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Earth Defense Force 2017 Portable |OT| The Only Good Bug is a Dead Bug
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Do you ever get to change stuff like your character's costumes?
Do you get better loot on higher difficulties?
It'll likely be up as soon as someone gets them all. Last time I checked PSNProfiles, the person closest to getting the Platinum was only missing the 100% Weapons trophy.
It's a combination of rarity, not knowing what stages drop which weapons, the sheer amount of them, and getting the weapons that require you to beat every stage in X difficulty with Y character, which both Storm 1 and Pale Wing have 5 of.
test_account
XP-39C²
I finished all inferno levels with Storm today and got the Genoside Gun 
I also cleared all the other difficulty levels (100% done), so it isnt very useful anymore (it cant be used online either). I'm about 70% done with Palewing. But the Genoside Gun is crazy! One million hitpoint damage per rocket and only 3.3 second reload time. It is a pity that it has no effect on UFOs and bosses though I wonder why they made it like this.
Is there any point in getting the stars on the levels by the way (beating all difficulty level in singleplayer)? Besides personal satisfaction of course.
I also cleared all the other difficulty levels (100% done), so it isnt very useful anymore (it cant be used online either). I'm about 70% done with Palewing. But the Genoside Gun is crazy! One million hitpoint damage per rocket and only 3.3 second reload time. It is a pity that it has no effect on UFOs and bosses though I wonder why they made it like this.Is there any point in getting the stars on the levels by the way (beating all difficulty level in singleplayer)? Besides personal satisfaction of course.
After all my bitching about the price, I caved. I turned some Best Buy Credit I had built up into PSN credit.
It was too expensive, but having some portable EDF is really awesome. It's a great game to play while also watching TV or whatever. The game runs great.
I will say this, I wish I could turn the analog sensitivity down further, but it seems to bottom out at 0.50. I also moved the weapon change to the square button, which feels much better.
It was too expensive, but having some portable EDF is really awesome. It's a great game to play while also watching TV or whatever. The game runs great.
I will say this, I wish I could turn the analog sensitivity down further, but it seems to bottom out at 0.50. I also moved the weapon change to the square button, which feels much better.
test_account
XP-39C²
Personally i've been pretty happy with the price VS how much i've played it
I got around 170 hours of playtime right now, i will probably at least get to around 200 hours in total with all the grinding needed for the weapon. I was thinking the same thing about the sensitivity once i started playing it, that it was too sensitive, but now i'm pretty used it it.Now i only need 4 more levels with Pale Wing on inferno difficulty to have beaten every difficulty level with Storm1 and Pale Wing =)
Speaking about grinding for weapons, this could take such a long time. I think i'm missing one weapon with Storm1. With Pale Wing i'm missing at least 4-5 weapons.
Still £34.99 on the UK store. Gotta love those regional disparities.
Pachterballs
Banned
https://store.sonyentertainmentnetw...able/cid=UP0367-PCSE00209_00-EDF2017PORTABLE0
Price dropped $10.
well, LTTP i guess. tempted to buy this now.
Price dropped $10.
well, LTTP i guess. tempted to buy this now.
I guess this must have been a sale? This and a few of the persona games dropped out of nowhere a while ago. I finally got around to getting some extra points and the price jumped back up =/
Heads up. EDF 2017 is now reduced on PSN to $15. Not sure if this is a PSN+ only discount or not.
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/10/01/playstation-store-update-305/
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/10/01/playstation-store-update-305/
I fucking love it personally, but it depends what you're looking for. I doubt the online community is particularly active.
Seeing this thread bumped made me realise I haven't played it in ages. I reckon I'll have a crack this evening.
It was worth it at full price.
Blue Submarine No. 6
Member
Finally, a "digital only" price I can live with for a double-dip (my son and I played the 360 version for hundreds of hours together... good times). Bought and installed.
How do you finish mission 56? I tried it several times online and my group always ran into a glitch.
Later a player with 20000 health points joined and said we have to let one of those giant bugs alive til the end and kill it last.
We did exactly that and still the mission didn't clear.
Do you have to keep both alive? It was hard enough kiting one of them.
Later a player with 20000 health points joined and said we have to let one of those giant bugs alive til the end and kill it last.
We did exactly that and still the mission didn't clear.
Do you have to keep both alive? It was hard enough kiting one of them.
BlackLagoon
Member
I don't think I ever played it online, but in single-player it always completed just fine for me. Just open all the cocoons and kill all the bugs.
BlackLagoon
Member
Yes, you only get the trophy for the difficulty you're playing on when you finish the game.
hikarutilmitt
Member
They're mostly useless. The helicopter has one decent use if you can learn to control it, the speed bike is good for getting from A to B fast and the walking armor mech thing is okay for laying down the law. The tank... ehhhhhhhhh. It's too slow and unwieldy to be of much use, IMO.
BlackLagoon
Member
Perfectly feasible. Heck, with the Pale Wing you have no option to use them. That said, if you get one of the more powerful Limit Boosters, you might find the mechs in particular a lot more fun to use.
The game really shines if you can find someone to co-op with. Really, really fun.
But yes, very, very janky.
If you're still stuck, I can host a no limits room tonight (Pacific Time) and help you blow through it.
I wasn't stuck, I was still playing through on easy. It's the navigation in those places with the map being inadequate (it's really frustrating being so close to the markers but finding out I have no way of getting to them), so I spent what seemed like forever wandering bland empty corridors looking for the queen.
A bit LTTP, but I've been playing through this with the boy and thought I'd post some thoughts.
-Ad hoc is def more fun than solo; by myself I usually end up taking the more difficult levels by attrition and tactics - which is rewarding, but there's something great about just bowling in and wasting some bugs with a friend.
-Palewing, holy crap. Both great and really kinda limited. It's hard to go back to ground trooper but I really find myself limping without my go-to rocket launchers.
-Anyone figured out what the hell the Pandora is good for? Does it actually do its damage visibly?? A scan around the internet suggests that it's really useless.
-Ad hoc is def more fun than solo; by myself I usually end up taking the more difficult levels by attrition and tactics - which is rewarding, but there's something great about just bowling in and wasting some bugs with a friend.
-Palewing, holy crap. Both great and really kinda limited. It's hard to go back to ground trooper but I really find myself limping without my go-to rocket launchers.
-Anyone figured out what the hell the Pandora is good for? Does it actually do its damage visibly?? A scan around the internet suggests that it's really useless.
So this game is currently on sale in the EU and Australian PSN store.
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2015...n-battlefield-hardline-and-japanese-classics/
I am thinking of getting it but I would like to play co-op with someone here. Anyone wanna play?
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2015...n-battlefield-hardline-and-japanese-classics/
I am thinking of getting it but I would like to play co-op with someone here. Anyone wanna play?
Welp I just Platinumed this and decided to go back into the OT and see if I can answer some people's late questions.
Level 52 is the standard but 56 is also farmable if you have C70 while abusing a solo only glitch.
Just get in the helicoptor and land it on the tank. Enter the tank and adjust its position so it is covered by the helicoptor. If done right, upon exiting you should appear in a black space. Place a C70 there.
Press Select to exit the black space back into the tank and drive it away from the heli. Get in the heli and hold X until you reach the skybox. Now here's the tricky bit: you're going to exit the heli and then move back+left to land on the heli's wing. From here you can detonate the C70 and cause all the ants to get aggro'd to you. Start tossing down C70, entering and exiting the heli as needed to maintain your height. Once there's a few ants left, drop down and collect.
This method got me most of the level 90 weapons I needed.
Pandora is iffy, but Heaven's Gate can be used to quickly destroy the walking carriers and the mothership if you know where to fly.
If anyone else has questions I can try my best to answer them.
Level 52 is the standard but 56 is also farmable if you have C70 while abusing a solo only glitch.
Just get in the helicoptor and land it on the tank. Enter the tank and adjust its position so it is covered by the helicoptor. If done right, upon exiting you should appear in a black space. Place a C70 there.
Press Select to exit the black space back into the tank and drive it away from the heli. Get in the heli and hold X until you reach the skybox. Now here's the tricky bit: you're going to exit the heli and then move back+left to land on the heli's wing. From here you can detonate the C70 and cause all the ants to get aggro'd to you. Start tossing down C70, entering and exiting the heli as needed to maintain your height. Once there's a few ants left, drop down and collect.
This method got me most of the level 90 weapons I needed.
A bit LTTP, but I've been playing through this with the boy and thought I'd post some thoughts.
-Ad hoc is def more fun than solo; by myself I usually end up taking the more difficult levels by attrition and tactics - which is rewarding, but there's something great about just bowling in and wasting some bugs with a friend.
-Palewing, holy crap. Both great and really kinda limited. It's hard to go back to ground trooper but I really find myself limping without my go-to rocket launchers.
-Anyone figured out what the hell the Pandora is good for? Does it actually do its damage visibly?? A scan around the internet suggests that it's really useless.
Pandora is iffy, but Heaven's Gate can be used to quickly destroy the walking carriers and the mothership if you know where to fly.
If anyone else has questions I can try my best to answer them.