Grab a Friend
The game is about two ex-marines who after leaving the army joined a private military company in which they do jobs for the US army and in return they get payed......alot. The single player campaign with an AI partner will take you about 6-8 hours while with a friend you could probably do it in 5-7 hours. The game is pretty hard due to the sheer numbers of enemies that will confront you at one time. The cool part though is all the things you can do with your ally. You can have him stay behind cover and shoot thus having all enemies focus fire on him while you sneak around and punch them out. Or you grab a shield while your friend go behind you and picks off the enemies that are firing at you. Probably the best part of the game is the weapon system, as you complete objectives in the game you make money and you can use that money to buy new weapons. There is a huge choice of weapons to buy and you can upgrade them in so many ways. Like buy a bigger barrel, or larger clip, make it pimped out in gold, or give it a shield at the front. So much to do which is probably the only good thing about this game.
The game does have alot of problems even though the weapon system is nice. First of all they touch on some pretty deep issues like 9/11 which alot of people are still getting over. People dont need to be reminded about it while playing games. Also the story is pretty weak half the games story is just these two guys going on missions and one of them thinks that someone is leaking information to the enemies. Then the second half is just rescues and alot of cursing. The story really doesnt go that deep which is disappointing. Finally it all get repetitive fast, its just run behind cover have your partner get agro then u just run around them all and kill them.
Multiplayer: not much to say only one game type in it. Basically you and your partner ( could be someone next to you or some random guy) go around and complete objectives around the map like assassinate someone, or destroy some object. Whenever you complete one you get money and at the end of them game the side with the most money wins. Really isnt that rewarding although it is fun for th first hour or so.
All in all this game is worth a rent atleast. If your friends arent into shooters or video games in general then you might not want to get this cause the game is really only fun with a friend. Multiplayer will keep you busy for 2-3 hours while the campaign about 6-8 hours so in totaly look for about a 10 hour game. It was a good idea but the lack of a great story, tough issues, long loading screens, and a weak multiplayer make this game a somewhat disappointment