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Great Co-Op

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 19
Date: March 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game has a lot of features all wrapped up. One particular favorite part is the sharing and trading Aggro with the partner. Done in Single Player this is accomplished with the directional buttons.
And if you don't like what your partner is doing, give him a quick admonishment. Or you can do a little celebration (Air guitar!)

The tactical/2-man aspects are great. Back-to-back, coordinated sniping, or just overtaking a machine gun nest by the use of Aggro.

The customization is also a nice touch. Customize your weapons to your liking. Put a shield on there or a silencer depending upon if you're going to be taking the bulk of the Aggro or going Stealth behind the enemy while they're pre-occupied with your Aggro-ing buddy.

The movies are fun to watch and the gameplay is fun while still looking good. The Campaign is short though. Most of the game is dependent upon the MP aspect and is a lot more fun when playing with someone else; be it online or split-screen.

24 Mar 08 Edit:
Co-Op with this game is a LOT of fun (online/offline). It was neat how the coordinated sniping when done online is accomplished through a "Countdown" Sequence.
The Versus online feature is interesting, but can be tough. Earn $ and spend it on armor/weapons at kiosks located around the level. You can take out the other MERCs while trying to accomplish your objectives, since they'll definitely be gunning for you.
The Online portion is DEFINITELY this game's strong suit.

Online Co-op Makes This Game a Must Have!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: March 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is way under rated by the other reviews. I bought this game to play online co-op with a buddy over 3,000 miles away. It's blown all my expectations out of the water. Graphics are decent (definitely PS3 appropriate, I don't know where the PS2 comments came from on the other reviews), sound is sweet, and the control is selectable in the options menu (ranging from slow to twitchy). The big thing is this game plays seamlessly as if my buddy and I were in the next room. What other game can boast online co-op in campaign mode and pull it off like Army of Two?

The "bad guy" AI is pretty good, and they advance and make decisions that make this game a good challenge. Previous reviews said the aiming sucks and the enemy doesn't seem to be phased by direct hits...I don't see it. When you start, your main weapon isn't very accurate, and alot of times you're firing from cover, holding your gun over your head. So, of course it's not going to be easy to aim, and with an inaccurate automatic weapon you're not going to hit the guy who's running 30 yards away.

The co-op mode is a blast, and I thought the single player mode wasn't too bad either. The key is that you have to use the communication tools with the AI partner. The in-play training tips help you learn how to get the AI guy to do what you need him to. I found that once I got the hang of it, he was predictable and even saved my [...] on occasion. Without using the communication tools, the AI partner would be worthless, so I'm thinking the previous reviewers didn't use the tools.

My only negative comment is that the game did crash on me once. That should have been caught by the testers. Even with that, for what this game does with online technology, I definitely give it Five Stars!!

Wow. Just Wow. And not a good wow.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 9 / 14
Date: March 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I don't understand how this game is getting such high marks. The controls are terrible, either you have super slow accelerating into way to fast causing you to over lead all the time or you just have super slow. To the point where you can't even keep up with a guy while he's running across the screen. Then there's the total uselessness of the guns. Seriously, the bullets don't really effect the enemy. You can shoot guys point blank and they'll get up and run away. You can shoot them while they're running and they don't even trip or slow down! You have a better bet running up to the enemy and trying to melee. That is if the camera is pointed at him, otherwise you just start shooting off into nothing. And if you get lucky. No lie. I shot a guy 20 times, he ran past me, I went to melee and he was able to beat me to it and kick me to the ground.
And the camera, no auto anything. You have to continuously turn. No auto lock or tracking or anything. Enemies can run right past you and kill you by shooting you in the back while you're stuck fighting the slow camera to try and turn.
The graphics are OK but you can't shoot through things! COD4 has raised the bar and other games need to respond. Enemies can hide behind a particle board sign and not be shot. Infuriating to say the least. This really feels like a PS2 game ported over.
Online VS play is interesting. They have some good ideas there, but the controls just ruin it.
On a side note, not sure if it's the game or the PSN, but I could not get voice chat working at all when it was fine in the Lost Planet demo.
I would NOT damage the name and reputation of Gears by making any comparison between the two.

SAVE YOUR MONEY

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 9 / 14
Date: March 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I had been anticipating this game for close to a year, it was supposed to come out in November and was pushed back to "polish up graphics and refine mechanics" if thats the case I would have HATED to see how bad it was back then. this Game is a GIANT let down. The controls are clumsy and slow, and usually inaccurate.

The A.I. is frankly woefully lacking in the areas they claimed it would be superior, the "computer partner" doesn't cover you, doesn't heal you, and very rarely stays with you at all. The vehicles are pathetic and require two men to use properly but your partner of course is constantly running off to do their own thing. With all the articles I've read about this game, all the videos all the excitement and build up of waiting for it. I'm horribly disappointed. I was ready to give this game every chance I could and i just can't recommend it.

It's as if the game simply isn't finished. They boast on and on about the total customization of your character and it's all B.S. you can KIND of customize your weapons, and can choose different armor, but only in campaign mode, you can't customize jack squat in online play, you can't even select which character you want to look like it randomly chooses a character from the campaign to give you. which sucks big time.

this Game over all just isn't worth the inflated price for a "NEXT GEN" game.

I took a wallet beating for this?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: April 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Usually I'm a pretty good judge of games for my taste. I get somewhat of a sixth sense for a game that I feel I should pick up. I will tell ya what, my spider sense failed me on this one. The game starts out ok, and the premise is great. Where the game fails is the purely in the execution. Using aggro, the main hook of the gameplay, becomes stale as you have to use it about every single firefight. Not to mention, the aiming is terrible. I actually got to the point where I would rather just run up and melee the baddies as it seemed to be more effective.

Not that I'm the best at shooter games (actually I suck horribly) but I still enjoy the good ones, but this one definitely is not good. When the core mechanic of the gameplay is faulty, how can you enjoy it? Imagine a fighting game where punches and kicks are totally ineffective. Sounds pretty crappy right? Exactly. I'm sure there are people that will love this game for the co-op but even that couldn't save it for me. Rent first before you buy.

mvsc13

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: March 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Great game, picked it up yesterday and played for a couple hours w/ a friend. Graphics are awesome, the teamwork aspect is fantastic. Maybe I am just a big fan of co-op games, but it is on par w/ resistance. Weapons are great and there are some comical aspects to the game like playing the air guitar after killing an enemy or getting pissed at your partner and punching him in the head. Great stuff. Beware if you are not used to top/bottom split-screen and are used to left/right, its a little difficult to adjust to, especially if you are used to resistance. Nonetheless, you get accustomed to it and its a great experience, Go buy this.. CANT WAIT FOR NEXT WEEKS PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER RELEASE!!

Really fun with two players, but lacks when playing single.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: March 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Army of Two is one of the best games I have ever played. It is really fun when I play with my brother and the story and the dialogue is interesting. For fans of Gears of War and Resistance, this game is highly recommended.

Graphics: The graphics are really good (but not the best). The characters look realistic and the cutscene looks as if you are watching final fantasy (or something similar).

Sounds: The voice acting is good, although there are some bad language, but everything was okay. The music is worth hearing and the gun fire and explosions sound realistic.

Gameplay: The game is a cooperative players dream. This is really fun when you play with someone, such as a relative. Instead of giving painful directions to AIs, you can tell the person directly what to do. The gameplay is long enough and there are several vehicles and weapons/equipment to use. (The game is a third person shooter and not first). The online gaming will not let you down. There are some extra features such as letting you customize your own weapons.

There are few camera angle issues and minor glitches, but this is one of the greatest games I have ever played.

Excellent split-screen co-op game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: March 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

As a split-screen co-op campaign TPS, there really is no other game like it! (Okay, Resistance is close, but that's an excellent game as well). Having a choice of primary and secondary weapons (and any game that lets you choose a fully automatic P90 as a "secondary" weapon is definitely giving you a great choice of arsenal!), as well as grenades and special weapons (sniper rifle or RPG as examples), as well as the ability to customize weapons (adding scopes, switching barrels, stocks, ammo clips, adding a grenade launcher as examples), you really do have an excellent range of weapon customizations.

One great aspect of the PS3 version is the use of the Sixaxis controller for the tandem paragliding segments. There are parts of some missions where you're doing tandem paragliding, with one person controlling the parachute using the Sixaxis controller (and here's a problem, the manual never tells you that you're supposed to use the Sixaxis controller's tilt function to control movement, so we smacked the mountain a few times till we figured it out!) and the other person shooting, that's pretty unique to this game (and they recommend using a sniper rifle for that segment, but it's so much more fun using a SAW or AUG on full auto to mow down baddies while you're gliding...)

I'm giving this game 4 stars, because the single player buddie AI can use an improvement (patch?) but as a co-op on the splitscreen, this is a great game for me.

Several other reviewers say that enemy AI is stupid, that they just run up to you. I don't know if they're playing it at easy difficulty, but enemies run up to me as well, but they run shooting and swinging!

There is one departure from realism that I'd like to point out, and I'm actually glad they did it this way: You have a primary weapon, a secondary weapon, a grenade, and a special weapon, and you can pick up ammo, as a primary weapon and as a secondary weapon, as opposed to finding M16 ammo, or AK47 ammo, or P90 ammo, or a S&W ammo, or a M134 minigun ammo, etc. This is a needed abstraction, since there are about a dozen each primary, secondary, and special weapons, and if you were to stick to realism, you'd never find the right ammo on the ground for your equipped weapons (needler ammo, anyone?)

Another thing that may be important to you is that the primary protagonists in the game, Rios and Salem, are mercenaries, and will act like mercenaries. There's a bit of swearing, and there's some other guy out there who's more of a wild-dog than Rios and Salem, with a scene where he gouges someone's eyes and beats their head into the ground. Yes, this game is rated M, just like Halo is, but there's definitely more violence and profanity in Ao2 than Halo, for example. So if you want to play this game as a father/son combo, make sure you debrief them afterwards (it's just a game, you can't shoot your classmates in the back, etc)...

Highly recommended.

The straight man and the lobotomized meathead

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 9 / 21
Date: March 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you are looking for comedy, this game delivers: when your mentally crippled partner is standing alone staring into the abyss, he's dragging you through a firefight while you both get pecked at and inevitably die a frustrating death. That is, unless the equally stupid enemies run right past you, which is often. The whole effect would be great for an Abbot and Costello movie but this is a game - a bad one.

If you are looking for a good shooter, might I suggest playing Resistance again before wasting your time and money on this generic effort.

Excellent

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: March 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game has acheived something that so many games could not ill explain when u play call of duty 4 single player or multiplayer it creates the illusion of a team based game but in fact its all up two you (especially multiplayer)ive played so many matches and no one works in teams they run around on a rampage but army of two dosent it makes you play as a team u cant do it on ur own u and ur ai or friend have to help each other scale building cover each other etc and im guessing its the same on mp i have yet to play but i believe it will be fantastic.

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