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16.4.2013

I have been co-op playing the A02 series from its first outing that was an unexpected hit. I got my copy due to a fluke - the woolworths shop I tried as a last resort for two copies had forgotten to stock their shelves despite having a "sold out" box up. It was a fun 2 player co-op shooter with some neat ideas and niggly flaws in gameplay. At the time it polarized reviewers, some liking the neat ideas and fun gunplay mixed with tongue in cheek U-S-A bravado from the two meatheads you played as mixed with gallic disdain for the gaudy solid gold guns. An satire of thee excesses of thee day from a french development studio. It appears no one got the joke and A02 came back with a post apocalyptic game set in china,with a dualistic morality system, ways to express joy and anger with your co-op partner and an utterly abysmal ending as well as stupid gimmiky invinci-bosses. Still the heal mechanic was broke as was the aggro system - but it had just enough fun moments to make it worthwhile. It was even glitchier, with my co-op partner banking 2 huge cheivers at the end that were denied to me! Aargh.Anyhow due to lukewarm reviews, terrible storytelling and middling sales it looked like Salem and Rios were being put to bed. Luckily the franchise has a new, improved outing in TDC. I wasn't expecting much due to the poor reviews and low metacritic score, but I have been genuinely suprised with how much sheer fun this game is. They have stripped back the plot, made it easy to follow and greatly tightened up the core gameplay. Your guns are strong enough for the job, you don't feel too solid or too light in movement, taking cover actually works and you don't get completely screwed if one guy goes behind you. Even the healing system has been streamlined and improved from the dark days of holding the button for an AGE whilst bullet sponging, dragging them for 1 metre before beginning the lengthy gauze application and taking all the aggro (read: every NPC for 3 miles raining down on you).It plays smoothly and remains one of the best fun blasters of the year. You can tear chunks out of the scenery, blast away destructible cover against hordes of average IQ enemies. On hard, it remains somewhat of a challenge - some arrests to solid progress. The graphics are sharp, the dialogue mostly brainless but fun and the plot nonsensical and potentially annoying to long term fans. Your characters are mostly anonymized, one caucasian and one mexican to avoid obvious charges of racism! By and large the plot doesn't detract from the action.Its clear the team have focused on encouraging co-op, rewarding moves such as flanking enemies that are shooting your partner and teaming up to take down a target. Some co-oppers only allowed you to notice your pal if he or she was underperforming or requiring your help, making it akin to asymmetric play. Gimmick sections make split you up just enough and general gameplay requires your cooperation, making you keenly aware of your pal and coordinating. As I alluded to, any gimmick sections - away from the core gameplay, such as helicopter rides or vehicle sections - were fun and enjoyable rather than the usual unwelcome break. You can customize your dude if you'd like too, selecting a loadout - I suggest keeping with an assault rife, shotgun and pistol - but select the best ones for your play style and mod it up. Liked being able to make nods to the other 2 player co-oppera we had just finished (dead space 3) - sad that what is essentially a solid fun (if brainless and in many ways standardly plotted) co-op game will be overlooked. This was a game that they really did want to turn into a co-op that worked, and worked properly rather than the usual marketing afterthought to sell more copies of the game.The usual leaderboards etc which add nothing and co-opetition of crowning a "winner" for each section still remains, but it doesn't detract and the booty is always shared.I salute EA for a robust and FUN game that serves the same desire set that the original die hard films did. Well worth a play, of decent length, decent challenge and spectacular when it needs to be. Not perfect, but a fine game. Its not too likely we will see the masked macho men take down waves of enemies for a while again I would say. Do yourself a favour and play it how its meant to be played- with someone you know rather than the AI dude, unless you're aiming for a mammoth score on the leaderboards. No competitive multiplayer or any real life extender after you're done.Hoo-rahhhhh.......

19.6.2013

Army of Two Devil's Cartel was a game which stood out for my house-mate and I as there are very few games which have a complete and well considered co-op element to them in this current console generation. Firstly in terms of graphics, while there is no moment in the game which will make you gaze at the screen in appreciation of how beautiful the scenery looks, the graphics are very solid creating a believable war-torn Mexico as you would expect from the frostbite 2 engine.Secondly onto the gameplay. Devil's Cartel is a co-op third-person shooter and, as with the franchises previous two games, has clearly been made with co-op in mind. This is shown with a number of great set-pieces,where the two characters are both put in a different position and have to use the advantages of their situation to help the other player. A highlight of this was my house-mate sniping from a evaluated room clearing the path for me while I made my way through a torn-up airfield to reach a hostage. Added to this, as with the other games, there are sections where you can give your partner a boost up to a rooftop to try and give yourself a tactical advantage. However, while these set-pieces are a highlight of the game, the sections in between them do not produce much to define it from other shooters. Many objectives in the game are to fight your way from A to B, and even though you can gain extra points for working with your team-mate by getting decoy and flank kills, its just as easy to run through the middle and not use teamwork. This problem is made worse with the return of overkill from the first game. Once you have built up enough kills you can activate overkill mode, where you and your partner become invincible and have infinite ammo for a short amount of time.In terms of the storyline, this is where I feel the game was a bit of a let down. The story is quite predictable and the narrative doesn't do a huge amount to try a get you emotionally attached to the characters. This game sees the players take control of two new characters called Alpha and Bravo, with Rios and Salem (the playable characters from the first two games) still playing a big part in this story. It is the job of Alpha and Bravo hired by a Mexican politician to bring down the cartel and its leader. While the two share some cheesy and sometimes quite amusing jokes between each other, the narrative and dialogue is not at the level of the top games on this generation.On other points, the customisation in this game is very good. The players can choose between a large collections of different masks and outfits (some such as clown and Viking masks are quite funny to play with). The choice of guns is also pleasing and like the masks are customisable. At one point towards the end to the game, I had a gold camo gun with about five different attachments and a shield of the front. A strange choice, however, was the exclusion of the high fives and air-guitar actions which your characters could do in the first two games.Overall, while the game is by no means a classic, its still a fun game to play with a friend. If your looking for a good and fun co-op experience with a game that doesn't take itself too seriously, then this game is definitely worth a go, especially now the price has dropped.

31.3.2015

This was a much appreciated title for us fans of couch co-op games. This marks the end of a Golden era of social gameplay. There's no better way to sell a game to a friend than to throw a controller onto his lap, give him a fresh brew of coffee, & tell him "you're the bottom screen"! Online just doesn't cut it. There's nothing like having real friends with you in the room, gathering round the TV like wet knights 'round a fireplace!This is a co-op specific game. And it plays really well once you get used to the rather loose controls at first. The settings are well varied & offer great shoot outs! The characters resume their witty contretemps, the guns are upgradable again, & it soon becomes a guilty pleasure!

27.3.2014

This game is fantastic, It has a lot of key components that make it a very enjoyable game.First off as far as I can tell the game only has solo and coop gameplay there is no versus game mode. I think this is a plus from an achievement standpoint as it saves the game for ridiculous multiplayer achievements. the gameplay feels very smooth, it is not as fluid and controlled as the gears of war franchise but it is not as clunky as mass effect 3. the sprint is a little odd as the camera zooms straight into the back of the head.Narratively I found the game interesting, as of writing this I am on mission 6 and spoiler alert! Salem was supposedly killed in mission 1 and now has returned as el diablo to kill the T.W.O operatives including Rios.

18.7.2013

If your looking for a decent game to play with a friend then look no further. The Army Of Two series has always been about delivering a fun co-op experience, and while this installment may feel a little hollow in terms of content compared to the previous games, it is still a fun game for you and a friend to pass time with. Like in previous games you can once again pick from a wide variety of guns and every single gun is completely customiseable, but not only that, as a new feature to Army Of Two, you can now fully customise your masks to really give your character a better sense of individuality and personality. Or you can pick from a number of pre-set masks which include a few masks based off other EA games,

13.6.2013

im a big army of two fan me and my bro (and sometimes my uncle) use to have so much fun on co op on the previous 1s we played rhem on the ps3 but now ive got a xbox 360 cos my m8 got 1 and my bro stuck with ps3 so when i bought this i played on my own which was ok i guess but i convince my m8 to get it and its amazing so if u cant play with a m8 the game is ok but if u have a m8 to play with ur in for so much fun cos its the best co op game ever and the seller was super fast delivery the only down fall 4 my m8 was i bought it 4 18 pounds of this seller but my m8 got it 4 23 pounds or a lil more but its worth every penny

27.4.2013

Well it is better then Gears of War Judgment, which was a good game but just a little... not gears. But Army of Two is as you would expext it to be if not maybe a little easier then previous versions, as before when you played on insane every level you had to fight like a character possessed, but not this one. I also didn't like the new command interface, might be just me. But I would recommend the game, but if you are uncertain I might get it second hand.

14.8.2013

A good solid game. A seasoned gamer (veteran, not covered in salt and pepper) could complete the story in around 5 - 6 hours. A more casual gamer could get through in the same time frame. One of the game's core features is a computer controlled Partner, or a friend can drop in through Xbox Live/PSN. This also lets the game down because on higher difficulties, all of the AI could bug out, partner included. All in all, great game.

24.11.2013

I get 5 games year and I thought I take a risk buying this and it was worth it!! I say it's as good as crisis 3, Bioshock infinite, gears of war judgement, splinter cell blacklist, maybe not gta v though. Bring on next gen and hopefully a new Mary of two for the ps4 ?

24.10.2013

I am putting this here as I can't find how to replace a new feed back john has sorted out the problem as I had the ps3 game when I was meant to have the x box copy so just wanted to say thanks for your help in sorting it out many thanks

7.5.2013

I liked this game, it is quite enjoyable. Defo would say that its for those that really like the franchise.Finally get to make your own masks which is an epic feature.Gore is a great added feature.... Shotgun+Face=No Face

13.5.2013

i loved playing this game with my mate. we have played them from the first and this was a... unexpected turn switching from Salem and Rios to these two new people. but we connected with them as we played, worth a purchase.

10.6.2013

This is a great game for people that like team based play, Much better then the second Army of Two, My only Neg Point it that EA Games are all Becoming to arcadee, by which I mean short rounds of Play.

4.9.2013

It's a great two player shoot um up with the added bonus of a story line. I prefer a 1st person perspective but, we are having fun with this. Lots of explosive action, with lots of humour too.

5.6.2013

This game is the Ultimate Micheal Bay Experience.The ammount of Kaboom in this game is totally Boom-Boom, everything can explode, also the Disk so i hope you play it with a full body armour.

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