KAMGUSTA's mini Review

Before talking about the game, I'd like to summarize the Earth Defense Force franchise games you can find here on STEAM. All of them are third-person shooter where you have to kill seemly endless hordes of giant insects and skyscaper-sized mechanized aliens with different weapons and with only the help of some trusty teammates. Sounds familiar? Many games tried to copy this winning formula, which dates back to the 1997's cult movie "Starship Trooper".
EDF 5 is an enhanced version of EDF 4.1, they both are the "top of the line", great controls, good graphics, nice and smooth gameplay, TON of enemies, exaggerated humor and lot of combinations character / weapon to choose from.
EDF World Brothers is a different take on the gameplay - still fun - but with a more "arcade" playstyle and a LEGO / Minecraft look, aimed at a younger / more casual audience.
EDF Insect Armageddon is the oldest one, a spin-off of EDF 3 made mostly for the western audience (it has a more "serious" look and there is less humour) but it feels antiquated and unpolished by 2024's standards.
And EDF Iron Rain? It's a spin-off made not by the same developers of the original, still aimed at the western audience, so more "serious" - all considered, the spiritual successor of Insect Armageddon.
It's not a bad game, graphic is good, there is split screen co-op, you can fully customize your characters (albeit you can't change it anymore), but... it doesn't have the winning formula (and the creators' hand) of EDF games; ultimately, it's not as fun as the "real" ones. Go play 4.1, 5 and, soon, 6, instead.

Recommended buy price 5$
Score 6,5/10

I brought a key for 6$ as i dont think this game is worth more than 10-15$
final review for 6$
honestly kinda worth it for the concepts, the weapons are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ since they took the idea of joke guns from mainline edf games and made nearly all of them useless
the "classes" are neato trooper is standard man, wing diver is a gutted wd from 5, fencer is probably the 2nd best since he gets double of a gun you equip and theres fun stuff that can be had with a gun that has a 1/10/0,1% chance to do 1000/200/10k damage,prowl rider is hands down the best addition with mobility and survivability alongside being able to summon a spider/ant/scorpion and being able to swing like in attack on titan
story is meh at the beginning but picks up at the end only to end before anything can come out of it
6 player coop
ai is actually useless they shoot at walls so dont expect them to help you or to use them as bait as you have a higher threat (with the only thing being higher is the decoys which are hands down the best item)than them
enemy designs are nice
character customization is great and classes not tied to a single chara like in previous edf games

Very fun game! Just uh don't get it for 60 bucks