Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair
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Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair is an adventure developed by Sandlot, released 2 April 2015 on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair is
Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair is an adventure game developed by Sandlot and released in 2015. It was published by D3 Publisher. It is available on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB M age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"2013 was the first year we spotted them. We had no way of knowing what they were back then; just blips and warbles on the scanners, far out in space, slowly heading our way. Some of us hoped they were elder beings, coming to share their wisdom or take us to a better place. We all hoped that, really, but some of us had the foresight to plan for other possibilities, and that's how Earth Defense Force was born. It took four years to corral the world's militaries into assembling and equipping a joint task force. By the time all the petty politics were out of the way, we scarcely had time to train the troops. Not knowing what to expect, we ran EDF through every sci-fi scenario we could imagine…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 51 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair holds a critic score of 66 out of 100. That places it above 27% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 3 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 1,000 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 3 GHz 2 Core, 4 GB RAM and AMD Radeon HD 7870 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 （2GB Model or higher）. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 8GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair launched on 2 April 2015, within three weeks of Bloodborne, Mortal Kombat X, Yakuza 0 and Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Bloodborne, Mortal Kombat X, Yakuza 0, Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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