{{Short description|2006 video game}} {{Infobox video game | title = Global Defence Force Tactics | image = Global Defence Force Tactics.jpg | caption = European box art | developer = thinkArts | publisher = D3 Publisher{{efn|Released under the Essential Games banner in Europe.}} | series = ''Earth Defense Force'' | platforms = PlayStation 2 | released = {{vgrelease|JP|July 27, 2006|EU|June 29, 2007|AU|October 15, 2007<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coming Soon to PlayStation 2 |url=http://gpstore.com.au/Games/PlayStation-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011163633/http://gpstore.com.au/Games/PlayStation-2/ |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |access-date=May 23, 2024 |website=Gameplanet |url-status=live }}</ref>}} | genre = Turn-based strategy | modes = Single-player }} '''''Global Defence Force Tactics''''', known in Japan as {{nihongo foot|'''''Earth Defense Force Tactics''''',|THE地球防衛軍タクティクス|Za Chikyū Bōeigun Takutikusu|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a turn-based strategy game developed by thinkArts and published by D3 Publisher for the PlayStation 2.
==Gameplay== Players assume the role of GDF Commander and control GDF units in turn-based missions against the giant bug menace. Missions take place on 2D hex-maps, with attacks depicted by brief animated cutscenes.
The game has 50 stages and 250 different weapons.
==Reception== Reception for the game was negative. In Japan, ''Famitsu'' gave it a score of one three, one five, one six, and one five for a total of 19 out of 40.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}
==See also== * Simple series video games
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{{Earth Defense Force}}
Category:2006 video games Category:D3 Publisher games Category:Earth Defense Force Category:Military science fiction video games Category:PlayStation 2 games Category:PlayStation 2-only games Category:Single-player video games Category:Turn-based strategy video games Category:Video game spinoffs Category:Video games developed in Japan