Mercenaries 2: World In Flames

[Instigator AG]

If you were a fan of the first one, then get ready for the return as Mercenaries 2: World in Flames will be out later this year for Xbox360, PS3, PS2 and PC.

"Mercenaries 2 features the latest and most dangerous in civilian and military tech, everything from shiny new sports cars, to the future-tech satellite-guided bunker-busting mini-nuke. Tanks, APCs, boats, luxury automobiles – you name it, you can have it delivered to you in real time. And if you run out of cash you can always 'acquire' the gear you need in the field."

• Massive Open World – Play across cities, jungles, lakes, mountains and a range of terrain in between throughout a Venezuela that is larger than all the Mercenaries maps combined.
• Co-op Multiplayer – Whether split-screen or online you no longer have to go it alone. Invite a friend to jump in and help you fight your way to the top.
• Work for the Highest Bidder – You decide which factions to work for and when. From one-off pick-up jobs to complex multi-objective missions your choices will decide how the game progresses and which faction wins the war.
• New Toys – Over 130 vehicles from civilian cars to tanks and choppers plus all the destructive weaponry you can handle from pistols to rocket launchers.
• Next Gen Destruction – Take down any building in the world piece by piece and see them crumble with fantastic effects. Not just cool to look at, destruction can be used to take out enemy forces and change the landscape of the battlefield.
• Build Your Own Private Military Company – Recruit other mercenaries to build out your arsenal and options until you have the ultimate array of options to play with.
• Playable Water – Fly over it, swim through it, race across it in boats. No longer just something to look at, water is an active part of the game.
• Landing Zones – Don’t have time to make your way across the country? Go to one of your captured drop zones and instantly get transported to the next hot spot and right back into the action.

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[Nocutius]

The graphics seem quite vivid. I don't remember hearing about this game though. A demo should help.

[Instigator AG]

If EA pushes out a demo I will let everyone know.

[srpeters18]

Just by looking at it, it looks more GPU intensive than Crysis. Imagine all those explosions/fire, vegetation and water. :ahhhhh:

[Nocutius]

I haven't even read the description of the game the first time, i just looked at the pictures and assumed it's just a regular fps, but now after actually taking some time to inform myself, the game looks really interesting, i will definitely remember it now. Some descriptions remind me of mechwarrior, specially that build your private company bit.

[dumdum]

Crysis is just realistic texture but not impressive as in graphical looking texture. You know one of those games that doesn't have realistic textures but in a game texture way, looks cool and kills your throat.

[tomato]

DELAYED:
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6185440.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;4

the more relavant to the topic text:
"EA also took the opportunity to officially bump two of its high-profile action games to fiscal year 2009, which begins April 1, 2008. Lending credence to the retail radar's rumblings last week, Mercenaries 2 will go on extended shore leave until EA's next fiscal year. Pandemic's hyperdestructive action game was originally slated to arrive during the 2007 holiday deluge of games before being pushed back to the first quarter of 2008 for further tuning. Joining Mercenaries in fiscal 2009 will be Battlefield: Bad Company, the next console installment in DICE's realistic first-person shooter war game."

[Instigator AG]

OUCH, thanks for the heads up.

[Santino11447]

If you were a fan of the first one, then get ready for the return as Mercenaries 2: World in Flames will be out later this year for Xbox360, PS3, PS2 and PC.

I watched the trailer and it looks kinda wild. I would probably get it because it like reminds me of the old Duke Nukem in a way. Really loved that game.