Army of Two: The 40th Day Interview

I thought they should have called this Army of Three or Army of Four and had 3 or 4 player coop, step it up from the first game.

Let's hope this game doesn't have that stupid ass region-locking like the first game did. Me and my friend in the UK played the demo, then decided to rent the full game. Turns out we couldn't play together.

never played first :( might try pick it up now..

sounds better than the first

The first game sucked beyond belief. I'm curious to see what they'll do with the sequel but I'm not giving my hopes up for it like I did with the first lump of shit of a game.

The first game sucked beyond belief. I'm curious to see what they'll do with the sequel but I'm not giving my hopes up for it like I did with the first lump of shit of a game.

But is it cool and fresh? People need to know this.

Can a game ever really have enough Wu-Tang jokes?

"got a girlfriend yelling at me to make dinner" man he's more of a bitch than a bitch

Is a contrived set of moral choices the new OMG AWESOME SELLING POINT of the year? Figures, since the developers these days can't find a way to add more bloom or motion blur and they are running out of shades of brown .

I hope the moral choices are implemented well or else it'll just feel ham fisted. I enjoyed the first game for the stupid fun. Perhaps the second game will have more believable seriousness.

He said stories in video games are too complicated...I always thought most stories are too simple. That said, complicated doesn't always mean good.

Also most moral choices seem to be, either stop and bake a cake for him, give your kidney to him and hand over all your money or torture him, rape his wife and tea bag his corpse. I don't know about you guys, but it never seems that obvious IRL what the best option is. Usually you try to do good, but sometimes it ends up hurting them more in the long run and such.

this guys and idiot he thinks fallout's story was complicated and got confused 

What a fucking shill this guy is. No, a lot of it was NOT about how "inappropriate"  it was or the goddamn wu-tang jokes, it was, IN FACT the result of many half-baked gameplay mechanics that either were too unresponsive or simply flat out didn't work, presented in the context of what was toted by EA to be the next revolution in co-op gameplay (slick fucking paint job man).

I'm really getting sick of these asswipes always getting the right of way, never having to field the questions that point to their lack of "execution." I commend Ryan for at least approaching the issue, but what's with this trend of our journalists having to pander to these clowns just to get  a damn interview? The second someone from the media asks a relatively tough question of one of these dicksmacks, they simply pack it in and go home. And if that's not bad enough, I'm sure it's an uspoken agreement that anyone who doesn't "play nice" with the publishers and such (i.e. lick their goddamn boots), no one else will talk with said media personnel.

At the very least, balance of power should be somewhere in between, but in all honesty, the current should be going the OTHER way! If these wolves want to keep playing their red herring, go fish, i'm not acountable for nothin' games, then they don't get to pimp their product. Simple as that. I can only imaging how hard it was for Ryan to stand there--in awe--and listen to such a ludicrous response, when it could have just as easily been handled professionally.

It's like bizarro world, and the dumbest person in the room get's the mic.

Is it just me, or did he completely side-step Ryan's concerns about the broken aggro system in the first game? He addresses nothing about the flaws, talks about how awesome it is, then diverts the conversation back to the improved AI.

I've made a little transcript for you:

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RYAN: It was something that you could pretty easily exploit if you were playing with an AI partner ... make them take all the heat, and then run around and, you know, take out everyone from behind. Is that something that you're addressing here in the sequel?

ALEX: Yeah, we're definitely working on it. The aggro system you were talking about was one of the things that worked best I think in the first game. Like, It was cool, it was fresh... it was dynamic-- you couldn't avoid using it. Like, just by playing the game you were using it and it was logically consistent, so if I'm shooting, people are obviously paying attention to me and not the other guy. But the AI is a lot smarter this time around and they can do a lot more stuff, so yeah, I think people will be having fun.

The Fistbumbs are Double

Is it just me or did anyone else notice that Ryan makes that hand movement a lot?
P.S. really looking forward to Army of Two the 40th day.

Great interviewee, great interviewer, one brilliant interview all around.

Yeah, the first one was definitely under-rated. Too short, of course. Mutliplayer was kinda fun.

Why cant the "good guys" joke around and play grab ass? Why do the jokers have to be the ones who laugh about killing hostages? I don't get that.

The first game was really fun to play with a buddy. Hopefully the sequel will be the same, which I'm sure it will.

great interview

This interview actually got me interested in the game.  It was completely off my radar, but sounds like it could be pretty interesting if they can pull off the stuff that he's hyping.

Does he ever stop nodding when someone talks to him?

Now this game is the real "Ballad of Gay Tony."  This game and the players that get off on it just need to come out of the closet. ;)

I loved the first one cant wait for this one.

Device-ive!

i hope it turns out good i liked the first one and im looking forward to this one

the first game was a decent shooter, so with some cool additions this might be worth picking up

looking forward to a bit more information at E3

oh no not moral choices! i always wind up being the "trying to act all innocent"-sadistic dude that kills the hostage and says: "CIVILIAN!? he was coming right at me! With the fists and the...stuff...." 

I didn't think the first one was that good, it was okay. But hopefully they have learnt from their mistakes and im going to give this one a chance.

I really want thsi game to be good becaue Army of Two was cool, but I don't like the whole serious nature of it.

im looking forward to this game.

this game should be brilliant. I thought the first was really good. i dont understand why everyone hated it

It sounds like he's made a dichotomy between playing as good guys and bro'ing it up.  That's no fun...

this vid could do with some gameplay

"we killing that guy, or are we saving that guy"

In most co-op games I'm discussing tactics and choices with my partner, not sure how different this is going to be.

"I'm sick of elaborate plots"? Ok, so like the original Army of Two, the story is going to be dumb. Great.

Morale choices? Lol, yeah that's what gamers want...

Great Interview.. I loved the first 1

This guy's accent puzzles me

Ryan, hopefully you wiped your ass after that interview because that corporate tool sure blew enough smoke up it.

Hey bro I got a gamecube and some natty ice

Yep, yeah, yep....yep.

More Fistbumps, and more women. Fuck Bromance.

Hm I liked the first game, purely because it was co-op. So more of the same but with all the bad things fixed is definately one to watch.

Really good interview :)

They have some interesting ideas, I'll give them that but no fistbump, no pimpslapping the co-ho with my ringfinger, no sale.

Moral choices are 'new' and 'exciting' in the same way that 3rd person cover-based shooters are new and exciting.

NOT EXCITING AT ALL.