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Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair

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Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair

Apr 2, 2015

Expanded Versions of Earth Defense Force 2025

3.75 average rating based on 114 ratings

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This updated version of Earth Defense Force 2025 marks the series first current-gen appearance. It sports improved performance, new content amounting to more than 50 percent of the original, two-player local co-op, and four player online co-op. The game is also being ported to PC "It's a fight for the future of the planet between the Ravagers, a merciless swarm of alien invaders, and the Earth Defense Force (EDF) in this third-person shooter. As an EDF soldier you will go head to head in fierce combat against the hordes of giant alien insects and their slaughtering machines. Play as four … More
This updated version of Earth Defense Force 2025 marks the series first current-gen appearance. It sports improved performance, new content amounting to more than 50 percent of the original, two-player local co-op, and four player online co-op. The game is also being ported to PC "It's a fight for the future of the planet between the Ravagers, a merciless swarm of alien invaders, and the Earth Defense Force (EDF) in this third-person shooter. As an EDF soldier you will go head to head in fierce combat against the hordes of giant alien insects and their slaughtering machines. Play as four different classes in over 80 missions with a range of 800 weapons at your disposal. The most overwhelmingly numerous forces of Ravagers the series has ever seen will take the EDF fighters to the depths of despair and back! Online co-op play supported." Less
Release Dates
Apr 02, 2015 (Japan)
PlayStation 4
Dec 12, 2015 (North_America)
PlayStation 4
Feb 12, 2016 (Europe)
PlayStation 4
Jul 18, 2016 (Worldwide)
PC (Microsoft Windows)
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How Long Is Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair?
Main story: 19.8 hours
Total completions: 4
Mazinkaiser
Mazinkaiser gave Oct 30, 2016
Mazinkaiser gave Oct 30, 2016
Shadow of New Despair - The Top of Its Game

Wow. After playing through the EDF series, I can conclusively say that 4.1 brings everything of both Japanese and American development choices and makes one of the best EDF games out there.

Crazy large amounts of action with dozens of bugs and battleships at every turn? Check. A staggeringly large amount of content filled with various enemies and locales? Check. Graphical improvements? This is one of the first EDF games to look truly gorgeous and also be a blast to play at the same time.

The classes also provide plenty of variety and the AI are a welcome plus, along with the support for both offline and online multiplayer.

There's never a dull moment with EDF, and Shadow of New Despair is peak performance for D3 Publisher. Let's hope they keep this fantastic series going.

deepdoop
deepdoop gave Dec 30, 2016
deepdoop gave Dec 30, 2016
deepdoop's review of Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair

Finally getting around to play 4.1. 2017 was a great introduction for me to the series, having never played the games prior, and Insect Armageddon was great but flawed (missions were too long). 2025 was pretty much the best once I figured some things out, how some of the mechanics/classes operated, and now 4.1 is truly the best. It just takes everything and improves upon it, with more death, more ways for death and more EDF NPCs deathing. Death.

Seriously though, this series is fantastic from a pure gameplay perspective. One of the best, as a matter of fact. The music, humour and dialogue are all underrated, too, and there are actually a couple levels in here where there's really good storytelling. I mean, you come to this series for the gameplay, but it's nice that the other stuff is good too, not that I'd call this The Last of Us in terms of story by any means.

TheBeautifulEric
TheBeautifulEric updated their status Jan 5, 2025
TheBeautifulEric updated their status Jan 5, 2025

Good, mindless fun. Good time with friends and experiencing all the zaniness the game has to offer. Wish it was less grindy. The grind and the weapon drop RNG makes it feel like this game doesn't respect your time.

KP_Neato_Dee
KP_Neato_Dee updated their status Jun 18, 2024
KP_Neato_Dee updated their status Jun 18, 2024

Oh heck yeah! This is where it's at. My first time with this series.

realiststyle
realiststyle updated their status Mar 12, 2023
realiststyle updated their status Mar 12, 2023

This game is such a guilty pleasure and stupid fun. from the B movie dedication to the slaughter of all the bugs, it was a blast start to finish. Also so much better than insect Armageddon, which I'm currently slogging through.

Intervigilium
Intervigilium updated their status Aug 12, 2017
Intervigilium updated their status Aug 12, 2017

Aunque el juego no es lo que llamaria "bueno", posee unos graficos mediocres con una trama simplista, imposible de extender mas para llenar el argumento de cada nivel. Pero el juego es divertido (al menos hasta que se vuelve repetitivo). Gracias a que los graficos son de una calidad conservadora, el juego se da la libertad de llenar el campo una y otra vez de lo que literalmente son cientos de bichos. Las clases son realmente variadas y cada una ofrece una perspectiva muy diferente del campo de batalla, las armas tambien son muy variadas, aun asi casi la mitad de ellas son impracticas no solo por limitaciones como permitir un solo disparo por escenario, alcances extremadamente cortos, o un nivel de recalentamiento absurdo. Los vehiculos son muy interesantes hay una gran variedad de ellos diseñados para multiples propositos. Pero los controles son pesimos y su manejo se hace mas torpe de lo necesario para mantenerlos balanceados.

Please...callmeYork
Please...callmeYork updated their status Apr 24, 2017
Please...callmeYork updated their status Apr 24, 2017

Honestly, I think I am done with this. I am not even close to finishing it, and I adored every second of this goofy ridiculous game, but I am ready to move onto something new. This was exactly what I needed for a few days. I am probably going to finally give The Last Guardian a shot now. Despite not finishing it, I wholeheartedly recommend it. It is thrilling and hilarious and incredibly charming. EDF!

Please...callmeYork
Please...callmeYork updated their status Apr 22, 2017
Please...callmeYork updated their status Apr 22, 2017

I am enjoying this so damn much. Fun fun fun.

Guavatin187
Guavatin187 updated their status Jan 24, 2017
Guavatin187 updated their status Jan 24, 2017

Up to level 5, going back and grinding through levels.

Guavatin187
Guavatin187 updated their status Jan 23, 2017
Guavatin187 updated their status Jan 23, 2017

Playing through with a mate

JAM
JAM updated their status Oct 21, 2016
JAM updated their status Oct 21, 2016

Just finished mission 61...or was it 62? Mission 54 was the goddamn worst.