http://holdenlink.com I make games n stuff Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:46:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://holdenlink.com/2008/08/army-of-two-much-criticism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=army-of-two-much-criticism http://holdenlink.com/2008/08/army-of-two-much-criticism/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:18:11 +0000 Holden http://holdenlink.com/?p=41 Got Army of Two through Goozex this week. The game is actually quite a bit better than I expected. I don’t understand how mainstream sites like GameSpot gave it anything less than an 8/10. I mean, the plot is abysmal, the co-op AI partner is awful, but playing it through with an another person in the room makes all those problems insignificant and lets you enjoy an experience easily as satisfying as the co-op campaign in any other big-budget title of recent years. The game isn’t politically correct by any means and the characters aren’t particularly likable, but there are so many nice little touches that make it work. I’d almost describe it as a blend of the co-op campaignsof Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and Gears of War. If you look past the fist pounding and random expletives, there’s a lot of strategy to be found with the aggro system, co-op snipe, step jumping, and weapon choice. If you have a friend to play it through with, pick it up.

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