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HolyKrap
Feb 10, 2008

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Here's 77 screenshots of Iron Rain in 1080p, all from this article. No idea what it's about but the game looks very nice graphically







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gimme the GOD DAMN candy
Jul 1, 2007
i'm glad that other companies are making edf games, because edf is the perfect genre. fortunately, they can't all be insect armageddon.

Night10194
Feb 13, 2012

We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

gimme the GOD drat candy posted:

i'm glad that other companies are making edf games, because edf is the perfect genre. fortunately, they can't all be insect armageddon.

IA was my first EDF. Whatever problems it had, the Battle Armor ruled because it had a grenade launching grenade launcher. As in, the grenade, once launched, launched grenades.

That was my first introduction to EDF weapons and got me to do the rest of the series so IA did some good at least.

Vakal
May 11, 2008
Yeah I really enjoyed IA as well, it just needed more levels.

gimme the GOD DAMN candy
Jul 1, 2007
-more levels
-no turret segments
-deployable vehicles
-make tactical usable
-more bugs
-no, still more bugs
-NEVER ENOUGH BUGS
-an actual fight against the giant mothership instead of a 30 second hidden joke ending

one thing it did right was actually including genocide guns

Light Gun Man
Oct 17, 2009

toEjaM iS oN
vaCatioN




Lipstick Apathy
IA had some.badass enemies that I'd like to see return, too. Spider dropships and Mecha mantis gently caress yeah.

Section Z
Oct 1, 2008

Wait, this is the Moon.
How did I even get here?

Pillbug

Vakal posted:

Yeah I really enjoyed IA as well, it just needed more levels.

I did like IA.

But it really can be summed up by the thought process of "All right, it's finally starting to feel like a normal EDF game-THAT WAS THE LAST LEVEL!?"

Night10194
Feb 13, 2012

We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

Yeah, if IA had had another act after the mothership showed up where everything was full crazy the whole time it'd have been great.

Section Z
Oct 1, 2008

Wait, this is the Moon.
How did I even get here?

Pillbug

Night10194 posted:

Yeah, if IA had had another act after the mothership showed up where everything was full crazy the whole time it'd have been great.
Yeah it's not that it was bad. Just that the bar it had to clear set by regular EDF was kicked into the skybox and then the bar returned for revenge trying to kill you.

Even if they didn't up the enemy count because IA wanted to keep framerates from collapsing into a pile of ragdoll ant limbs from bugs you blew up on the opposite side of the map hitting you in the face. They could have at least pulled a "So we're all in on B movie now" swerve to contrast with the sleek cyborg bugs.

"Some rear end in a top hat named O'hara hacked into our coms ranting about ants evolving into dragons. What kind of stupid-oh, oh poo poo."

Section Z fucked around with this message at 02:44 on Jul 31, 2018

Scalding Coffee
Jun 26, 2006

You're already dead

HolyKrap posted:

Here's 77 screenshots of Iron Rain in 1080p, all from this article. No idea what it's about but the game looks very nice graphically
Giant In-sects.

McSpanky
Jan 16, 2005






The mantises aren't in other EDFs? Man those guys are fuckers on Inferno.

Marogareh
Feb 23, 2011
I hope Iron Rain is good. The one video I saw a long time ago looked really cool.

Zed Di Dragon
Feb 16, 2011

Really Pants posted:

I can't believe Geists never got momentum inheritance, they're the one weapon group that would benefit from it.

That's a good idea. I'll try putting it in.

HolyKrap
Feb 10, 2008

adfgaofdg

Zed Di Dragon posted:

That's a good idea. I'll try putting it in.

Are you Zeddy from the discord? Well done on the mod progress. hopefully one day we can get anything remotely close to edf043's video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoVjQ2lVM10

Still have no idea how one dude can make all this and not say anything specific on how he did it other than "cheat." This is art

HolyKrap
Feb 10, 2008

adfgaofdg
There's an official english EDF twitter now
https://twitter.com/EDF_OFFICIAL_EN

And a brand new english EDF 5 page, offering a pre-order of "EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 STANDERD" and deluxe edition on PSN
https://www.d3p.co.jp/edf5_en/

Scalding Coffee
Jun 26, 2006

You're already dead
They really call it that.
Looks like the whole bunch of $3 weapons are the Day 1 pack.

Scalding Coffee fucked around with this message at 20:52 on Aug 1, 2018

Megaman's Jockstrap
Jul 16, 2000

What a horrible thread to have a post.
I'd like to hear more about Iron Rain.

Malachite_Dragon
Mar 31, 2010

Weaving Merry Christmas magic
The great part is you really can't tell if 'Standerd' is a typo or deliberate, because... well, EDF.

HolyKrap
Feb 10, 2008

adfgaofdg

Malachite_Dragon posted:

The great part is you really can't tell if 'Standerd' is a typo or deliberate, because... well, EDF.

:iiam:




Any word on who's localizing the game? This should be extra special if it's directly from Sandlot

HolyKrap fucked around with this message at 23:43 on Aug 1, 2018

HolyKrap
Feb 10, 2008

adfgaofdg
This twitter account is amazing


https://twitter.com/EDF_OFFICIAL_EN/status/1026805080983359488

nnnotime
Sep 30, 2001

Hesitate, and you will be lost.
I don't know if mentioned yet, but the English version of the stand-alone Wing Diver the Shooter game is now available on the US Playstation store (released Aug. 23rd) for $19.99.

Store link:
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP3177-CUSA11335_00-0000000000000000

Here's a recent gameplay video on Easy mode.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1fiiV-e8Ms

nnnotime fucked around with this message at 06:47 on Aug 26, 2018

Scalding Coffee
Jun 26, 2006

You're already dead
The decoys got more coverage on their news sites than the Wing Diver Shooter.

Blattdorf
Aug 10, 2012

"This will be the best for both of us, Bradley."
"Meow."

nnnotime posted:

I don't know if mentioned yet, but the English version of the stand-alone Wing Diver the Shooter game is now available on the US Playstation store (released Aug. 23rd) for $19.99.

Store link:
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP3177-CUSA11335_00-0000000000000000

Here's a recent gameplay video on Easy mode.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1fiiV-e8Ms

It's a decent game, but it's not going to rock your world.

Deviant
Sep 26, 2003

i've forgotten all of your names.


nnnotime posted:

I don't know if mentioned yet, but the English version of the stand-alone Wing Diver the Shooter game is now available on the US Playstation store (released Aug. 23rd) for $19.99.

Store link:
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP3177-CUSA11335_00-0000000000000000

Here's a recent gameplay video on Easy mode.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1fiiV-e8Ms

If the Wing Divers don't sing the EDF song, I'm not interested.

Scalding Coffee
Jun 26, 2006

You're already dead
https://www.d3p.co.jp/edfir/en/
Iron Rain website mentions a demo.

Marogareh
Feb 23, 2011
I Want 5 released already. Fencers are fixed and it's going to loving rule.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaSoSXq6Ohk&index=2&list=PLdgqy_DLo_V8iZqz1J7Nr4rUXbD5cLTA3

Scalding Coffee
Jun 26, 2006

You're already dead
Fencers are OP as hell and people are asking for nerfs before it goes over here.

Marogareh
Feb 23, 2011
I was looking at his shield video and I'm shocked at how amazing they are now with the new augments. The last two look insanely broken and gets rid of the most annoying aspect of them when fighting swarms. Sucks that they nerfed the reflector's reflect damage to the ground though :argh:

DeNofa
Aug 25, 2009

WILL AMOUNT TO NOTHING IN LIFE.

Scalding Coffee posted:

Fencers are OP as hell and people are asking for nerfs before it goes over here.

Are "people" asking? Or is that one jackass on the subreddit?

Section Z
Oct 1, 2008

Wait, this is the Moon.
How did I even get here?

Pillbug

DeNofa posted:

Are "people" asking? Or is that one jackass on the subreddit?
Furthering this, are these 'complaints' about the class as a whole. Or "Once I have my choice of gear-" crying your cool toys are cool?

Because I really doubt the least shreds of "Fencer is OP" claim would have anything to do with normal difficulty drops in EDF5.

Scalding Coffee
Jun 26, 2006

You're already dead
A reduction in their dash and jump by a bit. You can get several of each in late game and combine that with Inferno weapons not being balanced and making it rather easy. You can grind weapons to trivialize Inferno. People are also suggesting that instead of nerfs, they buff the HP of enemies.
They did patch nerfs to some perfect gear combinations before.

Scalding Coffee fucked around with this message at 17:07 on Sep 12, 2018

InfinityComplex
Feb 5, 2011

Nothing better than swinging around a little girl like a flail.
In a series where we want to drop the frame rate to below -69, do we really care about balance?

Shine
Feb 26, 2007

No Muscles For The Majority
OP silly poo poo is fun.

Section Z
Oct 1, 2008

Wait, this is the Moon.
How did I even get here?

Pillbug
Plus don't they gate off inferno until you clear the game? So not like you can dip into Inferno scrounging for better toys before you are even halfway through your first run.

Though I think gating off hardest until you win is probably a bit much, because trying to do SOME scrounging for gear above your weight is tradition. I've always been more of a "Bring Hard to normal, bring hardest to hard" guy than inferno rushing though.

Having Gun Mk 2 when they expect gun MK1 always felt like a nice step up without being broken, and normal difficult weapons are boring as poo poo for ranger compared to the initial prototype phases of Wing Diver and Fencer (and air raiders got mechs with 1 degree per minute turn speeds in normal).

Section Z fucked around with this message at 18:20 on Sep 14, 2018

gimme the GOD DAMN candy
Jul 1, 2007
i don't even like inferno. hardest is way more fun.

Hwurmp
May 20, 2005

Hardest w/ Inferno weapons is the way to go

HolyKrap
Feb 10, 2008

adfgaofdg
Some brand new English Defense Force 5 gameplay here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX_y0GO3LOA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itEoIhMXoiA

Scalding Coffee
Jun 26, 2006

You're already dead
Nice of them to skip the tutorial portion.

Infinity Gaia
Feb 27, 2011

a storm is coming...

Section Z posted:

Plus don't they gate off inferno until you clear the game? So not like you can dip into Inferno scrounging for better toys before you are even halfway through your first run.

Though I think gating off hardest until you win is probably a bit much, because trying to do SOME scrounging for gear above your weight is tradition. I've always been more of a "Bring Hard to normal, bring hardest to hard" guy than inferno rushing though.

Having Gun Mk 2 when they expect gun MK1 always felt like a nice step up without being broken, and normal difficult weapons are boring as poo poo for ranger compared to the initial prototype phases of Wing Diver and Fencer (and air raiders got mechs with 1 degree per minute turn speeds in normal).

Man, the mechs with 1 degree per minute turn speeds are the best. I mean, they suck, but they suck in an appreciably amusing fashion. The problem I always had with the 'skip to Hard' mentality is that you miss out on trying to wrangle lovely equipment to work for you, which is the most fun part of Normal. The way I like to play is I go about halfway to three quarters of the way through Normal, when you start getting mostly real weapons, and THEN switch over to Hard.

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Section Z
Oct 1, 2008

Wait, this is the Moon.
How did I even get here?

Pillbug

Infinity Gaia posted:

Man, the mechs with 1 degree per minute turn speeds are the best. I mean, they suck, but they suck in an appreciably amusing fashion. The problem I always had with the 'skip to Hard' mentality is that you miss out on trying to wrangle lovely equipment to work for you, which is the most fun part of Normal. The way I like to play is I go about halfway to three quarters of the way through Normal, when you start getting mostly real weapons, and THEN switch over to Hard.
That's an understandable mindset, yeah. Though like you said once you make it a good way through normal you still switch over to hard weapons anyways.

Plus it varies from class to class. Wing Diver's starter Rapier is as fun as it is effective even if you bring it to Hard mode Crimson. Being willing to deal with a bad turn speed on air raider is still a giant robot.

But can you honestly say you even bothered with the Ranger's can of raid except once as a joke? Even if I still use the wonder that is the nuclear hand grenade you can only throw five feet.

Section Z fucked around with this message at 02:09 on Sep 19, 2018

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