Army of Two is a game I saw an advertisement for on TV just a few weeks ago. Like my children do when they see Barbie or Tinkerbell toys, my eyes went wide, and I said to my wife… “I want that”
Good thing is my birthday is coming up, so I preordered it and it arrived just yesterday…
Now I have not been able to play more then a few minutes, and that was mostly the training missions, but I got to say. This game rocks!
I have long been a fan of First Person Shooters going back to when I discovered Halo, and I also love FPS games that feature co-op (also due to Halo)
So here we have a game designed to be a first class shooter and have CO-OP be a central part of the game. In fact, if you do not play as a team, and coordinate your two players well, you are toast.
So let talk about the game itself. I will give my impression from 1-5, 5 being great and so on.
Graphics: 4.5
Truly great graphics, just slightly less on par then Gears of War, but makes Halo 3 look pong.
Controls: 3.5
Not as tight and easy as Halo or Gears, but functional. It may also just be me needing more time to get used to them.
Sound: 4.0
Great effects, cool in game audio and speech.
Game Play 5.0
So this is where the game shines for me. There is so much to say about the way they designed the combat system. So I will summarize.
Good thing is my birthday is coming up, so I preordered it and it arrived just yesterday…
Now I have not been able to play more then a few minutes, and that was mostly the training missions, but I got to say. This game rocks!
I have long been a fan of First Person Shooters going back to when I discovered Halo, and I also love FPS games that feature co-op (also due to Halo)
So here we have a game designed to be a first class shooter and have CO-OP be a central part of the game. In fact, if you do not play as a team, and coordinate your two players well, you are toast.
So let talk about the game itself. I will give my impression from 1-5, 5 being great and so on.
Graphics: 4.5
Truly great graphics, just slightly less on par then Gears of War, but makes Halo 3 look pong.
Controls: 3.5
Not as tight and easy as Halo or Gears, but functional. It may also just be me needing more time to get used to them.
Sound: 4.0
Great effects, cool in game audio and speech.
Game Play 5.0
So this is where the game shines for me. There is so much to say about the way they designed the combat system. So I will summarize.
- Enemies are smart, taking cover, flanking, and trying to drive you out. Makes the game hard but immersive.
You really do count on your partner. For example if you die, you actually get knocked down and cannot move. Your partner has to come heal you, but if you are under fire, he needs to drag you by the neck of your armor to cover. He cannot do this and shoot, so you have to lay down cover fire while he pulls you to safety.
Aggro is pretty cool. So Aggro simply means, the more you shoot at the bad guys, the more they focus on you. This is a central and critical part of the game since sometimes the only way to get around and flank an enemy is have your partner draw fire and put his ass on the line. Don’t waste time though, these guys are pretty smart.
Good story so far… so you are two army guys who decide to go work in the private sector. And you are called up following Sept 11th, to kick some Al Quida ass.
Grenades work well – just like Gears you can see where it is going, not just blind throw.
Good weapons – you may not start with them, in fact you have to buy them as you earn money from missions from your “suppliers”
Cool features like dual sniping allows you to take out multiple targets at the same time coordinated. Also Back to back fighting when the guys get you surrounded done in slow motion.
Cool fracking armor, those mask just make you want to kill something.
Anyway, I hope to play with a friend soon, since half the fun is playing with an actual partner. The Partner AI is pretty solid, but I prefer to yell at a real person.
1 comment:
Nice review. I especially liked your closing line. Reminds me of the days when you first got HALO and we spent god knows how many hours trying to beat it. The phrase "Crap I'm low... kill me!" still rings in my ears.
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