Global Defence Force
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The second game in the The Chikyuu Boueigun series, renamed Global Defence Force for its English release (similarly the first game was renamed Monster Attack for its English release).
It's been two years since the invading alien menace was defeated by the Global Defence Force (the game renames the "Earth Defence Force" from the previous game), but like any good off-world threat, they're back for more, and they've brought new weapons and technology in their attempts to take Earth and eliminate humanity. Thankfully, the GDF has also been developing new technology to fight them.
Global Defence Force is a third-person action shooter. Choose from either an GDF infantryman or the flight-capable Pale Wing, each with different abilities and dozens of weapons each, and set out to shoot down hordes of giant insects, enormous robots, and UFOs of incredible scale. You can choose two weapons to carry for each mission, and pickups dropped by enemies will unlock new weapons and increase your character's maximum health. You can play the game split-screen cooperatively.
Beyond adding a second player class to choose from; the Pale Wing; a fragile but powerful melee centric character with a limited Jetpack and her own weapon set, to go alongside the infantry man of the first game, Global Defence Force doesn't change much of the basic game play of Monster Attack. But leaving at that would undersell the game; there are numerous new alien types, weapons and environments that add much more variety to things. The maps are larger and more detailed and missions are longer and much more scripted (where as the original game nearly always threw you into an environment against some preplaced bug's, this time you often have some simple objective(s)) to add further variety. Finally the physics have been notably enhanced.
Like Monster Attack, the player in Global Defence Force fights completely by themselves despite being part of an army (unless playing offline only 2 player split screen); the original Japanese version features radio chatter from other GDF squads and your commanding officer, to give the illusion that you are fighting alongside others. This was cut from the English release.
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- THE地球防衛軍2 - Japanese spelling
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Average score: 2.6 out of 5 (based on 3 ratings with 1 reviews)
The Good
Global Defense Force is very unique, and has its own style. It is a third person shooter, with an arcade feel. I spent many hours playing this one, because when you start playing, you can't stop. It is a long game, after playing 10 missions, I haven't completed even 5% of the game. The controls are incredibly great and smooth, even with the huge frame rate drops. The graphics aren't that great: it doesn't have shadows; the characters doesn't fade when killed, they simply go out the screen without any effect. But those things aren't bad, they are the charm of Global Defense Force. You can choose between 2 characters: the infantry one, which you can choose assault rifles, shotguns, grenade launchers, rocket launchers and guided missiles; and the PaleWing one, which features a futuristic clothing, a jetpack attached at your back and you can choose between futuristic weapons, like a plasma launchers and shockwave guns.
The Bad
The frame rate drops frequently to 10/5 frames per second. It doesn't break the action, but looks and feel very awkward. The game looks like the Ps2 can't handle it.
The Bottom Line
It is an awesome game, with a great concept and extremely huge replay value. I highly recommend if you like arcade-style games or shooters. Global Defense Force was released on Europe and on Japan, with the Simple 2000 covermount. It is very rare, but if you own a modchipped console you can find it easily for download.I suggest getting Earth Defense Force 2017, for the Xbox 360, which is a better version of GDF,with more sophisticated graphics and no frame rate drops.
PlayStation 2 · by >>GuKankuro>> (26) · 2010
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Game added by j.raido 【雷堂嬢太朗】.
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Game added April 26, 2009. Last modified June 5, 2024.