Comments on: Mercenaries 2 Mini Review, Definite Rental (Skip Buying It)

By: Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Xbox 360) Review | The "Break it Down" Blog

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Xbox 360) Review | The "Break it Down" Blog — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:08:19 +0000

[...] Note: You can check out our original mini-review of Mercenaries 2 if you are interested in some other thoughts about this game as well. Share This on Your Favorite [...]

By: fearthareaper

fearthareaper — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:15:02 +0000

I get this bug where Certain sounds only play in left side for PC, for instance comms between you and fiona, arms fire (from your weapon) and such.

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Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:07:33 +0000

[...] fairness to the game, as relative-average of a game it was, I have racked up like 60hrs of co-op multiplayer with a friend in it where we spend half our time [...]

By: Rhieland

Rhieland — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:16:35 +0000

Oh yeah the resolution issue. You can manually change the resolution, not sure if it is just stretched or if it actually works. Just go into C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Mercenaries 2 World in Flames, or wherever it is installed. And Find the config file called Mercs2. 4th line down change to 2000 or 1600 and the next 1600 or 1240 whatever works. (But I’m not completely sure those are the resolution sizes, you might want to double check.)

By: Rhieland

Rhieland — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:11:50 +0000

I bought it, and I am actually amused with it. The only thing I wish would be that ammo was harder to come across. But I personally like every…. Wait, This sounds like you guys are running it on the XBox 360 or PS3. Ok well never mind, it is shit on the console. It is really cool on the pc though. But you have to have a pretty epic computer to run it. But you can turn all the motion blurs off. And you can double ammo drops, or in my case, lower the ammo drop value. I hate being able to take my Carbine, and never running out of ammo in guerilla territory. But as for explosives, get creative. Car Bombing is especially useful.

By: someone

someone — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:55:21 +0000

If have bought it a few days ago. It is a shit game. The loading does take ages (going in you hq and out for an exemple) and the video isnt real perfect. If you close an other area you need to wait until i properly has loaded and you see a nice are of good grapigs. If you just drop with an heli de details are such good as in a game like simcity if you would zoom in on the streets. If i you was dont buy it! you can better wait for a game lik far cry 2 or something maby min opinion will change if do releas a patch but until that i dont like the game it

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Quantum of Solace Using Call of Duty 4 Engine | The "Break it Down" Blog — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:10:41 +0000

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By: Editor

Editor — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:22:17 +0000

grishnak,

I haven’t run into that specific bug yet actually… did you get the patch prompt when you popped the game in? On the Xbox there is a patch that is applied right away, I don’t know if they did the same for the PS3 (if that’s the version you have).

By: grishnak boss

grishnak boss — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:34:29 +0000

sorry, double post

By: grishnak boss

grishnak boss — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:33:44 +0000

Bought it yesterday and I’m having a sound bug – I can’t hear any voices or the shooting from enemies – anyone knows if there’s a patch? It was also a let down to have this thing not able to scale res more than 1250.

By: Editor

Editor — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:10:46 +0000

Walsh,

I suppose my example was bad (you are right I guess a grenade wouldn’t do much damage to a tank), but you’ll see what I mean when you play it… it can get really stupid how *specific* you have to get with your ordinance, it takes the fun out of it… instead of creating insane mayhem you have to scroll through your inventory and see if you have the right explosive for the right mayhem.

The one suggestion I would make is to just buy a lot of Satchel charge air drops, that’s the best explosive with the biggest bang… it does the same damage of like 5 rockets (and you can only carry 5 rockets).

Overall a very “meh” game.

By: Walsh

Walsh — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:10:05 +0000

Uh, most of that damage model makes sense to me because you know grenades irl won’t even scratch a tank. Grenades don’t really blow stuff up, they just send sharpnel everywhere.

By: Jigsaw hc

Jigsaw hc — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:42:47 +0000

Thanks for the review. I was already planning to rent it, but I’ll not worry about getting to it so quickly.