Mercenaries 2 Was Better Than You Remember

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Mercenaries 2: World in Flames was a one-of-a-kind AAA third-person game released by Pandemic Studios in 2008. Featuring awesome gameplay, a sick Swedish mercenary, and lots of exciting destruction, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames was an extremely underrated game.
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On this channel, I like to cover games that have failed, games that have died, nostalgic stuff, and games that are awesome. In today's video, we talk about Mercenaries 2: World in Flames and why it was so underrated!
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@bryce6670 3 года назад

when i was a kid i didnt know wtf was going on but this game was so fucking fun

@unitedpainter9875 3 года назад

YES EXACTLY

@skeetdavis8909 3 года назад

Oh my god i just got into gaming my uncle let me play this and borderlands on his ps3

@jimink3047 3 года назад

Dude I spent days playing this and blowing shit up. I just remembered the first 3 missions and that’s it loo

@Cosmic76Guardian 2 года назад

Same thing for me, I couldn't understand the story as a kid while playing on Xbox 360, lol. 🤣

@evanangotti7721 2 года назад

Getting a seriously nostalgia drip lol. Makes me emotional because this game was a huge part of my childhood. This game Made u feel free and powerful.

@seanthomas214 3 года назад

never realized how hard pandemic studios went during the early 2000’s

@IntensePeppers 2 года назад

For real!

@loudris442 Год назад

This game came out in 2008, but yeah

@damino000 Год назад

Even the original Mercaneries is good!!!

@connorbarr7314 3 года назад

One of my favorite things about this game was when you'd acquire more money and oil they'd start accumulating at your home base. Literally a giant pile of money in the mansion and giant tanks of oil outside. Good times.

@ScentSense 2 года назад

Thank you for the nostalgia, I totally forgot about that 😂 you could stack them on top of each other too or just set that shit on fire iirc

@profligatepassages Год назад

@@ScentSense yea not only that but when you destroyed your stockpile it actually went down in the menus.

@ScentSense Год назад

@@profligatepassages yup! I remember flying around with a pallet of cash and just dropping it on people, and spamming the Portable Airstrike (or was that Mercs 1?) on every building in Caracas lol. Pretty sure the Fuel Air Bomb was the shit too. God damn we really need a remaster of this game, or at least get it on PS+ Classics...

@profligatepassages Год назад

@@ScentSense hell yea, I forgot you could wench the cash up onto the helo. Fire bomb, cluster bomb, and nukes downtown Caracas and Paramaribo taking down the skyscrapers lol. The Scottish helo pilots voice is permanently stuck in my head as well.

@anamericancelt6534 Год назад

The oil towers are the oil storage units you buy from the factions They reflect how much you can store, not how much you have.

@hyperbannana9262 3 года назад

I thought this was a forgotten game i loved it however played so much of it

@JayPistol2000 3 года назад

Word to my mother yo , I thought I was the only one who played and remembered this game growing up as a Jitt 😭☠️

@hyperbannana9262 3 года назад

@@JayPistol2000 yeah game feels like a lucid dream now its crazy

@roach3473 3 года назад

Saying "However" implies youre about to say something that contrasts the statement before, like I love icecream however, i never buy it

@hyperbannana9262 3 года назад

@@roach3473 the contrast is before it

@professordrmao6321 3 года назад

man. Sunk so many hours into playing that

@browsb1767 3 года назад

Been waiting for Mercenaries 3 since I was 11... 25 now lol. I really loved this game. Still own a copy. This was also the start of my overwhelming hatred for EA. So many cool games and awesome teams shafted and lost because of them

@rubenlopez3364 3 года назад

Exactly, everytime i see videos like this about games i like the sequels always get EA'd and the companies get bought out or go under

@browsb1767 3 года назад

@@rubenlopez3364 In my opinion EA is the kiss of death when it comes to joy and happiness... Sounds dramatic but look at this game, Dead Space, NFS, Titanfall, Skate, Burnout, Mass Effect, Fight Night, EA Sports BIG, and so many more My only conclusion has been that Electonic arts Truly hates gamers and only cares about money

@TheSirAnthony 3 года назад

There is some leaked gameplay from what it was going to be here on RU-vid

@browsb1767 3 года назад

@@TheSirAnthony so cool I just looked it up thanks

@TheSirAnthony 3 года назад

@@browsb1767 no problem, I used to be super hyped for it back in the day so I tracked down as much info as possible

@lordlasagna7870 3 года назад

I used to think Universal Petrolium were the good guys...boy was I wrong lol

@matthewmartin4298 3 года назад

Poor Venezuela in game has to deal with a greedy Texas oil firm, a drug lord dictator, radical Marxists, China, the US, and some Rasta pirates. And real Venezuela isn't having a great time either.

@Raddosseuss 3 года назад

@@matthewmartin4298 And you forgot a mercenary that love to call for artillery attacks every 3 minutes 😎

@matthewmartin4298 3 года назад

Ah yes, can't forget the crew. Whether it's Mattias going full Torgue on a VZ outpost, or Ewan womanizing Fiona and Eva, the PMC is here to add some more spice to things.

@cloudsombrero Год назад

we all did

@markarnold8014 3 года назад

Mercenaries 2 is my favorite All-Time game.....Thank you for this awesome video. I've spent countless hours in this game and loved every minute of it. It really bothers me that they didn't get to keep this franchise rolling......Also kudos for the "Sabatuer" mention........that one is my second favorite game.

@cofitv3162 3 года назад

Same..

@dinorocker8647 2 года назад

This game wasn't bad, I own it, but it definitely ain't a patch on the original, personally I do love the fact that the main playable characters in here were more colorful and had more personality than they did in the original, but you definitely can't beat the original.

@starwars910 Год назад

@@dinorocker8647 the original is a timeless classic, but I feel that only applies to those that played it when it came out (us) as the graphics and controls are less consumer friendly. I love the soundtrack to the second but only played about an hour of it. Completely different feel and mood from the first.

@dinorocker8647 Год назад

@@starwars910 I think your right on that one, but yeah it's whatever ya prefer.

@doctorxbw4986 3 года назад

mercanaries 1 and 2 where my childhood, i still play them to this day

@hazeplazs3599 2 года назад

Still? On ps2?

@Salamander676 2 года назад

Is just cause similar?

@AitCollini 4 месяца назад

@@Salamander676quite, you should definitely try it!

@Cavemanner 3 года назад

And holy shit, Mattias was always my favorite character, but hearing him now and realizing it's fucking Peter Stormare is a rare treat!

@CumCum99 2 года назад

No way haha, The replacer

@Evanz111 3 года назад

I just loved the currency system! How you earned so much money, but always had military supplies to spend it on - unlike Just Cause’s unlimited supply drops making there be no point using any of the weak/cheap things.

@shredgordon3240 3 года назад

I legit just remembered this game right before I fell asleep last night and made a note to google it and see if it was any good

@lukehaberman9481 2 года назад

LMAO THATS EXACTLY WHAT I DID

@BadMoonRising92 3 года назад

This is still one of my favorite games ever. I randomly bought the first one on PS2 not even really knowing what it It was and I fell in love. Both games were so damn fun and I hate that the 3rd was canceled.

@voidrunner-616 2 года назад

Everything from Pandemic is an absolute gem. You can feel the fun the Devs had in making their games and every title adds something suuuper ambitious. Like the space battles in Battlefront 2, or the host of new features in Destroy All Humans 2. Sometimes they feel _too_ ambitious and you can tell they ran out of time and/or money. Mercs 2 has so many cool freaking features though. Even little details like the way vehicle weapons can run out of ammo so they feel more impactful to use. Or how your HQ fills up with literal 50ft tall piles of cash and huge crates of ordinance as you collect them. Oh and you can drop a LITERAL NUKE on stuff. Damn we need a sequel. Imagine it running on DICE’s Frostbite engine. It's also a real shame this isn't on Game Pass. The original is, and some other Pandemic titles. It at least deserves a remake like Destroy All Humans got.

@tranquillity4362 3 года назад

Woo! Bumper cars! Mattias Nilsson (2008)

@rayruckus4446 3 года назад

I loved this game. Rolling in deep into enemy territory on the crotch rocket and calling in a carpet bomb was so very satisfying.

@daddyrailzzz9705 Год назад

Played this game for countless hours My fav thing to do was Taking over Outpost and callin In 100s of backup sit back and let the NPCS duel it out

@dove4965 3 года назад

I played this game as a child and 12 years later kept pestering friends and trying to figure out what this game was. Thanks

@IntensePeppers 2 года назад

When you brought up picking up stuff with the helicopter and throwing it around, you unlocked some locked part of my brain. I didn't remember I remembered, but I did that soo much in M2

@estampie1565 3 года назад

I remember playing mercenaries as a kid and having like no idea what to do, I just loved causing as much chaos as possible all the time it was so much fun, Miss those times and I wasnt even aware there was a mercenaries 2

@LaEve 3 года назад

This game has been lying on my pile of shame for so many years now.... now that I've watched your video and listened to the charming dialogue between the pilot and the protagonist, I definitely feel like I just HAVE to play it finally!

@robokast 3 года назад

It’s by no means a perfect game, but it’s definitely a lot of fun!

@kcl902 3 года назад

Lol is the pile of shame just purchased but unplayed games?

@LaEve 3 года назад

@@kcl902 Yeah, you got that right

@conorf8091 2 года назад

@@LaEve but did you play it lol

@goatintuxedo2206 Год назад

Don't bother.. buy GTA V or Just Cause 2, you'll get more for your money and way less glitches.

@colefrick 3 года назад

I just snagged Mercenaries (1) on PS2 when you invade North Korea and it’s so amazing, still working on 2 as well.

@Mister_Lamprey 2 года назад

"...and the driving physics are really bad" I have the speed run record for this game, bad doesn't begin to describe the driving in this game, many a run was lost to driving shenanigans :'(

@RuntzSZN 2 года назад

Still was fun though 🤣

@jacobanthony259 3 года назад

That was honestly the best ad transition I've ever seen! Congrats!

@kiss_shot 3 года назад

I have so much great nostalgia for this game, I hope we can get a Mercenaries 3 that improves and ads on everything from 2. We got Destroy All Humans again so maybe haha

@mlvnrtrt1413 3 года назад

I played nearly every version of Mercenaries. Mercs1 on Xbox, Mercs2 on Ps2, Mercs2 on Ps3, and Mercs2 on PC. This game just had character and charm that I kept wanting more of.

@fegato9653 3 года назад

There is so mercenaries pod for xbox one....

@wilkersatomicnetworks3096 3 года назад

Never had heard of this game before your vid, gonna give it a look now!

@rubenlopez3364 3 года назад

Worth a buy if you can get it

@reconjohn 3 года назад

I loved this game as a kid. I would play it almost exclusively

@dairyfarmersiii8821 2 года назад

We need Mercenaries 3!

@Diecastbuffet 3 года назад

Legit one of the best games I’ve ever played

@CrOw7086 Год назад

great game, cant belive you didnt mention the theme song for the game its great

@NegusChristos Год назад

Great review. I remember when Merc2 was released. Some of his biggest critics was its graphics and that the buildings could not be destroyed. But they exceeded the graphics play and the diversity of the characters and still today no game is close to what mercenaries was producing.

@brendans.9515 2 года назад

Dude this game was so much fun. Endless hours of fun for me. I never got tired of all the side missions, I loved all the cars and different gadgets you could use. The hideout was so cool and I loved doing EVERY SINGLE THING.

@MakotoKamui 2 года назад

Neat! I helped out a bit on the first Mercenaries, so seeing a review of the sequel brings me back, too!

@bluelobster246 2 года назад

Rip pandemic studios i loved yall so much thx for enhancing my childhood.

@jessicastrike5640 Год назад

Good video! You should cover the other Panedmic games

@nalissolus9213 3 года назад

That Swedish guy is clearly inspired by the techno viking meme. Just search techno viking and you understand.

@banter6020 3 года назад

He actually is! lmao. we got to talk to the devs of mercs 1 and 2 and they confirmed it

@Virgovenom 3 года назад

Hell yea 🤣🤣🤣

@michelveraliot 3 года назад

@@banter6020 FUCKIN SERIOUSLY ? ,😂😂😂

@mikharris2994 3 года назад

@@banter6020 the techno viking meme didn't go viral until 2007 so I doubt this is true.

@banter6020 3 года назад

@@mikharris2994 The literal people who made these games told me Mattias was inspired by Techno viking lmao

@nickwayfinder8548 3 года назад

I was just talking about this game with my friend the other night. I remember no life(ing) the game, getting the bunker buster and being like I wonder if I can destroy the good guy HQ. Shoots it with the bunker buster a few times, it falls and the whole map pretty much aggros at me. Good times, I just found your channel tonight but great videos man. Keep it up!

@sailaemyushuhk1231 3 года назад

we need a modding community for this game

@XenoTravis 3 года назад

Man. I got older and got an anxiety disorder that made it super hard to play games. I love these videos still.

@beasley1095 3 года назад

2021 and I’m still playing this game with a buddy during Co-op online

@Etags 2 года назад

I love this game so much man. Honestly gave me so many flashbacks I teared up. I frequently chose to play this game over GTA when my friends came over.

@ospreyslender8931 2 года назад

8:55 You made me remember the time i spent 4 hours farming 1 billion in the Winching Challenge

@sidepipe07 Месяц назад

Just bought this game again after I just started thinking about it out of nowhere. It’s been years since I last played it, but can’t wait to do it again. I love rolling into a big city occupied by the VZ and leveling the whole city while they are trying to take you out, to no avail.

@ragzilbragzilb6603 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for the great review, its Late 2023 and just doing another playthrough :D

@juanestebanrodriguez9057 4 месяца назад

Still watching these videos years later, there are no games like mercenaries anymore, my dad gave it to me with my ps3, I loved it and have a lot of fond memories of playing it, wish it had a re release on steam

@fruity9570 2 года назад

Bro this game THIS GAME WAS MY CHILDHOOD bro i loved the explosion the nukes and the the vechiles and the destructions

@justbananurz1536 Год назад

hey where do you buy this game again?

@dieselford9184 2 года назад

This game is iconic, much like the first it’s very underrated. I’d pay top dollar for a remaster or a third game but EA killed our hopes and dreams.

@DeadManSinging1 2 года назад

Theres been a remake of Destroy All Humans, so who knows

@goatintuxedo2206 Год назад

Nothing like the first. The first Mercenaries was successful at everything. Gameplay was on point. I can't count the numerous bugs on the second game. It's really awful compared to the first one.

@aleksihanninen5929 9 месяцев назад

@@goatintuxedo2206 But second game was fun. I never got to play first one, except for small demo for it. After that I forgot the name of the game, since back then English was a language, that I didn't know much about.

@l4dfanatic11 3 года назад

BRO THIS SERIES WAS THE SHIT! i miss it ;-;

@rickyjoneslacrossa59 3 года назад

The fact you could have a motorcycle with tracks and machine guns. Ohhh and do a stand still burn out while in a wheelie on bikes was pretty funny

@I_like_forests 3 года назад

Mercenaries was 99.99% of my entire childhood...god I miss this game so much..

@charlespittman4321 2 года назад

i still to this day will say this is my favorite game of all time!! it was unmatched & underrated

@cryosightgaming 2 года назад

oh my god all the clips of the game brought back so many memories playing this game... fucking loved it back then

@compactrhone 10 месяцев назад

I still have the theme song in my spotify playlist because i find it hilarious

@BudBundy007 Год назад

Had this on my shelf for a couple years; found it at a thrift shop. Decided to run through it since the online is going down in November and wanted to complete all of the achievements before it goes offline. I thoroughly enjoyed this game. Glad I played it before it got unobtainable achievements or else, I would have never decided to play it.

@beachbummochi 2 года назад

This was my comfort game when I was younger, I miss it so much!

@Axel_Mallory 2 года назад

When I was little, I thought the grenade clip at the beginning was corn

@THE_WOK 2 года назад

I read the word "Mercenaries" and have flashbacks😔 now i am here.

@deluxe_1337 2 месяца назад

Pandemic Studios made two of my favorite games, Merc2 and Saboteur...

@rivafett Год назад

I believe you mean my favorite game of all time, that I’ve heard only one person I’ve ever mention it

@VidiverseExplorer 2 года назад

I'd love to see this series come back.

@VonDutchNL 3 года назад

What a year 2008 was.. I just turned 21 and all these amazing games released.

@Meowme-zm9vl 2 года назад

This game and mgs4 best year of games released i swear

@Canada407 3 года назад

The guy who voices our main character is Peter Stormare, an awesome actor

@adamhenderson8232 2 года назад

Loves that game. So much still play it to this day..both merc 1 and 2.

@sleprvrru6y-lin-92 3 года назад

I remember playing Mercenaries (original) when i was smaller.. I wanted to try part 2 but i never got the chance to 😁 glad to finally remember the name of these games thanks to you

@Xx_Tim_zZ 2 года назад

Yo if buy this for Xbox 360 disc form will it work on Xbox one?

@matthewprice5377 Год назад

Played this game as a kid and loved it, wish I could find a way to play it again

@stoptryingtogetmetoregiste8418 2 года назад

I can't believe you haven't mentioned the best theme song recorded for a game.

@Blue-bf8lv 2 года назад

I've been looking for this game my entire life, I vaguely remembered it from when I was a kid, thank you so much

@angelgalarza6852 Год назад

2008 I was 20 year old, deployed to Iraq, we used to go on missions and come back to play this game, the last weapon is the nuclear bunker buster I will never forget this game 😂 i literally used to use the al-Qaeda BVIED tactics, I used to put C4 on a car then jump out of it so that it will drive into the gates and blow them up 🤦🏽‍♂️🤣 I will forever remember this game ❤

@lukemitchell5962 2 года назад

I agree. This game was amazing. I'd love to play it again.

@PtolemaicArmy_Guerrilla Год назад

Not to mention that they also included logistics personnel in factions. War games always show soldiers but they almost never show figures such as medics, something that was very present in mercenaries 2

@hyperfated 2 года назад

My best memory was me always using the chopper with the grappling hook on the bottom and would fly around with cars attached lmao

@ninjabaiano6092 3 года назад

I remenber it. It had quite a few problems, but overall very good.

@amazeblazin6235 2 года назад

shout out to dad for getting me bangers when I was a kid!

@MrJp990 3 года назад

How do you use cheat codes on the PC version?

@captainmodest577 3 года назад

Letsgoo new video!

@_nam3l3ss13 Год назад

i remember this game, i still play it, actually.. i just love replaying the story or kust bullying one faction

@Kc40k 2 года назад

I talk of this game with my brother often. One of the best.

@jaydenmontgomery800 3 года назад

I played this game when I was younger man it really has been a long time

@mrmadmax420 3 года назад

I remember playing this but could never remember the name thank you!

@alt0248 3 года назад

I played the first game through several times. I feel the over arching plot and structure for the first one is stronger than the second with the deck of cards system as a guiding hand.

@hazeplazs3599 2 года назад

I liked the first one better than the second for that reason

@sidepipe07 Месяц назад

I did like the deck of cards thing in the first one.

@r4istlinm4jere 3 года назад

I love this game! It's amazing, I had it for ps3, and to this day I still play, and it's a problem, because I love Just Cause and these types of games, but in none of them do I have fun as with Mercs2. I remember, putting a C4 in a vehicle, accelerating to full speed and launching the vehicle against a lot of enemies and then exploding the bomb. And everything was starting to explode. All the mechanics, gameplay, vehicles, ... I have not been able to find any similar game that gave me so many hours of fun ... and it's a shame D:

@krono5el 3 года назад

I'll never get rid of my copies of one and two, these games are still crazy fun.

@Jacob-lm6cr 3 года назад

I love this and i just want a third one

@oakplain4625 2 года назад

Just repurchased a used copy after not playing for about a decade. It is absolutely a gem and thank you for making this video! We need Mercs 3!

@yami4456 5 месяцев назад

I remember starting a mission where you’d have to call in reinforcements to take a base but if you never did the mission you could call in infinite reinforcements I would start my own miny npc battles all through the map soooo fun

@bjpreston6474 2 года назад

I’m 28 now , this was a great game, bring me back to my child hood lol.

@__chevytrucks__ 2 года назад

It sadly can’t be played on next Gen, I get a reading error on both my series X and One.

@4kking966 3 года назад

Does anyone know on Xbox why Mercenaries 1 is backwards compatible but not Mercenaries 2

@codenamenoob4973 2 года назад

I still have this game for Xbox 360 but badly want to play it on PC but that doesn't seem possible as can't download it anywhere

@hw_plainview1179 Год назад

Back in 2005 when I was in Infantry Officer Basic Course (IOBC) at Ft Benning Georgia I played the hell out of Mercenaries! My absolute favor thing about this game was that you could call for fire! Like CAS and/or indirect.

@HoboHunterRik 3 года назад

This game wasnt forgotten by me. This was ny childhood time sink. The fact it hasnt been ported makes my soul cry.

@AtomicZombiz 2 года назад

This was a great game. Still one of the best of all time. I'd play it over and over every day. The story was amazing.

@Dixielinemuzik Месяц назад

I completely forgot about this game too. I played this for hourssss as a kid

@senioravocados7431 2 года назад

I love this game and still play it. Its always been one of my favorite games.

@JaBBerSmack 3 года назад

I never expected anyone to talk about this game in this day and age.

@kick-start-or-die 5 месяцев назад

I think anyone over the age of 25/28 had a blast playing this game. #1 I think had a very good basis for working with the different factions and the map was very vast. #2 I found myself becoming bored and switching to multi-player to stay entertained.

@wheelmanv Год назад

Speaking of ahead of its time those tank graphics and physics were amazing. And I've never seen another game ever where you take damage from small arms hitting armor and creating spall