Third person shooterMode s Single player multiplayer Players assume the role of a member of the Earth Defense Force and fight giant insects and other enemies who have invaded Earth from outer space 4 A PlayStation Portable version of the game titled Earth Defense Forces 2 Portable was released on April 7 2011 in Japan A PlayStation Vita version titled as Earth Defense Force 2 Invaders from Planet Space known in Japan as Earth Defense Forces 2 Portable V2 was released for the first time in North America by Xseed Games in December 2015 5 6 A port of Earth Defense Force 2 was released for the Nintendo Switch in Japan in July 2021 7 Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Reception 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksGameplay edit nbsp The PaleWing soldier flying with her jetpack while attacking giant ants with an electrical weapon The game is a third person shooter featuring large play areas and waves of mecha and giant insects Players control either a foot soldier Storm 1 who uses conventional weaponry such as assault and sniper rifles shotguns and rocket propelled grenades or a jetpack equipped soldier Pale Wing who uses energy based weaponry 2 Most of the game s missions are cleared by eliminating all enemies present starting with giant ants on earlier stages and eventually progressing to giant lizard enemies 8 A number of vehicles such as a tank helicopter and a hoverbike are available in some missions for players to board and attack enemies with However only the Storm 1 unit can use the vehicles 2 nbsp Split screen co operative mode The player on the left is controlling the PaleWing soldier The player on the right controlling the infantryman is driving a tank A total of 300 different weapons are available between the two characters but players are limited to carrying two weapons during missions Weapons are unlocked by picking up containers dropped by enemies Every weapon picked up during play will add a random weapon of the character s to the selection duplicate weapons are discarded Armor chips and medical kits also dropped by enemies increase the character s maximum possible health and recover lost health respectively 9 There are a total of 71 missions spread over 7 environments to play through citation needed the first mission taking place in London 10 Five difficulty levels are available for each mission Half medals are awarded for completing a mission on a set difficulty with either character Completing the same stage with the other character results in a complete medal Once a player has collected all the medals for every mission Impossible mode is unlocked Reception editReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScorePS VitaPS2PSPMetacritic72 100 17 N AN AReview scoresPublicationScorePS VitaPS2PSPDestructoid8 10 11 N AN AEdgeN A8 10 12 N AFamitsu30 40 15 29 40 13 27 40 14 GameRevolution nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 16 N AN AX PlayN A nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 N A Global Defence Force received little press attention in the West The few reviews the game received were generally positive Games Asylum s Matt Gander described it as one of the PlayStation 2 s best budget buys 8 In Japan Famitsu gave it a score of one eight and three sevens for the PS2 version 13 and one eight one seven and two sixes for the PSP version 14 The PlayStation Vita re release of the game published by Xseed Games and retitled Earth Defense Force 2 Invaders From Planet Space received average reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic 17 Destructoid s Jed Whitaker wrote that the game has enough original content to keep it feeling fresh alongside the other recent releases in the series and that it was easy to recommend to Vita owners looking for some campy over the top action in spite of its flaws 11 In Japan Famitsu gave the Vita version a score of three sevens and one nine for a total of 30 out of 40 15 During the 19th Annual D I C E Awards the Academy of Interactive Arts amp Sciences nominated Earth Defense Force 2 for Handheld Game of the Year 18 During D3 Publisher s simple series awards 2007 the title received a platinum prize for selling more than 200 000 copies in Japan during the 2006 fiscal year It was the only title in the range to reach this volume of sales 19 See also editSimple series video gamesNotes edit Known in Japan as Earth Defense Force 2 Japanese THE地球防衛軍2 Hepburn Za Chikyu Bōeigun Tsu lit The Earth Defense Forces 2 References edit Romano Sal August 20 2014 Earth Defense Force V2 announced for PS Vita Gematsu a b c Previews Earth Defense Force 2 1UP com July 29 2005 Retrieved October 10 2007 dead link Sheffield Brandon February 1 2007 Q amp A D3 Not Just A Simple Company Gamasutra Retrieved October 12 2007 a b Sewart Greg September 27 2005 Earth Defense Force 2 Import Review X Play Archived from the original on November 22 2005 Retrieved July 3 2017 Ishaan May 29 2015 Earth Defense Force 2 Invaders From Planet Space Coming To North America Siliconera Dunning Jason May 29 2015 Earth Defense Force 2 Invaders From Planet Space PS Vita US Release This Fall PlayStation LifeStyle Romano Sal April 26 2021 Earth Defense Force 2 Invaders from Planet Space and Earth Defense Force 2017 coming to Switch Gematsu Retrieved April 27 2021 a b Gander Matt August 3 2007 Global Defence Force Games Asylum Retrieved July 3 2017 Wilson Trevor August 18 2005 Earth Defence Force 2 the best D3 game ever Namako Team Retrieved July 3 2017 Barder Ollie December 5 2006 Roboto chan An ode to Sandlot GameSetWatch Archived from the original on October 12 2007 Retrieved October 9 2007 a b Whitaker Jed December 8 2015 Review Earth Defense Force 2 Invaders from Planet Space Destructoid Retrieved January 1 2017 Edge staff October 2005 The Chikyuu Boueigun 2 Edge No 154 a b Famitsu 868 NeoGAF July 20 2005 Retrieved July 3 2017 a b Brian April 13 2011 Complete Famitsu review scores Nintendo Everything Retrieved July 3 2017 a b Brian December 1 2014 Famitsu review scores 12 1 14 Nintendo Everything Retrieved July 3 2017 Schaller Kevin January 7 2016 Earth Defense Force 2 Invaders from Planet Space Review Game Revolution Retrieved July 2 2017 a b Earth Defense Force 2 Invaders From Planet Space for PlayStation Vita Reviews Metacritic Retrieved January 1 2017 2016 Awards Category Details Handheld Game of the Year interactive org Academy of Interactive Arts amp Sciences Retrieved 29 November 2023 Ashcraft Brian April 13 2007 Simple Awards For THE Simple Series Kotaku Archived from the original on May 14 2007 Retrieved July 3 2017 External links editOfficial website in Japanese Global Defence Force at MobyGames Earth Defense Force 2 Invaders from Planet Space at MobyGames Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Global Defence Force amp oldid 1213413510, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
