Army of Two: The 40th Day: All the gunplay, half the bromance
by David Hinkle 
{ Jun 17th 2009 at 9:00PM } 
It's a shame about all of the brolebrations, though, because we think they added a lot to the game. Well, okay, a lot for us to make fun of.
Gallery: Army of Two: The 40th Day
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Linkario @ Jun 17th 2009 9:06PM
Now with less gay. Too bad...
Jono @ Jun 17th 2009 9:07PM
Too bad you're not a bromosexual like me :3
Mr Khan @ Jun 17th 2009 9:08PM
emotional choices?
They really don't understand where exactly the original game's appeal came from, do they?
BunnySlapper @ Jun 17th 2009 9:11PM
Who said 'emotional choices'? It looks like 'moral choices' to me.
Morality isn't an emotion.
Nate @ Jun 17th 2009 9:16PM
Oh come on. That was the best part. I want my bromance
Roofie @ Jun 17th 2009 9:21PM
That's really too bad. It was a lot of fun playing splitscreen with a buddy, and just constantly trying to fist bump while he was trying to seriously play the game. How could they do this to me!?
d889 @ Jun 17th 2009 9:28PM
this just in, the next army of two will use natal and you will be allowed to fist bump IRL!!!!
Linkario @ Jun 17th 2009 10:00PM
Fist bump yes? Bump uglies? Maybe...
dark_inchworm (on Steam!) dark inchworm (on XBL!) @ Jun 17th 2009 10:45PM
Achievement unlocked: You're One Hell of a Dork - 0 G
Jimmyjimjim @ Jun 17th 2009 9:29PM
You mean, no more "ASS TO ASS!!!" ???
JudasPrius @ Jun 17th 2009 11:22PM
You mean "ASS to MOUTH"?
Jimmyjimjim @ Jun 18th 2009 4:15AM
You clearly didn't see "Requiem for a Dream". Anyone who did would surely remember the repulsively disgusting yet oddly arousing "ASS to ASS" scene.
JXCgunrunna @ Jun 17th 2009 9:35PM
Enjoyable. It was pretty short. The best way I can describe the gameplay is by making this comparison:
GTA4 --- Saints Row
Forza --- Midnight club
Call of Duty --- Halo
Rainbow six vegas --- Army of two
Cj @ Jun 17th 2009 9:49PM
Gotta tone down the bromance around that kid thats hanging with them now.
AoF-Squall @ Jun 17th 2009 10:02PM
I was hoping they would push the subtle bromance even further, a la 'Ambiguously Gay Duo.' It would have made for a comically entertaining game.
I'd hate to be the PR department for that one, though.
Yingerman @ Jun 17th 2009 10:07PM
"manlove" :)
Squid @ Jun 17th 2009 10:36PM
Will that still be an option though? The friend that I played the first with and I thought it was hilarious and fun. That and putting platinum flames on our sniper rifles.
Johnathan @ Jun 17th 2009 10:48PM
HIT ME BRO
JudasPrius @ Jun 17th 2009 11:25PM
Don't Taze me Bro!
TheKarmaPolice @ Jun 18th 2009 9:54AM
LADIES LIFT YOUR SHIRTS
WANANANANOWNOW
it's funny cause they probably don't care about ladies
Anticrawl @ Jun 17th 2009 10:48PM
I hope they don't tone down the cheesy B action movie dialogue and plot. That's what made the first one so awesome! I hate games that take themselves to seriously. I'd list them but there isn't enough room.
JimmyBoy @ Jun 17th 2009 11:07PM
The first one was pretty fun as long as you had a friend to play through with. The main downside with the game was that it became fairly repetitive quickly since the enemies were all pretty much the same. The game only really had two types of enemies: standard units which used a variety of different weapons and boss types that required you to get behind them in order to kill them. The one exception to that (that I can remember) were suicide bombers but they were only in a single level of the game.
As far as guns went, I ended up getting a single, powerful gun early on and upgrading it fully. After that, all the money I earned just sat around since the secondary weapons and different masks weren't really anything special. I'm hoping the new game does a better job of handling the guns so that you have an incentive to collect multiple weapons.
On top of all that, the multiplayer was just terrible. The only game I can really compare it to would be Super Smash Bros. Brawl - which isn't a compliment.
If you have a friend that you wanted to play through it with, I'd suggest just renting the game unless you can find a cheap copy to buy. The game had a lot of potential but it just wasn't executed right. I'm hopeful that the developers will fix their mistakes this time around and deliver a great coop game.
playwhutyalike @ Jun 17th 2009 11:38PM
Where does "crossing swords" fall into the whole bromance thing?
connormoto @ Jun 18th 2009 7:53AM
To the above comment: You do mean Brawls online, right? because the online sucked. Offline, however... Possibly the best multiplayer game on the wii
fred @ Jun 18th 2009 1:51AM
Oh come on, that's what made the game so unique!
I WANT MY DOSE OF BROMANCE, DAMNIT.
ZEBRA NINER @ Jun 18th 2009 1:55AM
Less fist bumping? WTF?
I'm a red-blooded American, and violence and fist bumping is part of
our culture. Moral/emotional choices? If I wanted that crap I would
rent the notebook and gay it up.
hpv @ Jun 18th 2009 3:53AM
Fail. I'm officially not buying this game. At best it's a rental. The bromance was the one thing that really set the first game apart and made it fun to play co-op. Without that it's just another cover-based shooter with a lot of brown and some neat, but half-baked, ideas.
F TANK @ Jun 18th 2009 6:23AM
The "bromance" & frat boyish verbal abuse are a huge part of what distinguished it from any other shooter and made the game awesome in the first place so why abandon the formula? Or better yet, why not keep the bromance AND add the extra gunplay WIN/WIN
JimboTJones @ Jun 18th 2009 8:05AM
@connormoto
Yeah, I was referring to the online aspect. Brawl was fantastic when played with a few friends but the online multiplayer was just terrible.
Army of Two was the same way. The coop was fun if you had a friend to play through it with but the multiplayer fights were horrible. If a single person in the game had a bad connection, it was just unplayable. The game would literally just stop while it waited for them to reestablish a connection and people would typically leave if that happened more than once in the game.
yenrab @ Jun 18th 2009 8:22AM
Now maybe the liberal game reviewers will give this game the score it deserves and not score it down on what the guys say.
It's a shame though that a game gets scored down because of the language.
Wee! @ Jun 18th 2009 11:06AM
Since when has a liberal gotten pissed at someone toeing the line? Last I checked, conservatives were the ones trying to conserve the family values.
Johnny Neat @ Jun 19th 2009 2:39PM
Half assed and weak. It was a disappointment on too many levels. Good idea, bad translation of such ideas unfortunately.
uncle jesse @ Jun 18th 2009 10:24AM
Too bad. Instead of trying to make it more serious in tone, they should have went even more over the top with it. I think this game will just be put in the same category as all the other shooters. The bromance set it apart at least. They totally should have had them making ridiculous commentary throughout with touchdown celebrations, crazy action, huge explosions, chest bumps, head butts, break dancing, catchphrases (WHAMMY!) and high fives up high, down low, in the middle, TICKLE TICKLE BABY WOOOOO!
BumGravy @ Jun 20th 2009 12:19AM
And twice the shit.