modern combat versus video game crashing?

But the fallout from your choices, revealed in a series of comic-book like panels, is probably not what you expect. Like so many games today your characters are faced with 'moral choices,' and as usual these are pretty obvious as to what is right or wrong.

The combat system has been polished a little but is essentially the same. Rinse and repeat several dozen times through all sorts of environments. one player draws fire from the enemy, freeing up the other to flank them. The nut graph: 'The 40th Day,' like the first 'Army of Two' game, is designed to be played co-op, although the AI works quite well if you feel like going it alone. Some of the visual spectacle in the game is straight out of your standard summer action movie, with big explosions, buildings falling and planes crashing everywhere.

What we're telling: It sounds like an action flick, and that is the feel they were apparently going for. What they're selling: From EA Games - 'A carefully orchestrated series of mysterious catastrophes is dragging Shanghai, China, to the brink of ruin, and now the Army of Two must fight their way through ravaged city districts as they try to beat the odds and uncover the secret of the 40th Day.'

It's also a bit on the short side and something of a one-trick pony.īut like it or love it, it still manages to surprise you and keep you entertained from start to finish. 'Army of Two: The 40th Day' does so many things right that you love to see in a game: a ridiculously explosive story, lots of combat and a nice cooperative style of play.

Modern combat versus video game crashing?