Myself and a few of my friends have been eagerly anticipating this one. I agree that the lack of previews so far (although Gamespot recently did a nice one) has me nervous, but I am willing to give it the benefit of the doubt and still hold out hope that it will be as fun as its premise.

Well, this is surprising. Army of Two has been delayed until early 2008

I am both surprised and disappointed by this as I was quite looking forward to this game. It is surprising that EA has decided to let a title they were banking on slip past the Christmas season in order to polish it more. Could this be the proof in the pudding that EA is turning over the new leaf like they claimed?

There was a preview in Edge Magazine this month that suggested the game was delivering less and less of what they originally claimed each time they saw it, so maybe the delay will be a good thing.

Wow... on Gamesradar:

"We were all set to review Army of Two this issue and had been playing a very complete beta in preparation for the arrival of the finished code, only for EA to pull the game weeks before its November release. It's probably for the best, since we were all geared up to stove its face in.

At various points throughout the last year, we've looked at the game and felt a sense of heart-warming optimism for a title that should have plugged the gap between Gears of War and Gears 2 very nicely. But like Disneyland, professional wrestling and hardcore pornography, the reality is far less pleasing than the fantasy.

We're accustomed to being offended by bad games, but it's not often we find ourselves objecting on a moral level. Not even Manhunt's lead nutcase revels in murder to the extent of Army of Two's infantile high-fiving redneck jackasses whose every action is based on some right-wing idea of how great the war on terror is. One minute, the game will throw in a bit of lefty politics ("We'll never find Osama; this war is all about oil") and the next you're gunning down row after row of generic suicide bombers and facing religious fundamentalists who call you and your "˜bro' "F***ing infidels" before blasting you with a grenade launcher.

As it stands, Army of Two is a juvenile swear-fest with clumsy controls, a story apparently penned by a seven year old who hates them ay-rabs, laughable level design that tosses you into a cut-scene every thirty seconds, sub Perfect Dark Zero graphics and the two least likable characters in gaming history. We'd rather play as a Bubsy the Bobcat/Raiden from Metal Gear Solid tag-team than these two douchebags. The delay is a stay of execution. It has four months to get even vaguely good. Hope for a miracle."

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Lots of similarities between this one and Kane & Lynch, it seems.

I just want to end a sentence with "it seems".

Hmm, I was really interested in the co-op and aggro systems they've described to date.

The Gamesradar preview statement is relatively short, but I'll take it along with the fact of actual delay to heart, reminding myself to wait on reviews for this one. Besides, I think Santa will have me in gaming paradise for a few months anyways.

If the portrayal of human death is so callous (as opposed to CoDs, TC:GR&R6 etc that have inspired some good family discussions and don't revel in be-littleing virtual human deaths)... not sure I would want it in our gaming library

This comes out Tuesday how many people are interested in this? I hope the co-op is as good as it looks.

I've got this preordered. I think it looks like a blast in co-op and thats exactly what I'm getting it for.

"May the fickle gods of gaming hopes and dreams not prove me wrong!"

Amazon free shipping will mean I get it later than day-one adopters I'm sure, so I may join the impressions thread a few days late.

Wow, I was really looking forward to this game too - but that gamesradar review has really put me off. I will probably try to rent if I can find it, if it is as bad as that review morally a media s**tstorm is sure to follow, and with that type of press you never know some stores/renters may pull. I hope its not bad - I really like the idea of the 2 player co-op, with back to back shooting and other 2 player manuvers.

Same here. The idea interests me, but not enough to buy without better impressions.

There are a bunch of new videos on GameTrailers that might help sway people to one side of the fence. I'm still not sure if I want to pick this one up but it's looking better in the last round of vids.