Mercenaries 2 World in Flames (PS2)

I played Mercenaries 2, on my PS2, purposely because I had heard good things about the game. Unfortunately, I'd only heard good things about the next gen version of the game. I had read some comments about how it really was terrible, and I really didn't think much of it. How wrong I was. The graphics: Are terrible. Really terrible. They're blocky, undertextured, and undetailed, and are using low polygon models. This is shocking even for a PS2 game. Not only that, the view distance is terrible as well, being able to see hardly any distance at all before the game fades into grey fog. Event he explosions look terrible, the main focus of the ...  Read the complete review

Mercenaries is one of those games that once you start playing it, you just can't put it down. You can choose to be one of three different characters, and you are obviously a mercenary. I live in the US, and the rating here is Teen, which I think serves it just fine. There is no blood or anything, although it drastically reduces the value of a human being through the portrayals in the game. You can switch factions in the game, decide who to be enemies with and steal any car or helicopter. Throughout the game, you can recruit others to join you on your various missions, such as airline pilots, and jet pilots. The game has varying weapons, anything from Pistol to AK47 to ...  Read the complete review