

You’ll be running around in a 3rd person shooter blasting everything in sight and feel like a badass. And I’ve yet to fully explain to you what it even is, get your act together Nevi.Įarth Defense Force sees you (and a friend) take the role of Earths defenders as you try to push back hordes of giant insects and alien invaders.


At this point, it’s probably my favourite co-op game, if not of all time then of the past few years. We love to shoot bugs, upgrade our characters with the latest gear and gradually take on greater and greater challenges. We’ll dip into Overcooked every now and again if we want to test the strength of our relationship or a Lego game if we want something lighter, but without fail, the Earth Defence Force series is the go-to game. In our house, there are very few multiplayer games that see regular play. And yet, we keep going back for just one more mission time and again. We’ve ridden around in tanks, we jumped in giant robots and we’ve discovered just how difficult it is to fly a helicopter.

After clocking countless hours exploding bugs and spaceships alike, my partner and I are now seasoned defenders of Earth. If any of that sounded exciting to you, then you are in the right place and EDF 5 is going to be the perfect game for you. That is exactly what went through my head upon hearing the pitch for Earth Defense Force 5. What’s that coming over the hill? It’s a million ants? And thousands of spiders? With some giant wasps flying over them? Oh, and there are gun-totting frogs mixed amongst them? And I can play either a soldier with a vast arsenal, a flying laser-shooting lady, a guy who can call in artillery, tanks and mechs or an actual walking tank? And this goes on for more than 100 missions with new toys to play with after almost every mission? And it’s a split-screen local co-op with several difficulty levels for almost endless play? Give it to me now, right now.
