The screens look great, but the problem with this game has been the framerate. I hope it isn't still a slideshow when it comes out.

brianewing

I was really excited for this game, but the delay has really taken the wind out of my sails :(

giantenemycrab

@Atilla_the_Nun: If no platform games are released for at least a year, then I might get excited about the next FPS.

If no racing games are released for at least a year, then I might get excited about the next racing game.

;)

It's not an FPS anyway is it?

DUFFKING

If no FPS is released for at least a year, then I might get excited about the next FPS.

Atilla_the_Nun

Wish it wasn't delayed, game looks like its going to be a complete blast, and it looks gorgeous to top it off.

Scazza

@greeble: It wouldn't take much. That's the primary reason I don't like GTA: because the two activities you spend the most time doing in GTA are driving and shooting, but neither of them are very much fun.

Stormrider (XBL: Lilarcor)

Pretty? Oh please! It looks like it was designed by a shoal of autistic catfish. And how many palm trees must die in the name of gaming before someone takes a stand?

Loveable-villain

@Stormrider (XBL: Lilarcor): Supposedly they greatly improved the shooting for GTA4... but we shall see. (I'd love for some Uncharted type shooting)

greeble

Seriously, August? I was really hoping that this would be the game I'd be playing over the next few months. Now I might have to get Burnout...or Mass Effect...

4dSwissCheese

I think I've mentioned this before, but I'm way more excited for Mercs 2 than GTA4. Maybe it's because in Mercenaries the shooting is actually fun.

Stormrider (XBL: Lilarcor)

Can't wait. This might be the first 360 game I get on Launch Day.

Bakeroo

@slomo788: Yeah they get rebuilt.
"If taking down defenseless trees doesn't cut it for you, how about laying waste to any number of defenseless buildings? Every building in Merc 2's wide-open Venezuelan-inspired country can be demolished. You can methodically wipe out an entire town. Should any game-crucial building be destroyed in your fury, it will be quickly rebuilt when needed. But for any non-essential structure, once you put it to rubble, it will stay rubble."

Source: [ps3.ign.com]

slomo788

@njhardcoreguy: Mercenaries 1 did have secret characters...

Erwin211

I'm not really a graphics whore, but these images make me feel uncomfortable. It's like plastic dolls came to life along with their plastic army vehicles.

WoodyNvincible

also i think i'll wait till after the release to decide which version to get...PS3, 360, or PC....

icepick314

yeah it has online co-op. This game may just be the only thing to replace my GTAIV disc (if only occasionally)

madhotch

@JetPogi: I think it's supposed to be better. In B:BC you can't take a house or a bridge down completely. You just destroy the walls but the structure stays. Same thing for Killzone apparently. In Merc 2 you take buildings down and I don't remember how they respawn (do they rebuild them or something?). I want to see how Far Cry 2 works.

slomo788

@ninjapirate2000:
Merc 2 DOES have online co-op...

from the official site...

"Will the game feature Online Co-op? (hide)

Yes indeed! On the next generation versions of Mercenaries you'll be able to join in to your friend's game at any time and double the amount of explosive firepower on screen at one time!"

icepick314

@njhardcoreguy: You win.

Dp. (PSN: Fallible)

Does it have Battlefield Bad Company type of destruction. I'm just asking as this game hasn't really been on my to buy list yet.

JetPogi

hmm leaves...

hun_nomin

This game is exactly my cup of tea. Sanboxy destructive goodness. MMMMMMMMMM.

gray665

I'd say the jungle screens look mighty nice, other than that i'm not sold... see a lot of flat looking textures, but then again there's a reason it was delayed for the 100th time... here's to hoping the lock it down

UncleScrotar

needs online co-op!!

ninjapirate2000

Very, very decided. Day ONE purchase. And if it's not good, return the same day...

slomo788

Second picture... any resemblance?

[my.break.com]

njhardcoreguy

Mr. McWhertor you torment me with these pictures! D:

I want the game asap. D:::

Witzbold

Still undecided about this game

Fluffy22

@Anaxymander:
What's with people and the FPS thing? Pretty much all games that come out are from an established genre so unless every game is completley original then it is a stupid statement. And like ICARUSPRIME said it's a 3rd person shooter.

ftgf

@UncleScrotar:
So you are only sold if the graphics are good?

ftgf

I played the original on the xbox and it was a fun distraction that I didn't expect too much out of. As for the sequel I'll probably pick it up.

Those plastic looking leaves sure are purdy!

lostalaska

launch day purchase on 360 here.

red

@Anaxymander:

Well then this is the game for you! Because, Mercenaries is a third-person shooter. D'OH! LOL!

icarusprime

I'm undecided.

I was really pumped for the first game, and got it for the PS2. I was extremely underwhelmed. While it was fun for a bit, nothing was interesting enough for me to keep playing.

This one is a hell of a lot prettier, but I'm definitely gonna have to try it before I run out and buy it.

snugglecakes

Wasn't this game supposed to come out last October? Did someone in the development team download a virus from streaming too much porn and erase the game code? I mean, WTF? Anyway, I was a huge fan of the original game, so the wait for this one is painful.

DugDawg

yay to gaphics whores who haven't played the game yet.

smeee

Mercs 1 probably had one of the best introduction fight scenes ive ever seen. As long as they keep what was good about the first and add more destructive goodness it will be badass.

smeee

I agree with Kirby's comment, all the characters kind of look like they're made of playdough.
Is 'sandbox' code for bland & directionless?

jingoistic

My tattoo design could of been in that game :(

NoBullet

Why does the A-10 have its landing gear down in all shots, when it looks like it's on an attack approach? While the graphics look nice, such blatant apparent mistakes make the game look sloppy.

munchausen

@DUFFKING: Comment of the week nominee!

Mavwick

Just curious by the way, when do we get to start calling this gen... 'this gen'?

DUFFKING

But it's not a FPS

LongDarkBlues

What's so great looking about these? They look alright, but nothing overly stunning. A generic next gen HD game. Needs a little more brown before retail though. And bloom.

KirbyMorph

Am I the only person in the world not looking forward to another FPS?

Anaxymander

this game does look good and from what i have heard there will be a co-op mode ... just hope that it is really good when it comes out but i wonder what system i will buy it for.

sensuitomo

That guy looks like Techno Viking!

Skitzoap

@Atilla_the_Nun:
@Anaxymander:
@htd:

and everyone else who wants to comment before reading other posts or to those who like to assume and or think they know what they are bitching about:

Mercenaries 2, like its predecessor is a "third-person shooter" not, I repeat not a First-Person Shooter. >_<

icarusprime

are the graphics meant to be a little cartoony looking?

Maiken

@htd:

Actually you have not, because this is a free-roaming third-person shooter. I cannot wait for this game, I think Mercenaries: World in Flames, came into the wrong generation, it was too ambitious for its time, hopefully Mercenaries 2 just blows expectations out of the water

pancho_villasan

I think I've seen too many FPS games that look better than this one.

htd

What? Color? On the 360? This game looks nice, but is it just another 1st person shooter? Hard to tell with those screens... If it's just another 1st person shooter, then Microsoft will never be able to get a cent out of me. =P

Speaking of which, is the 360 still having RROD left and right or are they actually going to fix it? That's a major turn off for me when it comes to wanting a 360 is the hardware reliability. If you ask me, if it's flawed and you know it, why are you going to release it any... oh wait this is the same company responsible for Windows M.E. I don't need to ponder such questions.

Shaoko

The first game was all kinds of fun so I'm all over this game. I'll have to wait until a demo or a comparison before I decide which version to buy though.

deviation59

@Tetelestia: Haha dude looked so pissed off in that video...I honestly kept waiting for him to randomly eat a small child.

Skitzoap

Definitely techno viking.

*points*....*furiously*

Tetelestia

The plastic jungle reminds me of Donkey Kong Country. :D

SenorKaffee

That dude is supposed to look badass?
He just looks ridiculously.

hkhunk

Try to look at picture nr. 5... His AK is really big, were at picture nr. 2 it's notmal..

These screenshots are really old...

Dragzonox

That guy looks like the guy in Mythbusters.

Pinhead

Its a 3rd person shooter

Chimhog

Ugh, what is it with everyone hating shooting things now-a-days? I don't remember everyone bitching about being tired of jumping on stuff back when 15 platformers were released every month in the genesis/snes days. FPS and 3PS lend themselves well to 3-d, graphically intensive gameplay. Crackdown is a 3PS but its fun and not all that gory or violent for the sake of being violent. Chill out people. Shit even Dead Rising could be considered a 3PS. Everyone is so quick to jump on the FPS hate train and Mercenaries isnt even an FPS!

gray665

fps, 3ps, 2ps, 4ps whatevah, I'm tired of shooting in whatever perspective...

Atilla_the_Nun

@sensuitomo: Get it on X360. That's what it is developed on. The PS3 and PC are ports.

mx5