Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Value Game) reviews

Dam this is awesome, i'm so pleased that my machine can actually run it. I took a stab in the dark and just had to get this, having read the reviews etc on it. As soon as I installed it, it was ready to go. Great game, with great sounds, speech etc. Like Farcry 2 it doesn't need a heap of Computer Grunt to run it, therefore once you've upgraded then you play it at full specs. A must for people owning an older machine, i.e. myself. Love blowing things up in it, and stealing product. If your a fan of GTA 4, then you'll love this, but more destruction.

Mercenaries 2 is a game where anything you see can be destroyed in seconds. With the ability to be able to use pyrotechnics, bombs, grenades, air strikes and an arsenal of guns! This game is just like one big playground that you can total! The graphics are not that stunning however. Even on the very highest settings it is still quite blurry and very low. But still this is a game that is action filled and is fun for hours on end. Recommended buy. 4/5

Awesome! You can destroy almost everything. Even when not in a mission it is a lot of fun. It is a mixture of Grand Theft Auto and Red Faction but in Venezuela as a mercenary.

Like to fly combat choppers against tanks and infantry? Attack and commandeer tanks and other vehicles? Call in artillery strikes and bombing runs? Have no allegiance to any faction or company other than what you want?

Then this is the perfect game for you. No holds barred action and explosions GTA style. Total freedom of choice – follow the story to unlock additional equipment and weapons, or just blow stuff up.

Smooth game play for those of us with the machines to run – its a bit of a grunta. but even with the details and effects turned down a wee bit – its still delivers on excellent gameplay.

My only bone I would pick – is the ‘comandeering’ technique used. Basically – pushing key to correspond with on screen prompts – a bit difficult to get the frequency right – very frustrating.

All in all a very nice and action packed game – highly recommend to adrenaline junkies :)

Apparently a few bugs have been fixed but the thing I was looking forward to was the Widescreen issue, now more resolutions are supported Mercenaries 2: World in Flames allows the user to select the same native supported resolutions that Windows reports available via the graphic driver. This means that the while in the game the user will only be able to select the same resolutions that are displayed in the Windows display properties.

PLEASE NOTE: USING A DVI INTERFACE CABLE TO CONNECT YOUR DISPLAY TO YOUR VIDEO CARD CAN SERIOUSLY LIMIT RESOLUTION CHOICES AVAILABLE BOTH IN GAME AND IN WINDOWS DISPLAY PROPERTIES.

v1.1 Bug Fixes :

When the user sets the shader level to low in the options menu, the user can set the shaders back to high again. The user can now cancel a contract by using a controller. The user can set the volume levels to high and low using the mouse properly now. When the user fails to find another player using “Custom Match” the menu options function normally. Joystick sensitivity now operates as designed. Adjusting the view distance from the main menu functions properly now. The user can no longer create accounts using “spaces” in their names, thus allowing them to search online for names properly. Paper animations have been removed from the game. All common 16:9 and 4:3 resolutions are now available.

I forgot to mention a few things in my previous review, another problem, which is strange for modern games these days, is that the max resolution is only 1280×960 which is annoying cause I have a 19" Wide screen, max resolution of 1440×900, but if you just mess around with Mercs2.ini you can put in a custom resolution (I read on a forum that it stops some NPCs spamming “I SEE THE ENEMY” but haven't confirmed it, I only read it, could be false/isolated), Graphics 7/10: Not perfect but they don't suck, explosions are great, Gameplay 6/10: NPCs stand there waiting, blocking your bullets with their face, shoddy driving, Audio 7/10: I'm usually listening to my own music but Mattias' quotes are cool, its the reason I gave it 4 stars, otherwise I would give it 2–3.

Ok, first the bad stuff, CURSE THE DRIVING, the controls are so badly done, its like Shinobido for PS2, they aren't so much configured badly just not as responsive as they should be which is really frustrating, and the NPCs keep shouting “THERES THE ENEMY” yet all I see is either more NPCs of their faction or civilians and sometimes theres frame rate issues, it slows down for a second (AMD 6400+ Black Edition, NVIDIA 8800GT, 2GB of Corsair RAM, no problems on R6Vegas 2, CoD4, Crysis, I KNOW its not my PC, I just reformatted), once they actually can be bothered making a patch I'm sure this game will be more enjoyable, the reason I gave it a high rating is blowing stuff up with C4 or a rocket launcher is so much fun, and of course, from the cover, Mattias, hes the greatest character ever, his quotes are great, makes the game worth it, after picking up an AK47 he says “I think I'll call you Louissa, come on Louissa, lets kill a whole lotta people!” or “Why can't everything be rocket propelled?”, I have yet to try the others but Mattias is just kickass, the strangest thing is that I threw 3 grenades (1 after the other) at a statue (purposely trying to commit suicide cause of a botched mission) with only 5 hp left, and I still survive after all 3 grenades blew up with 2 hp to spare.

FPS with a twist… Awesome gameplay