Earth Defense Force: World Brothers

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  • Summary: A new battlefield appears in the "EDF" series. This time, the world becomes the square Earth. The name of this game is "EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: WORLD BROTHERS".
    This game takes place in the 3D voxel world, which everything is made up of square pieces. In this world, the Earth is not round    A new battlefield appears in the "EDF" series. This time, the world becomes the square Earth. The name of this game is "EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: WORLD BROTHERS".
    This game takes place in the 3D voxel world, which everything is made up of square pieces. In this world, the Earth is not round but square. And now, this voxel Earth is fallen apart into square pieces, breaking its blocky peace. But whether round or square, the Earth must be the Earth. So now, the player and the "EARTH DEFENSE FORCE" must rise to the occasion and save the day to restore a shattered Voxel Earth to one peace.    … Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. The Mako Reactor
    Jun 7, 2021
    85
    Earth Defense Force: World Brothers is not only the best Earth Defense Force spin-off but one of the best games in the series with its fun gameplay, loads of customization options, solid PS4 Pro and PS5 performance, and varied roster.
  2. Gaming Age
    Jun 10, 2021
    83
    Earth Defense Force: World Brothers could have gone horribly wrong. I mean, yes, the series was starting to feel a little stale, but at least it was comfortable. Trying something so new could have been a huge misfire. In this case, though, it’s not. World Brothers takes the series in a somewhat new direction and it mostly succeeds in what it wants to do, which means that it’s worth playing whether you’re a newcomer to the series or a grizzled EDF vet.
  3. Video Chums
    May 30, 2021
    81
    Just when I thought Earth Defense Force was becoming stale, World Brothers came along and renewed my faith in the franchise. Its bright voxel visuals act as the perfect reflection of its improved and varied gameplay as well as its excellent sense of humour.
  4. Shacknews
    Jun 7, 2021
    80
    If you want to just not think and shoot the big bugs into little square bits and pieces with a library of characters and weapons, EDF: World Bros. might be just the comfort food you need.
  5. ZTGD
    Oct 26, 2021
    75
    All in all, EDF World Brothers is good, but it is also just EDF with a new coat of paint and I don’t need one every year or two. I want these titles to be special and had I not had an EDF title in the last five years (let alone two) I think World Brothers would have been more exciting to play. However, as a fan of EDF it is just another EDF game and honestly had I not been reviewing it I would have likely skipped it because past the coat of paint and new mechanics, it is just shooting giant bugs and monsters. With that I will basically say that this game is on par with EDF 5. It is still fun but nothing special.
  6. IGN Italia
    Jun 7, 2021
    75
    Earth Defense Force: World Brothers is a good spin-off for the series, thanks to a nice graphic style and a simple but fun gameplay. The lack of variety is the only important issue to keep in mind.
  7. PLAY
    Jul 5, 2021
    60
    Although the effort to make the series fresh and accessible is admirable, it’s backfired. Fans will be disappointed, newbies will wonder what all the fuss is about. [Issue#3, p.144]
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  1. Bellicose
    May 31, 2021
    5
    A cheerful, simplistic, awkward, colourful children's game. Fans of the series should be warned: this is more Lego than EDF.
  2. Stride75
    Sep 6, 2021
    5
    Game is fun but there are 3 major problems. 1. There is one particular level with waterfalls and a rainbow bridge where an enemy clips in aGame is fun but there are 3 major problems. 1. There is one particular level with waterfalls and a rainbow bridge where an enemy clips in a wall and is stuck inside it. Normally you can't finish missions until you kill everything so if an enemy gets stuck you'll likely won't be able to kill it. Forcing you to restart the entire mission over or spending loads of time trying to kill it. This unfortunately happens often in this level
    2. One enemy called saurous lags the game exponentially when it uses its fire breathing to the point the game doesn't register inputs making you stand still as you life drains in 3 seconds. Thankfully it doesn't appear in to many missions
    3. RNG is the worst I've ever seen in any game. Say you want a rocket launcher, you'll need to find the Character that holds it in a mission and rescue them. Doesn't sound bad right? Unfortunately, no. First you have to hope to RNG that the character spawns in a level and hope to rng that, if you do rescue them, they have a weapon. If they don't good luck finding them again. Then be disappointed they don't have it once more. Also the one level that all characters are guaranteed to spawn at some point is the one level dedicated to saurous    … Expand

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