Mercenaries 2 World in Flames Review (5.0)

Have any of you guys actually played Mercenaries? Seriously, that game is completely terrible. I was kind of excited for it before it came out and went out and rented it and I agree completely with this review. When it comes down to it, all of the problems aside from the technical aspects, the game is just plain NOT FUN.

I will say that a 5/10 might be a little harsh, although I wouldn't give it over a 6/10 max. It truly is a big piece of crap though. After playing a game like GTA IV, which, although not worthy of a 10 in my opinion, still was able to create a great, fun, immersive city along with a story with believable characters with unique personalities, and was just FUN in general,playing Mercs. 2 just feels like a walk through the inside of a septic tank.

So, don't B.S. the review until you play the game!

I'll copy my post from SW:

OK, I've just read the review and (stupid glitchspot giving me HTML errors so I can't quote):

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Enemy AI is horrific. If you're injured you can just run behind a building to regenerate--soldiers won't make much of an effort to find you. They won't even go to great lengths to shoot you if you're right next to them, often standing there oblivious to your shooting them. When you have to destroy a specific piece of equipment or vehicle, sometimes the easiest thing to do is stand next to or get inside of it and let the bad guys blow up the very thing they're supposed to be protecting.

The problems just keep on coming. Helicopters will vanish with you in them; turrets will float in midair; people you're supposed to rescue will drown themselves or run face-first into the helicopter rather than get in; and allies will shoot at you for no reason. Combat falls flat because shooting guys takes longer and is more difficult than simply running up to them and killing them with one punch; helicopters will often drop off support troops on rooftops, where they'll either get stuck or plunge to their deaths. Enemy soldiers respawn in gun towers even after you've taken over an outpost; they can shoot through walls and often appear out of thin air, too. Civilians will run right in front of you when you drive, costing you 5 grand each time you hit them; your helicopter pilot will sometimes fail to show up, or will drop your cargo where you can't get to it. You might even be unlucky enough to have the game crash during a load screen; or to be told that you're dead when you clearly have health left, forcing you to restart. You might even lose progress due to a save game failing. The list of bugs and problems really is staggering.

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If that list of bugs really is true then this game deserves a 5.0. The game should no way have been released like that and giving it a higher score would basically say it's perfectly fine for developers to release unfinished games. Sure, you might not have come across all of those bugs, but the fact they exist in the first place is quite shocking.

BZSIN

I guess that would equal to me saying how buggy and glitchy COD4's multiplayer is. Though some see it too and agree with me, but a bunch of others either don't know, or got only the good copies of the game that the rest of us apparently don't have access to despite having a great internet connection. Some people are having a terrible time with GTA4, yet mine runs smoothly (aside from the odd lagger) with no problems at all. Actually, all of my problems happened in single player. So I'm not sure if it depends on the system you have(60/20/40/80gigs), or the copy of the game you have.

Have any of you guys actually played Mercenaries? Seriously, that game is completely terrible. I was kind of excited for it before it came out and went out and rented it and I agree completely with this review. When it comes down to it, all of the problems aside from the technical aspects, the game is just plain NOT FUN.

I will say that a 5/10 might be a little harsh, although I wouldn't give it over a 6/10 max. It truly is a big piece of crap though. After playing a game like GTA IV, which, although not worthy of a 10 in my opinion, still was able to create a great, fun, immersive city along with a story with believable characters with unique personalities, and was just FUN in general,playing Mercs. 2 just feels like a walk through the inside of a septic tank.

So, don't B.S. the review until you play the game!

abeautifullmind

Well considering GS's recent track of "reviews", people automatically assume "here we go again" as a lot of them scored lower for very stupid, unnecessary reasons in the past. (which I've seen a lot of myself)