Comments on: Mercenaries 2: Macho Explodo

By: Dominic White

Dominic White — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:27:00 +0000

Army of Two irked me as well, because it hit just that right mixture of political incorrectness (screaming waves of al-quaeda ‘martyrs’ that you can detonate for an achievement?) combined with ‘America, Rah Rah!’ and ‘The free-market is god’.

The Mercenaries games are a lot more palatable. They seem to be far more cynical (in the intro of the first game, your company decides that it’d just be more financially viable to be the ‘good guys’ today) and comical, especially given the main character – Matthias the mumbling merc from Sweden.

It’s ridiculous and overblown in the best way. As KG said, A-Team Predator.

By: Muzman

Muzman — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:15:29 +0000

Mm, it probably is just me. It doesn’t look bad at all. For some reason the name, however vaguely associated with the real thing, brings out an uncharacteristic “PC” outrage in me; “Mercenaries? I hate those guys”
(Army of Two prodded that nerve the most actually, since it seems filled with lots of “We’re not Army! We get to do what the fuck we like!” dialogue.

By: MeestaNob!

MeestaNob! — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:42:20 +0000

For some reason, this seems like some sort of modern interpretation of Cannon Fodder.

Interest perked.

By: Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gillen — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:41:16 +0000

Muzman: Mercenaries = A-Team meets Predator.

By: Muzman

Muzman — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:37:51 +0000

Is it me or is playing as a mercenary in a happy fun shooter about as ethically questionable as some sort of suicide bomber sim.
A GTA-esque game where you play as insurgents laying in traps for passing tanks might even things out.
Or if they put some Machiavellian twist in and the country you’re woking for has you shot on contrived charges at the end, I might let it off.
(I had the same problem with Soldier of Fortune. “I’m playing a what? The hell I am”)

By: Stromko

Stromko — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:32:38 +0000

The “oh my eyes” flinch seemed to activate far too much, and yet inconsistently. Yet another explosion occuring 40 feet away would activate the flinch, but a flaming jeep landing 3 inches away would merit no reaction. I can see that getting annoying.

By: Colinmarc

Colinmarc — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:48:05 +0000

Heart!

By: Fat Zombie

Fat Zombie — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:09:25 +0000

Ahhh, yet more evidence that the RPG-7 launcher is a serious contender in the “most awesome weapon” stakes.

*files with Call of Duty 4*

Looks hilariously fun. KERSPLOSIONS!

By: Marcin

Marcin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:47:16 +0000

That *had* to be godmode. There was just way too much stupid in that (especially the running up to the AA gun and taking a flak burst to the face) to be actual gameplay.

At least I hope so. I do actually prefer the more calculated stealth approach, at least to start with. The kaboom is for when the stealth goes inevitably sour :)

By: Yhancik

Yhancik — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:43:15 +0000

I still wish the character reacted a bit more to what’s happening around, instead of running around, the back straight as a broomstick, with the occasional “oh my eyes” animation when there’s a big explosion (even behind you).

By: Fumarole

Fumarole — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:06:32 +0000

“This isn’t going to be the best game in the world, but I have a feeling it will be fun.”

Amen to that.

By: Steven Hutton

Steven Hutton — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:59:51 +0000

looks like it’s got co-op though. Which means we have a winner. Especially if, like me, you loved the first Mercs.