Erik Brudvig wrote:

Technically speaking, Earth Defense Force 2017 is not a good videogame. Everything from the visuals to the level design just screams low-budget in an all too unflattering way. Yet, I just spent the past weekend playing nearly 22 hours of the game, most of it with a compatriot playing by my side. I even stayed in on St. Patrick's Day to play it rather than celebrating the Irish in all of us. How does it happen that a game can be so horrible and horribly addicting at the same time? Earth Defense Force 2017 is cheesy, can't sustain a solid frame rate to save its life, and by all accounts should be boring due to its repetition. And yet, the game is fun enough that I'm ready for more.