Size matters in EDF 2017 Portable, but not the way you think
Earth Defense Force 2017, portable or otherwise, doesn’t look very good most of the time. It doesn’t even sound very good (“Hey, Joe, stop coding for a sec and read this dialogue into the mic.”). It’s simple and dopey to a fault. Except when I’m comparing the stats of the shotgun I just unlocked to the six other shotguns I’m never going to use. Then it’s an exercise in grind-based loot collecting every bit as pointlessly compelling as Borderlands 2, where I also compare the stats of guns I’m never going to use in an eternal quest for the odd rare gun I might use. It’s based on playing levels you’ve already played at harder difficulty levels to find guns that will make it easier to play levels you’ve already played at even harder difficulty levels. If you don’t want to replay levels, many of which are indistinguishable from each other anyway, you’re in the wrong shooter. Sometimes all you get are a few more points of health. You went from 512 hit points to 517 hit points.
I could build a strong case in a court of law that Earth Defense Force 2017 is made from the stuff of bad games. There’s not a judge alive who would rule against me. “Sustained!” he’d announce, slamming his gavel down. “The one-star review stands!”
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