Is Super Earth Defense Force Worth Playing Today? - SNESdrunk
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ธ.ค. 2015
- Available September 5, 2019 in the Nintendo Switch Online store. Better than its generic title would indicate...
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It is
I recently discovered the original japanese version has an easy mode, and two possible additional shield points in the options menu.
I freaking love Super EDF its a great and challenging shooter. The music is awesome aswell.
Same, is my favorito Shrump
There's a series going on also called Earth Defense Force from PS2 onwards, which is basically a 3rd person shooter series where you kill gazillions of giant bugs, spaceships and even friggin Godzillas!
When I got the Snes games on switch, I overlooked this. Once I played it I can't stop. It's amazing. Great video!
LOL same I really didn't expect it to be my most snes played game at the moment.
Actually I disagree with certain thing's he said about the mechanics. First off he is not a person I would listen to about shooter's he isn't good at them he is a casual. They don't put weapons for no reason in the game he probably didn't know when to use certain weapons lol. They serve a purpose that would be like saying in Thunderforce games you don't need the back shot on your ship, with enemies tailing you.
This is a totally underrated game! 8 different weapons, the leveling system and the permanent options made it stick out to me, and it has some kickass music. I'd say you're wrong about the weapons, they're all good, though some only show their real value at higher levels and/or with more option formations unlocked. The only one I never could get much use out of was the Photon (I believe it was -- the one that let you charge your shots kinds like in R-Type). Wish more shmups had a leveling system like this, tbh.
hip indeed hey the photon is a beast once you are at about level 5 when those turrets are able to chase the enemies around use that along witht photon and watch you blow by the game with a breeze
Photon is best used on the final level
Honestly, I think this is the best affordable shoot em' up on the SNES. As always, great review!
There is a bit of strategy to be used with your "Turrets", they are indestructible so you can (have to) use them to slam into enemies and bosses to destroy them faster.
First game I played when I was a kid. Couldn't have been a better one. I still go and play it every once in a while.
This game rules, it’s so much better than its arcade counterpart
By the by, the switch online rewind feature should be on every shmup, because it really helps you learn the games and master patterns/memorization etc.
One of my favorite super nintendo game when i was a kid.
What I like is, when you gain a lot of levels and power up your weapon and turrets, you can switch weapons on continue.. now, all of a sudden nuclear with homing turrets is viable and the explosions help defend you, so you can sorta evolve? how you play as you go
Super EDF was AWESOME! Great video man, keep it up!
I received this game for my 8th birthday, and even though it may not be as cool as Super R-Type, it still was fun learning how to use the proper weapon to get through, and eventually the strategy to accomplishing everything. After you fill the EXP bar at level 5, you're awarded an extra hit, which can really come in valuably if you manage to make it to the final boss, known for the infamous reverse scrolling. That said, there is a noticeable slowdown for using the S. Laser at times, especially in higher levels.
Not gonna lie from the title i really thought this was one of those top down tactical games! I did not know it was a shoot em up! I judged this like crazy lol it looks like a cool game though! Great video Drunk!
It’s cool to point out that the Japanese version has an easy mode, the option to get 5 or 4 shields, and some waves of enemies are different in certain parts of the levels.
Great reviews.. look forward to them. Please keep them coming!
+Kenny Kant Thanks Kenny
You also have 3 speed settings you can manually switch between. I use 2nd gear(?) for most of the level and then 3rd gear for boss fights. I greatly appreciate this since I would often get too fast in Gradius 3 and not see it as a power-up beyond a certain point. This is pretty innovative for Jaleco! I hate shmups that don't let you shoot in multiple directions (which is most), so the homing gun is definitely my go-to in this one.
Great video, EDF is one of my favorite games on SNES
Great review again! You could review firepower 2000, would be nice.
Great review 👏 very informative!
Love the soundtrack of this game. Visuals are also very nice; specifically the backgrounds are neat. Probably my third favorite 2d shooter after UN Squadron and Axelay.
the fourth level has such a nice soundtrack i think its in the harmonic minor scale as it sounds sad but more like a major scale sad so my guess is harmonic minor
Picking this up again after 30 years. New but somehow familiar.
I grew up playing this game,ncould only beat it back then through cart tilting and forving my way through. Didn't realize until much later that was actually a thing
This was my first game! honestly the US version really needs a game genie to tune the difficulty to be challenging but not frustrating.
This game is pretty tough the first time you play it but gets pretty easy once you figure out the best weapons to use on each stage. My toughest parts are stage 4 and the darn final boss sea turtle thing. Can only beat that sometimes. I have finished this game on the hard setting once and the regular setting with the shield setting at 1 shield also once. Got pretty lucky both those times.
A maybe, but only if you're alone.
If you have a friend over, play the arcade version.
Thanks for the great work Sir
for your information... Super R-Type has an SA-1 hack that removes the slowdown... although it makes the game more difficult, it vastly improves the it.
Got a boxed clamshell copy for 8
Love this game
dude i love super R type. i used to beat it all the time when i was a kid
My setup to clear it without continue: Homing on stages 1 to 3, then S. Laser, Atomic and Grenade. Stage 4 is the hardest to no-miss. Homing is cool but too weak for later bosses. I tried to use photon but still can't figure how to play it effectively
One of the better SNES shmups. Good challenge level and the slowdown is tolerable. Pro tip: use the Explode weapon if you want to reduce the slowdown. The homing and s-laser are arguably the best weapons but also the most taxing on the system. I’ve noticed a big difference on the bosses where the game lags like hell with Homing but doesn’t miss a beat with Explode.
You have to play Konami's Crisis Force on the NES
When I played this for the first time on my Nintendo switch I was really happy about the extra hit points you get, but yes I was definitely annoyed with the fact that you get sent back to the beginning of the level when you die. I grew up in the 90s and to be honest I didn't play very many of these shoot them up games but there were some I enjoyed. Glad it's so readily available now
The switch has a rewind feature
Thought it might have giant ants...
Once you get the homing satellites, switch to the bomb weapon.
First three lvls is homing 4th5th lvls super laser last lvl photon
10 seconds in that boss that shoots the purple stars, in this vid they’re slowed down tremendously, they get shot way faster then that
The first game I ever played on the SNES.
i forget the level but near the end is soo cool, the background moves and its soo cool as you go by battleships and decend through a planets atmostsphere
Thats lvl 5 lvl6 is kinda tricky with 3 bosses
@@spicyfoodchaser9406 yeah i couldnt ever beat level 6, was it the last one?
Just beat this last night. Plenty challenging but certainly not impossible, especially once you figure out which weapons are worthwhile. Underrated SNES shmup!
For anyone photon on the last stage works best destorys the last boss in seconds
Use homing until you hit level 5 turrets. Then use grenades or atomic.
I always use homing then use all lives up to power it up and be on lvl 4 homing by the time I got to lvl 3 then switched s laser until last lvl then switched to photon destroys that last boss in seconds
I beat Super R type when I was 6 launch year, its not that hard just need to get though that 2nd level then is actually gets easier. Was a good game
Interestingly this game was not that hard for me compared to Phalanx or Axelay, and I played all of them when I was a kid(for R-Type III i needed an emulator) In E.D.F the choice of weapons if you want to set up as a self made achievement to only use 1 weapon type per stage: 1: Vulkan , 2: ALWAYS Homing, 3:Explosion or Photon(Photon is stronger but makes the stage waay more brutal), 4 : Grenade, 5: S.Laser, 6: Atomic -> pretty challenging but not impossibly hard...
The nastalgia being ten years old door closed playing this all night. Haha
never finished it when i was a child, but pretty good.
I have the exact opposite opinion of this game than you lol thought it was somewhat easy, still fun as hell. Phalanx I thought was harder, I can never get past stage 5. E.D.F I've actually get to the end. Final boss always gets me, but lol then again, I did pump far more hours into E.D.F so, maybe thats why I think it's easier?
I beat this game at 10 years old after playing it a billion times and I only beat it once... after that I retired from this game lol
I really like this game but I wish it had a more stages.
speaking of phalanx, i always thought this was the much brighter cousin of that game, has the same vibe but not as good.
I have beaten this game. And, with the skill I had to grow to beat it will always be able to beat it because to beat it you have to memorize enemy and hazard spawns so you know where to put your ship in certain scenarios. The first year I got my SNES my A-hole dad put the rule forth that I must beat the games I had to get new games. I has Super Mario, Final fantasy Mystic Quest, and This game. My reward for beating it was Mega Man X.
Try this game in hard mode it makes that more difficult to beat
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Super EDF is definitely a great game and underrated. Even after being available on the Switch SNES app I don’t think many people have played this game. Also this game is fair... until you reach the last 2 levels 😂. On those levels you better have good reactions or you’ll be dead before you know what happened.
How does this compare to the Genesis version?
I have beat this game. It wasn't easy.
still prefer un squadron as my favorite shoot em up on snes/genesis
So what makes Super EDF possibly the best snes shmup in terms of challenge?
The lvl 4 -6 is the hard part especially in hard mode
Falanx or phalanx?
+Larry Medina Fail-anks.
Not the best shooter, but probably the most affordable and easy to find for the SNES.
I´ll never beat this fucker. Even though I have always liked it, I can´t beat it.
On the final stage photon destroys the end boss turtle in about 30 seconds
The graphics are so bland.