Earth Defense Force 6 makes a horrendous first impression. Opening with a stunted tutorial ripped out of the 2006 PS3 bargain bin, Sandlot’s sixth mainline entry in its generations-spanning arcade shooter spends its opening minutes in a drab, poorly rendered military bunker. Compared to the real game’s frenetic, balls-to-the-wall action, your introduction is a grating tutorial in one of the ugliest rooms game engines can render. You’re then pushed out into an already-razed environment that does little to excite.

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