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HO-LEE FUCKING SHIT! HOW STUPID CAN YOU GET!? (Edit: Less stupid than previuosly thought, but still stupid)
rooo | 1:25 PM on 03.05.2008 37 comments


THIS is exactly what I was talking about in my first 'Disturbing Trends' blog. Seriously, motherfucking SERIOUSLY!!!

Army of Two, a game built around the very fucking idea of co-op play; two soldiers playing through the game together, two, two, fucking TWO PEOPLE, has NO option for local multiplayer. The only way to play as an Army of fucking TWO is online! And if you want to LAN two 360's together to play in the same room, both players still need to have a fucking Gold Xbox live account.

What. The. FUCK?

EDIT: It appears I jumped to conclusions based on what Tycho said on penny-arcade today. However, as confirmed by ProfessorPew, you do indeed need two Live accounts in order to play local split-screen and that is something that I think is just stupid.



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Kryptinite's Destructoid Blog
Yeah that is pretty fucked up. So is that chick.
Corncobtacular's Destructoid Blog
In Professor Pew's review he said that he did split screen co-op....it's a few posts below yours
naib's Destructoid Blog
Who needs a videogame for thinly veiled homosexual bonding?
Niero's Destructoid Blog
Wait until they release Army of Three. It will require you to have three televisions in the same room and will come bundled with a third prosthetic arm, allowing one person LAN party support and a place to rest your sandwich
Snaileb 's Destructoid Blog
that blows
big filth's Destructoid Blog
if this is true, its funny cause kane and lynch had the opposite problem.

no live co op.

hmm, these guys cant get it right.

too bad I need a friend with 60 bucks to be able to enjoy this games best feature and my friends are all broke
-D-'s Destructoid Blog
I call shenanigans.
Rockvillian's Destructoid Blog
Wait whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa? That was the reason I was interested in this game when I first heard about it. That's incredibly lame, guys.
Lavallee017's Destructoid Blog
this is such Bullshit! it was garbage when they did it with Team Fortress 2, and really fucking stupid when they did it with COD4, but this takes the cake being in that the whole game is designed to play as a PAIR!

I want to play it so bad but I want to try to boycott so that maybe developers will stop being lazy fucks and still take into account that some gamers still have siblings who might want to take part and heaven forbid real life friends who may actually come over and play a video game!

I mean I understand it's business and if they force Live play then your buddy has to get it too but at least give us the option!

I just died a little inside...and I'm sure that the PS3 version will be no different. seriously wtf?
JACK of No Trades's Destructoid Blog
I didn't even want to rent this game.
Professor Pew's Destructoid Blog
You can play it in split-screen if you want.
Brilliam's Destructoid Blog
Yeah, Prof. Pew says he played split-screen. One of you are lying!
Redzie's Destructoid Blog
They even delayed the damn game.
Arugala9's Destructoid Blog
You do know you can do split-screen don't you?
Rockvillian's Destructoid Blog
Maybe what roooo meant is no split screen in online multiplayer CO-OP?

I think the culprit of this confusion did it in the Ballroom, with a rope.
weedgan's Destructoid Blog
I'd say roo is out of his mind.

Pew wouldn't just lie about this feature.

Theres only one way to solve this, someone take a pic of the back of the box, and QUICK!

OBJECTION!!!
rooo's Destructoid Blog
I plead misinformed!

I was just going on what Tycho had said today. The quote, let me show you it: "Just got back from the store with two copies of Army of Two, my mind already blossoming with mercenary exploits, when it suddely became clear that the game has no local play option. No local play option. Even on the same Goddamned LAN, both accounts need to be Gold Tier Live accounts."

If there is actually local split-screen multiplayer, then I shall eat my own hat! Talk about me jumping the gun... whoops :P
DynamicSheep's Destructoid Blog
Your banner makes me think rooolala... is that stupid?
blehman's Destructoid Blog
DynamicSheep wins an internet!! I lol'd at least...
13thDragon's Destructoid Blog
Wait...you have to have friends to play local, right?
Cowzilla3's Destructoid Blog
Well i guess the hype on this is alread falling.
rooo's Destructoid Blog
DynamicSheep:

No that's not stupid at all. My xbox live gamertag is actually Roolala

:)
Eschatos's Destructoid Blog
Wasn't gonna buy it anyway, but definitely not now.
Kyousuke Nanbu's Destructoid Blog
That is incredibly fucking stupid, I was thinking of picking it up so I could play with my friend but not anymore.
king3vbo's Destructoid Blog
[size=70]A BUHHHH????[/size[
king3vbo's Destructoid Blog
argh bbcode fail
Ub3rSlug's Destructoid Blog
Wait... seriously?
the GAMEGOBLIN's Destructoid Blog
What the hell are you talking about? My brother's are literally playing co-op split screen right in front of me. I hope you have a small hat btw, stick to your word.
the GAMEGOBLIN's Destructoid Blog
*brothers

just to make it clear:

THERE IS LOCAL SPLIT-SCREEN CAMPAIGN AND ALSO MULTI-PLAYER. ALSO IT'S A GOOD GAME SO DON'T LET THIS BLOG DETER YOU FROM BUYING THIS GAME
Usedtabe's Destructoid Blog
It does have local co-op. Please make this blog hidden, as it is full of fucking fail.
Skribble's Destructoid Blog
i agree

hide the blog; you might have just cut the people buying this game in half!
Professor Pew's Destructoid Blog
Oh, just to add: you do need two Live accounts to play local split screen.
rooo's Destructoid Blog
Well I'm not going to hide anything, I already admitted that I was wrong.

But still, as ProfessorPew just confirmed, you need two live accounts to play local split screen and that is just stupid.
Skribble's Destructoid Blog
Yes it is horribly stupid. Like...it doesn't make sense because it is so stupid. I am no networking genius, but isn't connecting to to a network, whether its online of off, more or less the same exact thing? There is no extra coding, no extra utilities needed, nor is it HDD space needed. It just boggles the mind.
Koobert's Destructoid Blog
Wow. Two live accounts to play split screen? As Rooo and I have separate 360s, that's all not going to happen, unless he brings his 360 over, and I rent a copy.

Which I don't think I'm about to do.

Because we can just do our homosexual bond...ing... offline.


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