![]() ![]() Overall ImpressionĮarth Defense Force 2025 is a niche title that won’t appeal to everybody. 2025 will keep Achievement hunters busy for a very long time. It will take some grinding (and probably a bit of online research) in order to find them all. That’s a whopping 16 playthroughs of a very long game! That number can be cut in half by playing split-screen with two different classes, since each class gets credit for beating levels together.īesides completing the main campaign, you’ll also gain Achievements for collecting various percentages of the weapons. First there are Achievements for beating the campaign with all four characters on four of the five difficulties. Its Achievements fall into two very time consuming categories. If you’re looking for a quick and easy 1,000 Gamerscore, EDF 2025 is not for you. 2025 is Sandlot’s first online game as far as I know hopefully they streamline the online modes in their future games. The game doesn’t let you watch their progress or even display a timer of how long they’ve been in the mission. One annoying aspect of joining games in progress is that you have to wait in the lobby until the other players finish their mission. The actual online lobby interface is beyond clunky, but at present there are open games at all hours of the day. ![]() Online also adds nine extra missions to keep players busy. That does provide extra replay value, since you’ll pick up more weapons and armor each time you play through either mode. Reach the 13th mission offline won’t unlock it online, or vice versa. Strangely, level unlocking progress is separate for offline and online games. Everyone gets a weapon or armor pick-up when someone picks one up during online games, eliminating concerns about hogging the loot. Offline, both players share armor pick-ups but only the class that picks up a weapon gets to keep it. Split-screen players can join online games, but the guest player is still restricted to sharing progress with the first-player. All four players use their own profiles and can earn Achievements, provided each plays from his own system. The online mode is 2025’s multiplayer ace in the hole. She’ll have to use the main player’s characters and weapons. The split-screen player can’t access her own profile or earn Achievements, however. 2025 capitalizes on that by offering both 2-player split-screen co-op and 4-player online co-op. MultiplayerĪs most Diablo players know, killing monsters and hunting for loot can be so much more fun with a friend. Blasting buildings out of the way makes the aliens easier to find, and the game doesn’t even penalize for it either. Not only that, but virtually every building in the game is fully destructible as well. Enemies come in gigantic swarms, which make for spectacular explosions of bug bits when they get blasted with explosive weaponry. The other element that makes EDF so special is its destruction. With an arsenal of 790 weapons spread across the four classes, loot hunters will love searching for all those guns on the various difficulty levels. You won’t know what weapons you’ve picked up until the level ends, at which point weapons and armor get tallied up. ![]() Enemies randomly drop weapon crates, armor (which boosts your maximum health), and health refills. ![]() Yes, 2025 has lots of juicy loot to find. Weapon drops vary by difficulty, so harder difficulties dole out much better loot than lower ones. And unlike most games, players are actually encouraged to play on all those difficulties. Every stage can also be played on five different difficulties. The offline campaign consists of 85 stages, which tend to last from 5-15 minutes each. While each class is different and fun to play, the true joy of EDF comes from its structure and grinding system. Fencers move excruciatingly slowly on their own, but certain weapons give them the ability to dash and dash-cancel rapidly. His weapons include hammers, spears, Gatling guns, and more.
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