I'm loving it so far. Fighting bugs reminds me a lot of EDF and Starship Troopers, while fighting the Automatons reminds me of the future war scenes in Terminator.
I've uploaded a Toggle HUD mod if anyone wants it:
https://www.nexusmods.com/helldivers2/mods/1
There's really a game series out there that's the zany child of early cinema giant *thing* movies, '50s alien movies, a dash of starship troopers, and a healthy helping of kaiju films- all wrapped up in a coop shooter with 100% dedication to just being silly and fun and no one knows about it.
Play EDF already.
Play it.
This is a demand.
Earth Defense Force 4.1 is like 20 bucks when not on sale on every platform and steam and it's a perfect title.
Earth Defense Force 5 is on sale plenty and is the current epitome of the series (available in the west)
EDF6 is out in Japan and coming to the west soon and looks astoundingly fun.
If you have Playstation Plus with the game catalog you LITERALLY HAVE THESE GAMES ALREADY-
All on Plus's catalog*
If you have the xbox game pass then I have terrible, terrible news for you.
I am sorry.
Microsoft confirmed for shit taste, they did not add a single EDF game to their pass list.
And Nintendo fans don't really have an equivalent "pass" system for games that aren't NES-N64 classics, but they can still buy World Brothers* which is nice. (and 4.1 but only from the japanese marketplace)
ANYWAYS.
PLAY EDF.
IF YOU HAVE PSN PLUS YOU LITERALLY HAVE THEM- PLAY THEM.
EDF!!! EDF!!!
You'll get to shoot big bugs! Robots! Godzilla('s cousin)! Gamera('s nephew)! GRAYS! MOTHERSHIPS! ROLLEY POLIES!!! MORE!!!!!!!
DO IT.
*= Iron Rain is an interesting and worthwhile spinoff by a western developer. It's certainly worth a try, and has aspects that are better than the core series (such as customization), but this post is about the core main series developed by Sandlot- which the fanbase can pretty confidently claim are the superior titles.
World Brothers is FUN AS HELL but same story and is arguably more of a celebration reference filled game with less meat on its bones.