The Beginning

Army of Two: The Fortieth Day starts out exciting. The game opens with an explanation of the storyline, which follows a terrorist attack on Shanghai. I was then dropped right into the action with your partner as an army of two American soldiers who plan to save Shanghai by personally taking down all of the terrorist militia. The first few tasks of the game introduce the controls and give the player a feel for how to control the characters as well as how to use different weapons and stances. The first thing I had to do was plant a locater beacon, then I used a gun for the first time to shoot some alarm boxes, and then planted a second locater beacon. After planting the second beacon I was bombarded with terrorists, which I naturally destroyed. I was then given my first moral choice of the game: kill the informant who taught me all of the controls or spare him. Sparing him nets me little but the knowledge I'm a better person, but capping him will reward me a cool $7,500. I will have to play the game multiple times to tell which is the best longterm decision. It will be interesting to see what other moral decisions I'm presented with as I save Shanghai from complete ruin.