It also features four upgradeable armor types and 300+ weapons. The players step into the role of Strike Force Lightning in this installment of the series. As usual you play as a member of the Earth Defence Force. The game has the lowest number of difficulties of any EDF game, just three, with normal, hard, and inferno. It is set in New Detroit, at the same time as Monster Attack and 2017, though the CEO of Vicious Cycle has stated that Insect Armageddon takes place in a separate continuity to the other games.