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Having the right partner who knew what they were doing or at least took instructions, on the other hand, made everything awesome and totally fun Choose wisely. The problem with the Ratchet & Clank games being consistently good, annual release after annual release, is that it's hard for them to seem spectacular For the first time in a while, a new one does. Aigner Since the Ratchet & Clank series launched just back in 2002, Insomniac Games has developed four installments for the PlayStation 2 and three — including the new entry, A Crack In Time, officially releasing this month —

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Also, going it together means you're rarely ever surprised and you get Achievements for busting up someone else's partnership with a well aimed shotgun blast. Other Teammates Can Revive You: In Team Deathmatch and Extraction, anybody on your team can Chanel revive you when you're downed as opposed to having to wait for your own buddy This is a little confusing because there's no icon to tell you when another teammate has gone down – just the icon for your own buddy

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Then they turned us loose on the multiplayer modes I played two matches of Team Deathmatch in the Temple map, two matches of Control in the Aftermath and Crossroads maps and one round of Extraction in the Zoo map. How Far Along Is It?The game is due out January 8, 2010. What Needs Improvement?Polish, polish, polish! Seeing a tidbit Zenith of singleplayer totally ruined me for the Unreal engine's performance in multiplayer Whereas the fight with the flamethrower guy was pretty and vibrant, the multiplayer models and environments looked a little rough and dull by comparison

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It's a clever way to hide the fact that the iPhone is starting to nose its way into the sticky issue of having a potentially fragmented audience, something that could have serious implications for developers and gamers alike. Army of Two: The 40th Day Technomarine goes out of its way to carry the cooperative experience through all of its competitive multiplayer modes, but thankfully this doesn't mean endless team deathmatches.

Rather, you get your standard multiplayer modes like Control (which is more or less capture the flag) and a special mode called Extraction Extraction mixes elements of Gears of War 2's Horde Mode with Left 4 Dead's constant location changing for a Tissot somewhat different experience than what the default multiplayer modes offer. There is a catch, though Extraction is available exclusively to GameStop any retailer's pre order customers for the first month After 30 days, though, all Army of Two customers will get their shot at the bonus mode

What Is It?Army of Two: The 40th Day is a third person shooter the relies heavily on cooperative play between two people or one person and an AI controller partner EA Montreal Creative Director Alex Hutchinson says that the game is trying to Ulysse Nardin tell a story about saving yourself (and your partner) as opposed to one about saving the world So expect a lot of running and gunning and be prepared for the co op strategies to get more complex. What We SawA flamethrower character was briefly demoed for games journalists

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