Army of Two: First Impressions Dreamed 5865 days ago | | 558 words
After much waiting and delay, I picked up Army of Two last night from my local Game Stop. This in itself was a shock to me since they’re notorious for only ordering enough new games for pre-orders and no more so it’s impossible to find a copy. I did call before I left work to confirm one did exist and I could purchase it.
So I did. I swiped my card and got my pretty green box to go home with. I sat down and got through the first mission and what I think is most of the second mission in a couple of hours.
Overall, I had an absolute blast, it was what I wanted it to be and I’ve never played Gears of War so any similarities to it would be lost on me.
- The GPS, very handy, vital in fact, I keep forgetting I have it. The GPS shows you where your objectives are, paths to take if you’re close, and where to set C4 charges. If you don’t use the GPS you’ll run around for 20 minutes until the missiles fire and your mission ends in failure.
- The AI player can’t hit the broad side of a barn. There was more than one time when we had some close combat situation and I was mowing people down and the AI player didn’t even hit a guy right in front of him, who was reloading. That being said, I have been drug to safety and healed efficiently a number of times and he does obey my commands, for the most part. It’s what you’d expect out of an AI teammate.
- Mid-mission shopping. This one just messes with my head. You’re in a bunker, you’re about to step through a door out into the world and BOOM! Would you like to engage in some mid-mission shopping? Yes, let’s call a time out while I run to the arms dealers lurking on the other side of that ridge.
- Weapon building. AMAZING! Yes, I strapped a shotgun to the underside of my stock weapon last night. You can make all sorts of mods to any gun in the game to make them more powerful, accurate or even buy the “pimped” upgrade to boost your aggro. I love this system. I like being able to upgrade my accuracy or the number of rounds a clip will hold.
- Versus mode. I tried versus mode last night once. And only once. It ran fine for the first 5 minutes, then all of the sudden the lag became too great for me to even aim accurately. It was shortly after that I got a disconnect notice so I’m not sure if it was my partner’s connection, my connection, or the game itself. I don’t want to place blame on a game that might not be deserved. But it left a bad taste in my mouth. However, I’m not really interested in the versus mode. So it’s a non issues.
Once I get a chance to play co-op the way it’s meant to be I’ll update this post with more impressions. I am really loving this game. It’s been a ton of fun and I can’t wait to experience it side-by-side or over Xbox Live. This is my game of the year. It’s what I’ve waited for patiently ever since I first learned of it.
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