Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Binding: Video Game
Brand: Electronic Arts
EAN: 5030930059064
Item Dimensions: 22
Label: Electronic Arts
Manufacturer: Electronic Arts
MPN: EAE07606519BU
Platform: Xbox 360
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Release Date: September 05, 2008
Studio: Electronic Arts

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is an explosive open-world action game set in a massive, highly reactive, war-torn world.

Amazon.co.uk Review:


If there really isn't any such thing as bad publicity then Mercenaries 2 is already doing superbly. It certainly already has its fair share of infamy, after being denounced by the Venezuelan government as propaganda for the U.S. Army and even dragging Bono (who part owns developer Pandemic) into a row over its probity. Mind you North Korea weren't too keen about the first game either and that turned out all right.



The reason poor Bono's name has been dragged into the dirt is that the game's plot revolves around a U.S. led invasion of Venezuela after a dictator takes control in a coup. It's pretty hard to get offended about a game as gleefully silly as this though as its interests are clearly not politics but simply blowing things up as creatively as possible. As before you're dropped into the war zone and free to ply your mercenary trade with whomever you want. However, this time you're in charge of your own PMC (Private Military Company) and get to set up your own base and recruit your own soldiers.



Owning your own PMC gives you a lot more control over how exactly you play the game in what is essentially Grand Theft Auto in a warzone. Everything you see can be completely destroyed from innocuous shrubbery to be the biggest buildings. You can now swim as well and there's lot more vehicles and gadgets, from helicopters to grappling hooks. With an online co-op mode as well even Hugo Chávez couldn't fail to be entertained (maybe).


Harrison Dent






Rating: - Hmmmm
Mercs 1 has to be one of my all time favourite games, so obviously i thought mercs 2 would be the same...i was wrong :(

dont get me wrong, some aspects of the game are great, and at times i really really enjoyed it.
but all the bugs/glitches just ruined it for me, and i found the storyline rather tedious.

people mention all the explosions, which do look very nice, only problem i found was that i blew a building up, walked around a bit, came back, and as if by magic ... Read More

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Rating: - If only being a Mercenary was this cool!!
This instalment of mercenaries is bang on the mark as a debut for 360, it has a mixture of open ended mayhem right from the start as you storm your enemies mansion trying to take it over as a future HQ by blowing up and shooting everything in sight with OTT consequences lol. Also this game adds alot of diversity in weapons, vehicles and air strikes and so forth.

You start off by selecting 1 of 3 characters available to you and then your plunged straight into it as you try to get payback ... Read More

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Rating: - Awful (but nearly good)
After reading several reviews about this I took a risk and bought it. However, I soon realised this was a big mistake!

The game is almost unplayable and full of glitches. The character phrases are also repeated way too often - seriously you will literally be made sick by the repetition (Ammo! Ammo! GOD!!!!). The script is also cheesy and steals lines from famous films (which are changed slightly).

Not good....avoid unless you get it cheap/2nd hand.

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Rating: - Most fun on the X360 so far!
I think I am not as critical of this game as some of the other reviews as I never played the original. For me this is a brand new game...... and what a good one! The closest game to this is GTA, however it is also totally different. You can free roam, have missions to complete, but that's where the similarity ends. A seemingly endless selection of weapons and vehicles which you can use to kill, destroy and generally cause as much havoc with as you can possibly imagine! (MOAB's are great fun!) The vehicles ... Read More

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Rating: - Destructive, if unpolished, fun
I played the first Mercenaries on the PlayStation 2, and it was a fantastic game. The sequel is more of the same, just bigger and better.

You play a mercenary out for revenge whilst also trying to make a tidy profit(I won't spoil the plot, but trust me there isn't much of it). You take on various missions for different factions as well as various challenges usually involving a race against time. You need to keep all the factions happy as best you can in order to be able to buy better weapons, ... Read More

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