Should I buy this or EDF 5? Or should I just get Helldivers 2?

I've only played 4.1 but I really liked it.

>>714789234 (OP)
EDF has missions with some variety bevause of different goals. Helldivers is basically the same 2-3 mission types.

I got tured of Helldivers gameplay loop very fast because of that. However the graphics, explosions and situations ypu can find yourself in were more satisfying Helldivers.

>>714789520
Which EDF is better between 5 and 6?

EDF is a janky goofy piece of shit that's fun because it's almost intentionally bad, with the typical japanisms where the plot goes off the rails at the end and introduces alternate dimensions and time travel and you have to kill god or whatever. You won't be able to find people to play it with you because it's still kind of a piece of shit at its core, and it's funny for streamers to fuck around with for 8 hours but not to come back to over and over for hundreds of hours unless you're a turbo autist.

Helldivers 2 is a much higher quality experience where they update it almost TOO frequently with new content to the point grown-ass adults with jobs can't keep up. But they fix something and break something else with each patch so the meta stuff is hard to keep track of. A gun can be fantastic one week and dog shit next week and then good again but with half the ammo capacity the week after that. But it seems like the devs calmed down with that bullshit recently and decided to just make everything overpowered which is more fun. People will be more likely to play with you, and Xbox is getting it next month so there will be a big influx of newbies and returning veterans.

>>714789941
I think EDF 4.1 is fun and not a piece of shit. I'm just bummed it's entirely dead online. Though 5 and 6 don't look too populated either now that I look at the numbers.

I don't particularly like the game is a part time job aspect of Helldivers

>>714789520
>Helldivers is basically the same 2-3 mission types.
You have 3 different factions to play against which each feel pretty different, for starters. One is ranged, one is CQB, and the third is a mix of swarming melee attacks and long range power weapons. Then within each, you have offensive missions which pretty much all play the same (explore map, destroy objectives), but there's variety in defense.

>>714790073
>I don't particularly like the game is a part time job aspect of Helldivers
It doesn't have to be cause you still get tons of medals when the community finishes major orders while you weren't playing. If you're talking about farming super credits to pay for the new warbond, they've been making them more rare so you're basically gonna have to pay anyway if you expect to get every single one. I just get the ones that have a specific weapon I want.

It's essentially an alternate history version of 5 so yeah play 5 first.

Helldivers 2, you'll actually have people to play with

>>714789234 (OP)
I personally much prefer 4.1 compared to 5. Lots of people here like 5 and glaze it but for me, outside of the QoL they added to the classes, it's a way worse experience compared to 4.1.

Helldivers is okay but it gets boring pretty quickly unless you're super into the idea of drop-pods and stuff. Not to mention that the grind for new players to unlock any of the cool new stuff is utterly horrendous.

>>714789594
5 by far.

>>714791014
What's worse about it?

>>714789594
6 is a wild ride but to really appreciate it, you have to play 5 first.

>>714789594
Go with both, they’re both great, 5 sets up the story which is surprisingly a pretty well done aspect about 6. If you can’t get both then just get 6, it’s got bits of 5 inside it but you won’t be able to appreciate it much. If you’re coming off of 4.1 they’re both different enough from 4.1 that you’ll enjoy them either way.

>>714789234 (OP)
I only played EDF4 but the Fencer Class was the absolute goat. Just hunkering down and discharging your dual Gatling Guns into an enemy attack was so satisfying I have yet to find a game that came close to even an inch of it.

You also habe the benefit of the vouce overs being wildly different. The english voice acting is similar to Helldivers, the japanese one closer to MuvLuv Alternative making the experience wildly different.

>>714791246
EN voice acting and dialogue in general is not nearly as good or impactful as it is in 4.1, pacing of missions is worse, there's lots of long stretches in the early missions where you're just waiting for the horrible dialogue to finish in order for the game to spawn the next group/wave of enemies, when you finally do get to a good and fun mission, they immediately throw another 3 shit ones at you. As is the usual case for EDF, there's a lot of copy and pasted missions, and the few unique missions there are, utterly pale in comparison to 4.1's. I also find that frogs and ayys aren't nearly as fun to fight.

I think 6 is fun as fuck, expect jank in a good way, I have not played the others.

>>714789234 (OP)
Honestly just get both. Both of them are great games.

>>714789234 (OP)
5 sets up 6 so go with 5 for now if you're budget constrained.

>>714792746
Whatever company they hired for EDF2025 dub was way better, Ohara was more of a loveable memeable fuck to me because of his voice.

>>714789234 (OP)
EDF 6 is a direct sequel to 5, you won't enjoy 6 as much if you didn't play 5 first

EDF6 comes with EDF7 so yeah

>Quality
HD2
>Quantity
EDF

t. played both

If you think edf is "janky," you don't know what that word means

>>714789234 (OP)
6 lierally has 5 in it, plus cooler shit to fight.

>>714795634
Bugs attacked earth and lost

There, youre all caught up for 6

>>714789941
>intentionally bad

Found the guy that got his shit rocked halfway through cuz he thinks bringing an assault rifle and rocket launcher in every single mission is a good idea

>>714789520
>bevause of different goals.
>kill all the enemies on the map
>kill all the enemies on the map
>kill all the enemies on the map
>try to kill all the enemies on the map except you can't because the map is scripted to end at a certain point
>different goals
Also EDF6 is almost insulting repetitive because not only do you have tons and tons of recycled missions do to the timeloop plot but a good portion of them are just outright directly recycled from EDF5.

>>714798579
The sick-ass close-range katana redeems the negatives not sure how good it is on harder difficulties tho

>>714789234 (OP)
EDF is built from the ground up to be fun and silly, Helldivers is built to be played seriously but with a silly paint job on top.

>>714799247
>spoiler
it's his best boost jump weapon and they only get better with more range.

EDF 4.1>EDF 5>>>>EDF 6>>>>>>>LITERAL SHIT>>>>>>>All other EDFs

>have to farm weapons
gay

>>714806450
It's not even difficult you fucking PUSSY. Higher difficulty yields higher powered weapons.

>>714806450
Only if you want to beat the Inferno DLC missions solo. Show me your base game Inferno/Hardest DLC clear?

>>714806589
It's not about being difficult. It's just annoying.

>>714806765
>It's... LE ANNOYING
God, what an insufferable little cunt you must be IRL

>>714806765
Would've been less annoying if the same drops actually upgrades the same unlocked weapon

I miss ranger being able to dual wield Lysander.

>>714789234 (OP)
I cannot get into Helldivers 2 because it always makes me wish I was playing EDF instead. EDF is just way more fun and chaotic.

>>714789234 (OP)
EDF6 kinda drags in the second but EDF5 doesn't really have a conclusive ending like 6 does, EDF6 also has way more environments and enemy variety (even though some of the new enemies kinda suck)

>>714810283
Didn't we get to punch the giant grey alium in 5? I'd say it's a conclusive enough of a get away from my lawn gesture

>>714804609
Honestly playing through EDF6 just makes me want to play an EDF game made by a studio that knows what the fuck they're doing. It's got potential to be kino but there's so many retarded decisions that drag it down
>people like using big fuck you guns to take down hordes of enemies
>let's make levels with nothing but massive hordes of extremely spongey enemies and let's make those bullet sponge enemies spawn infinitely from spawners that require gimmicky methods to take them down
>people want to run around yelling EDF and killing aliens and monsters
>let's have a bunch of parts where you're stuck in place listening to dialogue or following some faggot walking down a hall listening to him spout a bunch of exposition
>one of the coolest things about the premise is that humanity's so fucked they're fighting the alien invaders with technicals made from the upper torsos of power exoskeletons welded onto the back of pick up trucks
>instead of expanding on that let's have that shit take a back seat in favor of some time travel bullshit so we can just mostly reuse missions from EDF5, sometimes beat for beat
It's just painfully obvious that Sandlot just doesn't know what their playerbase wants

>>714810542
Yeah but it's kind of a downer ending

>>714789594
You need to play 5 first.

>>714809797
I'm in a similar boat. As much as I want to like HD2, I prefer having a real narrative progression like in EDF. Things feel like they're randomly happening in HD
>>714810571
>let's have a bunch of parts where you're stuck in place listening to dialogue or following some faggot walking down a hall listening to him spout a bunch of exposition
This is the worst offence by far. Capcom is also doing that to MH. What do we have to do so Jap devs can pull their heads out of their asses

>>714810571
I don't think I have ever said this without being ironic but here I am... Skill issue. Including waiting for dialogue since it lets you reposition and/or grab crates

>>714811869
Not when they keep putting them in the level intro

>>714810741
>Get to live out the most primal of male urges to fight down to the last man
>Try to arrest god
>Kill him when he doesn't comply
Need more test bro.

>>714812182
I just realized you were talking about the bullshit missions where you just walk to a point and that's it. Never mind I concede those are shit

>>714812329
In EDF6 you become Humanity's chosen hero of time and when you beat the final boss on the hardest difficulty one of the radio girls confesses her love for you

>>714812550
I know but 5s ending was superb for no time travel shenanigans. Fighting and every mission there being less and less people was kino.

>>714812678
beating 'god' at the end was the ultimate pyrrhic victory. it felt great, but... damn: there was nothing left to fight for.

>>714789234 (OP)
Your previous shill thread died like a bitch, dumb retarded pajeet shill.

>>714813037
There is enough people left to rebuild anon. Storm 1s seed will create a new stronger group of humans

>>714811869
I'm not talking about parts where there's some dialogue at the end of a mission or a brief lul in the fight while characters are talking. That shit's fine and on top of moving the story along serves a gameplay purpose in that they give you a moment to collect supplies, get your bearings, and catch a break in a way that doesn't really interrupt the flow of gameplay. It's generally a better way to tell the story too.
I'm talking about shit like the mission after the Kuul are first introduced where you have to sit an alley unable to move or do anything listening to one of the soldiers monologue about how hopeless the situation is until another soldier runs over and tells you there's some scattered soldiers who need help, or the first mission in the time loop with the snowy map with dropships that plays out the same as the one from EDF5 except this time around you can't move or do anything until the Sargeant finishes his dialogue, or the first mission when you return to the present time when you've got to slowly follow the scientist faggot around some empty hallways listening to him talk. The biggest reason this shit is retarded is because it usually occurs at the beginning of the missions, basically when the player's amped up, eager to get into the fight, and just wants to kill, kill, and kill some more so it just becomes a point of frustration.

>>714813768
See>>714812483
I already figured out I dun goofed. Yeah those fucked sucked ass after the first run >>714812329

>>714813904
AIEEE close enough you know what I mean

did they fix the crashing on amd for 6?
trying to play it on a steam deck was so painful I just gave up
it crashed SO FUCKING MUCH

>>714814059
I think they did not too long after since most of my Normal playthrough was on Deck

>>714814059
I have a 6600 and finished up hardest awhile back with a friend. Maybe one crash every 25-30 missions vs every other like on launch
>>714814184
>Normal
Lol

the achievements in 4.1 are insane

>>714814515
Aren't they just like 5/6 where it is just completion?

>>714789594
it's one of those rare times when you really do need to play the prequel first, you'll be lost both narratively and mechanically otherwise. in terms of overall quality though they're about equal

>>714814675
Just looked it up and I forgot they had "kill x" enemy achievements that are a non issue if you get 100% anyways

>normal / hard difficulty is most fun solo
>all the weapons you get will be useless
>one round on Inferno in some map random beginner map will give you 200x more powerful weapons

idk it just makes playing feel boring. I know everything I get will suck and I will be required to grind

>>714815561
The game isn't balanced around solo ironically. That's why multiplayer has level caps on weapons. You can easily simulate this by just abiding by the level/health caps for the mission while playing solo
>I will get stuck and have to grind
Skill issue

Did the devs say anything about fixing the online desync issues for EDF6 on PC? It's the only thing keeping me from buying the game

>>714789594
You can mod EDF6 to have all the EDF5 missions, because you actually play EDF5 missions as part of the time travelplot you would think they just added a few but they just put them all.

>>714815561
>Normal is fun solo
Literally how? Normal is way to easy to be engaging. Especially once you have done a single clear and your armor is 4* the starting value

>>714816110
Did they say anything about it? No. It's it rather than launch? Significantly. Does it still happen? Yep. Especially when playing with Asians with bad ping.

>>714814059
They did.

>>714816129
I think there's only like one or two missions that are exactly the same as EDF5, all the other ones have remixed enemies and new dialogue even if they look similar on the surface. But the mod is literally the same missions from EDF5 in their entirety, dialogue and even mission descriptions included. You can probably put that down to Jap coding and the devs just straight up building EDF6 on top of EDF5 and simply dummying out the old stuff in case there were any dependencies somewhere in that spaghetti code that would cause crashes.

>>714816203
>It's it rather than launch? Significantly.

Ahh, naruhodou.

>>714816567
Satsuga gondola-kun