KANE AND LYNCH 2 DOG DAYS SPLIT SCREEN CO OP PC MOVIE
John Woo's new Streetdance movie proved surprisingly controversial. Bing bang boom, the shooting starts, and doesn't stop until around five hours later when you plop out the other end of the disappointingly slender story. There's unfinished business between the two, but before it can be resolved, Lynch wants to put the frighteners on a snitch. The two haven't spoken since it all went a bit Bad Boys II at the end of the first game, and there's a nice undercurrent of tension in the opening moments that suits the edgy atmosphere. The story picks up with world-weary Kane arriving in Shanghai to help paranoid psychopath Lynch, his erstwhile partner, finish off some vaguely sketched black-market arms deal. Army of Two wasn't the most innovative game around, but it at least included a robust co-op system and weapon customisation. It's the depth of gameplay, or lack thereof, that proves the distinguishing factor. Even the dual animation for opening doors feels familiar. Both concern themselves with helping our foul-mouthed amoral anti-heroes battle across the city to freedom. They're also both set in Shanghai, in the aftermath of one last job that goes disastrously wrong. Obviously, they're both follow-ups to third person co-op shooters with a heavy focus on cover and flanking, so the gameplay echoes are to be expected. Both sequels were revealed within a few months of each other last year, and the similarities are startling. I can't help wondering what the atmosphere in the IO Interactive office was like when EA announced details of Army of Two: The 40th Day.