Earth Defense Force World Brothers Review (PlayStation 4)

by Jim Smale · June 3, 2021

In our Earth Defense Force World Brothers Review, we play ALOT of A new EDF adventure! The action takes place in a parallel world. The Earth is made up of destructible digital blocks. This Earth has fallen into a bug-infested shit show. Go save the day soldiers. EDF!!

Earth Defense Force World Brothers Pros:

Beautiful voxel graphics style.
12.93GB download size.
Platinum trophy.
Works on Playstation 5.
Six save slots.
Tutorial level.
Three game modes-story, online play, and local split-screen modes.
Team customisation- set team name and emblem. You can set up six teams of four.
Loadout- weapon, and accessories for each character.
Team- four slots and you can put anyone in.
Characters- you rescue them on a level to unlock them and their weapons and accessories.
Rescued characters will join you instantly if there is space.
3rd person action shooter gameplay.
Uses the same formula as in the previous games.
Health for you, health for all the team, and SP juice drop from enemies.
Everything is destructible.
Change characters with the d-pad.
Each team member is on screen and fights for you.
Press triangle to bring the team back to you instantly.
Can replay levels thanks to level select.
Three difficulties-easy, normal and hard.
Controls- Rebind them or four layout choices.
Auto aiming-on/off.
Happy more arcade-sounding soundtrack.
Characters will do more shout-outs and a lot more humorous one-liner.
Invert axis and sensitivity sliders.
Chat wheel that can be customized.
End of level award screen for MVP.
Difficulties affect how much damage enemies and friendly fire does.
Minimap that shows enemies, allies, pickups, and people to rescue.
Fast loading times.
Performance is impressive.
Damage numbers on/off.
SP- your special attack/ability charges with kills.
You can revive teammates.
Clear easy to read Hud.
A lot of free characters DLC.
Breaks the fourth wall a few times.
Big massive boss battles.
Buildings have more to them as you can damage parts of them and even go inside.
You have every class of character from the original games like Wing Ranger, Ranger except now they add ninjas and Web singers!
Familiar enemies like ants, spiders, and robots are back in pixellated form.
Vehicles can be used and get spawned in.

Earth Defense Force World Brothers Cons:

Leans way too hard into the humor, arcade.
Only a handful of character types.
Characters repeat one-liners over and over.
Levels are way too big that the time to finish a level is drastically lengthened.
Weapons take longer to unlock as they don’t drop in-game like the other games.
The story is pure cheese with a slice of what in the actual fuck. One level has a whole conversation on what is Miso soup and how to make Tofu.
You can only carry one weapon.
No explanation on how skill levels work or increase.
Driving vehicles are a pain.
The vehicles are really weak.
Bullet sponge bosses.
Casual racism with their portrayal of countries and how they act/are/Sound.
Skilling up is a long and random process.
Annoying character in the game that uses text speak and hashtag quotes.