Driving down the street NPCs will often scream their heads off then run in front of your car. You are penalized for “collateral damage”, though, which would be an acceptable challenge if the civilian AI wasn’t completely stunted. Without question it is a worthy Merc pursuit to blow things (and, well, people) right off the map. It is an effective way of keeping players from hiding on a hillside and ordering half a dozen air strikes, though for the most part a good gun, stolen vehicle and a few explosives will get a contract done. As you advance in the game your fuel storage capacity can grow, but you still have to fill it. Each air transit requires fuel which must primarily, though not exclusively, be stolen. The check on the seemingly unlimited delivery service of explosive goodies is your fuel supply. Isn’t it a teensy bit embarrassing as a merc to have to run up and tag a building then hoof it to the nearest cover while your own shells rain down destruction?
Calling in C-4 supply is relatively straightforward, while an artillery strike is a trickier task entirely as you have to be very near the object you want destroyed when you signal for it. These items can be hot-keyed and then selected from the D-Pad in-game.
If all this sounds repetitive to you, you have lost sight of the real objective: destroying everything.Įach Contract mission will unlock Stockpile items like air strikes and specialized vehicles. Retrieving HVT’s alive is worth more scratch but the payoff is so small it is much easier to go in, kill the guy (and anything else that moves), then snap a pic and take half the cash. The Bounty missions are primarily divided between verifying HVTs (High Value Targets) and destroying targeted structures. There are also escort missions, destruction based missions, firefights and building defense. Controlling outposts is a common contract: travel to a destination and destroy the opposition. Contracts unlock while Bounties are there for the taking. As the factions take your allegiance in turn you will never feel forced to choose sides – but you also miss the opportunity to play them against one another.Įach mission is classified as either a Contract or a Bounty. You can alternately please and infuriate them all in pursuit of money, death and revenge: tick off a faction and you can always buy back their affection later. Set in steamy Venezuela, there are multiple factions in play ranging from Universal Petroleum to the People’s Liberation Army of Venezuela to some Rastafarian Pirates. Each is helpful when it comes to retrieval or delivery of items like cash, oil, or air strikes as well as custom vehicles. In sum, a completely unremarkable collective: brash Irishman, over-muscled mechanic and drunk Russian. It is not long before you snag helicopter pilot Ewan, mechanic Eva, and jet pilot Misha. Never mind that betrayal as a merc seems like an acceptable job risk you shouldn’t be so darn fussed about, the story is inconsequential.Īt game start your sole teammate is Fiona, who primarily manages your location, and together you seize a villa in which to set up your PMC. Your mercenary is out for revenge any way they can get it – though pretty much through explosions and murder. Each has traits like speed or health, and beyond the slight perks they offer the decision does not affect gameplay or even much dialogue. You are given the choice of playing as one of three mercenaries: Mattias Nilsson, Jennifer Mui or Chris Jacobs.
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Forget the lack of moral compass, there’s no need of it here, and I can certainly appreciate how free of agenda the game is. The fun hangs almost entirely on explosions and the game’s open, destructible, world. Much of Mercenaries 2 feels like the same old Mercenaries game, only many aspects of gameplay that used to be fun now have the earmarks of calculation and its resultant tedium. Not without its redeeming qualities – in truth, it can be really fun – there are just so many problems dragging the game down it can be hard to embrace the positives. Mercenaries 2 is a case of great concept and poor execution.
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