MERCENARIES 2 REVIEW | minimme
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correction: you can tag multiple fuel tanks and pick them all up at once. my bad! in my defence the game does not explain this super well. cheers :)
minimme can you plz do a game called saboteur it’s rlly awesome and would love to see a review
@@beastmodethegoat6334 I think he's done it already
Unrailed destruction, just cause says hi 👋
to be fair I love the game and have played it several times, never knew this either
@@savnoorsamra3597 no
When you’re a kid and this was rated T and the closest thing to gta, it was incredible. I absolutely loved this game just because of the driving and destruction it was peak childhood for many I assume
i played gta vice city at my cousins thought it was the perfect game just needed destruction of buildings, then found this game and it was awesome blowing buildings up with helicopters.
Same bro, it was a T rated M game. I was 10 or 11 when I got it and played the hell out of it.
Dude complete facts. I spent hours playing this game just causing destruction and mayhem all over Venezuela ☠️
Loved this game ! The GTA of militery games
My mom wouldn’t let me get m rated games so this was the best one. This guy complaining about the game should’ve brown up more buildings and had the factions fight eachother
I'll never forgive EA for destroying this studio and this series. EA is where great studios go to die, tragically.
And activision is where they go to work the cod dlc mines and make pure garbage
@@Sad_Elf RIP Crash Bandicoot 4 devs. May they someday escape the COD Warzone mines
@@dbat978 i will forever be angry about raven software, they didnt make a single bad game until they worked on cod, their worst game was their last game and its mediocre at worst
@@Sad_Elf how we never got anymore Jedi Knight games :( now we have fallen order. That is like going from staying in a 5 star hotel to a motel that escaped convicts hide in
@@BeatRoot14 agreed, fallen order is also has a story that goes nowhere, it just spins its wheels for 20 hours
I played the Mercenaries 2 on PS2 and was so confused as to why pistols and motorcycles were in the cutscenes but not the actual game. That was how I learned demakes were really a thing.
Admit it you want blanco revolver as souvenir
The fact that PS2 version was so broken made me buy PS3.
@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 same to me but x360!
PS2 version had vehicles you couldn't find in the main version. They had a twin barrel ZSU-57 that could only be found on PS2 but could be found in the pictures on the back side of all game cases.
I was so confused the why ps2 port looked so much worse than the advertisments lol
I think the only line I'll ever remember from this game is "WOOO Bumper cars!"
Lmao hell yea
I know that line from a Kitty0706 video.
@@SimonStrange P Kopp k k kop
"You're the Merc Solano shot in the ass"
YES
I'm from Venezuela and remember how wacky it was back in the day to have my city represented in a videogame, downscaled to oblivion. Still feels funny being able to drive from one end of the country to the other in 5 minutes lol
This takes me back to playing True Crime Streets of LA discovering the very simplified depiction of Venice High School and the area surrounding it
Te entiendo perfectamente Juli, te mando un saludo desde Valencia.
For real, I remember this game was one of the reasons Chávez banned belic videogames 😂😂
No hay puente de maracaibo :(
They made fewer buildings because the more there are the more laggier it is,this game wasn't that well optimized back then
I loved everything Pandemic made, Mercernaries 1 & 2, Star Wars Battlefront 1 & 2, Lord of the Ring Conquest, Destroy All Humans, hell I even enjoyed The Saboteur. I still hold a grudge for EA and wonder what could've been if EA hadn't closed them down, what with Battlefront 3 and Mercenaries 3 in development at the time. And yeah that song commercial is still stuck in my head too "OH NO YOU DIDN'T"
I had actually forgot the damn song even when he referenced it I couldn't bring it up in my mind but now you made me actually remember and I hate/love you for it
I had no idea Pandemic made all these games, they were all my favourite games when I was younger
I agree with everything you said completely. EA needs too go
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SUCKAS TRIED TO PLAY ME… 🎶 literally the BEST commercial ever.
I remember being so bummed out that the Deck of 52 was removed in the sequel. I've always had this hope that some day the Deck of 52 would marry the nemesis system in a modern game. Great video! Love this series
can you play mercenaries 2 without leaving maricaibo
Surprised to see you here😂
@@jerbusf Hasn’t the man suffered enough? Let him cook.
@@jerbusf Was just about to say this!
Man I watch you pretty much everyday!
This is exactly how I feel about every Just Cause after 2. Yeah it’s flashier and bigger and dumber, but it never gels together the way 2 did
I agree Completely they messed it up just like Mercenaries it could have been SO MUCH BETTER - However they Failed to do that.
They both had the exact problem. Reduced the ability to call whatever you wanted whenever with no limit but your currency.
I found that the npc and base battles were the best in one but 2 had a better world design
They ruined being able to get into car chases past 2
@@Holuunderbeere The soundtrack in the first one was fucking great also. Plus you could shot grenades while they were on the air 😮
I remember as a kid my dad surprised me with this game after school when I became obsessed with the "OH NO YOU DIDN'T" ad and since my dad never really gave super personal gifts it sticks out as a really sweet memory. Another banger video man keep it up
My friends and I joked about that ad for such a long time. It was insane to watch on tv.
Man I remember that advertisement,and it's the first thing I think of with this game.
I remember hearing "Oh No You Didn't" as a kid and thinking it was the funniest shit ever. I never really engaged with the game beyond that tho so it's cool to finally see what it's all about.
Yea wen I played games back then I didn’t even care about a story unless it was cod or gta anything else I just wanted to shoot drive and fly around 😂😂😂
Same here. And to this day, I can still hear the song while seeing the commercial in my head.
“More money for me!”
I remember learning Piano just so I could play "Oh no you didn't", back in Highschool. Still remember most of the lyrics too, catchy song!
The first game hit the tone just right. The 'deck of 52' not only was 'of its time' in mirroring the supposed deck used during the war on terror in real life but the also created a lore to enemy forces. You felt each one had a job or role and their was a genuine hierarchy which elevated the badness of the main antagonist.
The location felt possible, combined with the story that the war was essentially won by the A.N but the missing nukes were literally a ticking time bomb adding a preassure to the story as was the deployment of Chinese troops which could have escalated the conflict. It had the hall marks of a realistic conflict. You could feel tension in the factions and the multiple ways you could play meant there was some desire to replay.
The second game seemed to miss the elements that made it great and confuse that with an inflated personality. A bit like someone telling one good joke then thinking their personality was what the group liked and not the quality material they produced. By making the tone jokey, the setting and story contrived and turning from a semi serious game with realistic setting and challenging missions into one with corny jokes, weak characters and a near consequence free environment, they made a fun but shallow playground.
On the plus side, the tanks did feel chunky and there was a reward in achieving the annoying quick time events on a high end vehicle. The push at the end to either support the A.N or China was the only real drama and food for thought outside of the game. I wish they would have had the opportunity for a third game that got back to that darker, slightly more serious tone the first game had.
I love all videos you put out, but I do just want to thank you extra for always having good subtitles! The accessibility makes the already amazing videos 10x better!
Really like both mercenaries games. They are so much fun. It would be awesome to get a new one but I know that will never happen sadly.
For me the tonal change from the first game was really what soured me. I still enjoyed Mercs 2, I was wickedly hyped for it to release and I remember staying up late playing it on weekends. Just a shame what happened to Pandemic.
He was right, the tonal shift definitely made it more like a Just Cause sequel.
I really appreciate how sincere you are. No memes or over the top references, just qualitycontent on unique obscure topics.
It makes me sad how you say mercenaries 2 is obscure
I still remember the amount of controversy this game just caused in my home country. It was such a masterpiece and the PC/360/PS3 was slightly accurate with the city distribution. They even got my home city kinda right.
What about Ps2 vesion? I recommend checking it out, incredible, uplayable mess.
It looks absolutely nothing like the real Venezuela lmao
I’d love to see a remake for both PoD and WiF. Shame we don’t really see games like mercenaries 2 anymore though with destructible environments and multiple factions to juggle for the best equipment.
If any franchise deserves a comeback, it would be this one for sure
Especially since just cause became stagnant
The PS2 version was what I ended up playing as a kid. Never played the real version until somewhat recently. It really just made me miss Mercs 1, that deck of 52 system was just too good.
Deck of 52 is still one of the best collectable systems I've ever seen in a game. Was also really cool how completing story missions would give you intel on their approximate location, but you still had to scout around to find and capture/kill them from there. Having them all marked on the map from the start kinda ruined things, especially how it doesn't even say what faction they are!
Hi! Actual Venezuelan here. Mercs 2 was indeed very controversial down here when it came out. There was a misinformation campaign going around here that was all about banning the game from being sold under the premise that the game puts you in the shoes of US army soldiers invading Venezuela to seize control of oil supplies, take down the government and mass murder the population. This campaign eventually led to the government trying to ban videogames as a whole, and we even lost stuff like gaming magazines and such for a while.
One of my fondest memories as a teenager back in 2009 was to buy some games at a store, they weren't even on display, I had to directly ask for them and the clerk actually went to the back of the store, wrapped them up in black tape and put them in my backpack between my school notebooks. "Make sure the guards don't see you with them and if anything happens, you didn't get them here", he said. It was straight up just like purchasing drugs lmao.
The ban on videogames didn't last long, of course. But I always thought it was kinda curious, and it made me wonder back in the day if all those war games that were set in countries like Russia and Germany got banned in their respective countries, even thought they were all telling fiction stories, and I feel that's where some people fails to draw the line. That being said, playing Mercs 2 back in the day and being able to blow up an aparment building that looks pretty much like the one where I live, located in a tiny fictional version of my own city, felt a bit shocking at the time, not gonna lie.
P.S.: Great video and review!
As a kid I managed to convince my mum to get me this on ps2, because it was the only GTA clone that wasn’t MA15. Even though looking back it’s genuinely one of the most depressingly scaled back ports of all time, and looks like crap, I absolutely loved it, especially the thick jungle atmosphere, which they managed to pull off better imo than the 360 version, and the destruction/helicopters/tanks all intact, at the time it felt like the first truly sandbox game to me, and wouldn’t be topped until just cause 2 came out
God I'm so glad to see a video about Mercenaries 2. I had the PS2 copy and played the hell out of it on a broken controller through some pretty bad times IRL. It'll always hold a special place in my heart as a defining kusoge of my childhood. Awesome video!
First game I got for the Xbox 360 I remeber it was the only game I could get away with getting everything else was rated m and my dad was super strict about that stuff so this game will always be a personal favorite despite the fact it fell a little short compared to the first one
3:30 "It just doesnt feel the same dude! Like, it just doesnt feel the same! Like, it just... doesnt F E E L the same, dude!" might be my favorite kind of Steam review.
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Imo Just Cause 2 was the real sequel to Mercenaries - it's basically what Mercenaries 2 should have set out to be imo.
The first one was so good, really weighty and well paced. Sometimes I think about replaying it
You should, I did recently and it was a blast. I even powered through frequent crashes playing a xbox copy on an xbox 360
Do you have a retro gaming store in your city?
@@Skoopyghost I still have my original copy and working ps2, plus theres emulation
@@CommunistHamster I have used a emulator, and I have a working PS2.
Ohh my GOD the amount of old time gamers I talk about this game with and they dont even know it exists is so painful, this has been my favorite video game of ALL time EVER since the early 2000's.
Its the reason why I still have my 360, I always wanted to play the original as well my entire life. Always played POD on the Jampack disc on PS2 since I was 6 and it wasn't until I was 16 I was able to play it remastered for the Xbox1. Best birthday gift ever to my favorite franchise of all time!
Thank you so much for making this video and seeing it hit my feed brings a tear to my eye, I will always have this game for life.
11:55 "It tried to spin too many plates" followed by the discus thrower statue. Nice touch!
As someone who never had the chance of play the first game, I really liked Mercenaries 2, the soundtrack was great, the vehicle selection simply perfect with actual tanks instead of those wheeled APCs from the first 2 Just Cause games, and even the political backstory was kinda neat despite the cartoonish tone of the game. I remember how badass it was that cutscene around half of the campaign with the Allied Nations and China invading Venezuela.
BTW, I´m actually surprised that a game that has you killing tons of people, it manage to get a T rating lol
in one of the escort missions for UP, an NPC actually comments on this very thing, saying "oh god im shot! Dying...not bleeding though...stupid T rating"
The "thousand cuts" was a great point. M2 had a lot of little annoying things that wouldn't have been terrible in isolation, but added up to a lesser experience. If the tone and atmosphere and story were good, I might have still ended up liking M2 more. Loved the somber tone of the first game. It had some cringe humor here and there but it wasn't excessive. The second game went full slapstick humor and seemed like it was written by middle schoolers.
I remember getting the ps2 version because the first game was so amazing (for a ps2 game). Hoo boy that was a mistake. Though the biggest issue for me and my brother was at the very end they make you nuke a bunker, but you basically have to be standing at the front door to use it. So getting away from the explosion posed a massive problem for us.
Funnily enough the PS2 version was the better one
And yeah that mission is hard to get right.
For starters the laser can be used from further away if you climb the mountains (which is easy with dropped vehicles) which makes it easy to get away.
I found it as a fun challenge of the game's mechanics that wasn't just "go here, shoot a lot"
@@rompevuevitos222 What made the PS2 version better?
@@frosbittenmelon2247 For starters the movement was more responsive (unlike that slide that locks you into the animation and is slower than crawling and the overall clunky movement of the newer version)
The delivery system was more free form and allowed storing/delivering ANY vehicle you found (which allowed for more creativity in levels and rewarded capturing vehicles while exploring). It also was accessed with up and down in the dpad instead of having to pause the game and go trough menus
Levels had no invisible walls and where WAY more open (you could go anywhere in the map even during missions), which aided the freedom of ordering any vehicle at any time (this is honestly my main issue, the newer version was very linear)
The guns had slightly more impact
Popularity system between factions which could affect how you aproached certain missions (altho i do admit it could get in the way too) and rewarded you for helping NPCs in fights (unless they where fighting against another of your allies)
Only issue some have is that compared to the new game, the areas seem a bit more empty. But it really is just decorative stuff and still on par with other PS2 games
When you mentioned the advert, and a catchy song… something awakened within me
OH NO YOU DIDNT!
PS 2 Version of mercs 2 and mercs 1 really made my childhood
The environments you could absolutely destroy is the best part of this game
One of my favorites of all time. I still miss playing mercenaries 2.
I remember playing this as a kid, that was awesome at the time. I loved gta and other games but this one was always special for me. It was not serious, but I absolutely loved every aspect of it. You can join one team or another, have airstrikes, a lot of vehicles, some kind of economy and cool features like grappling hook (obviously from JC2) and destructions. You can even choose a character and watch cutscene with him, although it would not affect any kind of plot, but that was unique.
Gonna download this game on a weekends, thanks for the video!
This game holds a special place in my heart.
A while ago i managed to get online coop working by using someone's software to make a fake server, and then connecting through LAN.
I can't tell you how much i missed this game.
This was such a blast from the past, and it resurrected so many emotions and memories in me. Thank you so much!
Same! I've been looking for this game for ages but all I could ever find was "Red Faction", even to people I tried talking to about it. It was like... nearly but not quite. It's a nostalgia trip seeing this again after finally finding it :D
was waiting for this... I greatly enjoyed the first game on PS2, but never actually played this and heard it was the least favorable, but never knew why. I think it'll still be worth a go round 👍 and seeing as it has a PC version, maybe there are mods and community patches too.
The PC version is actually the worst version of the game. It was ported from console to PC and they introduced a bunch of bugs that never got fixed, the console version is the one you want. If you don't mind emulation, I had good luck and played the entire PS3 version on RPCS3.
@@EnyoTaiz I emulate everything, so I guess that'll have to be the direction lol thanks m8!
Well done explaining why the 2nd game did not live up to the first. I would also say the atmosphere and graphics of the first game was preferred by me because it felt like a war torn area. The Grindy tasks and quick time events break immersion to often. Great video!! 🎉
OH NOOOO, OH NOOOOOO, OH NOOOOOOOOOOOO
OH NO, YOU DIDN'T!
There actually was a way to pick up multiple fuel or munitions in a single run from Ewan. You just had to tag multiple items at once, then call in the chopper. He would pick up whatever the first item you tagged was but all the items you tagged would then be taken with him.
This was never explained in the game and I’m pretty sure it was a development oversight. But it was possible
I remember the chopper mission on ps2 was almost impossible. Probably took 100 tries a a kid back in the day 😂
The whole game is challenging as hell, I played it as a teenager when it came out and couldn't beat it. I tried playing it again not too long ago and still couldn't beat it lol.
For some people, the train from San Andreas is their childhood's hard mission, for me it was the chopper gunner mission of Mercenaries 2 on PS2
I did the train and the gunner on the first try lol. Granted I got lucky with the gunner. The train in San Andreas the key to that is to drive far enough away from the train so smoke doesn’t shoot the side of the train.
Ironically i got all mp trophies same year before they announced shutting down servers.
Now i can get platinum at anytime i want.
Also the challenges are way easier in coop.
It's very hard doing them in single playthrough, which is why i got them with some random person who wanted all mp trophies as well.
Oh No You Didn't!!!
My friend and I would play this all the time as kids, taking turns with each death. Then once I got a console we played co-op extensively, so much fun.
There was a bug on the PS3 version where code in the game that let you connect to EA's servers got corrupted. You could play the entire game but it would never be able to connect for co-op or to get updates.
Well, it turns out the fix was you had to start up a different EA game that overwrote that code? Something to that nature - it's been a very long time. I ended up borrowing Medal of Honor Airborne, loaded up a multiplayer match, and then quit. Fired up Mercs 2 and boom - multiplayer worked again.
Mercs 2 was such a fun game. As a kid I really loved how you could level entire cities, airlift in tanks, and call in massive airstrikes on enemy bases. You really could approach tasks in different ways. The goofiness of it all was perfect too.
Something I haven't seen mentioned is that is the collectables (money crates and I assume fuel. It's been a while since I played) would respawn when a game is loaded. While this stops you from soft locking, it also made it trivial to farm for resources.
the biggest problem I had with the co-op was that the person joining had to start from scratch instead of porting in their own character and progress, so they had no access to weapons, fuel, or airstrikes. they were basically relegated to a controllable support NPC.
I still remember the “oh no you didn’t” commercial as if it came out yesterday. Never heard of Mercenaries until that commercial. Fell in. Love with the game
I wanted Mercenaries 2 so badly as a kid. I played the first one for hundreds of hours, but my family couldnt afford a PS3 or an Xbox 360. Still, my parents wanted to deliver, so for my birthday they got me the PS2 version alongside the Strategy Guide for the PS3 version.
I played the hell out of the PS2 Mercenaries 2. All while being disappointed by certain aspects, and bewildered by others. I knew something was wrong, I knew something was different than the pictures I was seeing in the strategy guide. Regardless, I played it for another hundreds of hours. Strange experience.
THIS JUST TOOK ME SO FAR BACK INTO MY CHILDHOOD!!! I cannot thank you enough for reminding me of this. Genuinely made my night. Especially the theme song!
I'm gonna be honest, I don't think I really agree with the assertion that mercs 1 is better; but it may have something to do with we having played 2 first growing up. All of the mechanics you describe as "death by a thousand cuts", have always felt engaging to me, and when it comes to calling in airstrikes, I always try and have the ones I need equipped to my quick menu before a mission. The QTE's get old fast, but that's hardly unique to Mercs 2, really, it's just what that era of games are. They're easy too, so I really think it's a minor annoyance. It may be easier to Rambo through things as Mattias, but the other characters can't be as bold, as they do not regen health. Also managing ammo can be tough, so strategic use of vehicles and airstrikes can be essential to a smooth mission vs a near-death struggle. Gathering fuel is pretty easy, if you just do it as you go. Call in a pickup when you see a tank, and move on. You'll be swimming in it, so long as you keep on top of actually picking it up. That DOES assume you explore the map and do side content, though, because if you just rush through missions, I can see one running out. Just my views on the game
mercs 1 is hard to play now on the original Xbox just feels dead, mercs 2 was a ton of fun where you could just constantly fuck around and blow stuff up, I like it more
I swear the mercenaries two commercial jingle was the Burger King jingle commercial of the time
As a venezuelan, I love seeing clips of this game and having a good laugh at how the locations are geographically or visually nothing like the places it's supposedly taking place on.
I REFUSED to use cheat codes when I originally played these games, but recently started a replay with EVERY cheat code. Super fun!
I have distinct memories of playing Mercs 2 on PS2 and being very underwhelmed, then years later getting to try it on 360 and being equally underwhelmed
I remember that you could pick up more that one fuel tank at the time.
You needed to mark them before calling the chopper.
Played Mercenaries 2 a ton as a kid loved it. Been wanting to re visit it and see if I still enjoy it.
Throwing a grenade into the tank AND closing the lid is always the most satisfying thing known to mankind
This game is by far one of the best classic Open World GTA Styled game I’ve played. Mercs 2 is apart of my childhood.
Oh dip, I almost forgot these two games existed, even though I loved them way back when (or at least the first one). Mercenaries 1 still has some mechanics I wish would be reused in a modern game. That deck of cards bounty system was super fun.
The first Mercenaries game was one of the best I've played for just having fun with a massive arsenal at your disposal. It was just one big playground, especially if you used the cheat for the airstrike rocket launcher.
You can airlift more items at the time: you highlight the first one, throw the smoke and run to the other resources
As an Iraqi🇮🇶, I thank God that they did not tarnish the reputation of my country, as they tarnished the reputation of Venezuela 🗿
Man i remember renting both Mercenaries 1 and 2 from Blockbuster, ended up never turning them back in. Good times
We need a new Mercs game, the concept is so perfect for open world shooting/explosion/chaos games. Just Cause has failed us
Never made so much money stacking boxes with a helicopter. 10/10.
It still holds up.
I'd say it's like GTA IV mixed with Red Faction.
You could destroy so many things in this game. It was SUPER fun.
Messing with fictional NK was cherry on top. 😂
Mattias pirate laughing at killing people and calling pistols "cute little guns" are embedded into my brain...
Never played it but I remember the "sponsored by" ads for it on Sky One whenever my Dad would watch Star Trek TNG or Voyager
Pro tip: Play PS2 games on your pc. A mid range pc now will emulate games at 4K (or even higher) and it has save states like a pc. Save a game at any time and it reloads when you saved it, not a check point. That makes long tough missions a little more bearable to do. The textures will also look a LOT better.
You can also use a wireless PS4 etc controller.
back in 00s I remembered that one time after school going to burger king and almost-wigger-esque white kids talking about this game while singing "oh no you didnt" commercial song. seeing this makes me remember
I maintain, of all the ps2 era games that deserve a modern-day remake, with modern technology, it's the first Mercenaries. If THQ Nordic could do to it what they've done with other remakes, or someone else with pedigree like Bluepoint Games, I'd be ecstatic.
I remember playing this a lot and a minor detail that I loved was the fact vehicles don't despawn unless they're NPC vehicles or destroyed
This game takes me back to the days of the PS2 back when I played socom, black, GTA SA, GOW I really really love the commercial for it the theme song goes hard "Oh No You Didn't"
I really remember being a kid and loving Mercenaries 1. And just not enjoying Mercenaries 2 as much, but not knowing why, I had put it down to my age and the fact I had new options
Pandemic was a studio that deserved to be around for a while. EA just needed to urge them to make refinements but that's too much to ask EA to do...unless it's microtransactions
Hell nah you unlocked a childhood memory that was behind a paywall
Thank you
I used to play this all the time as a kid, feels like a fever dream honestly
After watching your review of the first game, I've given this game a shot because the first game sadly isn't available on PC. This game truly is so tedious that it gets boring real quickly even for someone who was super impressed by what the first game had to offer: I went in expecting a game where we would start off relatively weak, and grind for money through enjoyable mechanics, and eventually become super strong and feel satisfied by the end-game. Instead, what I got was a game where cash was super easy to make but the ways to spend it were so tedious and underwhelming that nothing felt satisfying in the end. I've only managed to squeeze a few sessions from this game before I stopped succeeding to get myself to play it.
>Artificial Mind and Movement, later known as Behavior Interactive
And they changed their name because their acronym A2M stood f-
Okay, let me NOT steal Nitro Rad's running gag.
I had the ps2 port growing up and when i saw this video i instantly thought about that turret section. I never could beat that level as a kid and it caused me to just replay the game up to that point over and over
Growing up as a young kid in rural PA I got the PS2 version as a birthday present after being a massive fan of the first game and went a good few months before realizing the real version was on the new consoles lol
Wish I could tell you the joy I feel each time I see a new Minimme vid in my feed.
As a kid I only played the PS2 version, so when you were doing your first video on Mercenaries 1 I was trying to figure out why it looked so familiar. Now I know! Super cool that the PS2 port was both so similar and so different from the PS3 version!
I absolutely adored this game franchise! Thanks for the video!
The fun memories I have of this on the Xbox 360 man, endless fun
The buildings could be bombed to high heaven, the combat felt really fun, the setting was pretty different and the carnage was just rewarding af
I played the hell out of this game as a kid as it, and Army of Two, where some of the first Xbox 360 games I got.
You can pick up multiple oil tankers, just highlight however many you see within a certain range then throw the smoke, The heli will pick up 1 but grab all the others at the same time 👍
The Dead by Daylight studio being the ones who made the Mercenaries 2 PS2 port is quite the shock to me.
TH-cam can read minds. Thought about this game 2 weeks ago. Never looked it up or researched it and here we are. Love it and great video!!
OH. NO. YOU. DIDN’T! play the catchy tune. Why not? It still sneaks into my brain too - shame it is worse though. The first one blew me away the more I played it. Absolute gem. Love your reviews my dude, keep it up and thank you for making them 🥳🙏🙌
Missed the part of how that "Oh No You Didn't" song for the trailer was originally written with a notable rapper to perform, but from memory he asked for too much money so I think it's actually the song writers singing it (they're professional commercial jingle writers, apparently). Least that's what I heard, but don't know if there's much concrete info out there about it.
The free fuel happened in Edinburgh as well, I remember driving past the que
Even me as a kid figured out you could tag multiple items haha, it works with everything i'm pretty sure.
I never knew Mercenaries before the trailer to Mercenaries 2. I was blown away when i was younger by the game. It's a rough game, but all in all I think its a great game.
I wish it was longer though. The co-op mode was fun too.
I remember seeing commercials for Breaking Bad while my brother played this in the other room. Very 2008. My brother had the PS3 one and I had the PS2 one.
I'm glad you mentioned the ps2 version, because that's the version I had. It was my introduction to previous gen ports. My friend had it on 360 so I realized how it wasn't as good even that young. Definitely preferred Mercenaries 1 as a kid though.
A good point you never mentioned, big fan by the way. But you should’ve mentioned how if you use the cheat codes the game at least becomes a very entertaining chaos simulator, were you can destroy the oil rig with the helicopter or rain down nuclear bombs in the middle of the city. It was amazing fun especially online with a friend.
No way you mean when you use cheat codes you can do whatever you want woooooah that's not obvious at all
@@oh-not-the-bees7872 well duh, but the point is that it was a positive that was not even pointed out. he never cheat codes and how they could affect the game, you must see that??
@@oh-not-the-bees7872You can enter the cheat codes without any penalty… including Trophies… Having all the stuff available all the time with the cheats is why the game was so fun. I would just go around blowing shit up including using the nuclear bunker buster on the HQ.
@@PhysicalMediaMan1469 what if I told you nobody factors in cheat codes as part of the games merit because if a game was good at all in the first place it wouldn't need cheats to save it? Also, that sounds like it would get boring after 5 minutes, not exactly what I would call a "good point." Get over yourself.
@@oh-not-the-bees7872 than why would game developers have cheat codes at all if you believe they do not help SOME people enjoy it more or have it add VALUE to them?
Mercenaries 2 on PS2 was one of those games my dumb ass bought for $20 in the EB games bargain bins and I played the absolute crap out of because it was my only new game for the next six months.
Thanks for bringing back some memories
Was singing the promo song in my head for a minute or so.. then he said something about it being catchy and would intrude his thoughts every once in awhile.. busted out laughing... same fam...same.