In the comments of my first Mass Effect Live Blogging, Shane (sedington86) mentioned we should do some Army of Two co-op. I graciously accepted. So, in keeping with the recent live blogging theme, here we go! The live blogging starts after the break! Hit Read More to follow along.
11:40 PM Co-op started with the training level.
11:46 PM Co-op snipe finished.
11:48 PM Back to back training finished.
11:49 PM Just saved Shane after he walked past the mine on the wall. On the way to Somalia now.
11:56 PM Went up against the first boss and Shane got downed and killed.
11:58 PM Up against him again.
12:00 AM Pulled the balcony down with the chain.
12:02 AM Finished him off.
12:05 AM On the two turrets.
12:08 AM Done the mission. In mid-mission shopping now.
12:11 AM Mid-mission shopping done. Off to Afganistan. Parachuting down to the ground.
12:12 AM Back to back on the ground.
12:13 AM We both got pwned. Restarting from the last checkpoint.
12:17 AM Okay, past that first area after I died twice.
12:23 AM Destroyed the first missile.
12:37 AM On the long Parachuting to the next missile depot.
12:39 AM At the next missile depot. About to get ugly.
12:41 AM Destroyed the second missile.
12:43 AM I got pwned by the Heavy Armor guy upstairs.
12:47 AM Now we can’t even get out of the first room.
12:52 AM Finally got back up by the stairs.
12:54 AM Taking the elevator down a level.
12:59 AM Stuck a bit on the gassy level.
1:12 AM Finally past that gassy level and I got my Stonewall achievement. (Kill 50 guys with the riot shield)
1:23 AM “Stuck” on the next level. We suck.
1:42 AM Finally, on the big square level with the tanks in the middle. The level of the Afghanistan boss.
1:46 AM Killed the boss, going to destroy the warheads.
1:48 AM Warheads destroyed.
1:50 AM Going to Iraq. Shane’s in mid-mission shopping.
2:18 AM In the 2nd part of Iraq, we keep dying in the first bit of it.
2:27 AM We got through the first bit!
2:35 AM This is getting harder and harder.
2:39 AM My 360 froze while trying to load a section after we died.
2:41 AM We’re back in business. Going back into a Mission 3 checkpoint.
2:42 AM Private chat enabled. Game on.
2:43 AM Nice! Sniped a guy through a door Shane was holding just as he was about to smash him with the door.
2:46 AM Moving on through a big steel door.
2:53 AM On through the next door.
2:58 AM At Ali Yussef’s base. We both just got killed by an RPG.
3:05 AM Just destroyed part of the base by calling in an airstrike.
3:08 AM We both just got killed by suicide bombers. Damn it.
3:13 AM Got the 5 Kills in Co-op snipe achievement.
3:17 AM Called in the airstrike again.
3:40 AM Back to back now. We’ve unlocked about 10 achievements during this playthrough. Keep ‘em comin’.
3:45 AM Up the ramp to the last area!
3:50 AM Onto the last area in Iraq.
3:53 AM Got the Spray and Pray achievement. (Kill 250 guys with the Mini-gun)
3:57 AM We keep getting killed by the heavy guy.
4:04 AM Up against Ali Yussef.
4:09 AM Killed Ali Yussef. w00t! Halfway through the missions.
4:10 AM Watching a video on the privatization of the military.
4:12 AM In mid-mission shopping. Switching out my minigun. Bought up all the masks. Got the achievement for it.
4:18 AM Spent a fair bit of time shopping. Off to the aircraft carrier.
4:35 AM Wow, with enemies coming from everywhere and a horrible aiming system, we just can’t live.
4:50 AM Finally got inside the carrier.
4:57 AM Welded a hole in the floor and jumped through.
5:09 AM Going up the elevator to the captain.
5:10 AM Talking to the captain.
5:13 AM Down the elevator again to go to sink the ship.
5:20 AM Opening the hydraulic doors.
5:25 AM Pushed the bombs onto the platform. The ships about to sink.
5:26 AM On the flight deck now.
5:28 AM Off the ship. On a speedboat. Mission 4 Complete. Achievement unlocked. We’re playing on professional by the way.
5:33 AM Co-op sniped the tank under the bridge.
5:35 AM In the hovercraft.
5:37 AM Done the first part of the hovercraft mission. In mid-mission shopping.
5:38 AM Got the Stinger. And pimped it too. Bought some upgrades for my Felin-C as well.
5:40 AM Out of shopping and back to the mission.
5:44 AM Gates opened, hovercraft driven in.
5:50 AM Back in mid-mission shopping after we died. I switched my Stinger for a sniper rifle and Shane switched his RPG for a Stinger.
5:51 AM Trying that part again.
6:03 AM Having some trouble with the floodgates mission.
6:21 AM Finally out of the floodgates.
6:42 AM Struggling on the next part.
6:54 AM Finally, we get a checkpoint and the gate blows up.
6:58 AM Onto the part past that door. Shane decides to go shopping.
7:00 AM Shane’s done shopping.
[Dario's Firefox crashes and we lose a couple updates like Dario unlocking the Alright, Who Wants Some? achievement.]
7:35 AM On one of the last sections in China.
7:49 AM Onto the door that explodes.
7:50 AM Back to back now.
7:56 AM Past the back to back part. Into the complex we go!
8:37 AM FINALLY DONE China.
8:42 AM On to the airport.
8:50 AM Smashed through the double doors on the third floor.
8:57 AM One Shot. One Kill. achievement unlocked.
9:07 AM If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It achievement unlocked. w00t!
9:32 AM Got to the hovercraft part.
9:57 AM Off the hovercraft and on the monorail!
10:01 AM At the station right before the last building.
10:23 AM Got into the elevator room. Now to get back to the front desk!
10:37 AM On the roof! Well, a roof.
10:46 AM Checkpointed right by the stairs to Clyde.
10:51 AM Clyde is toast. Got kicked out through a window. Cutscene of us chasing and shooting down a helicopted with Dalton on it.
10:52 AM Ending cutscene.
10:53 AM Achievements unlocked: Mission 6 Complete and Elite PMC. Game over. Credits rolling.
And that’s a wrap! After 11 and 13 minutes, Shane and I are done Army of Two Co-op Campaign on Professional. There were some hard parts to the game, and parts we really got stuck on, but overall it was fairly enjoyable. Much more enjoyable than a playthrough with the AI partner.
