UVic Study for Video Game Assessment

I find it a bit odd that, after finishing Army of Two: The 40th Day's campaign, what I remember most isn't its co-op mechanics, or its cast of mask-wearing musclemen. Sure, I eventually think about that stuff when I put my mind to it, but in all honesty, what I remember most about my experience with The 40th Day is the handful of choices I made during the story, and how some of those choices made me feel like a terrible person. (Such as you save a woman from being raped only to find out that she's a hired assassin to kill everyone who works for SCC {the group you work for})

The 40th Day maintains the "modern day third-person shooter focused on co-op" formula of its predecessor (right down to the goofy Aggro system where one player glows orange when enemies are focused on him, while the other player glows white to signify his current stealthiness). In fact, it generally improves on said formula (I would have personally given the original game a C+). And the "Partner A.I." of your buddy when playing single-player? Not nearly as dumb (for comparison, I probably died three times total from having the A.I. try to revive me in a dangerous place, as opposed to three times in a single level).

A cover-based annoyance is that you're required to click in the Right-analog to switch shoulder perspectives. This means that if you're moving back and forth in cover, you have to consciously switch shoulders, which can get annoying, unless you don't mind creeping left while facing right, as opposed to automatically turning left and moving. There've been times where, because I didn't click to shift shoulders, I accidentally backed my butt into the line of fire rather than turning and shooting (That was on contractor difficult might i add).