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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair on Steam
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It's a fight for the future of the planet between the Ravagers, a merciless swarm of alien invaders, and the Earth Defense Force (EDF) in this third-person shooter.Play as four different classes in over 80 missions with a range of 800 weapons at your disposal.Co-op play supported.
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair is a action, third-person shooter and co-op game
developed by SANDLOT
and published by D3PUBLISHER.
Released on July 18th 2016 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
in 2 languages: English and Japanese.
It has received 7,782 reviews of which 7,393 were positive and 389 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 16.79€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.44€ on K4G.
The Steam community has classified EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair into these genres:
Action
Third-Person Shooter
Co-op
Online Co-Op
Aliens
Mechs
Sci-fi
Local Co-Op
Anime
Split Screen
Funny
Multiplayer
Shooter
Robots
Destruction
Comedy
Difficult
Singleplayer
Gore
Memes
Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair:
| UI | Subtitle | Audio | |
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| English | |||
| Japanese |
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System requirements
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Windows 10 64bit
- Processor: 3 GHz 2 Core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7870 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 （2GB Model or higher）
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 8 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 11 sound device
- Additional Notes: XInput Controller
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EDF 4.1 is a great game that is showing its age with jank. The menu navigation does not use a mouse, and overall the game is more clunky and is less flushed out than EDF 5. However, once you get accustomed to the rough edges, this is still a fantastic game. If you are new to EDF. I recommend starting on EDF 5 as they improved a lot of the clunkiness. If you know you will play this one all the way through, go for it instead. This is my favorite game series and I can't recommend it enough. See below for a quick summary ranking of all games in the series. Mainline Games A – Tier EDF 5 EDF 6 B – Tier EDF 4.1 Sideline EDF Games B – Tier EDF World Brothers 2 C – Tier EDF World Brothers (go straight to World Brothers 2 unless you are an EDF addict) D – Tier (Hell Divers 2 is what these games strived to be, play that first) EDF Insect Armageddon EDF Iron Rain Offshoots and Old School B – Tier All mainline console games before EDF 4.1 C – Tier EDF 4.1 Wingdiver the Shooter
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Frequently Asked Questions
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair is currently priced at 16.79€ on Steam.
No, EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 16.79€ on Steam.
Yes, EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair received 7,393 positive votes out of a total of 7,782 achieving an impressive rating of 9.20.
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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair was developed by SANDLOT and published by D3PUBLISHER.
Yes, EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair is not playable on MacOS.
No, EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair is not playable on Linux.
Yes, EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair is playable on Steam Deck, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
Yes, EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair is playable on Steam Machine, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
No, EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair does not support VR.
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.
Yes, there are 18 DLCs available for EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair. Explore additional content available for EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair on Steam.
No, EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Yes, EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair supports Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet, Remote Play on TV and Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
Yes, EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair.
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Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
48
Developer
SANDLOT
Publisher
D3PUBLISHER
Release
18 Jul 2016
Platforms
Remote Play
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