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Mercenaries 2!
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Well, I for one am disappointed to see it get such horrible reviews, even if the first game was worse that this, and yet somehow it it got better reivews.
I grew up with Mercs 1, as many would have grown up with mario or zelda, and I can't really point any fingers. I love the game and Pandemic really nailed it i think.
The problem I am seeing is that with other sandbox games like GTA4, it's easy to get picky. Pandemic wasn't trying to compare to any of those games, they were just continuing the Mercenaries games.
I grew up with Mercs 1, as many would have grown up with mario or zelda, and I can't really point any fingers. I love the game and Pandemic really nailed it i think.
The problem I am seeing is that with other sandbox games like GTA4, it's easy to get picky. Pandemic wasn't trying to compare to any of those games, they were just continuing the Mercenaries games.
That's just what the reviewers did. They compared it to GTA.
Which was stupid. They should judge games for what they are, not what they could be.
This game isn't even worth wasting space on your HD for a demo, skip it all together.
That's just what the reviewers did. They compared it to GTA
There are a lot of similarities so it's not too bad to compare the games.
However I compared to something along the same lines JUST CAUSE which is vastly superior to this mess.
The biggest problems with Merc's 2 is the hideous level structures. The fact that when you die mid mission you are often sent back to the PMC and have to travel half the world if you haven't got a heliport located near to where your mission lies, and then just when you get there your hit by a rocket from out of no-where and have to do the whole thing again...
It's simply atrocious that it's level design is stuck 6 or 7 years in the past when games have moved on.
Even one of the earlier missions when you get the buggy and have to drive from checkpoint to checkpoint in the mine should be fun, instead it's design is awkard, labored and simply NOT enjoyable. Then there are other irritants such as - hey its ok to drive full speed into oncoming traffic or a tree - however you merely 'touch' one falling log and your car explodes ? WHAT? This is just BAD BAD DESIGN.
And that's where the problem with Mercs lies mostly in it's design which if it play's as it was created means it was just a labor and not a labor of love.
Then there are the hideous other bugs such as enemy soldiers who can happily run 'inside' rocks and call for air support but they can not be killed or stopped because they are stuck inside this impenetrable clipping paradox.
All the bugs, all the irritants could be forgiven if the game was fun but it just isn't. Its a poor enough joke that you may have smirked at the first time you heard it - repeated ad infinitum. To the point it becomes almost unbearable.
MERCS 2 IS POO IMHO
Glad I wasn't anticipating the game because it was a let down. The first one was defiantly tighter than this installment. I would buy it for cheap if I see it.
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Whhaaaaaa??? Just Cause 2 iPhone port?
I'm confused...
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/15/ea-to-mobile-ize-eidos-franchises/
I'm confused...
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/15/ea-to-mobile-ize-eidos-franchises/
That's just what the reviewers did. They compared it to GTA
It's a sandbox style game, of which GTA4 is the king.
Why not compare it to GTA4? That'd be doing the gaming public a disservice to not compare this to one of the best titles of the last few years.
With a brief play of the Ps3 demo, I agreed that the game = *****.
I didn't even really bother with seeing any "kewl expl0sions!", I was too disappointed with everything I did see. I also made the mistake of buying this atrocity. It has nothing on the look or feel of the first one. Its as if the creators took a step back, took a large dump and sat right in it. Sorry, high expectations met with disappointment only ends in tragedy. Gonna take something pretty special for a comeback. Better luck next time Shamdemic.
Uhhh... have you played the first one recently? Well... it's a bit worse
. But not by much. It just had some things (that they did fix) that really pissed me off...the graphics were actually better though imo in the first one. Plus the animation of vehicles etc was also better. M2 just seems rushed.
Whhaaaa?? Now I really want to know when you last played it. Ya the voice acting was nicer but the graphics. Now that's an obvious bump.