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No, the main point is that the game and the story elements are stupid fun but lore isn't that important. The third game is the prequel to the first one, who cares where Nero came from in the 4th I can't remember etc. DMC5 is awesome though.
Just a heads up in case you seriously want one: Most Game Gears have bad capacitors, so if you buy one, you'll either have to get a repair kit and replace them yourself (microsoldering required; not easy) or buy one that's already been repaired.
It's a japanese franchise that started as an experimental joke project on the Playstation 2 and improved the same formula since then: shoot the living hell of giant bugs, aliens and kaijuu coming from old sci-fi movies, often hundreds on the screen at once and inside large sandbox maps. There is total freedom in the way you're given the task, between different classes and the large array of weapons. No cutscenes interrupting the flow of the missions and the plot is conveyed through radio chatter which you can gloss over.
Does it still have split screen multiplayer? Because that's a blast, even people that doesn't play many video games will be intrigued and able to pick up a controller and play with you. That's so much fun.
The sole EDF games that do not have splitscreen are the Switch versions of 2, 3, 4.1 and World Brothers (as local co-op require different Switch consoles with their own games).
It's also so ridiculous in its violence and set pieces that it's ok for the whole family. Even if someone is really bad and a mission goes to shit you can laugh about it and try again, a decent player can(in my experience) carry a mission while the less experienced one is having fun jumping around and shooting ants. Unlike Left 4 Dead, RE5, LP2 and other cooperative games. EDF is just good wholesome fun.
All I remember about that game is the dev seething about all the chinese clones that got farted out.
Konami has to start actually making games again since japan started cracking down on pachinko parlors. Except to see more crossovers (like the Dead Cells one) while new games in the various IP they own get ramped up.
Is it basically Risk of Rain 2 in a tropical setting? How are the guns and pickups?
The weapons are a mixed bag. You get level rewards of varying rarities (and widely varying balance) that fit into your inventory as either a weapon mod, grenade mod, or perk. I'm currently too drunk to elaborate on this, but it's more mobility-based than RoR2 due to the ranged enemies' predictive aiming and the general combat speed.
