RUn n Gun at its finest!
First off...wow... This game is amazing! Ok, if youve ever heard of the old movie \"Them\" with the giant ants attacking the world, mix that with the cheeseyness of a Godzilla movie, and make it with the game mechanics from Body Harvest (except alot better) you get an creepy and awesome game! Chikyuu Boueigun 2, which translates to Earth Defense Force 2, takes place 3 years after EDF 1. Earth has succesfully eradicated alien invaders (which are...apparently...giant ants... and other misc. alien monstrosities like Godzilla dinosaurs) and lived peacefully, until 3 years later when teh aliens retaliate. You play as a girl in purple armor or a guy in red and white. Spanning the two characters, there are 72 levels to play, along with 5 difficulty settings (Easy, Normal, Hard, Very Hard, INFERNO). There are also 140 weapons to find and use. There are severe differences between the two characters. The guy uses conventional weapons, like assault rifles and missle launchers. The guy can also ride in vehicles, like a tank, helicopter, and hover bike. The girl on the other hand, cant ride vehicles. Instead, she uses a jetpack. This comes in VERY usefull! The girl also uses sci-fi weapons, like a burst plasma rifle and laser CANNON THAT DOES SO MUCH DAMAGE ITS SICK! The cool/creepy aspect of this game is that there are these giant ants crawling over everything, people running away, and explosions and everything! Not to mention a completely destructable enviroment, (which leads me to a lesson of the day.... never shoot a laser cannon in the middle of a town square...thats a good way to get alot of innocent people, and yourself, killed in about 2 seconds...) This game is really awesome, but there are some problems here and there. For one thing, the game will lag sometimes. Its not that bad, but enough to kinda make ya go...ehhhhh. Its forgivable though, considering how much is going on. The other thing is when you go to pick your weapons... its in very japanese...so you may end up picking weapons you dont want. One time, all I had were 2 grenades... which is no good. Im sure Ill get it eventually. All in all, import this if you can.
Good
AWESOME RUN n GUN action! Not to mention 2 player co-op!
Bad
Some lagg, Lots of japanese, and that announcer doenst SHUT THE HELL UP!!!
Ditto
All the sound effects and \"sci-fi\" weapons sound like the cheesey lazers from Godzilla, and the whole game resembles a bad Japanese horror movie. Its great fun!