Product Description

Planet Earth is under attack from alien invaders, and the EDF is our only chance for survival. Grab your gun, join your squad and repel the attacking forces in this action-packed, arcade style shooter exclusive to the Xbox 360.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3178 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: D3 Publisher
• Released on: 2007-03-30
• Platform: Xbox 360
• Dimensions: .41 pounds

EuroGamer
Earth Defence Force 2017 isn't a complex cocktail. It's a Molotov cocktail. 9/10

Manufacturer's Description
The Earth Defence Force needs you! Planet Earth is under attack from alien invaders and the Earth Defence Force (EDF) is the only chance for survival. This third-person shooter will have your pulse pounding as you wage war against non-stop swarms of literally hundreds of ravaging space invaders.

Customer Reviews

its actually quite good
Think space invaders - wave after wave of alien craft

Think Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter or Lost Planet - 3rd person shooter

combine the 2 then take away two thirds of their budget and you have this game..

Theres little to no tactics involved, just keep your finger on the trigger and run into the bugs with all guns blazing.

This game has obviously been made on a cheap budget but at least it doesnt pretend to be something its not and for that you have to give the game respect... this is the B-movie of video games but it works quite well.. the graphics are below average but even so from time to time they do look quite good, the animation is almost laughable and the frame rates are unstable but this game is fun, if you want a few hours of mindless gameplay where you just shoot shoot and shoot then you may enjoy this, it is very repetitive and altho the packaging boasts 50 missions those missions are very short.. theres no plot except aliens have invaded in the form of massive ant like creatures and other different types and they need to be destroyed and on the bright side this budget game doesnt carry a blockbuster price tag.. you get what you pay for and with this you get a no thrills game thats entertaining and as i said earlier, this game doesnt pretend to be anything other than what it is, something some big budget games could learn from... well done!

Giant ants + big explosions = FUN
If you have a Xbox 360 and a suitably inclined friend, then kick back with this and you'll easily see a few hours slip by every day as you fight back the invasion of the alien bug horde.

Probably the most bizarre release this year: a pseudo-budget title with dodgy 50s B-movie aspirations, or simply a development misfire? Either way you won't care, the camp voiceovers, ridiculously over the top action and thousands of alien invaders are a worthy foil for any of the latest blockbuster titles. This is pure arcade fun in the truest sense, hilarious challenging and addictive - 55 levels, 5 difficulty levels. Easy and Normal for solo play, Hard and Hardest are, well, HARD, but great for co-op. Inferno is a gaming Everest for completists! Each level takes roughly 10-15 minutes to complete, with a few longer exceptions, and on each difficulty level above you will receive better weapons, which keeps you fighting onwards.

As a solo experience it pales in comparison to playing with a friend, mainly because on Hard difficulty and above it is extremely difficult and it usually helps to have someone else drawing the insects their way! This was made for two players fighting side by side, killing bugs, accidentally killing each other, laughing at the stupid dialogue..

It might be a budget title but as long as you don't expect anything more complicated than thousands of bugs invading Earth story wise you won't be disappointed with the gameplay - pick a weapon, point and shoot, destroy buildings and obstacles, fight harder enemies (giant robots etc), repeat ad inFUNitum. The graphics are completely passable, not bad looking at all, sometimes beautiful, and it's the only game where you'll see literally hundreds of units all on screen plus massive explosions and buildings falling down. The framerate goes south sometimes but it just adds to the hilarity of it all.

4 stars for the lack of multiplayer options which would have catapulted it above and beyond, and for many small things which could have been added (even in a budget title) to make it a quirky masterpiece.

80's Arcades meets the 360!
I have to admit I wasn't expecting great things from this game from the start , and I have been surprised.

It took be right back to the 1980's when I spent money in arcade machines 'killing' very similar looking aliens. The plot is to be expected, as are the weapons ... right from the start - It's a classic retro sci-fi shoot-em all!

The number of levels, aliens,and differnt weapons helps to keep you amused, and this all adds up to a nice little run-around-shotting-anything-that-moves game ... something that I feel some developers have in recent years over-complicated with plotlines that don't mesh. Simple is often best with this kind of game, and I feel this may end up being a bit of a dark horse.

All in all, it's worth buying just for the retro look and feel :o)