Mercenaries 2

fox · Post by **fox** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:06 pm

Mercenaries 2 seems to be cool. May lack a story but the gameplay looks like fun!
http://kotaku.com/5022183/real-honest+t ... ay-footage

Post by **Jonas** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:25 pm

Hah! I saw this at RPS this morning, hot damn that looks awesome. I love open world games. Between this, Far Cry 2, and Red Faction 3 next year, I am going to be one happy camper for the next 12 months.

m3rc1l3ss · Post by **m3rc1l3ss** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:40 am

I have the first mercenaries game and it was great. Surprisingly it had a half-way decent storyline and multiple endings based on your actions throughout the game. I plan on getting it though idk what I will get it for.

that guy · Post by **that guy** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:59 am

3 games in 12 months? that is a very slow game expiry rate.

Post by **Jonas** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:30 pm

12 months is more or less the period throughout which they are released.

They ARE open-world games though, so I bet they'll last quite a while. Plus there's also White Gold, Fable 2, and Fallout 3.

Fulgrymm · Post by **Fulgrymm** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:10 pm

Well, Australians evidently won't be able to enjoy Fallout 3 because of their fantastically democratic government.

Jetsetlemming · Post by **Jetsetlemming** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:45 pm

Jonas wrote:12 months is more or less the period throughout which they are released.

They ARE open-world games though, so I bet they'll last quite a while. Plus there's also White Gold, Fable 2, and Fallout 3.

Is Fable 2 even coming out on PC?

Post by **Jonas** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:50 pm

Fulgrymm wrote:Well, Australian's evidently won't be able to enjoy Fallout 3 because of their fantastically democratic government.

I recommend you get a friend in the US to gift you the game through Steam and just compensate him/her via Paypal.

Jetsetlemming wrote:Is Fable 2 even coming out on PC?

Not yet, as far as I know, but of course the original Fable started out as an X-Box exclusive too, so it'll probably be released for PC at some point - and then it may even have extra content, like the original had. I'm getting it for X-Box 360 though.

EER · Post by **EER** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:48 pm

DIdn't Fable start out as PC Exclusive, then got bought by MS and became an XBox exclusive for some time, until the PC version was released?

Post by **Jonas** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:08 pm

Dunno. Point is it was released as an X-Box exclusive.

By the way, Mercenaries 2 will have drop-in co-op.

Post by **DDL** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:33 pm

I liked the little mini-vignette-diorama-style bits where there were stealing a tank or a chopper..that was a nice touch (blurring of background and, presumably, 'disabling of AI' for everyone in the background so you don't just get owned by a sniper while repeatedly slamming someone's head in a door, or something).

Still, I fucking hate modern console games: no matter what they do or how they try, control pads ruin your hands.

Also, the UI was a bit intrusive: "press X to enter the TANK!" ...'yes, I know that by now, thank you...', but hopefully that would be disablable or somehow minimisable.

Also, I have serious concerns about their ideas of 'stealth'. Stealth does not, to my mind, entail scooting up in a buggy, shooting a few people with a machinegun in broad daylight, grappling up into a helicopter and then firing missiles at all and sundry.

And the best bit: apparently once you STOP firing missiles for a minute or two, they forget you're an enemy! Hooray!

Possibly I'm just being too harsh, though. It _does_ look fun.

Post by **Jonas** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:49 pm

Control pads ruin your hands? What, more than a mouse!?

Agreed about the stealth. I was laughing a bit when they showed that.

Phasmatis · Post by **Phasmatis** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:52 pm

It is kinda stealthy if you kill everbody so no one will spot you.

Post by **Jonas** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:24 pm

With missiles from a helicopter...?

Jetsetlemming · Post by **Jetsetlemming** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 3:24 am

Jonas wrote:
Fulgrymm wrote:Well, Australian's evidently won't be able to enjoy Fallout 3 because of their fantastically democratic government.
I recommend you get a friend in the US to gift you the game through Steam and just compensate him/her via Paypal.

I gave CoD 4 to a friend recently using this method.

EER wrote:DIdn't Fable start out as PC Exclusive, then got bought by MS and became an XBox exclusive for some time, until the PC version was released?

This is the story of a TON of games Microsoft got their hands on.