Stuff, blowing stuff up and viking moshers

Mercenaries 2: World In Flames (2008)

I played the original game years ago on the XBOX and loved it so much that I highly anticipated the sequel set in the lovely, war-torn Venezuela. I insisted it were bought for a current-gen console because at one point in my journey across the universe and its neighbours I caught site of the graphics for the PS2 version and essentially it was the same graphics as the first game. i.e. same game, different story. So I got it for XBOX 360 knowing full well that this is the most superior console right now :) Admittedly I found the game a tad repetitive at points. Not just because all characters in the game repeat the same 3 lines over and over again to appear intelligent (take note, it doesn't work), the combat was roughly the same as the first game and hijacking a tank or helicopter (a must do to stay alive) meant going into the 'press this button when it tells you' moron mode. However, picking up weapons such as the fuel-air RPG made me giddy inside as it obliterated everything in its path. Even if you bought the game just to see that would probably be worthwhile. I guess that's why I bought it. There are some bugs in the game, so to be honest I think it was rushed a bit just so it was out in time for Christmas and the likes. The biggest error in the game was structuring every base the same. Every base has the same guard towers, fuel tanks, useless enemies and of course the barracks where hundreds of rockets are fired at you each second. Therefore your only options are to use a rocket which you do not have, a tank that just blew up, or C4 which runs out quicker than your waste when you have diarrhoea. Essentially you are pretty much fucked when you find a base with four or five of these bastards. The some of the cut scenes in the game (especially at the start) seem to have been done incredibly badly. Thats not to say that it's two or three wee stick men talking to each other, it's that each new thing that happens in a cut scene looks like it's been badly edited in.

But in all the game is incredibly fun, the story is very political considering it's all about oil and how the western world always takes it, and best of all you have a raging viking with all three of his witty comments.