The enemy AI is not great (to say the least!) and the script is limited – you’ll hear the same one-liners over and over again, ad nauseum, from your character and the enemies – but again, this is unlikely to bother you too much given the freeform chaos you can cause, on foot and in a variety of vehicles. You can call in airstrikes, which is supremely satisfying, switching to a fuzzy bomb cam for a birds eye view as you do so. This at least explains why the graphics in general don’t feel up to par – with near enough everything you see being destructible, it stands to reason that detail levels are likely to take a hit. However, where it stands tall is in the hilarious destruction on offer, with over the top physics and pretty much anything in the world – aside from the biggest of buildings, for the most part – being fair game to destroy.
Despite being released on a later generation of consoles than the previous game, it is barely an improvement from a technical standpoint – including its awful, very badly dated cutscenes. Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is a bit of an awkward beast. The Venezuelan controversy, however, was a little more personal than just a ban – the game was accused of being a way to soften American opinion for a real life invasion of the country – an accusation that, to date at least, has clearly been proven false. It caused a bit of controversy at the time of release due to its insensitive use of Venezuela as the location of the story – but this was nothing new for the series, given that the first game was actually banned in South Korea due to it being set there.
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames launched three years later on the then-current gen consoles, Xbox 360 and PS3 (as well as PC and, oddly, PS2).
Developed by Pandemic Studios, who also developed the classic Star Wars: Battlefront and originated the Destroy All Humans! series, it demonstrated a flair for open world destruction and fun that could also be seen in those other games too. sometimes you might even pick up the same hidden package twice.The first Mercenaries game was released in 2005 on the Playstation 2 and Xbox it was a ton of chaotic fun, with what was – at the time – a massive sandbox environment and lots of ways to cause destruction on a big scale, limited only by the technology available. 1 second you have 70/100 the next you got 60/100. well its hard to find the main story line. but for the most part stay in its original form. the graphics are definatly not gta quality. 1 second you get shot in the head the next they do not even see you coming. anyways like i said it has its ups and downs. but for some reason the grenades did not work inside the rock. you would think i could just kill myself and respawn. lost all my progress due to not saving the game. but what hurt me is when i played for hours. The pc version no longer has multiplayer support. I i never really played the original.Ĭons: Alright it has glitches. i mean who doesn't want to drive a tank down the road and shoot opposing factions. Play your own way, or play with the help of a friend in the new cooperative multiplayer mode.Īdditional Information Date First Available Tanks, APCs, boats, luxury automobiles – you name it, you can have it delivered to you in real time.Īnd if you run out of cash you can always 'acquire' the gear you need in the field If you see it, you can buy it, steal it, or blow the living crap out of it. Mercenaries 2 features the latest and most dangerous in civilian and military tech, everything from shiny new sports cars, to the future-tech satellite-guided bunker-busting mini-nuke.
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is an explosive open-world action game set in a massive, highly reactive, war-torn world.Ī power-hungry tyrant messes with Venezuela's oil supply, sparking an invasion that turns the country into a warzone.
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