Global Defence Force

UK box art.

Overview

Global Defense Force (also known as Global Defence Force, Earth Defense Force 2 or Simple 2000 Volume 81: The Earth Defense Force 2) is the second installment of the Earth Defense Force series, which was released on the PlayStation 2 in Japan and Europe but never in North America. In Japan, the game was ported to PlayStation Portable as Earth Defense Forces 2 Portable in 2011 and PlayStation Vita as Earth Defense Forces 2 Portable V2. The latter was given a US release in 2015 as Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders From Planet Space.

The player can choose between playing as the male soldier classified as Infantry who can use normal weapons and use vehicles, or a female specialty class known as the Pale Wing, which instead uses energy-based weaponry and can fly for short periods of time. Because of this there are two complete sets of non-interchangeable weapons, totalling 300 in GDF and 328 in Portable. The weapons added in Portable are all high-level final models of existing series. Portable also changes the "repair spray" weapon's name to the more familiar Reverser.

In this game the giant insects are referred to as "Gigantors."

Let's Play Global Defence Force Intro and Stage 1

Video showing introductory sequence and discussing gameplay (video by Mister Phillby on YouTube)

Behind the scenes

The game was originally published as Simple 2000 Volume 81: The Chikyū Bōeigun 2 in Japan by D3 Publisher, as volume 81 of the Simple 2000 series of budget games. It was later released in Europe by Essential Games, the brand created by D3 Publisher to publish Simple 2000 series games in Europe. The EU version does not replace the Japanese dub voices, instead electing to have no voice acting whatsoever during missions.