Ranking EVERY EDF Game WORST TO BEST (Top 8 Games) 

"Sir! We're surrounded on all sides!" "Good! We don't need to aim!"

EDF 5 is legitimately one of my favorite games of all time. Gameplay is amazing and is a lot of fun, it's hilarious, and super creative. I am shocked it isn't more popular. Also, soundtrack is phenomenal.

Frankly I find the idea of a bug who thinks offensive

I love the fact that 4.1 and 5 they’re voice work is like a sort of kay faybe like it’s cheesy but they play it seriously and never break character or 4th wall break and i find that entertaining and funny

The class that got change the most in edf 5 is not the air raider, it's the fencer. In 4.1, fencer is a bulldozer. In 5, he's a gundam.

I just found out that EDF 2017 was on the Xbox One and bought it. Me and my buddy spent soo many hours playing this back on the 360. When we hit a wall we'd go back to lower levels and farm armor and weapons while taking out higher difficulties of the lower levels. I loved the graphics of it and feel like it was a near perfect game. I'm not even a fan of shooter games but can spend hours happily shooting ants.

A man who enjoys both EDF and Serious Sam is someone very deserving of my respect!

2017 all the way for me! I remember renting it back in 2007 off a recommendation from the blockbuster clerk. He said "Have you ever seen a Godzilla movie? You know when the military shows up and gets stomped by the monster? Well, in this game you play as the military." Best recommendation I ever received ❤

This… this right here is my childhood. I remember playing Global defense force on a PS2 at my friends house in his tiny ass bedroom with no chairs. But the tiny ass tv was so high above his bed we had to sit on our knees, head as high as possible, on his bed to even see the screen. For hours. The greatest time of my life.

What made me fall in love with EDF was the grenade weapons in 2017. Pitching a hand-grenade a city block away was just an unparalleled experience. The campy core of the entire series in a single action.

Insect Armageddon was my first EDF game, and it honestly has some of my favorite enemy designs. Those MK2 Hectors are some intimidating looking bastards. EDF 4.1 TSoND, and EDF 5 are the other ones I've played. 4.1 is my favorite. EDF5 has awesome music, but has those damn species gamma aggressors. Those things can burn in hell. I also gotta say just how much I love the Plasma Heavy Cannon in it. 7700 damage on a full charge.

I absolutely adored 2017 when it released. It felt like a dumb oasis in a desert of self-serious games at the time. I’ve never gotten around to 4.1 or 5 so this makes me very excited to check them out!

Me and my sis was introduced to EDF 2017 back when it first came out on 360. We beat that game so many times. Thanks to my uncle he was a hardcore gamer

"Camalot" Sandlot my friend

there was an official novel of EDF based on 4.1 timeline and the story itself was about the Lambda team, sadly it was only available in Japan tho

EDF is criminally underrated games. Its just dumb fun, lower priced games, where you have fun with your buddies. A game type desperately needed today in gaming.

I thinki would be cool if they did a EDF game with a Starship Troopers collaboration. It would make the perfect Starship Troopers game.

My biggest issues with Iron Rain is that because of the swap to UE4 along with a bigger emphasis on graphics the enemy count is drastically lower than other entries so to compensate for the difficulty they had to beef their HP up making most weapons early in the game horribly unsatisfying to use. Along with that there's a lot of cases where they tried to fix what isn't broken like the weapon system which ironically became even more of a grind than past games. That being said prowl rider is probably one of the most fun classes and I really wish they'd put it in the mainline entries someday.

I'm glad you have included THE ALMOST NOT KNOWN wing diver game

Damn you’ve been introducing me to so many underground series lately, keep it up 👍🏼

My first EDF experience was EDF2 (called Global Defense Force on PS2). I immediately fell in love with the games sheer unhinged nature, and it made me an EDF fan My favourite part of EDF5 has to be the destructible models of every enemy

Man we would play halo and edf all night long around 07-08 on the 360 and never get tired of it. Our framerate on inferno mode or whatever was like 4 it got so ridiculous

Insect Armageddon really deserve more credits , it is basically the predecessor of mainline EDF classes with all theirs special perks along with multi-seated vehicle . Too bad it have way too few missions :/

I had SO much fun with EDF 5 it very quickly became one of my favourite games to play. Combined with the fact I had 2 friends to play online with regularly to ramp up the difficulty and just go HAM with it was fantastic! It was a lot of fun, lots of laughs with so many friendly fire moments. some frustrating times trying to figure out the right combo of classes and weapons to beat certain levels. Just a REALLY good time! My main class has always been the Wingdiver so I'm keen to check out the Wingdiver spin-off! and Worl Brothers looks like a lot of silly fun, so thanks for bringing those to my attention.

Another great video keep it up Jonathan!

4:49 One thing I DID notice is that a lot of the more advanced enemies have a lot more tricks up their sleeves then their Japanese counterparts, like multiple more attacks and mechanics… I think they were going for a “Quality over Quantity” approach.

Great video. Thanks. EDF Wing Diver is also on PSN. I played it on the PS4.

What a great video! Been a fan of EDF ever since I got EDF 2017 on my xbox 360 and fun fact, it was the first game that made my console RROD! The only thing I would change is to put wingdiver at the bottom and insect armageddon above it. I was so happy to see you put iron rain above IA. I dont get why Iron rain is reviewed more negative then IA which is at 80% positive on steam or something lol. Other then that, 100% agreed with everything, im excited for EDF 6 and World brothers 2. The first time a spinoff gets a sequel, lol.

EDF:IA was not taht bad. Also, I'm not sure Air Raider would ever have happened if not for Tactical, nor the Fencer if not for the heavy... The biggest problem to me was that it didn't have a good sense of scale. The classic EDF series is really good at making you feel small and the aliens seem huge and that wasn't the case with IA.

EDF:2017 on the Xbox 360 was my introduction to the series, and it hooked me to the point that I completed it solo on Inferno. My favorite is actually the Portable version on Vita, which adds the Wing Diver for a second playable class. The graphics take a hit to be playable on that mobile system, but it looks good enough, and played very well on the PSTV with a DualShock 4. Insect Armageddon has one thing going for it. The pesticide rifle for the "Jet Armor" in that game is stupidly fun to use. This endgame weapon could actually be fired twice in a row, followed by a full energy bar refill. All the other EDF games are more polished and entertaining, on the whole, and IA doesn't even finish telling its story. But using the pestiicide rifle to clear out the invaders actually represents a high point in the series, for me. And World Brothers, too, has a neat concept I'd like to see in core EDF titles. Going into battle with AI squadmates, whose characters with different class loadouts the player can switch to on the fly. Sprinting, or in older titles, rolling over to a squad of Troopers or Wing Divers for backup has long been a mechanic in this series. But it doesn't do anything to address the gaps that design choices made for the sake of a (often separate) co-op campaign leave in the single-player experience.

The world brothers humor is great. Especially if you're familiar with the franchise

22:24 I loved these giant robots in 4.1 (I loved their imposing animations and the way they died and exploded). I'm at around mission 35 on EDF 5 and have been disappointed that I have not seen any of them yet. They have been replaced by the Giant Frogs...which aren't as fun or scary. You mentioned in the video (26:26) that EDF 5 has all the enemies of 4.1. Do the giant robots with the long arms show up later?

I think the budget graphics suit these games well, EDF games have that classic B-Movie sci-fi monster flick vibe.

Love the Hylics 2 music used lol, just got into this series and really enjoying it, playing 4.1, may go to 5 next lol

if you got the inferno ending for insect armageddon then you'd definetly rank it higher its so fucking funny lol "Lightning.. my real name is actually Roger Ops.." "Roger.. my real name is Lightning Alpha.." "I love you lightning.." "Roger Roger" 😭

I decided to get EDF 5 after badgers “review” of 4.1, and I can just say it’s already up there with my favorite games!

In answer to your question it took me around 400 hours to platinum EDF 4.1 and well over 500 for EDF 5. Until you've gotten the Wingdiver up to 50,000 health you don't know the meaning of the word grinding. Putting 50 hours in on EDF 5 is like simply pressing the start button for the first time. The DLC missions on Inferno are beyond crazy. Grinding out the beach level with the mechs and sliver spiders is the stuff of nightmares. But they will drop the most powerful weapons in the game. The strategies we came up with for that level really took the cake. Having played every EDF that was in English I have to say I thought Insect Armageddon wasn't that bad. Not as good as 5 of course . But far better than the first two EDF games on the Vita for sure. It was fun enough to get all the trophies.I love the leveling up system far better than picking up boxes. I like how the flying character can actually stay up in the air for more than 3 seconds and how you can increase the energy meter. Most importantly vehicles are actually useful. In EDF games they are an utter joke. Like they are made of tissue paper. The Mechs in EDF 5 were ok but even those are kind of garbage. In IA the tanks are amazing and in co op strafing with the tank is actually good. I think they should have been given a second chance to do another game. World Brothers is fun but collecting all weapons is a nightmare. I'm looking forward to EDF 6 probably next year for us since they never release one of the games here until the DLC is finished.

I Just Discovered these games they look awesome, I think I saw a friend playing one a Long time ago & Now found out what it was!

The only think I can really disagree with is the dragons and flying frogs. Probably the only reasons I still play 2017

LOVE EDF5 to DEATH, one kf my favorites of all time!!! Sooooooooo FUN to play!!! Can't wait for EDF 6 to release in US!! TAKING TO LONG!!! LOL! Would love/like to see a mmo EDF made! Or An EDF similar to edf5 but with more coop players like edf iron rain(6 coop players)! Thanks for the video!

Started from Monster Attack (EDF1) and have now played them all, spinoffs included. In 2 months. I'd say that EDF2 is my favorite one (Floating City reveal went so hard), but 5 is definitely my favorite *to play*. Haven't been playing the series for a long time, but it's become one of my favorites very quickly. Already poured 170 hours into 5, all i've got left is Inferno on all classes. I can already imagine that 6 will go very similarily

i love edf and i cant wait for 6 my first edf game was Armageddon

I honestly think Insect Armageddon was good. Not a great EDF game, but I legitimately enjoyed everything about it outside of the hitboxes. Seeing giant insects and Hectors and being actually scared to engage them is a different feeling, I loved the intimidation factor

These games also play VERY well local split-screen co-op. My favorite was definitely 5, but World Brothers with the 4-character loadout was a nice change, having 8 characters fighting together with 2-player co-op.

Pre-ordered EDF 6 today and this showed up on my feed lmao

I love EDF and I don't like how he had EDF IA as the worst EDF because of the fact how it was realistic and it makes sense for the less bugs but i grew up playing that EDF when i was 4 up to 6 years old

The first EDF game I played was GDF (or EDF 2 for the vita, I played on playstation) and from that point on, I just knew this series would do well, it had that potential. Glad to see I was right.

Iron Rain was the first EDF game I really dove in head first. I love it. I guess it's a good entry point 👍

Not sure if anyone sees, but what's the BGM played during World Bothers/Invaders From Earth?

Im new to edf i played 4.1 and I fall in love but 5 is amazing 👏. I do wish tanks hade other guns? question is the dlcs enny good? My favorite class is the air Rader. And what improvements would u make if u could?

My first experience of EDF was Monster Attack on the ps2 it was so surreal and I played the hell out of that game!

Nice ranking i say my fave is 4.1. I havent played edf 5 yet but from the current looks of it it seems a little toned down like maybe less monsters which is what ive always liked about 4.1 but im rxcited to check it out

I played edf wb with my 6 year old and had a blast. Multiple characters basically translated to multiple lives, which made it easier on him without losing the core game loop.

What do you think of the overdrive system in edf iron rain?

Played 2017 yonks ago. Such a great game. Came here to see if it was ever bettered.

World Brothers was much more fun than I expected it would be. I feel like it could be a great gateway for EDF addiction to a newcomers.

Completely agree man. Absolutely love the EDF series

For me, I would rank them like this: 1. EDF 5 - the best game of the series you can get right now with a crapton of content and improved gameplay mechanics 2. EDF 4.1 - enhanced port of the already golden EDF 2025 that makes it an even better experience 3. EDF 2017 Portable (PS Vita) - for those who want a solid EDF experience on a portable, enhanced port of the 360 release 4. EDF 2025 (PS3/360 version of 4.1) - when the series started to peak 5. EDF: World Brothers - it's a solid mid game 6. EDF Insect Armaggedon - it's ok but it's not a traditional edf game when it comes to fun 7. EDF 2017 (Xbox 360) - it's very barebones, the Vita port fixed almost every issue I had with it 8. Global Defense Force/EDF 2 - mechanically outdated 9. EDF 4.1 Wing Diver - mediocre spin off 10. EDF Iron Rain - just bad 11. Simple 2000 Vol. 31: The Earth Defense Force - first game in the series, severely outdated budget game 12. EDF Tactics - crap, not even worth mentioning European spin off exclusive

personally would switch insect armageddon and iron rain purely on vibe reasons. Armageddon is like the american Godzilla or Ring, a japanese movie that was taken by an american studio and "americanized it" idk its hard to describe. Iron Rain on the other hand is trying SO hard to be Monster Hunter World

Bro when I was 12 I would always play 2025 with my best friend, we'd literally just stay up all night and play only EDF 2025 and those are honestly some of my fondest memories ever, it's sooo good, we always had soo much fun, even though we could have played like Destiny or AC or something like that, this game always hooked us so much. I just saw that it's on sale on Xbox and I might just have to buy it again

Just got EDF5 last week. A-MA-ZING!!!!

I'm so bummed they put these on Xbox anymore. My friend and I discovered 2017 on 360, we went of to get 2025. Now, he only has an Xbox while I have both Xbox and PlayStation but we can't play the new games together. Suck especially considering 2017 had success on Xbox and kind of brought the series to North America.

4.1 has a very silly tone! Ranger screams in despair, watching his comrades being brutally devoured by GIANT INSECTS in an increasingly hopeless war.

I really liked Insect Armageddon. It was missing the campiness and I don’t think the gameplay was quite there but it was the first time I experienced a choice of different classes and it had online co-op. Im sure it hasn’t aged as well but I’d definitely put it above the Wing Diver 4.1 game. I find it crazy how he puts both of them next to each other on the list given like he said the Wing Diver Game takes 45 minutes to beat and didn’t have much replay ability where Insect Armageddon while it’s not the best when compared to the Wing Diver game it has much more replay ability, online co op, and the same asking price at launch (at this point Insect Armageddon is half the price)

Is the air raider still dps or did they change him and make him a support class

bro insect Armageddon is honestly my favorite one by far

Insect armageddon us my favorite. It was amazing to play when i was a kid

EDF World brothers is definitely good enough to stand among the original titles, despite being a spinoff. Its actually my 2nd favorite EDF game behind EDF 5. It just does enough to differentiate itself while at the same time still retaining that EDF charm.

the best part about EDF is " aw no the alians are destroying our citis" when we are the one´s who oblitirate the buildings and not them.

The Version of 2017 for Vita has also been released on Switch and it is amazing. They added the Wing Diver and a lot of wacky weapons. It runs buttery smooth on Switch. Well worth it for fans of the 360 release

I keep forgetting EDF5 was the first to add actual conventional aliens, on account of them looking just like us!

my first edf game was insect Armageddon, then i played 4.1, 5 and iron rain, but i like 5 the most

Edf 4.1 fps doesn’t drop he says Edf 4.1 runs perfectly he says, my ps4 pro says otherwise

And here I thought I still remembered how 2017 looked. Edit: Noticed the Marvel vs. Capcom 2 music.

I've played 5 and gave 4.1 a try, didn't like 4.1 as much and stopped playing after a bit, tried world brothers, and to be honest, and this could be just me, but the mexican character kind of felt racist, his ability was to throw out a bottle of tequila as a molotov and after a mission he mentioned waking him up when the next one happened. I liked 5 but still had some annoyances with it, things that probably would have been resolved if I was playing multiplayer, but I played through the game single player. It annoyed me how when you get grapple enemies like the red and green ants you can't attack for a second, it annoyed me that the pill bug's attack was to knock you down over and over, the frog artillery annoyed me because the projectile knocks you down, the alien heavy flamethrower troopers annoyed me because they would make it so I couldn't see anything when they attacked, the alien walker robots were slightly annoying because they kept ducking behind buildings so I couldn't shoot them, I found it annoying that the bodies of enemies were solid objects for a couple seconds so they would eat any attacks I tried to launch and also that the bodies would pile up so much that I couldn't tell living enemies apart from corpses, and the wing divers outfit was a bit annoying because they're suppose to be a special forces unit and are fighting enemies using plasma, lasors, and acid but their armor provides no real protection from anything realistically. Still beat the game, still think about playing through the missions as a different class. Preferred class is wing diver due to speed. What I liked about the game, and the reason I didn't like 4.1 that much: Picking up armor gives the majority of the armor to the character that picked it up, armor wasn't scaling dependent and instead based on how many armor crates you picked up, picking up armor gave armor to the other classes you could play, picking up weapons crates divided them among the classes so every class got some weapons when you played a mission, if you got multiple of the same weapon it would level that weapon up.

EDF5 is my favorite game ever. One of the few games I ever bothered to platinum on my PS4. It's just so much fun. Love the whole series really. Enough so that I imported a copy of EDF6. There's just no other game series that hits quite the same as EDF.

The whole series Reminds me of armorines project swarm for the n64

"those frogs look like they're afraid of water.....but they aren't"

I never got bored playing edf 4.1 and 5, sure i got tired grinding to deaths, having to kill that damn frog again and again, but, i keep coming back playing it

16:09 Lmao Who the hell's flying these things

For me, 5 and 4.1, because 4.1 still has Hectors, and watching them go boom was so satisfying...

The gem system in iron rain was implemented to sell you gems a-la mobile games. This is not a joke.

Yeah I think I wanna play this series now.

i have played many many hours of 4.1 and im just bored of it at this point, there isnt a lot left for me to do, i want something new and i was just wondering if 5 is going to give that too me or if its just going to feel too similar to 4 to really matter.

Also, Happy New Year!

I have Wingdiver the Shooter on either my PS4 Pro or Xbox One X (sorry I can't remember- may be on both old/current gen consoles). I own all from the PS2 GDF and even the European only GDF Tactics I play on my modded PS2. World Bros. I bought Asian physical on Switch, but then ended up playing it on my PS4 digitally-sad it never had American release. I did same w Asian release of Iron Rain, I loved that game- hate how everyone craps on it. I love the core series obviously- but I thought the solo play through was a quick, fun blast for IR w some different weapons and ideas like a Attack of Titan like Prowl Rider!

Wich one has the best mechs to pilot ???

E! D! F! The EDF deploooooys I have 4.1 (18:59) The game is a triple A title in my book. I love it. For some reason, I never bought 5, cause I heard it's "not the same" or "Other people made it." Clearly, I've been mislead.... I will get 5, and 6 when it comes out. ♥

2:50 Edf is developed by Sandlot( Sand lot).

I have intriduced a total of 7 people to edf with edf 5. Dude. Its just sich a fucking amazing game

I was looking to see in wich rank was Earth Defense Force 2025 but i think it´s not on this list. am i wrong?

The first one in the certain point of that review the player almost got curb stomp by a damned flying car

My description of the air raider im every game is a man who has America’s military budget

The EDF thrancise is my favourite

OH WE ARE THE VALIANT INFANTRY

When is earth defense force 6 coming out?

"HEY! Are you okay!?" "That's what they say..." - EDF 4.1 NPC combat dialogue

Air Raider can tank the 4.1 frame rate and it's a pity the hectors are gone in 5 since their weapons are more varied than the frogs or aliens

Alright but world brothers lets you play as 4 air raiders at the same time, obliterating some poor sap with like 6+ air strikes is amazing.

Out of all of these (haven't played wing diver the shooter), only 2017 ever really frustrated me. It's the only one without classes, so there's not really much variety and not much you can do to escape a situation. Like, mobility does wonders in Mainline EDFs. Didn't run into mobility problems in IA funnily enough, despite playing Tactical.