Global Defence Force

Players assume the role of a member of the Earth Defense Force and fight giant insects and other enemies who have invaded Earth from outer space. A PlayStation Portable version of the game, titled Earth Defense Forces 2 Portable, was released on April 7, 2011 in Japan. A PlayStation Vita version, titled Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space (known in Japan as Earth Defense Forces 2 Portable V2), was released for the first time in North America by Xseed Games in December 2015. A port of Earth Defense Force 2 was released for the Nintendo Switch in Japan in July 2021.

• Title — Global Defence Force / Simple 2000 Series Vol. 81: The Chikyū Bōeigun 2 • Developer — Sandlot • Director — Takehiro Honma Toshio Noguchi • Programmer — Toshio Noguchi Nobuo Fujii • Producer — Nobuyuki Okajima • Artist — Masatsugu Igarashi • Composer — Masafumi Takada Jun Fukuda • Series — Earth Defense Force • Platforms — PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch • Released — PlayStation 2 PlayStation PortableApril 7, 2011 PlayStation Vita Nintendo SwitchJuly 15, 2021 • Genre — Third-person shooter • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer

• Illustration — The PaleWing soldier flying with her jetpack while attacking giant ants with an electrical weapon Global Defence Force is a third-person shooter featuring large play areas and waves of mecha and giant insects. Players control either a foot soldier (Storm-1) who uses conventional weaponry such as assault and sniper rifles, shotguns, and rocket-propelled grenades or a jetpack-equipped soldier (Pale Wing) who uses energy-based weaponry. Most of the game's missions are cleared by eliminating all enemies present, starting with giant ants on earlier stages and eventually progressing to giant lizard enemies. A number of vehicles such as a tank, helicopter, and a hoverbike are available in some missions for players to board and attack enemies with. However, only the Storm-1 unit can use the vehicles. • Illustration — Split screen co-operative mode. The player on the left is controlling the PaleWing soldier. The player on the right, controlling the infantryman, is driving a tank. A total of 300 different weapons are available between the two characters, but players are limited to carrying two weapons during missions. Weapons are unlocked by picking up containers dropped by enemies. Every weapon picked up during play will add a random weapon of the character's to the selection, duplicate weapons are discarded. Armor chips and medical kits, also dropped by enemies, increase the character's maximum possible health and recover lost health respectively. There are a total of 71 missions spread over 7 environments to play through, the first mission taking place in London. Five difficulty levels are available for each mission. Half-medals are awarded for completing a mission on a set difficulty with either character. Completing the same stage with the other character results in a complete medal. Once a player has collected all the medals for every mission, "Impossible" mode is unlocked. Impossible difficulty limits the Armor (HP) value for both Pale Wing and Infantry.