We have been posting quite a few videos on Mercenaries 2, but this one is without a doubt my favourite. Can anyone say airstrikes? Well, this video has tons of em' and the best part is the song they blow up to! Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture! The game comes out next week.
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BlackdogGT
Posted 12:36 PM 26/8/08
@OddOne: Honestly, if the mini-nuke causes my 360 to ring out, I would simply have to accept its death due to high rockitude levels.
BlackdogGT
OddOne
Posted 12:31 PM 26/8/08
Awesome! One airstrike and... BOOM!!! RROD!
OddOne
Weirdwolf
Posted 12:28 PM 26/8/08
Weird I was playing this peice to my daughter earlier and talking about Tchaikovski to her.Not as weird as me doing the dying swan bit from swan lake to make her giggle but I'm not sure that it would fit quite so well in a mercenaries game.
Weirdwolf
pisseddog
Posted 12:27 PM 26/8/08
Airstrikes are definitely kickass, but can you actually pilot the planes? that would be like 12 different kinds of awesome.
pisseddog
solosith
Posted 12:21 PM 26/8/08
right after PAX ends on sunday im heading to gamestop to pick up my copy.
solosith
BigSt3ph3n
Posted 12:19 PM 26/8/08
Alot of people also dont know how long it takes to unlock the biggest and most badass airstrike in the game. haha. well thats how it was in the first one...the fuel air bomb.
Hopefully this one is just as long, keeps me coming back for more.
BigSt3ph3n
BigSt3ph3n
Posted 12:17 PM 26/8/08
God i cant wait for this! I loved the first, and some people havent even played that one. :(
Very cool video.
BigSt3ph3n
edb87
Posted 12:16 PM 26/8/08
I can't wait. I don't get to play a lot of games these days but I can always take some time out of my schedule to blow shit up.
edb87
Thassodar
Posted 12:15 PM 26/8/08
@Thassodar: Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture*
Thassodar
Thassodar
Posted 12:15 PM 26/8/08
Tchaikovsky's 1812 is used in waaaaay too many explosion montages. I hope "boom" isn't all this game delivers.
Thassodar
ShaggE
Posted 12:10 PM 26/8/08
@DukeOfPwn: Still has an air of "epic" to it, though. Only problem is, they seem to switch between the same five songs over and over again.
What's really overdone is atrocities set to "What A Wonderful World". Or anything and everything set to Linkin Park.
ShaggE
TheCleaningGuy
Posted 12:08 PM 26/8/08
It's Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture. Not Beethoven related at all. But great trailer nonetheless.
TheCleaningGuy
dobilay
Posted 12:07 PM 26/8/08
@legoninja: I was thinking it I just didn't know how to spell it.
dobilay
DukeOfPwn
Posted 12:06 PM 26/8/08
Cool video, but explosions set to classical music are so overdone these days.
DukeOfPwn
legoninja
Posted 12:06 PM 26/8/08
Do i get to be the first person to say Tchaikovsky? Wow... I've never corrected anyone on the internet before! That was neat!
Also, this game will be good.
legoninja
JoRo1986
Posted 12:05 PM 26/8/08
Awesome stuff. Got mine preordered!
JoRo1986
Salen
Posted 12:05 PM 26/8/08
That, sir, was a thing of beauty.
Salen
Bondage_Zombie
Posted 1:00 PM 26/8/08
Lol, lookit them soaking up all that gamma radiation.
Bondage_Zombie
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Posted 12:52 PM 26/8/08
Things go boom...
Would be nice if you also had a napalm strike... ooh
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
ninjadude14
Posted 12:47 PM 26/8/08
@MechaTama31:
and the 4th, and the 5th, and the 6th....
ninjadude14
Mentuss
Posted 12:44 PM 26/8/08
Every video posted makes me want Mercs 2 even more.
Thanks, Tchaikovsky.
Thankovsky.
Mentuss
MechaTama31
Posted 12:42 PM 26/8/08
It brings a tear to my eye, it really does. I know what I'll be doing on the 31st. And the 1st. And the 2nd. And the 3rd. And...
MechaTama31
fatheadwilson
Posted 12:42 PM 26/8/08
Good. Lord.
fatheadwilson
DaPress
Posted 12:40 PM 26/8/08
Looks hot. Will most likely buy, Tchaikovski cheesiness aside.
DaPress
RaptureScientist
Posted 1:27 PM 26/8/08
Honestly, I see this game being ignored just like the first game.
RaptureScientist
NeoXY
Posted 1:19 PM 26/8/08
That was bad ass.
That is all.
Oh..and boom =]
NeoXY
TheTimeisback
Posted 1:17 PM 26/8/08
Something for the Very Extremely Serious Technicality Environment 4 Hardcore Specie Gamer.....
I
TheTimeisback
Weirdwolf
Posted 1:09 PM 26/8/08
@DaPress:
HA they should have used the dambusters march of course!
+ Watch video
Weirdwolf
PuppyGuarder
Posted 1:09 PM 26/8/08
They sure know what buttons to press to make a game look cool.
PuppyGuarder
Orionsaint
Posted 1:08 PM 26/8/08
That guy with the mohawk looks like the Techno Viking
Orionsaint
GiantEnemyCrab
Posted 1:33 PM 26/8/08
Holy crap. And it's coming out for the PC too. :)
GiantEnemyCrab
TheTimeisback
Posted 1:29 PM 26/8/08
@ninjadude14: ...the seventh..and the...eighth....Hey now you got me doing it! @ninjadude14:
TheTimeisback
chip5541
Posted 1:59 PM 26/8/08
Boom, boom and boom!
But the game comes out on Sunday??
chip5541
Muisee
Posted 1:58 PM 26/8/08
I will get this or Saints Row 2. I am leaning SR2 at the moment.
Muisee
PsycheE
Posted 2:32 PM 26/8/08
Michael Bay??!!,
Great trailer nevertheless, I am totally sold on the Co-op.
PsycheE
hammerhand
Posted 2:31 PM 26/8/08
I think Strauss's Violin Concerto 4 (used in There Will Be Blood during the credits) would work well. Others would work also, but that was the second one to come to mind. First was Ode to Joy. I figure they just used the 1812 Overture because it is well known.
hammerhand
TheTimeisback
Posted 2:29 PM 26/8/08
@chip5541: Ey....God Dammit Thats my birthday(19). Gee pal thanks a lot, your really helping us Virgo's here....:\
TheTimeisback
PapaBear434
Posted 2:25 PM 26/8/08
I can't get enough of these videos. Man, I am gonna LOVE this game. I hope we get a review out of you guys too.
PapaBear434
otis123
Posted 3:24 PM 26/8/08
man i was watching monday night football, and the commercials annoyed the piss out of me.
otis123
jello44
Posted 3:50 PM 26/8/08
@otis123:
OH NO YOU DIDINT!
I am definitely picking this up. Been waiting for this for a while now.
jello44
Witzbold
Posted 5:21 PM 26/8/08
Now that was an excellent way to end the day.
Consider me a happy man.
Witzbold
Disgrunted Aussie Gamer
Posted 5:56 PM 26/8/08
That was grin-inducing.
The 1812 Overture is just 'THE' piece explosion music.
Disgrunted Aussie Gamer
NYKnicker
Posted 8:55 PM 26/8/08
How can't anyone NOT be excited over Mercenaries 2: World in Flames. That was short and sweet and Pandemic has an sick intro themselves with all the grenades and all.
NYKnicker
dv8godd
Posted 9:28 PM 26/8/08
@pisseddog: The planes doing the airstrikes? Probably not... they're just support options. But you can pilot helicopters. Maybe if we're lucky the choppers will gain some interesting munitions.
@RaptureScientist: I certainly don't expect it to compete with the much hyped triple-A titles for the coming season, but I would hope it could outperform titles like Turning Point, Turok, and such.
It at least seems to be getting more publicity from Pandemic's partnership with EA than the first one got from LucasArts.
Still... the first one did achieve "Greatest Hits" status on PS2, which I think required at least 400k in sales. It was definitely more of a "slow burn" title back then.
dv8godd
dh4645
Posted 11:24 PM 26/8/08
everything looks awesome in this game except for the water. it's the same pattern every 10 square ft.
dh4645
avconsumer2
Posted 12:50 AM 27/8/08
wow - daisy cutter airstrikes?! Count me in.
avconsumer2
435
Posted 2:03 AM 27/8/08
That made me giggle with insane glee.
435
Parapraxis
Posted 2:21 AM 27/8/08
I still want to be Indiana Jones...
Parapraxis
MURDERFACE
Posted 3:02 AM 27/8/08
If i can play as Han Solo like I did in the first one then i will pick a copy. Just kidding I loved the first one I just hope this new one lives up to it's counterpart.
MURDERFACE
michaelleung
Posted 11:11 AM 27/8/08
Whoever hates this game is either liar or a Communist. Nobody can hate that explosive video, timed to the loudest parts of the music...thing of beauty.
michaelleung
JAGJEET
Posted 8:46 PM 26/8/08
Just a question, was that an actual nuke at the end? So this will have Nukes?? Good lord.
JAGJEET
trapsoldier102
Posted 12:06 PM 26/8/08
its by Tchaikovsky, not Beethoven
trapsoldier102
trapsoldier102
Posted 12:05 PM 26/8/08
1812 overture is by Tchaikovsky, not Beethoven
trapsoldier102
trapsoldier102
Posted 12:04 PM 26/8/08
1812 Overture is by Tchaikovsky, not Beethoven. Regardless, good video.
trapsoldier102
FoxyGaz
Posted 6:33 AM 30/8/08
@JAGJEET: I think Pandemic wanted to make up for the original Merc's which didn't have any.
That being said, I think the nuke is going to cost A LOT to use, but so friggin' worth it.
FoxyGaz
xoforoct
Posted 10:02 AM 1/9/08
the original 1812 overture actually had cannon fire written into the music to punctuate the hard accents of the music....i find this rather fitting.
xoforoct