EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Stand and fight for humanity. This arcade shooter takes place in the year 2022, as the Earth Defense Force fends off an all-out attack by unknown life forms. Become an EDF soldier, battle against endless hordes of immense enemies, and restore peace to the earth.

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 is a action, online co-op and third-person shooter game developed by SANDLOT and published by D3PUBLISHER.
Released on July 11th 2019 is available only on Windows in 4 languages: English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese and Korean.

It has received 10,676 reviews of which 10,083 were positive and 593 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. šŸ˜

The game is currently priced at 49.99ā‚¬ on Steam, but you can find it for 14.99ā‚¬ on Instant Gaming.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Windows 10 64bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz/AMD A10-7850K 3.70GHz
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 30 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX 11 sound device
  • Additional Notes: XInput Controller

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Feb. 2025
Average EDF mission_ - We need to protect the civilians and the city! Get in there and kill those monsters! - *Proceeds to demolish half the city with bombing runs/absurd amounts of rockets/orbital laser strikes/howitzer shells/etc* - 90% casualties. Acceptable losses. Mission accomplished! Four different classes that actually play very differently from one another, lots of stuff to shoot, lots of fun weapons to play with, lots of cool vehicles too, and grinding is actually very fun, and even better with coop. Helldivers II still ain't got nothing on this game.
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July 2024
In light of EDF 6's disastrous launch with the third party account linking fiasco. Just get this one instead. It goes on sale pretty often and almost all EDF games are basically the same. You just get more of the braindead fun I subscribe to. So if this is your starting point in the series I'd really recommend it. The tutorial isn't long and actually forces you to participate in the first missions. Instead of... whatever they thought the forced unskippable tutorial in EDF 6 would do for players. Besides I find the voice acting in this game to be superior to the sixth release.
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July 2024
The creator of this game must be a genius! -Proceeds to wipe my own team with a poorly timed Spritefall while chanting "EDF! EDF!" This game is pure chaos, and I love it . Epic battles explained with a nonsensical plot, always leaving the city flatened, or covered in purple gooey blood, or both. It's made with a lot of care, though. Classes and missions are pretty balanced (I'm sure Inferno difficulty is meant to be unfair, and it's doable with high-level equipment and a proper plan). The gameplay in the series never felt better , now Wing Divers can dash, Rangers have access to Epsilon tanks, Fencers can equip two passive upgrades, and Air Raiders have non-clunky mechs and a clean area-of-effect UI to properly aim all their aerial assault weapons. It's pure fun, go grab it! Thanks for the gift, Moge!
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May 2024
Why EDF is better then Helldivers: No 3rd Party account needed Unique classes Campaign/Storyline fun nonsense More/Bigger Guns Infinite Ammo Singing NPCs Level variety (underground levels are best) Bosses Vehicles/Giant Fuck you Mechs More then 2 games No invasive anti-cheat No bugs (that I've ever experienced) Upgradable weapons Color customization Larger enemy variety Harder difficulties that are actually harder not just more enemies=hard
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May 2024
No need to log in PSN. āœ… True democracy. āœ… Can split screen to play with friends or family. āœ… Good game. āœ…
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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5
9.2
10,083
593
Online players
531
Developer
SANDLOT
Publisher
D3PUBLISHER
Release 11 Jul 2019
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