operatives believe nothing will go wrong until the convoy's movement is interrupted by La Guadaña's forces. is hired by Mayor Cordova, a Mexican politician seeking to bring down La Guadaña and kill its leader, Bautista. Alpha and Bravo save the girl from cartel forces and evacuate with Rios, lamenting the loss of Salem.įive years later, T.W.O. During Salem's escape, a thug destroys Salem's vehicle, leaving Rios, Alpha, and Bravo attempting to rescue him, but Rios injures his right leg in the process. Rios insists that she's innocent and that he won't leave her behind, Alpha and Bravo agree, Salem then decides to go alone and leave. Salem attempts to persuade the group to leave, not wanting to risk their lives to save Fiona who is not part of their mission objective. Only one hostage is found alive, a girl named Fiona. During the operation, Estaban Bautista and his henchman leave as Rios, Salem, Alpha, and Bravo raid the compound. founders Tyson Rios and Elliot Salem give them their masks and bring the two new recruits on a rescue operation to save multiple hostages in a cartel compound. (Tactical Worldwide Operations), Alpha and Bravo join T.W.O. Shortly after being recruited into T.W.O. Customers can pre-order the Overkill Edition which comes with bonus weapons, masks, outfits, and missions that are not available with the standard version of the game. The Devil's Cartel features a mask creator which allows players to completely customize their masks, thus giving their TWO operative its own persona. It has been noted that the game features more customization options compared to the previous games in the series. Competitive multiplayer from the second game does not return to focus on a richer co-op experience. However, features such as back to back, playing rock, paper and scissors with your partner, and other co-op interactions have been removed in favor of more fast-paced gameplay. Returning from the first game is the Overkill mode, which makes both players invincible for a short period of time. The reasoning behind the unidentified names is to give the player the feeling that it is them fighting through the missions.
Whereas the last two games focused around characters, Salem and Rios, Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel focuses around two new T.W.O. The Devil's Cartel was also a commercial failure for Electronic Arts, eventually leading to Visceral Games' closure in 2017. The game received mediocre reviews criticism was drawn towards the game's removal of the co-op interactions, being only able to play as Alpha, and the game's story.
It was the second to last game developed by Visceral Montreal.
It is the first game in the series to run on the Frostbite 2 game engine, whereas the previous two ran on Unreal Engine 3. against a drug cartel known as La Guadaña (Spanish for "the Scythe"). The game takes place in Mexico and pits T.W.O. It is the third and final game in the Army of Two series, following 2008's Army of Two and 2010's Army of Two: The 40th Day. Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel is a third-person shooter video game developed by the Montreal branch of Visceral Games and released on Maby Electronic Arts for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.