Global Defence Force
2005 video game
Global Defence Force is a 2005 third-person shooter video game developed by Sandlot for the PlayStation 2. It was originally published as The Chikyū Bōeigun 2 in Japan by D3 Publisher, as volume 81 of the Simple 2000 series of budget games. It was later released in Europe by Essential Games, the brand created by D3 Publisher to publish Simple 2000 series games in Europe.
Players assume the role of a member of the Earth Defense Force and fight giant insects and other enemies who have invaded Earth from outer space.
A PlayStation Portable version of the game, titled Earth Defense Forces 2 Portable, was released on April 7, 2011 in Japan. A PlayStation Vita version, titled Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space (known in Japan as Earth Defense Forces 2 Portable V2), was released for the first time in North America by Xseed Games in December 2015. A port of Earth Defense Force 2 was released for the Nintendo Switch in Japan in July 2021.
Gameplay
Global Defence Force is a third-person shooter featuring large play areas and waves of mecha and giant insects. Players control either a foot soldier (Storm-1) who uses conventional weaponry such as assault and sniper rifles, shotguns, and rocket-propelled grenades or a jetpack-equipped soldier (Pale Wing) who uses energy-based weaponry. Most of the game's missions are cleared by eliminating all enemies present, starting with giant ants on earlier stages and eventually progressing to giant lizard enemies.
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