One of my favourite PS2 games is a budget Japanese title called Chikyuu Boueigun 2. Basically it's like Starship Troopers: The Game. You're protecting the earth from hundreds and hundreds of giant ants, giant spiders, UFOs, godzillas, walking robots, and more. The multiplayer experience is unrivalled. The completely destructable environments are a nice touch too.

Now the next game in the series is coming out on the 360 in December. I have no idea if it's getting a Western release (#2 never did), but it's one of those games where you don't really need to know Japanese to enjoy. Just point and shoot.

Screenshots don't do it justice:





But videos do!

Game footage

Splitscreen multiplayer

This post has been edited by coriandery: Oct 15 2006, 09:15 PM

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=132612

^bumping an awesome thread with another thread that has awesome picts & news

Big monster/robots & huge ants destroying Japan landmarks -- this reminds me of Godzilla and Ultraman btw, i'm quite impressed on the extremely huge robot at the last part of the video, i think that's even bigger than PS2's Shadow Of Collossus rocky monsters dont you think? gonna wait the review of this game

This post has been edited by squiggles: Dec 7 2006, 02:00 PM

Oh I'm glad this thread was bumped, I thought I was the only one who was excited for this game.

I'm actually holding off buying this for a while; too many games on the go now. Plus, my friend and I hit a wall with the Chikyuu Boueigun 2 on the PS2 on level 60 (or something like that) where we just couldn't kill the hundreds of red ants, spiders and flies, not ot mention the walking robots shooting lasers at us. I think there were nests we had to destroy, but we could never make it.

I guarantee you this will be great though; you'll fall in love with it as soon as you fire a rocket at a skyscraper and watch it crumble to the ground.

Cult gaming at its finest.

rmb to check the p-a compatibility list

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-dh-49-en-70-1snt.html

the price is OK. let see whether its region-free onot

This is an awesome game. Graphics is really nothing much to shout about but it's an absolute joy to just kill kill and kill

Earth Defense 2017 ?? is this same with ps2 ED2?

Holy crap. I wish I had a rich uncle who magically leaves me some money...as it is I can only hope and save up for the bumper rash of games later this year!

got asian version?

It's not region free.

oh noes!! play-asia tested it to be region-locked for NTSC/J sets

D3! what are u doing what happens with ur upcoming "dark sector" game? also no asian version?? also region-locked!?

goes back to my simple 2000 EDF2

Errr... NTSC/J IS your asian set's region lar.

i think he means its cant work on ntsc/j lol why don u buy the jp copy can work then..............

well, ppl are saying the english VA is really campy and really adds to the game yup JPN version should be manageable without understanding a word of japanese.

its has great co-op play, but the 6800Yen tag is kinda expensive. maybe wait for the platinum rerelease?

This post has been edited by acougan: Mar 27 2007, 03:38 PM

Yeah, I was waiting for the US release because it was cheaper. And in English. But now, I might just go for the JP release. I played EDF2 in Japanese and it was fine. Except not knowing what the weapons in the weapon screen were.

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Added on March 31, 2007, 1:09 pmFor those who were holding back on buying the JP version because of it's price, the game is slightly more reasonably priced at play-asia due to the 20% off sale on at the moment:
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-br-77-...ce-70-1mjf.html

It's probably not going to get any cheaper soon. And, it's worth every penny. Remember to invite a friend over to play.

This post has been edited by coriandery: Mar 31 2007, 01:09 PM

I just bought the JP version from GH.

Let's see now

- PS2 Graphics
- Severe slow down when lotsa ants on screen.
- No online multiplayer

And yet...

- Buildings crumble at every SINGLE rocket shot.
- Firing a bazooka into the middle of an ant pile is SOOOOO satisfying
- Your teammates actually MAKE a difference by killing giant ants, makes me wish I could dictate what weapons they carry.

God.. it just feels soooo FUN!!!

^ care to include some co-op footage on ur next episode?

Hmmm.. but we just finished recording EP1, for EP2 perharps, and co op is split screen mar

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Added on March 31, 2007, 10:14 pmBloody hell, first swarming game I've played where your squad mates aren't complete idoits, you actually WANT to keep them alive, cause they ACTUALLY make a difference!

This post has been edited by marauderz: Mar 31 2007, 10:14 PM

^ i dont mind waiting for episode 2. others say the last few levels are really awesome for co-op, wanna take a peek

Hehe, that's actually an improvement seeing as the PS2 games had PS1 graphics.

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Added on April 5, 2007, 11:47 pmI finally got this a couple of days ago. And it's totally lived up to all my expectations. The first four levels were nothing special, and then suddenly halfway through the fifth level, the game turns up the awesomeness. The new shiny robots and motherships are lovely. To you guys, the graphics might pale next to Gears Of War, but for someone who played and loved EDF 2, (one of the ugliest games ever), it's a massive improvement. This is one of those games where I really notice gamepad rumble as well, it's so satisfying firing off rockets. FOOM!

I'm going to get some co-op going this weekend. To be honest, it's the best way to enjoy this game.

So yeah, highest recommendation from me. It's up there with Crackdown and Gears Of War.

This post has been edited by coriandery: Apr 5 2007, 11:47 PM