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The Official Mercenaries 2: World in Flames Thread
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notjackbauer
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Chichikov said:
You can only get them by doing Fiona's challenges, right? If you do them in co-op do you both get the outfits?
MrTroubleMaker
Member
notjackbauer said:
yes
notjackbauer said:
I don't know, I did them in single player, sorry
AgentOtaku
Member
Chichikov said:I assume the worst about GAFers, so I'm going to guess this answer your question -
p.s.
Do them in co-op, they are super easy that way, no time or patience required.
thanks guy!
WasabiKing
Member
OK, let me disclaim this by saying that I got this game on a discount, so I'm not going to say "TOTALLY WORTH THE MONEY I PAID FOR" or bullshit like that.
I will say this much, I haven't had this much fun since Ikari Warriors/Contra playing co-op. Just got it on Monday the 8th, and got into a game with Lonestar and holy crap. Blowing shit up, capturing HVTs, making money, C4ing buildings AND each other. The explosions are as massive as advertised.
Of course, there are issues that the lot of you have mentioned. Pop-in of GTA III proportions (see mine driving course), cheesy facial animations, driving for most vehicles isn't all that great, and the chopper moves a bit too slow. And the GPS freaks out in certain areas.
Sure, the game could have used even more time (although it was delayed so many times I don't think it would have helped) but I think it's pretty promising for the next installment.
I will say this much, I haven't had this much fun since Ikari Warriors/Contra playing co-op. Just got it on Monday the 8th, and got into a game with Lonestar and holy crap. Blowing shit up, capturing HVTs, making money, C4ing buildings AND each other. The explosions are as massive as advertised.
Of course, there are issues that the lot of you have mentioned. Pop-in of GTA III proportions (see mine driving course), cheesy facial animations, driving for most vehicles isn't all that great, and the chopper moves a bit too slow. And the GPS freaks out in certain areas.
Sure, the game could have used even more time (although it was delayed so many times I don't think it would have helped) but I think it's pretty promising for the next installment.
AgentOtaku
Member
WasabiKing said:
dam straight
Played coop for 2 hours last night with a coworker....blissful!
I think the lack of checkpoints is irritating. I want to do a mission as good as possible with all the side stuff and when I take risks I have to do everything over again. They should make more checkpoints or don't let you do the objectives again. It works kinda demotivating.
Now first have to get some oil to get the airstrikes popping...
Now first have to get some oil to get the airstrikes popping...
painey said:
Hmmm ... are we talking about the mission were you blow three (or more) buildings to flush out a dude but then he directs all his troops to the destroy the PLAV church?
If so, I must be the luckiest gamer alive cause I just killed 'em all and went my merry way to the stadium. Never got challeging.
Is there a way to toss smoke air strikes further than 3 feet? Every time I "throw" one, it generally sticks to the ground right in front of my character.
I tried sticking an artillery one on a jeep, getting in the jeep, gunning it forward then jumping off with the beacon attached. There just wasn't enough of a delay between my sticking it on the jeep, accelerating, then bailing off before the arty fell right on my head.
Any other suggestions?
I tried sticking an artillery one on a jeep, getting in the jeep, gunning it forward then jumping off with the beacon attached. There just wasn't enough of a delay between my sticking it on the jeep, accelerating, then bailing off before the arty fell right on my head.
Any other suggestions?
BravoSuperStar
Member
FlyinJ said:
You can arc the throw pretty high. I've tossed airstrikes over very high walls, and quite a good distance out in front of me. Just look up at very high angle, then toss. One thing I do wish for is that you could toss smoke while jumping, that would help a lot.
notjackbauer
Member
When do the AN and China show up? Is it right after the first Get Solano mission?
AgentOtaku
Member
Chichikov said:
good to know...will be doing this in the future then with coworker of mine
notjackbauer
Member
My buddy and I are trying to join each others' game now- what's with this "game is not available" bullshit? are other people having this problem? Is there any quick fix for this or is this just another bug we have to put up with till they get a fucking patch online?
I'm really disappointed by the missions, most are a huge step down from Mercs 1 in quality, destruction, and immersion. Most of the game seems to be made up of lame challenges or easy, repetitive outpost captures and what regular missions that are there aren't even memorable. I've done all of the missions but a few of the Chinese ones and I don't remember any on them. I felt like a one man army in Mercs 1, now I'm some goon hired by some Jamaicans to be the Miller High-Life guy (fuck the helicopters in that awful rum mission).
NullPointer
Member
JB1981 said:
Name me another seamless open-world game where everything is kaboomable that looks as good if not better.
NullPointer
Member
Althane said:
I think people see the shanty towns in the beginning of the game, do a few of the first simplistic missions, and think the entire game is like that.
All I know is that the Fortress Island mission was awesome. It was followed up by further awesomeness
BobTheFork
Member
I just now finally dropped the UP headquarters. That thing has been begging me to blow it up ever since I first started.
It was almost magical.
It was almost magical.
NullPointer
Member
Althane said:
Hell yes.
In a perfect world Pandemic would support this game with DLC along the lines of Crackdown.
- Vehicles parked/landed at PMC headquarters should stay between gaming sessions.
- New game+ mode.
- Allow firing from vehicles for passengers at least.
- Allow movement when holding beacons and support smoke.
- Increase stealth and movement speed when crouched.
- Allow cash to be spent to upgrade air-strikes, from say, smoke and beacons, to satellite and laser guided versions.
- Allow a player to "save" their current kit or more as "Player Favorites" loadouts.
- Add a zoom mode to vehicle mounted weapons.
- Add co-op competitive missions. Something along the lines of Mafia Work mode in GTA4 and I'd never leave the house
- Allow enemy PCs to be passengers in faction vehicles without automatically blowing your disguise.
- Remote control drones/vehicles. Oh the possibilities.
Hell, I could go on for days. C'mon Pandemic - there is still a ton that could be done with this game.
Honestly, having completed the game, my only real disappointment (there's others, but I didn't come into this game with high expectations) is the nuke's blast radius. When I set the laser to a building, I want that building and the 12 buildings around it to be destroyed, not just the one building the bomb hits. And the mushroom cloud dissipating within 15 seconds is really lame as well. Other than the initial big explosion, there's really no reason to use it instead of, say, a regular laser-designated bomb.
I'd also wish there would be infinite oil and ammo cheats after you beat the game as well. There's really no reason why they shouldn't be there.
Otherwise, it's a good, fun game. I'd give it a 7, if only because everything except the core component (destruction in a huge world) is completely lame. But whatever, it was a fun rental.
I'd also wish there would be infinite oil and ammo cheats after you beat the game as well. There's really no reason why they shouldn't be there.
Otherwise, it's a good, fun game. I'd give it a 7, if only because everything except the core component (destruction in a huge world) is completely lame. But whatever, it was a fun rental.
NullPointer said:Hell yes.
In a perfect world Pandemic would support this game with DLC along the lines of Crackdown.
- Vehicles parked/landed at PMC headquarters should stay between gaming sessions.
- New game+ mode.
- Allow firing from vehicles for passengers at least.
- Allow movement when holding beacons and support smoke.
- Increase stealth and movement speed when crouched.
- Allow cash to be spent to upgrade air-strikes, from say, smoke and beacons, to satellite and laser guided versions.
- Allow a player to "save" their current kit or more as "Player Favorites" loadouts.
- Add a zoom mode to vehicle mounted weapons.
- Add co-op competitive missions. Something along the lines of Mafia Work mode in GTA4 and I'd never leave the house
- Allow enemy PCs to be passengers in faction vehicles without automatically blowing your disguise.
- Remote control drones/vehicles. Oh the possibilities.
Hell, I could go on for days. C'mon Pandemic - there is still a ton that could be done with this game.
The main thing I'm complaining about is the inability to hijack vehicles, then get them back later. I WANT THOSE 99 SPORTS BIKES I STOLE!
The Player Favorites seems like a brilliant thing though.
TheMostGorgeous
Banned
How's the PC port?
Made the chruch mission with Gowans, still took us several tries - mainly because somehow we always ended up killing our own guys, and for some reason they didn´t like that...
BTW, cliff jumping with tanks is funny, just like the glitches. Once I captured a tank, and got invisible. Gowans had to look for the "drive the tank" signs to jump in too...
If you can look past the glitches, its a very fun game.
BTW, cliff jumping with tanks is funny, just like the glitches. Once I captured a tank, and got invisible. Gowans had to look for the "drive the tank" signs to jump in too...
If you can look past the glitches, its a very fun game.
Oh, come on, it's not that ugly. It's rough, sure, but there are certainly moments where it looks nice. That said, it looks no better on the 360. Well, it does seem that the 360 version uses 2x AA while the PS3 version uses none, but there are no additional differences and that tiny bit of AA doesn't make a huge difference as that's not why it looks as it does. The 360 version has more streaming issues, though, from what I could tell.JB1981 said:
Important note: the pop-in is significantly worse while playing online CO-OP. I started by playing quite a bit of single player initially and was quite surprised by the insane amount of pop-in that appears when you switch to CO-OP mode.
Mr. Durden
Banned
Red Faction. Looks better and destruction is way better.NullPointer said:
AgentOtaku
Member
Mr. Durden said:
I really hope your talking about Red Faction2...
dark10x said:
this
bee
Member
whats the score with the online co-op on the pc version?
is there a lobby or something and you can just join other people? if you start playing single player can people just join your game as your playing? is there many people playing?
i've heard its buggy as shit but co-op makes practically any game a lot of fun so i'd be willing to give the game a shot if i knew a little bit more about the online stuff
is there a lobby or something and you can just join other people? if you start playing single player can people just join your game as your playing? is there many people playing?
i've heard its buggy as shit but co-op makes practically any game a lot of fun so i'd be willing to give the game a shot if i knew a little bit more about the online stuff
Kung Fu Jedi
Member
Mr. Durden said:
Is Red Faction an open world game??
Mr. Durden
Banned
AgentOtaku said:
Red Faction: Guerilla (yes open world)Kung Fu Jedi said:
Mr. Durden
Banned
ShaderLevel=1Zenith said:
Gfx are on max.