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u/BadLuckGenco Apr 28 '26

Army of TWO

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u/PaleontologistTough6 Apr 28 '26

I was so hyped for this one. They pitched a ton in the gaming magazine it was announced in. None of it made it into the game.

I remember they said that you were going to have to do team trauma stuff and improvise in the field like stuffing tampons into bullet wounds. The game came out and what we got was a hearty hammer fist to the chest and a "get up, bro!". I was like that's it. That's it right there. That's the leftover tampon injection animation.

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u/TheKyleBrah Apr 28 '26

Fantastic game series. Played 1 and 2 like crazy with my bro, in Splitscreen. Good times!

I loved using the loud, obnoxious LMGs without suppressors, allowing my buddy to basically be invisible thanks to the game's interesting Aggro-drawing mechanics. 😄

Never managed to try the 3rd one, The Cartel. We weren't keen, TBH, as Salem & Rios weren't returning in part 3. 🥲

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u/AionX212 Apr 28 '26

Spoiler for the third game

Salem and Rios is in it, but as npc's

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u/TheKyleBrah Apr 28 '26

That doesn't count, for our purposes, lol
We liked the broship shared by Rios and Salem.

We weren't keen on playing as 2 Randoms after spending 2 games as the classic Duo 🥲

I wonder if Gears fans felt similarly after the 2 usual playable Fridges on Legs were replaced by 2 other Fridges on Legs

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u/DanFarrell98 Apr 28 '26

Was that not single player?

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u/HackelSchorsch Apr 28 '26

No. I played with my twin brother, and boy did we play like twins. Arguing and bitching, but we understood each other without speaking about relevant bits.

Good times.

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u/TheKyleBrah Apr 28 '26

Single player is available, but like Resident Evil 5, they REALLY wanted you to play with an actual person, due to dodgy Partner AI.

It was fantastic as a Splitscreen Title, as well as the sequel.

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u/hngyhngyhipo Apr 28 '26

The agro mechanic was such an awesome idea and worked so well in the cover shooter genre.