Please keep all discussion of Mercenaries 2: World In Flames for the XBox 360 in this thread.

I remember way back early on Mercs. 2 development, Pandemic saying that there would be planes and that they would be harder to control. Since then I haven't heard a single mention of planes only helicopters. Anyone heard any more on jets or planes in Mercs 2?

And will CO-OP be playable local or only online? I'm guessing online because of the processing power required to render a totally destructible open world - but I'm hoping against my better judgement for offline as well as online CO-OP.

I picked up Mercs 1 for the Xbox the other day, and I love it. I can't believe I missed this when it came out years ago. Despite the freezes and the minor gameplay tweaks it needs, it's an absolutely phenomenal game. I cannot wait for the next one. With Co-op and a fully destructible world, it may be one of my games of the year.

Splitscreen was announced but recently got cut from the game.

http://pandemicstudios.com/community/vi ... hp?id=5311

The issues depend on if you are playing it on the original Xbox or the 360. Why? Because even if a game is backwards-compatible on the 360, the game WILL can issues because the 360 can play it, but it's not 100%.

BTW Mercs 2 and a Tactical Nuke = FUN!

I actually wasn't referring to the bugs, I know that they were the fault of the crappy BC.
I was thinking gameplay tweaks, mainly. If you don't have a RPG, you're pretty much worthless. Playing with a gun is impossible.

I played with a gun, although I also used snipers and any vehicle with a weapon laying around.

The shooting mechanics were quite solid in the PS2 version of Mercs 1.

It's not that the mechanics were bad, they were just underpowered. With ammo being handed out like candy, there is no reason to just carry a RPG and sniper rifle.

Yeah, planes got cut.

I actually found it better to lug around the G36K and a sniper and just grab a nearby RPG for when it was needed since there were tons of the damn things just lying around. The NK small arms budget must be huge if they can afford to leave that many RPG's around for passing mercs.

South Korea had a pretty big budget for replacement LHX attack choppers considering the amount of times I ran over their base perimeter fence with my jeep and stole the things. I'm surprised they never beefed up security.

SWEET! GameFly just confirmed that Mercs 2 is shipping today!! Amazing, I didn't think I could score a rental on a new-release but it looks like I will. Hope to get it by Tuesday or Wednesday! We'll have to start looking for others for co-op sessions.

I'm in for co-op. Let's set a time!

-Z

Just a quick LOL. At PAX, I was at the EA booth waiting to try some of this. They were running the 360 version, and only Pandemic people were playing it. One of the units kept freezing up while loading the map. The guy opens the cage around the dev unit. Lo and behold, RRoD.

Still, totally awesome seeing the devs play and all the cool stuff you can do.

That's funny Rogue.

I got Mercs 2 Today, if you see me hit me up!

Got mine today! I'll likely be on tonight around 9PM CST. Maybe tomorrow too, depends on if the Redskins vs Giants game is entertaining or not. Friday I'm working a high school football game, and Saturday night is date-night with the wife, but Sunday could be open but the Bears and Colts play, and they never disappoint.

MAN, who'd have thought it'd be so hard balancing all the necessities in life??

You can download the song "oh no you didn't" that they use in the commercials from the Mercenaries 2 website or http://www.bigdownload.com/games/mercen ... full-song/

Who else has this game? I'll be looking for co-op support every time I'm on for the time being.

What am I not enough? You don't even hide trying to find another!

LOL Yeah, like I said before if anyone sees me on even if it's not Mercs 2, hit me up.