Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

Mercenaries 2

I bought it and I will give a quick opinion of the game. First off the graphics. They arent bad but for christ sakes I think mercs 1 on ps2 looked better. I have recently bought mercs 1 on xbox and was playing that in anticipation of this game. The xbox version of mercs 1 looks far superior. The vehicles even looked better in mercs 1 especially on xbox.

The vehicles looked more detailed in mercs 1 this is even more apparent in the xbox version. The vehicles in mercs 2 just look kind of blury. The textures in the game seem blurry and muddy. The colors seemed kind of washed out. Now I knew getting into this game it wouldnt look that good and it sure as hell wouldnt look like the 360 and ps3 versions. But damn pandemic and EA could have put a little more effort into the looks and visuals. I mean I know its the ps2 and all but mercs1 looked a tad bit better and thats just sad. Especially with how long this game has been in developement.

The controls are the same thing as mercs 1. I didnt notice much change. Every thing feels familiar to me. The vehicles controls are the same as well. This is one of the games good points. They didnt over complicate things a whole lot. The same cant be said for the games sound effects. The ingame music is ok and sound good. The sound effects like gun shots and explosions sound weak. They were better in mercs 1. They should sound more clear and louder. But they dont. The characters in game dialogue is also weak as all the dialogue doesnt sound as good. Even with sound effects and volume turned up pretty loud all I got was the music to sound good and the gun still sounded weak. I mean we did have good sound last gen right? Mercs 1 sound effects on both the ps2 and xbox sounded well done, crisp and strong. This game sounds almost like crap.

So by now you must have noticed aparticular pattern appearing here. Every thing was better in mercs 1. They are practically the same game just in a new location. of course Im still pretty early in the game but I hope like hell things get better later on. I think playing mercs 1 on the xbox 2 yrs after owning the ps2 version has spoiled me. I thought maybe they had squeezed a little more out of the ps2. But I guess not since the game seems to have regressed actually. I would even go as far as saying pandemic and EA shit this game onto the disc. I mean its ok but thats as far as it goes especially since it was in developement for soo long. If you dont own a next gen system and you want this game then play mercs 1 and wait for it to drop to $20 and then go buy it used at gamestop for $17. If you own a next gen system then get this game on said system because the only difference you will pay for is graphics. Thats it. Its a shame really. I take it its the same game across all platforms and my experioences hasnt been that mind blowing so I would tell even next gen system owners to wait till its $30 or hell $20. EA and Pandemic capitalized off mercs 1 fame and that is sad. But I guess I should be grateful that they bothered to make this game available to ps2 owners. This game would have looked much better on the xbox 1. DAMNED YOU MS!!!

Graphics 3/5

sound 3/5

controls/gameplay 4/5

Awesome

Extremely addictive. Even better than the first. explosions a little weak, not as big as i thought. Would buy 4 a friend

never heard must not bee good

this game i havent heard about and i am a blockbuster hog. overall someone tell me what it is about. is it as good as the first one?

Mercenaires 2: world in flames

this is going to be one of the greatest games in 2007( hopefully).since mercenaires: playground of destruction was cool, Mercenaires 2 should be cooler.