10 Video Games We Love BECAUSE They're Fun Trash

10. Earth Defense Force (Series)

Earth Defense Force is one of those games that, when you explain it to people, elicits a universal shout of “that... that sounds amazing.” After all, how many other games let you fight a skyscraper-sized robot in a mech of your own, all whilst four hundred-odd tiger-sized ants rip the local Asda to bits?

The problem is, EDF has always been a wee bit... janky. In theory, that mishmash of sci-fi tropes and B-movie madness sounds like it’d be the perfect videogame, but in execution, it suffers from schlocky dialogue, utterly bizarre animations, frame rate issues, and repetitive gameplay.

But, in a way, those issues somehow make the experience - that you’re playing the videogame version of a crap, low-budget disaster flick you found on VHS at a car boot sale - all the more authentic.

Even better is that the games all allow you to play through their respective stories with a friend, so you can feel like an unstoppable alien-murderin’ hero with your best bud. And, even when your console slows to a crawl as the robotic animation-laden beasties fill the screen, it’s impossible not to get swept up by the chants of your AI pals screaming,

“E-D-F! E-D-F!!”