Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain is clearly a spin-off to the regular games, and the change of developer and the usage of the Unreal Engine brought a lot of changes to the game as well. It’s obvious they tried to attract a new crowd with the improved graphics as a lot of people wouldn’t even touch the game when they saw the outdated graphics in the previous games. The class system has been changed and we couldn’t say that it was bad at all. The way weapons unlock could be something to nag about as farming for weapons was one of the things to do when you completed the first playthrough.
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN
Yuke's · Apr 11, 2019
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Save the world without hope. Year 2040. An action TPS where you will become one of the EDF soldiers and fight against the invaders from outer space which ruined the world. In the world settings which differs from the original "EARTH DEFENSE FORCE" series, more than 50 missions in five difficulties await for your challenge.
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- 4.0Overall, Iron Rain echoes Insect Armageddon as a spin-off that tries to take the well-loved series in a new direction. Unfortunately, it drained out a lot of the charm that made the older titles so fun to begin with. Admittedly, any Earth Defense Force game will have a passable fun factor just from how straightforwardly enjoyable it is to blow up giant enemies and buildings.
- 7.0Iron Rain is a good game on its own merits, but it's simply not as good as EDF5. It is a pretty different experience that's easy to recommend to series fans that are hungry for more, though.
- 6.0Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain is a major low point. The various changes that improve on the formula are outweighed by other design choices that actively hurt the title's overall appeal. The actual combat still has some of the magic the series is known for, and even if online co-op is barely there unless you coordinate with others beforehand, the game is still fun to play with friends. If you're new to the series, playing Iron Rain won't be so bad, but if you've already killed bugs several times before, this title won't be able to scratch that itch again.
- It was a dumb game that was filled with laughs and worth checking out despite its many faults. On the other hand, Iron Force is everything that they weren’t. It’s an attempt to commercialize shlock and broaden the audience. Everything about it makes sense, and it’s a better game at the end of the day due to the added polish. However, it’s not nearly good enough to get recommended with the games it’s now competing with and has lost much of its original appeal along the way.
- 8.5I recommend Iron Rain to anyone looking for a dumb, semi-mindless alien killing spree. It is probably the purest throw back to the run and gun shooters of old. I hope the next Sandlot developed EDF takes a lot of notes from Iron Rain and improves upon them, because after this the Sandlot formula feels extremely antiquated.
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