Difficulty:

Just Right

Time Spent:

10 Hours or Less

The Bottom Line:

"Rent it first"

Wow, where to begin......well I guess I start with the good things:

PROS: Pretty good storyline, exceptional cut scenes make you really want to get in and start causing some chaos.
The character interactions are great with another player, whether it is playing some air guitar after taking out a bunch of enemies, or smacking your partner for taking to long pulling you up, it adds fun to the gameplay, also some of the things the two characters do to eachother in the cutscenes got a lol from me.
Gun buys and customizations deepen the game to an extent, setting up a S-system with a shotgun on the end is just great.
Being able to play with a friend and run on through the game makes for a good time.
Great achievement's and names, for anyone who is a fan of the old school action movies.

You will notice most of the things mentioned do not have anything to do with playing the game.......on to that....

CONS: Aiming and bullet impacts are at best shaky, hitting an enemy in the head does not always mean they die, infact sometimes they aren't even hurt.
The ingame partner A.I. which was one of the big sells for the game falls short, older games have a better A.I. system in place, this one for me was beyond frustrating.
Short game, for the price, and the fact that there is really a minor online multiplayer design, begs this game to be a good co-op/single player, and it does not deliver, on contractor (hardest setting available out-of-the-box) it took less than six hours to beat with a friend, the only saving grace for this is unlocking Professional for another go at the campaign, and of course the above mentioned gun upgrading, but really this game isn't worth the $60 price tag, seeing as a week rental could probably give you all the time you need for playing it to the hilt.
Army of Two goes from kinda easy/moderate to insanely hard between missions five and six, my friend and I breezed through the first five missions only to get slammed once on the last one, combined we probably died about five or six times through missions one to five, and then about twenty times on mission six.....maybe I'm just not good at games.

OVERALL: I think the idea of Army of Two was much better than the actual game, there is definately an open end for a sequel, which if EA makes, and fixes these problems could be a great game, Ao2 set up for much more than it delivered, and while I may not really like the game, I would be open to another go at it with a deeper experience, and improved mechanics.

RECOMMENDATION: If you like Gears of War, Rainbow Six, and other like games this is worth a rental, if not, then don't bother with it.