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The war on drugs knows no boundaries... including online multiplayer.

do that.

The Cartel is split into two different online modes. The first we played was dubbed simply "Objective Mode," and it has one team of drug runners trying to commit an elaborate series of crimes, one after the other, as the other team of cops tries to thwart them. One of the missions we played may as well have been called "Capture the Cocaine" as our team of cartel thugs pulled off an attempt to break into a storage warehouse, load up our SUV with mountains of cocaine, and then drive off to our safe house a few blocks away. The game's fast pace and loose controls led to a chaotic number of deaths and respawns that were made more hectic by hilariously persistent torrent of swear words coming from the in-game criminals that made up our team. The cops didn't say much, but we enjoyed imagining those officers shouting something to the effect of, "No! Put that cocaine down! Don't make me kill you again! I will