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Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
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The sequel to the critically acclaimed Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. Now set in war-torn Venezuela, the player again takes on contracts for various warring factions on a quest for payback.
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"The awesome destructive potential of Mercs 2 is hamstrung by a litany of technical shortcomings and clunky design."
5 ★ (4)
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2 ★ (15)
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Mercenaries 2: A World in Flames can be enjoyable in spades, but its overbearing bugs and repetitive gameplay wear old

Mercenaries 2: A World in Flames is a sequel to the much beloved Mercenaries: Path of Destruction, back when open world games were still being called "GTA clones". Path of Destruction was great for th… Read more

Mercenaries 2 World in bugs

First part of Mercenaries was one of best titles served us on original xbox. Game with idea GTA goes to war was brilliant. Now couple years later we got the same game with different setting. Venezuela… Read more

Detective Alonzo Harris Said It Best

From start to finish, this is a tale of revenge… for a butt cheek. Mattias Nilsson gets contracted to infiltrate a compound and liberate a captured general. Job done and for his trouble he gets a bull… Read more

Too jumpy to be a Mercenary

Personally I fell in love with this game either when I got shot in the ass or the first time I called a air-strike on a building. This game gives you alot to explore and more than enough places to blo… Read more

A Sith Reviews: Mercemaries 2: World in Flames

Welcome to mercenary hiring class; now to the most important lesson, the rules of hiring a mercenary. Rule number one; always pay these one-man murder machines. Rule two, if you want to double-cross t… Read more

Reviews are Baffling

Mercenaries was one of my favorite games last generation. Open as GTA 4 with better weaponry to play with. It really didn't get much better. But, technical limitations killed it as the game was fairly… Read more

Micro-Review: Worth a few hours of your time, nothing more.

True to everything you have heard about it, the game is buggy. Not only that, it is repetitive and consequently boring. It is a great romp around the jungle for a few hours, but you will quickly find… Read more

what do you do with problems? you blow it up!

Mercenaries experience portraits the same situations and problems that other games face when coming out with a squeal to the original series of the game. With its inspired to cause destruction to anyt… Read more

mercinaries 2 rocked

I enjoyed the ability to destroy about everything in this lush, green world . Although the storyline generally wasnt that great . Playing as Mattias made the game that much better. The good parts were… Read more

Never has so much potential been squandered

Mercenaries 2.....I don't even know where to start. It definatly looks like it had the potential to be a fantastic and fun experience, but is held back by some annoying gameplay glitchs and cheap tact… Read more

Explosions. That's What Mercenaries 2 Is All About.

Explosions aren't, at all, anything we haven't seen in a video game before. But I think Mercenaries 2 has probably some of the most memorable and greatest looking explosions we've ever seen. Huge stru… Read more

Fun But Broken

I really enjoyed the original one, it was a great xbox game. I liked this equal to, it would have made a great xbox game. And there lies this games biggest short coming, it's kind of ugly and buggy as… Read more

Mercenaries 2.

This game is the bomb. It is like the first one ( Mercinaries, Playground of Destruction) but a lot better, the map is bigger, there are more enemys, more guns, more add-ons and more explosions. I hon… Read more

Not Without its Flaws, but Fun in Context

Mercenaries 2 is a somewhat-anticipated sequel to the original game that appeared on last-gen consoles four years ago. Like its predecessor it bills itself as an "open world" game, and obviously it'll… Read more

Welcome to Four Years Ago

Mercenaries 2 is an open-world third person shooter in which you - a mercenary - are tasked with doing missions for two competing factions with the eventual aim of taking revenge on a previous employe… Read more

Random Fun

Mercs 2 is game that will not be considered good by a lot of people. I ignored all the bad critic and gave it a shot. It came as no surprise to me that this game is really fun. the story isn't that im… Read more

No Meaningful Connections

The original Mercenaries was one of my favourite games of the last generation. There wasn’t a huge amount of press for the game, or a lot of hype, and it was refreshing; to see an excellent, free-roam… Read more

Mercenaries 2 is unpolished, boring and annoying.

I was very excited about getting Mercenaries 2, not just because Mercenaries one was an awesome game, but because you can blow the sh*t out of everything. Well, too bad even that doesn't work out that… Read more

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

This game sure is a mercs game-- Lots of explosions , near immortality, and very, very repetitive level design. Don't get me wrong , this game is fun, but...it just feels dated...it shouldn't have bee… Read more

Amazing game!

Be sure to open your eyes for this one. I was kind of disappointed by the first one but this one builds on the foundations of the first one and it really offers phenomenal gameplay and visuals. The ga… Read more

Mercenaries 2: World Incomplete.

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames carves another mark of disappointment for me this year. After what must have been a tedious development cycle, I'm treated to one of this year's buggiest releases. Witho… Read more

Mercenaries 2 Not worth the wait!

As a fan of the original Mercenaries, i was looking forward to the Mercenaries 2. However the game kept getting delayed and delayed and i began wondering if all that time was being put to good use. In… Read more

Mercenaries 2 you say?

Alright, to start off let's go back a bit. I was online with my now newly suited Swede and my good friend Ricky, and there we were standing on a gigantic oil rig, as I spool up the engines in a squat… Read more

What happened to this game?

Mercenaries 2 feels a great deal like EA and Pandemic took the first game, added a fresh coat of paint and online co-operative play, changed the setting to Venezuela, and then hit the send button. Thi… Read more

The game could've used a bit more polish, but it's still damn fun

Pros Does a good job of making you feel like a bad ass . Explosions look sweet. Good variety of weapons, vehicles and various explosives to wreak havoc with. Cons Games pretty damn buggy. Some physics… Read more

This Game's got Issues

Where's my "Deck of 52"!? Mercenaries 2 is simply about blowing shit up, end of story. For anyone who's played the first game, should come expecting the same type of game, just on steroids. The playgr… Read more

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames - Oh No You Didn't!

Looking at Mercenaries 2, you've gotta take it for what it is, an over the top crazy action filled game with plenty of weapons and explosives to boot. It's simply a fun game... as long as you can get… Read more

Mercenaries 2 could have been such a great game.

The original Mercenaries surprised most of the gaming world. Its combination of fun, challenging gameplay, and open sandbox world made it an addictive and fun game. With the release of Mercenaries 2,… Read more

Mercs 2 as its many faults, but its still a fun game to play!

For those of you who have ever experienced Pandemic Studios's Mercenaries: Playground Destruction then you'll know what to expect from its sequel. This is because so much of Mercs 2 feels similar to i… Read more

Mercenaries eww: World in Flames...Could have been so much more

Giyanks22 Mercenaries 2: World in Flames Review Gamertag: Giyanks22 Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is a game that has a totally open world environment, but unfortunately doesn't deliver on every level… Read more

Not great, but still dam fun.

Mercenaries is the latest game from Pandemic Studios, the makers of the Battlefront, Full Spectrum Warriors series, while they are a very talented team, this game doesn't hold up as well as Battlefron… Read more

Mercenries World in Flames

I bought mercenaries because I was a fan of the first, and I had heard some good things. This game like others has its up's and downs, lucky its up's outnumber its downs. Stories: The the story is abo… Read more

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

If I had to use one word to describe why Mercenaries 2 isn't great, it would be "rough". The game is most definitely rough. You'd think it shouldn't be after the delays it experienced, but the game st… Read more

Mercs 2, We waited 3 years for this?

Mercs 2, this has to be the worst buy I have made in a long time. I avoided the Too Human Flop just by a hair, but now i get blind sighted by this. This game had alot going for it I mean alot, So i am… Read more

So Much Potential

I have been looking forward for this game since I shelved my Xbox and put Mercenaries in a box with all my other Xbox games. I often thought of taking the game out and having another run through in th… Read more

Repetitive, broken, bug-riddled and bad.

For developer Pandemic and publisher EA, releasing Mercenaries 2 at the front-end of the holiday rush seemed like a wise decision on their part. The first game, released in 2005, was well received by… Read more

Same old Mercs, shiny new bombs.

I loved the first game... that was easy now lets move on to the new game. I like the new game, but the love is less there. It like the old game allows you to run around cause shit and mess up the worl… Read more

It may have some bugs but everything else makes up for it

Ok so Mercenaries 2 is a sandbox action actventure game and is the sequal to the first game Mercenaries Playground of Destruction. You can play as either of the 3 mercenaries each with their own speci… Read more

Mercs 2 made for PS2 (PLAYSTATION 2)

Where do I begin, from the moment I noticed that this game did not support my measly resolution of 1280x1024. I knew there was something wrong with this game but, I did not know how far down the gutte… Read more

Mercenaries 2 is Great Fun, but full of Game-killing bugs.

Most people who will buy and have bought Mercenaries 2: World in Flames either A.) Played the original or B.) Love to watch shit get blown up. If you fit neither of these demographics, I can almost as… Read more

In the flurry of upcoming games Mercs 2 is rushed and unpolished.

Pros Explosions are somewhat entertaining, probably the best aspect of the game. Game does not take itself too seriously. Co-op is very fun, at least for a few hours. Cons Said co-op is brought down b… Read more

Mercenaries 2: World in Shame

Mercenaries 2 starts off fine, but quicky turns into a mess of technical problems that make the game overly frustrating. The AI in the game is useless, you spend a min or so getting a few of your AI b… Read more

Many problems..but undeniably fun

Pros: Almost completely destructable environments is fun Huge map Fun missions Neat ideas (i.e. Hijack helicopter, tanks, etc) Cons Some of the worst vehicle engine sounds i've ever heard in a game. D… Read more

You see that over there...blow it up!

Mercenaries 2 is a game that went through a large development cycle;but mainly due the former Publisher(Lucas Arts)dropping it half way through development, then it being picked up by Electronics Arts… Read more

My Mercenaries 2 Review

It has now been a little bit over a day since I have bought Mercenaries 2 and played quite a bit out of it already. Now to let you all know, I am a huge Mercenaries fan from the previous 1 title they… Read more

It's fun to blow things up.

There's a difference between a very fun game and a very good game. A very fun game will offer almost endless kicks from beginning to end. A very good game will provide the same value as a very fun gam… Read more

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