Earth Defence Force 2017 (Xbox 360)

Advantages: Great value shoot em up
Disadvantages: Occasional glitches, and repetitive gameplay

...expensive, as I discovered with Earth Defence Force 2017, which you can pick up for £15-£25 for the X-Box 360. Loosely based on the movie Starship Troopers, you are teleported to Japan ten years in the future. As space ships fill the sky, the people of Earth are uncertain as to whether the visitors are friends or foe. We son find out as hundreds of giant ants drop out of the space craft's and start devouring the Earths people. Only one thing stands ...
...EDF or Earth Defence Force. Earth Defence Force is very retro in its feel, the graphics are not phenomenal if you compare them to other 360 games, neither is the level of playability. Each level is pretty much the same as the last, although you're set specific goals; basically each level you need to destroy the bad guys. As an EDF soldier you simply run around the city shooting and destroying the alien creatures with a series of weapons that you ... Read review

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Earth Defence Force 2017.... These Fellas Are The Scourge Og Giant Bugs.... We've come to expect a lot from our next-gen shooters in these times; swanky cover mechanics (gears of war), gigantic bosses (lost planet), slow-mo massacring (strangehold) and even sexy witches (bullet witch). But does earth defence force 2017 give a damn? Nah, and it's all the better for it.... Best described as serious sam meets starship troopers, but played straight-laced ...
...is the most stripped-bak run and gun shooter you'll ever play. Blast everything in sight with your unlimited guns, missile launchers and flamethrowers, make sure you snag the power-up, revel in the wanton destruction (cities are entirely destructible!) before moving on to the next mission and, with it, more pointless killing. ALIEN SYNDROME..... And that's well....it. The evil ravagers (great name btw) throw ever larger, scarier cannon fodder at ... Read review