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EA's Army of Two

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the change-of-pace dept.

EA today confirmed the existence of a much-anticipated next-gen title, Army of Two. From the Eurogamer article: "Army of Two 'will throw gamers into hot spots ripped from current day headlines,' says EA, where they will use two-man strategies and tactics, transitioning between playing with an AI partner or a live player. We're told that EA's wanted to make this for ages, but until now it's felt that the hardware couldn't deliver a suitably believable co-operative AI player."

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  1. Salute EA by HappyCycling · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds like they're trying to one-up the US Army.

  2. "Ripped from modern day headlines" by iriefrank · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If it's really ripped from modern day headlines, that means the game shows up at your door without you wanting it, it has a shaky story about why you have to play it, but you have to play it, and when you're finished playing you have to play again and again. All of this even though everyone knows the reason why you had to play in the first place was based on lies. And to top it all off, by playing, you're making some big companies lots of money.

  3. Misleading title by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought this article was about the two programmers they have chained up in their dungeon doing all the work :(

  4. Soon to be announced... by frosty_tsm · · Score: 4, Funny

    Tom Clancy's Army of Three will revolutionize the tactical shooter in the same way Rainbow 6, Rogue Spear, Ghost Recon, and Splinter Cell have.

    1. Re:Soon to be announced... by CaymanIslandCarpedie · · Score: 2, Insightful

      No, no. You missed the rest of the quote. Here is what it should have said.

      We're told that EA's wanted to make this for ages, but until playing Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter it's felt that the hardware couldn't deliver a suitably believable co-operative AI player

      Clancy's already been there done that ;-)

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    2. Re:Soon to be announced... by ImaLamer · · Score: 2, Funny

      Army® from Sony will soon be on the PSP using Wi-fi and will be the worlds first MMOCOFPSRTSG (Massive multiplayer co-operative first person shooter real time strategy game). Expect a trailer early 2007 and its release sometime after Vista.

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  5. KumaWar? by Winterblink · · Score: 4, Insightful

    KumaWar, anyone? Yeah, real innovative, EA.

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  6. Re:Mercenaries by CaymanIslandCarpedie · · Score: 4, Funny

    Its just bou

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  7. Hopefully this sets a standard by iridium_ionizer · · Score: 4, Informative

    There are only a hanful of recent games that impliment a well-made co-op mode. For the past 3 years this has been a feature that everyone has been clamoring for, so it's nice to hear that a mega-studio will emphasize this to such a degree. I can only hope that other games will put in this type of option.

    I hope it allows split screen offline co-op and not just online multiplayer.

  8. Much anticipated? by Doomstalk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How can a game that was just officially announced be "much anticipated"?

  9. The hardware?? by AK__64 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The hardware couldn't produce suitable AI? When have the programmers ever been able to produce suitable AI in the software for a fun co-op? "Robots" and "co-op gameplay" are two words that have yet to mix to produce anything remotely resembling fun games. Good luck to EA.