Army of two review
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We're mercenaries I'm not going to pretend to be anything but Satan with a love of the Benjamins.Īlso, while I laud AoT:40's efforts on not taking itself seriously, the humor falls flat quickly. I press one of two buttons, cut scene ensues. Truth be told, popping a cap in my lumbering British mercenary liaison didn't feel very much like a moral dilemma upon execution. Or - more accurately - anyone among the hundreds online eager to abandon multiplayer competitive for a less intense co-op campaign option.ĪoT:40's campaign mode also features moral dilemma situations, such as whether to kill civilians, teammates and/or contacts. Unfortunately, however, I couldn't find anyone online, period willing to take this plunge. (Pre-orders received access to this mode off the bat.)Ĭampaign mode sports a clever feature of being able to tackle it with a teammate either locally or online. A soon to be available (February 12) 'Extraction' mode mirrors the Arena portions of 'Uncharted 2's' multiplayer, with characters faced with waves of enemies standing between your squad and victory. I can't help but compare AoT:40 to the aforementioned 'Call of Duty' series, likewise 'Team Fortress,' 'Battlefield,' and/or 'Mercenaries' intellectual properties.ĪoT:40 sports all the usual suspects of a solid first person shooter, including a short and sweet campaign mode, accompanied by deathmatch and 'capture the flag' ('Warzone') multiplayer genres. For a genre bursting with terrific next generation titles, AoT:40 unfortunately stands out for subtle flaws that otherwise would probably go unnoticed. So it's got little semblance of a plot.but can it blend? In AoT:40, it's a Shanghai exploding for seemingly no reason, with Rios and Salem on a mission to simply escape it in one piece. Protagonists remain mercenaries simultaneously out for money and for somewhat doing the right thing. Same characters, slightly different player models, similar non-plot. For those keeping score at home, AoT:40 is the sequel to the well-received original of the same name (sans subtitle), albeit devoid of the original voice-overs.