If you love Helldivers 2, try this bug-squashing game next
Helldivers 2 took the world by storm earlier this year with its hilarious emergent gameplay moments and satirical story that took a stab at fascism. While that felt like a breath of fresh air, it’s not the first game to tackle those ideas. The Earth Defense Force series has been around longer than Helldivers has, bringing Starship Troopers-like action to players. Earth Defense Force and Helldivers share a lot in common, from their story premises to their gameplay styles. Both involve killing waves of monsters and having an absolute blast while doing so.
They’re also very different in key ways. As someone who only occasionally likes to dabble in multiplayer games, I find the Earth Defense Force series much easier to pick up and play as a single-player experience due to having some decently competent AI-controlled teammates. Now another entry in the series is out. Earth Defense Force 6 just launched in late July for international audiences, and it’s a perfectly goofy follow-up for Helldivers 2 players in need of a new fight.
Ready for deployment
Earth Defense Force 6 is a third-person shooter that takes place three years after the previous game. As humanity tries to recover from an alien invasion that wiped out 90% of its population, they invade Earth again via a portal that opens up in the sky. Its simple setup allows the gameplay and action to shine through, as the aliens are just evil just for the sake of it and lack any complex motivations.
Players select missions and deploy onto the field to eliminate any alien invaders that they come across. While Helldivers and Earth Defense Force seem like very similar games, the former places much more emphasis on teamwork since players can get overwhelmed by enemies very quickly. Helldivers’ extraction element also adds an extra layer of difficulty. Earth Defense Force, on the other hand, feels almost like Monster Hunter, where you’re tasked with eliminating your targets and once the objective is complete, the mission is
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