Mercenaries 2: World in Flames [PS3 Review]

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames [PS3 Review]

Navneet Prakash, Sep 22, 2008 1753 hrs IST

Meet interesting people, blow them up. If you like explosions, this is the game for you

Tons of explosions, huge array of vehicles and weapons, solid frame-rate and no load-times, looks good

Bad voice acting, plethora of glitches and bugs, dumb AI

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During combat you can hijack vehicles, this is done by a small quick-time event, which is about as interesting as watching Uwe Boll's version of Macbeth. Hijacking a tank or a fully-loaded Apache is good fun, as it enables you to destroy an entire bases in a single run without taking much damage. There are many more vehicles including boats and jeeps -- a total of about 150 vehicles types are included. The most amazing aspect of the game is the solid frame rate, even after multiple explosions taking place everywhere around you, the game plays at a solid frame rate. You can level an entire structure to the ground and it plays smooth. You can also order air-strikes, bunker-busters as well as nukes, if needed.

There are various side missions that you can play through to make extra cash. These are bets that you wager with your team members. They add about another two hours of gameplay, out of the total 12. The game also has co-op, which anyone can join at anytime. You will be playing through the single-player campaign and there will be two players killing Dumb AI soldiers instead of one.

The game has its set of flaws, the voice acting is really bad, and there are many simple glitches, which you don't expect in a big budget EA title. While playing one of the missions, I was getting some important info from an informant, by mistake I pushed the table he was sitting behind, the guy died. I actually killed an informant by pushing a table at him, I still can't get over that. But there is no denying the fact that the game has many hours of explosive fun, the combat is the true winner here. Buy this game, if you like bad voice acting, low budget special effects and tons of explosions. Buy this game if you like David Hasselhoff.