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Army of Two (PS3) | 
| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: £19.99
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Seller: Ex Games
Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 1567
Platform: PlayStation 3
Genre: action-games
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Media: Video Game
Edition: Normal
Age: 11 - 18 years
Operating System: Playstation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 5.3 x 0.6
EAN: 5030930059521
ASIN: B000FN7K0K
Release Date: March 7, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
When One Man Is Not Enough
It will take an Army of Two to stop the corruption of rogue private military corporations. Fight along side your team-mate to become the deadliest two-man military outfit a government can buy. The breakthrough gameplay in Army of Two, with a live or adaptive AI partner, enables you to take advantage of two-man strategies like customizable weapons, vehicles, and tactical shooting. If youre going to survive, youll have to bring down a vast conspiracy in which the line between good guys and bad guys has been obliterated. - Two Man Gameplay - Team up with a live or AI partner on two-man missions using two-man tactics to ultimately create an advantage that no enemy can withstand
- Partner AI - ARMY OF TWO delivers intelligent partner AI (PAI) that interacts, adapts, collaborates and learns from their human partner
- Customizable Weapons - Customize and upgrade dozens of deadly weapons and share them with your partner off or online
- Dynamic Environments - Delivers realistic character and environmental effects including fluid dynamics that showcase open-ocean water-wave simulation as well as High Dynamic Range (HDR) lighting
- Contemporary Storyline Ripped from the Headlines - Politically charged storyline, centering on the impact and ethical issues of Private Military Corporations
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 44
 Repetitive August 23, 2010
King
Good visuals, but a very repetitive game. The story isn't very exciting but I believe taht it would be more interesting played with a friend.
Fantastic with a friend, fails in single player August 1, 2010
Dodster (UK)
This game fails hugely in single player, the campaigns and customisation are simply not in depth enough to satisfy a single player experience.
This being said, as a two player experience it's one of the best co-op shooters I've played, with fantastic graphics, and a strong reliance on strategy and co-operation between players. I'm happy to say I found myself replaying this one at a harder difficulty, but only with a friend.
As for the storyline? The combat training could have been better, but covered all the basics, the AGGRO system is pretty cool, and a unique idea, the ending leaves you begging for more (yet to purchase and play the sequel so look out for my review on that too). I feel there should be more private missions on offer, so hopefully the sequel will satisfy. As an introductory game for playing with a friend, truly fantastic.
Two Man Army June 2, 2010
Duncan McDonald (Dundee)
If you like gun battles you'll love this game. It is nothing more that a continual chain of relentless firefights strung together throughout the game.
Clearly this game is targeted at those who want a co-op game with a human partner. In this it probably excels. The single player is decent enough and your buddy AI is pretty good but flaws in the design make it a frustrating experience.
Graphically it is good enough. Sound effects are also good but I soon got sick fed up of the constant sound of gunfire. Set across about eight large levels each with a different theme and time period, the game at least has some variety. The gameplay however does not. The key purpose of this game is to flank the enemy. Your buddy lays down suppressing fire as you flank and take out the bad guys. Problem is, that is all the game consists of. The controls seem awkward at first but they do work reasonably well.
The recoverable health and plentiful ammo is welcome. The giant distance between silent game saves is not. The aiming system is dreadful as is the cover system and ememy AI. It doesn't help that some baddies are practically invincible and possess the aiming ability of a marksman. Each firefight is against overwhelming odds and often you will get pinned down. There is a tactical element working out the best way out but this occurs around every corner. The game quickly gets repetative and frustrating to play. The GPS is handy for working out where to go. You also earn cash completing objectives that can be spent on weapon upgrades.
This game is a real challenge and an utter slog to play. Gunfight fans will enjoy it but it could have been more playable if there was an aim assist like COD and the ability to position your buddy like GRAW. I think fans of on-line shooters will like the relentless onslought.
Essentially a one trick pony...or donkey depending on your taste.
 Army of who? April 6, 2010
Bruce Banner (London)
Quite a while ago I purchased what I thought was a bargain title called Army of Two. I had heard vague murmurings about this game but nothing concrete so I took a gamble.
Having played and completed as usual this title I can honestly say it was a gamble that didn't pay off as this is one of the worst playstation 3 titles that I have ever had the misfortune to play. The only reason this is not given the title of worst PS3 game is that it is only slightly better than the amazingly bad Blacksite. Call that a positive if you will but a title released by EA should be striving for and achieving better than that!
The positives are few and far to mention but if I'm really grasping at straws I guess the storyline is quite good as are some of the cut scenes.
Where this game fails immensely is its supposedly unique selling point of the co operative play which may be ok with a human partner but using the games AI it is extremely poor. There are times when your ever so helpful colleague will run into the heat of battle even though you tell him to hold his position, therefore getting taken out by the various inept enemies on screen and waiting for you to rescue him and resulting in you getting attacked from all angles.
While on the matter of the AI on this game it is laughable, enemies are generally useless and the developers seem to think that the answer to this is to send loads of them out to you like lambs to the slaughter as all you have to do is stay in one place as they will quite happily run out to be shot at.
Graphically the game is not great as it looks like an exceptionally good PS2 game, water effects and scenery in particular seem a bit rushed. This rushed feeling is also evident when it comes to the collision detection as sometimes you can empty a ridiculous amount of rounds into an enemy at point blank range and not appear to register any hits. This also tends to occur when you are using the crouch system. Shoot from behind an object even with your target highlighted and a number of your shots will just hit the object you are hiding behind.
Sounds are again not overly great but the voice acting is quite good. Not sure why some reviewers complained about the wu-tang clan references as I only heard the one! hahaha Most of the script is used to move the story along or to help the player out.
As is my usual gripe with a number of PS3 games it is again too short and a tad too easy as the hard setting is locked until you finish the game on one of the other settings, this I will not complain about too much as I was glad to complete it and stick it back on a shelf never to be touched again.
Now that the sequel has been released and appears to be doing well in various charts I may give them another chance as the idea in principle is very good.
Unfortunately this title does not inspire me with confidence that the sequel will be any good so I will be looking for it again in the bargain sections.
 Good Coop Game December 12, 2009
Patrick Richter (Germany)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's a funny Game, but only good at coop. Good Story, very funny characters!!
GreetZ
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