Definitely WAS going to be a classic...
Army of Two is a cooperative cover based shooter that was planned to come out before Christmas '07, but pushed back to polish it up a bit. At first, it was planned to include a variety of vehicles, voice commands, a seamless integration of single player going into co- op, and... well, cooperative tampon reviving. To explain, your partner gets shot, you would use a tampon to stop the bleeding while he fought to survive. Apparently that really is the best thing to stop the bleeding, and they actually do use that. Everything was cooperative at all times. Unfortunately, all of this was taken away. It seems the team at EA decided to take the safe road and make a Gears of War clone. The only problem with that? Absolutely NO risks were taken, and when that happens, a game will absolutely NEVER be good. There is nothing large to complain about the game, besides it's shallow weapon customization, but everything has been seen before. EA made a massive mistake by taking a good idea and ripping out all of the originality. There has been a lot of complaints about the dialog, and yes, it seems very brutal and barbaric to say the least. The two sound like they are in the room with you playing the game, with no sensitivity towards their enemies. The enemies seemed to be oblivious to this trait, until the final boss when he tells the team he wants to "kill them, drain their blood, put them in a chair around a bunch of elves, and tell them all the cool s*** he wants for Christmas." I couldn't make that up, that is real dialog. Campaign is short and online is tight, it even includes some vehicles. No online coop on the same console unfortunately. But who knows how long online will last, I doubt anyone will be on for much longer. The game is decent fun, and I would suggest a rent. You won't be coming back.
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