Mercenaries 2 - Video Game Review (PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2)

[killer 2]

Mercenaries 2 Game Review By Killer 2 The New Order Registered user Overview Mercenaries 2 is the sequel to Mercenaries. Mercenaries 2 is a third person shooter just like the first mercenaries. Once again you play as three different mercenaries, only this time the game tells you what their special abilities are unlike the first one. The game starts in Venezuela and you have been recruited to destroy a generic base on a generic island using a generic boat and generic guns, sound generic doesn’t it? It is. Part One: Story The story of mercenaries 2 plops you into a tutorial mission where you must destroy and enemy base, this mission is similar to the tutorial mission in mercenaries one. The thing that sets this tutorial apart from the original mercenaries tutorial this one is twice as long and thrice as boring. After the boring tutorial you go back to your employer. The employer betrays you, and obviously you go out for revenge. That's all I'll tell you about the story for now. Now let’s review the story shall we? First let’s talk about the solidity. The story has a tiny base which it tries to balance on while juggling the thousand plot twists. The game has no solid base because of one thing: multiple endings and story lines. I'm not saying that multiple story lines are bad its just mercenaries 2 can’t seem to pull it off. Now let’s talk about the originality eh? In my opinion the originality for Mercenaries sucks but is alright at the same time. The reason it sucks is that well its one of the most GENERIC STORIES EVER. Guy gets betrayed, guy wants revenge, and guy gets revenge hurray! The reason mercenaries 2 at the same time is okay is because it takes place in an original place and for an original reason, an oil crisis. Total score: Story 5/10 Part Two: Game play The Game play in mercenaries 2 is basically the same as the first installment in the series. I will give mercenaries 2 credit though they bring a few new things to the table I'll run them down for you. The first new thing is finding atom bombs on the road, that’s right folks you can find MISSILES on the side of the road. I understand this is a struggle for oil but seriously why do you leave an ARMED MISSILE on the side of the road. Another new thing is fuel so you can’t use your air strikes until you have fuel! To get fuel you either: a. find it on the side of the road. Or b. blow up a vehicle.. Wait what? Yes, when you blow up a vehicle fuel comes out. I thought that EXPLOSIONS burnt fuel but apparently not. Another new thing they brought in are characters you need to unlock later in the game, so you can’t USE any of your air strikes until your 75% done the game! Great idea pandemic! The one GOOD thing they added is that people need to report you before the factions start player hating on you. The last new thing mercenaries 2 brings is everybody’s favorite stab victim QUICK TIME EVENTS! Overall the game play brings about.. 4 horrible ideas and one good idea, you do the math. Total score: 4/10 Part Three: The Weapons Mercenaries 2 brings a lot of new weapons into the game, like my other mercenaries review they are listed below. Pistol: When using this gun I wondered "wow, is the barrel bent upwards or something?" The reason for this is because you CAN NOT HIT ANYTHING with this gun. Also is does almost no damage and has a super small clip. Covert pistol: Basically the pistol with less damage and smaller clip. Wait how does a silencer decrease clip size? Shotgun: very close range but very powerful but overall sucks because you’ll never get close to enemies because you just shoot them from far away! AK-47: Horrible range and medium damage, overall a bad gun. Carbine: Carbon copy of the AK-47 Covert SMG: low accuracy and power... wait the silencer on the PISTOL decreases ammo capacity but on an SMG it doesn’t? What? LMG: High power high accuracy and high ammo, once again this breaks the game. Barret 50.Cal: This is the sniper from mercenaries one with more range stopping power and accuracy. Sniper: this is the sniper from mercenaries.. I prefer the Berret... RPG: only good against slow moving and/or not moving targets. SMG: Low accuracy and power same clip size as the covert SMG, could somebody PLEASE explain this to me? Total Score 4/10 Part Four: Vehicles Okay same deal as the weapons, vehicles are listed below with my comments Civilian cars: not armor, take about two BBs to explode, but they are fast. Motorcycles: More armored than.. civilian cars? and faster? and deadlier? whaaaaaaa? Transports: heavy armor, but very slow.. Like snail slow. Light trucks: fast and have moderate power, good all around in terms of stats. Heavy trucks: slower than light trucks but more power rand speed. Light helicopters: Fast, versatile and can shoot fireballs, yes fireballs. Heavy helicopters: Mommy, my game is broken. Civilian boat: Basically civilian cars on water! Civilian skidoo: Basically the motorbike, on water! Light tanks: pretty resistant and moderately fast. Good for base take downs and escorts. Heavy tanks: I AM INVINCIBLE Speed boats: horrible handling and armor but fast and fun. The vehicles are very repetitive in this game and are broken like a twig. Total Score: 6/10 Part Five: Factions Like in the previous mercenaries there are four factions, also like the last game you need to unlock the factions but now you unlock them halfway through the game. First up is the universal petroleum, an oil company. I really dislike UP because a. they trick you into getting a pink scooter and b. they aren’t important to the plot. In fact almost none of the factions are important to the plot. Next up is the rebel faction, which doesn't like the UP the rebels are also not important to the plot at all. Now for the American team, why is America in Venezuela what happened to the UN? The Americans are important to the plot however and their leader is a cripple which doubles his awesomeness. Now for the Chinese the other plot important faction who is lead by the same person it is lead by in mercenaries. Total score: 7/10 Final Score: 26/50= 52% only rent if you really want to.

[Naked Crook]

Good review. I always wanted to play Mercenaries 2...guess I wont now.