A new trailer is available for Army of Two, EA's co-op centered shooter. To its credit, Army of Two looks like it could bring some new twists to co-op gameplay. The interactions with team mates, such as back to back cover and dragging the wounded (who can still shoot), are particularly interesting. We also find it amusing that the game has all the trappings of a buddy comedy -- the only thing missing is Danny Glover.
It's ironic that EA's Alain Tascan recently cited Gears of War for having zero innovation, as Army of Two will no doubt be judged against it. Considering Tascan is producing Army of Two, perhaps we can see the motives for his comments. Gears already does many of the things featured in this video, including moveable cover, and it has great co-op where good tactics are essential. The question is: does Army of Two do it better? Obviously we can't judge Army of Two before we've actually played it, but it's fun to speculate. Watch the video and join the discussion after the break.
With Gears of War off to a solid start, could Army of Two bring something new to the genre where cover is king? Was Tascan really that confident in his game, or was he nervous?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-13-2006 @ 4:37PM
Adam said...
Wait, before this video, these guys seemed like they were macho.. like a Marcus Fenix type. But with their voiceovers, they sound like Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller team. Not the kind-of voices for a game like this.
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11-13-2006 @ 4:54PM
AoE said...
I've got to agree with Adam... the voices/dialogue are a bit too cheesy for my taste. I'd be curious, except it's EA... so between Gears of War and Kane & Lynch... I could care less about Army of Two.
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11-13-2006 @ 4:57PM
Ayo Jube said...
Im with the other 2 guys on this one as well. The voices made the buddy dialogue seem more like Starksy and Hutch buddy cop than Lethal weapon to me. The slapping and the kneeing looks like it can get old fast UNLESS you can do those moves online to other people.
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11-13-2006 @ 5:22PM
Mike said...
Yeah lets wait till we see actual gameplay video before making comparisons to any game k?
Also, its going to be interesting to see how hard EA fucks the shooter scene with their micro transactions bullshit.
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11-13-2006 @ 5:33PM
matthew said...
I had high hopes for this but the voiceovers are a joke, it better play incredibly well to get my purchase.
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11-13-2006 @ 5:39PM
drunkenshaolin said...
when i see a (hud) on this then i will comment
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11-13-2006 @ 6:06PM
jc said...
If this was from anyone but EA, I might be interested.
Their macro-payment philosophy of stripping everything out and selling it back to us is enough to make me not want to buy their stuff... not to mention everything else that EA does that I do not agree with.
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11-13-2006 @ 6:17PM
ExTester said...
You know I was going to give the game the benefit of the doubt, but the video looks boring. After experiencing co-op play on GOW and its high-energy fire fights, ArmyO2 looks like old people f$*k.
And after the comments from EA and the current outstanding quality games, I think I will pass on this one.
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11-13-2006 @ 6:30PM
BovineDeath said...
Looks pretty sweet, and the dialogue sounds pretty good - it sounds a bit more like Full Spectrum Warrior than anything whereby they use a little comedy to break up the action. I think that despite Tascan's quote that this could be an awesome game. As good as Gears of War? Who cares! I own multiple games, so I'm more than happy to have some variety.
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11-13-2006 @ 6:38PM
mjsmitho said...
Where's Curly? You can't have Moe and Larry Co-op without curly . . . and no, Shemp will not do . . .
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11-13-2006 @ 7:23PM
Sam7376 said...
I'll remain tentative until I see what road EA is going to take with the microtransactions, I heard the EA interview on Major Nelson's Podcast but I am still not convinced that EA is not trying to nickle and dime us.
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11-13-2006 @ 8:15PM
assastain said...
yeah, like your 10 year old squeeky voices over live (or other online service) will be any better...
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11-13-2006 @ 8:59PM
Imadogg said...
Haha damn this game looks badass, can't wait to get it.
"WHAT THE F*CK ARE YOU DOING!" [smack]
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11-13-2006 @ 10:09PM
davowavo said...
didnt this used to be the game that u could move your team mate around by shouting commands into ur micophone "in theory",, or did they ditch it alltogether
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11-14-2006 @ 5:22AM
Don Jose said...
Didn't remind me of the Owen Wilson/Ben Stiller buddy movies at all, and those are pretty familiar to me by now, considering that Owen Wilson plays the same character in EVERY movie he's in.
It looked decent, so here's to hoping EA doesn't do the silly microtransaction thing with it.
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