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7.5 out of 10

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

First seen: 29 december 1988

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Best Price: £10.75

  • User Score (140)
    7.4 7.4 from 140 reviewers
  • Expert Score (123)
    6.8 6.8 from 123 reviewers
  • Gameplay (37)
    7.6 7.6 from 37 reviewers
  • Graphics (47)
    7.6 7.6 from 47 reviewers
  • Sound (44)
    7.6 7.6 from 44 reviewers
  • Storyline (4)
    8.1 8.1 from 4 reviewers
  • Multiplayer (9)
    8.2 8.2 from 9 reviewers
  • Control (3)
    8.2 8.2 from 3 reviewers
  • Lifespan (6)
    7.4 7.4 from 6 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • lurking humor, loads of content, fun co op play, superb explosions, improved graphics and sound
  • feels rushed, braindead computer ai, lacks a storyline, terrible story, generally uninteresting gameplay

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames™ is an explosive open-world action game set in a massive, highly reactive, war-torn world. When a power-hungry tyrant messes with Venezuela’s oil supply he sparks an invasion that turns the country into a warzone. But for you, international crisis is all upside: You are a mercenary, and you profit from chaos. Mercenaries 2™ features a slew of potential clients, all willing to pay you to do their dirty work. These are world powers with de…

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  • Reviews of Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

  1. Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

    Reviewer: OXM 360
    1 September 2008
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    18 Comments Before we get down to the serious business of critically dissecting the best open-world action game since GTA IV, here's a note to show the calibre of Mercenaries 2: World In Flames. Read more

  2. Mercenaries 2: World in Flames - Xbox 360

    Reviewer: scenta.co.uk
    12 September 2008

    The poor story is only the starting point: underpowered weapons and a horrific number of bugs make this one to miss Read more

  3. Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

    Reviewer: DJP
    23 April 2009
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    Everybody pays! That’s the motto that runs throughout the sequel to one of the surprise hits of the last-generation, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames. The world’s favourite Viking mercenary, Mattias Nilsson, is back once again and this time it’s a tale of revenge, oil, and making a mess of Venezuela. After being hired for a straight forward rescue mission you’re setup and almost killed by the people that hired you in the first place. But it’s not the almost being... Read more

  4. Mercenaries 2

    Reviewer: TGSN
    10 January 2008
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    Mercenaries 2 is the sequel to the open-world sandbox game that received so much critical acclaim back on the PS2 and Xbox. It was hugely impressive in its context, but has the next instalment moved with the times? Read more

  5. Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

    Reviewer: Dancube Network
    11 August 2009
    Overall 10
    9.5
     

    A good while ago, the original Mercenaries game, Playground of Destruction, was released on the original Xbox. With an amazing open world and the fact you could kill or blow up EVERYTHING (often times both), it made for a very entertaining game. Hell, the Mercs 1 trailer alone tells you how great this game is. For the two of you who don't know, Mercs 1 took place in North Korea around 2009, and just before North and South Korea were about to re-unify into one big Korea,... Read more

  1. Reviewer: Sazze
    15 October 2008
    Overall 6
    6.0
     

    Mercenaries 2 for the Xbox 360 (and PS2, PS3, and PC) is an incredibly fun action game that expands on the scale of destruction and explosives set by its predecessor, but a myriad of flaws in its presentation holds it back from achieving greatness. Playing as a mercenary in Venezuela, you run around looking for certain targets to either kill or capture. How you go about doing this is entirely up to you. If you want to take a tank and blow away a company of soldiers you... Read more

  2. Fun game but filled with bugs

    Reviewer: Tyler_XMB, Game Informer
    14 November 2009
    Overall 8
    7.8
     

    The reason I intially bought Mercenaries 2 was because it was $20 and I was getting bored with a lot of my other games. When I played the first mission the controls seemed pretty solid and the gameplay was fun. After I beat the the first mission and got more freedom in the open world. Vehicles and weopons were varied and fun to use but most of the world looked the same. Now on to the story. Basically it's a story of revenge. A guy sets yo up on a mission then betrays you... Read more

  3. The first was better.

    Reviewer: Amazon
    10 December 2009
    Overall 6
    6.0
     

    Other than the slightly improved graphics. The first game in this series was by far a better game; there was much more variety in the missions. I can only think of maybe 5 or 6 truly unique missions in this game. Everything else is just the same mission with different scenery. I liked the fact that taking over a vehicle wasn't as easy as just pressing a single button. Another nice touch was the fact that your standing doesn't automatically go down when you kill someone... Read more

  4. Haven't crashed my hardware so much since Windows ME.

    Reviewer: Amazon
    4 January 2010
    Overall 2
    2.0
     

    Fun: First of all the online achievements are unattainable for me, i have to physically disconnect my network from my Xbox to get past the main menu's attempt to connect to EA's Merc 2 server. Secondly the controls for the tanks will make anyone who is a Call of Duty fan want to scream. Lastly after repeated attempts to correct my crashing Xbox, (profile changes, Zune video software removal, praying to the lord of games) I made the fullish attempted to enter to Pandemic... Read more

  5. mercenaries 2

    Reviewer: GamePro.com
    9 August 2009
    Overall 6
    6.0
     

    this game is a good rental game. it has its problems,but its just plain fun to play. the multilayer is not the best. all it is is you joining another players game and completing missions with them, or someone joining your game and completing missions with you. Read more

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