Earth Defence Force 2 Portable V2

Hello Everyone,

Today, I am going to talk about Earth Defense Force 2 Portable V2. This is a 3rd person shooter created by Sandlot and published by D3 publisher. On the vita this is the second game to be published as EDF3 released last year, with a few issues in terms of frame rate. For EDF3 the frame rate fluctuates so much on infernal mode that it becomes nearly impossible to play at times and was a main concern when I first bought EDF2 PV2.

Gameplay:

The game plays like all the rendition of the EDF series. The player have the choice of 3 different troop type Ground, Pale wing, and Air Raid and must defend the earth from an alien takeover. The ground troops uses physical projectiles weapons but also have medium mobility within the game. Pale Wing uses energy weapons tapped into the jetpack power source and has the highest mobility but also have the lowest of all the different stats for balance. Air raid uses weapons that requires activation and is the slowest of all the troop types in speed, reload.

Players first chooses a Troop type out of the three mentioned, chooses a stage, and was thrown into a mission of pure giant monster killing fun. The enemy choices of the game has always been the same. Except this particular version being a slightly upgraded version of EDF 2 does not have as much enemy as EDF3.

Graphics:

Graphics really was a problem when EDF3 was on PSV. In terms of graphics, this game has lowered the fidelity but improved the frame rate significantly. There are still moments of graphics lag present with the higher levels, but has been reduced to a playable point.

Conclusion:

Thinking of the game as a whole it plays just fine. In fact, I would say it's a lot more stable for me than EDF3. The controls have this floaty mechanics to it and takes a while to get used to (unless you're a EDF veteran and have been conditioned to the control style). Overall, this is really a great game for any EDF fans to be in their collection. I have spent countless hours this week on this game and had a great time. Keep in mind, if this type of game is not your cup of tea, it will not sway you. The game is just like any other EDF game and is catered towards a very specific fan base and cult following.