Earth Defense Force 5
Stand and fight for humanity. This arcade shooter takes place in the year 2022, as the Earth Defense Force fends off an all-out attack by unknown life forms. Become an EDF soldier, battle against endless…
Earth Defense Force 5 is a shooter developed by Sandlot, released 7 December 2017 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Earth Defense Force 5 is
Earth Defense Force 5 is a shooter game developed by Sandlot and released in 2017. It was published by D3 Go!. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Earth Defense Force 5 is the fifth main installment, and the eighth game in the Earth Defense Force video game series. Developed by Sandlot and published by D3 Publisher, the game was released for the PlayStation 4 in Japan on December 7, 2017. The game was released simultaneously in the United States, Europe, China, and South Korea on December 11, 2018, as a digital exclusive for the PlayStation 4. Earth Defense Force 5 departs from the continuity established by Earth Defense Force 2017 and Earth Defense Force 2025/4.1, and is set in a new continuity where the Earth Defense Force is a private military corporation and sees action for the first time in the year 2022.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 39 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Earth Defense Force 5 holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 4 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz/AMD A10-7850K 3.70GHz, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 30GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Earth Defense Force 5 launched on 7 December 2017, within three weeks of Star Wars Battlefront II, Hello Neighbor, Yakuza Kiwami 2 and Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Star Wars Battlefront II, Hello Neighbor, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Earth Defense Force 5 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Earth Defense Force 5: Air Raider Weapon Singing and Dancing Pure Decoy Launcher Set of 8
Earth Defense Force 5: Ranger Weapon Decoy Launcher (Pale Wing)
Earth Defense Force 5: Mission Pack 1 - Extra Challenge
Earth Defense Force 5: Mission Pack 2 - Super Challenge
Earth Defense Force 5: Fencer Weapon - Grim Reaper Shield
Earth Defense Force 5: Fencer Weapon - Happy Body Pillow
Earth Defense Force 5: Ranger & Air Raider Weapon - EDF: WB Decoy Set (ver Civilian)
Earth Defense Force 5: Ranger & Air Raider Weapon - EDF: WB Decoy Set (ver Soldier)
Earth Defense Force 5: Ranger Piloted Weapon - Blacker Number 4.1
Earth Defense Force 5: Ranger Piloted Weapon - Omega Freesia
Earth Defense Force 5: Ranger Support Device - Detector S-Type
Earth Defense Force 5: Ranger Vehicle - Light Truck
Earth Defense Force 5: Wing Diver Support Device - Reverse Core S-Type
Earth Defense Force 5: Air Raider Piloted Weapon - Blacker Number 5
Earth Defense Force 5: Air Raider Piloted Weapon - Combat Frame Phantasia Shield Nyx
Earth Defense Force 5: Air Raider Vehicle - Caliban Armored Ambulance Joyful Marking
Earth Defense Force 5: Air Raider Weapon - FZ-GUN
Earth Defense Force 5: Fencer Support Device - Wild Skeleton
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