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Earth Defense Force 2017

An arcade style TPS, which in 53 levels, pits you against giant ants, giant spiders, giant robots and UFOs. Luckily for you, the game has an arsenal of over 150 different weapons and 4 different vehicles, all…

73 14 December 2006

Earth Defense Force 2017 is a shooter developed by Sandlot, released 14 December 2006 on Xbox One and Xbox 360.

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What Earth Defense Force 2017 is

Earth Defense Force 2017 is a shooter game developed by Sandlot and released in 2006. It was published by D3 Publisher. It is available on Xbox One and Xbox 360.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Earth Defense Force 5 is the fifth main installment, and the eighth game in the Earth Defense Force video game series. Developed by Sandlot and published by D3 Publisher, the game was released for the PlayStation 4 in Japan on December 7, 2017. The game was released simultaneously in the United States, Europe, China, and South Korea on December 11, 2018, as a digital exclusive for the PlayStation 4. Earth Defense Force 5 departs from the continuity established by Earth Defense Force 2017 and Earth Defense Force 2025/4.1, and is set in a new continuity where the Earth Defense Force is a private military corporation and sees action for the first time in the year 2022.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Single player and Split screen.

How it was received

Earth Defense Force 2017 holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 8 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 77.4 hrs.

What it launched against

Earth Defense Force 2017 launched on 14 December 2006, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II - The Rise of the Witch-king, IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 and WarioWare: Smooth Moves. All of them reviewed better. It was a Xbox One launch-window title.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II - The Rise of the Witch-king, IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946, WarioWare: Smooth Moves.

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When did Earth Defense Force 2017 come out?
Earth Defense Force 2017 was released on 14 December 2006 for Xbox One and Xbox 360.

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