In an effort to increase reservations of Army of Two: The 40th Day as well as steer potential buyers away from picking up a used copy of the game a day after launch, EA is offering one-month exclusive access to the Extraction multiplayer mode for those who pre-order.
This is all "aged news," as we like to call it around the office. What's not aged news, however, is this video explaining just what the heck Extraction mode is all about. Essentially, it's Gears of War 2's Horde mode all over again.
A team of four players duke it out against wave after wave of oncoming foes, for those unfamiliar with Gears or Halo 3: ODST. I hope you guys enjoy this sort of thing, because you can bet we're going to be seeing more of it in every first- and third-person shooter next year.
As a quick aside, I'd like to say how unnecessary it is for your one-minute long video to be over 500 MB in size, folks. Yes sir, it's absolute poppycock. I had to have the Brad Nicholson wrestle the video into submission in order to make this post clap.
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Three million units of the original army of two were sold, which is a lot. Without a doubt, there is a lot of people looking forward to this one, me included. Your statement is pretty wrong, sure you may not like it, but what makes you think others did not like it? 3 million units sold undermines your opinion. Seeing as a lot of people in my family game a lot, and liked the original one, (great coop) this looks to add even more play time too the game.
The original army of two wasn't a great game, yet the coop was handled brilliantly, especially the 'aggro' system. The people who played it by themselves should stop doing that, it's meant to be played with another person, discussing tactics and making them work is a great experience.
Glad they implemented a mode like this, certainly warrants a purchase off of me.
My buddy and I had an absolute blast with the game. It's so stupid and over the top that it makes a fantastic co-op "man night" game. Grab a copy, a pizza, and a few beers and you're set for a great time.
The word "revealed" kind of makes it sound like this is something people would be excited for, or something that's been much-anticipated. Something worth seeing.
Which it isn't. It really, really isn't. Fuck you, Gears of War 2, for introducing yet another gaming trend that is being promptly driven into the ground by the industry.
Why does Gears of War 2 deserve a "fuck you" for creating a "fresh" game mode?
It's like blaming a victim for getting stabbed.
Anyway, I'm a fan of this trend. As long as its fun I don't care how obviously copied it is. There will always be a trend and I cant wait to see what the next one is.
Lighten up. I wasn't serious. I'm just pissed that all we're seeing in these major shooters are Horde modes. It's a miracle that Modern Warfare 2 didn't have one.
That's correct, I never bought the game but rented it. Since I knew no one else at the time that had it, I played it single player. But that's the thing, it should HAVE to be played as a two player game to be good. It should be good both. It was terrible as a single player game. I like almost all games, but I just couldn't handle this. The ridiculous AI accuracy was completely stupid. You wouldn't even see the most trained soldiers in the world waving their guns around and having every single god damn bullet tear you to shreds.
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This.
this game looks worse after every video for me
Three million units of the original army of two were sold, which is a lot. Without a doubt, there is a lot of people looking forward to this one, me included. Your statement is pretty wrong, sure you may not like it, but what makes you think others did not like it? 3 million units sold undermines your opinion. Seeing as a lot of people in my family game a lot, and liked the original one, (great coop) this looks to add even more play time too the game.
The original army of two wasn't a great game, yet the coop was handled brilliantly, especially the 'aggro' system. The people who played it by themselves should stop doing that, it's meant to be played with another person, discussing tactics and making them work is a great experience.
Glad they implemented a mode like this, certainly warrants a purchase off of me.
My buddy and I had an absolute blast with the game. It's so stupid and over the top that it makes a fantastic co-op "man night" game. Grab a copy, a pizza, and a few beers and you're set for a great time.
Which it isn't. It really, really isn't. Fuck you, Gears of War 2, for introducing yet another gaming trend that is being promptly driven into the ground by the industry.
Why does Gears of War 2 deserve a "fuck you" for creating a "fresh" game mode?
It's like blaming a victim for getting stabbed.
Anyway, I'm a fan of this trend. As long as its fun I don't care how obviously copied it is. There will always be a trend and I cant wait to see what the next one is.
That's correct, I never bought the game but rented it. Since I knew no one else at the time that had it, I played it single player. But that's the thing, it should HAVE to be played as a two player game to be good. It should be good both. It was terrible as a single player game. I like almost all games, but I just couldn't handle this. The ridiculous AI accuracy was completely stupid. You wouldn't even see the most trained soldiers in the world waving their guns around and having every single god damn bullet tear you to shreds.