This is stupid fun and that is the problem the stupid eventually eclipses the fun.

User Rating: 7.5 | Mercenaries 2: World in Flames X360
By swiney50 | Review Date:
This is a revised review. First impressions can be deceptive and that is why I generally wait a bit longer to write them. At first blush this game was kind of fun. For one thing the video gaming world is in a bit of a drought at the moment. Not much doin so along comes Mercs 2 and everyone figures how could a game company blow the metaphor of blowing the crap out of everything and everyone in sight. Let me count the ways.

1.) Sub par graphics for Next Gen consoles.
2.) Lousy voice acting that was funny for the first few times a line was used and then just plain stupid and annoying. What about the Swede who doesn't sound too Swedish?
3.) Dumb AI and stupid character and model physics
4.) Explosions look like a cartoon
5.) Not easy to find your way around
6.) In original xbox game it was easy to line up contracts...not so in this game. I have gotton lost or diverted looking for a solid contract.
7.) Car collisions or 'wrecks' that are silly and just as Mattias is known to quip they remind me of "bumper cars."

What happened to me was that the fun of the game concept became eclipsed by the many flaws that it has. Now...give this game to the Rockstar folks and fuse it with GTA and you will have a winner for sure. Bottom line it is an EA games creation and every gamer should know what the means. I like some of the EA Sports Games but EA has dropped the ball more than a few times in some of the other game genres. I say rent this game first.

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