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[meltpotato]

Haha you're being ridiculous. Get a hold of reality please.

just went looking for the video, but they took it down.

basically (to my knowledge) all the destrucible they have publicly shown, a long time ago mind you, was of a camero type vehicle that drove through some shack which broke into solid flat surfaces with no bend or dent and wooden posts that basically just bounced away. no actual destruction of fragmenting of the assets and they didnt even move in a remotely realistic way. it was like they were submerged in water. they also drove directly through plantlife with no real interaction to be found.

REALITY

 

[dammitmattt]

seriously! WTF is wrong with some people? Jeez

btw I was wrong about this game. I should wait for the vids cause screens don't do next games any justice at all. Still more excited about GTA4 though

Mercs is really nothing like GTA. It has more in common with Just Cause or especially Crackdown.

 

[dejan]

Yeah compare Resistance Fall of Men to Crackdown and weep.... GTFO

Chill dude, I just compared the tech. Open vegetation, destructible environment and stuff. But ok, I'm out.

 

[raYne]

btw I was wrong about this game. I should wait for the vids cause screens don't do next games any justice at all. Still more excited about GTA4 though

If GTA doesn't have co-op is fails in comparison. Fails.

...I'd still buy it though. :lol

just went looking for the video, but they took it down.

basically (to my knowledge) all the destrucible they have publicly shown, a long time ago mind you, was of a camero type vehicle that drove through some shack which broke into solid flat surfaces with no bend or dent and wooden posts that basically just bounced away. no actual destruction of fragmenting of the assets and they didnt even move in a remotely realistic way. it was like they were submerged in water. they also drove directly through plantlife with no real interaction to be found.

REALITY

That's exactly what I meant when I posted "houseofcards.gif" in my earlier post. Granted it's an old vid, but the destruction it featured was a joke. I'm hoping they've revamped the whole thing since then.

 

[Smokey]

That was a long read, but I'm happy that it's finally announced for the 360. No more speculation or this mag said this and that mag said that.

I've never played the first Mercenaries(maybe I should?), but this game sounds awesome. I too will be getting this on the 360. Even though I'm not a big achievement whore like I used to be, just the fact that they're in the game is a plus.

The last deciding factor for me, and this may be different for some of you, will be rumble. For a game that's all about blowing shit up that's a big 'feature' to me, so that fact alone will cause me to go with the 360 version.

 

[Archer]

This game will own. No hesitation.

Kudos for putting this on the PS2. One last dance, baby.

 

[XSamu]

just went looking for the video, but they took it down.

basically (to my knowledge) all the destrucible they have publicly shown, a long time ago mind you, was of a camero type vehicle that drove through some shack which broke into solid flat surfaces with no bend or dent and wooden posts that basically just bounced away. no actual destruction of fragmenting of the assets and they didnt even move in a remotely realistic way. it was like they were submerged in water. they also drove directly through plantlife with no real interaction to be found.

REALITY

Those video's were pretty amazing IMO

But seriously. What do you want? How many sandbox games this gen HAVE destructible environments? Not many.... as in NONE. And even including those destructible environments it still looks better then Just Cause etc. I mean, what do you expect?

 

[Dina]

Need to see in motion.

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[meltpotato]

Those video's were pretty amazing IMO

But seriously. What do you want? How many sandbox games this gen HAVE destructible environments? Not many.... as in NONE. And even including those destructible environments it still looks better then Just Cause etc. I mean, what do you expect?

well.. for one thing, i'd like to atleast see an evolution of destructible environments. that "amazing" :lol video footage did not show ANYTHING that was not done last gen. Last gen even exceeded what was demonstrated. I'm sure there is a reason why that is pretty much the only video i can see no longer available on the site. have you seen the new star wars destruction videos? that is at least an attempt at creating truly next gen interaction with environmental assets. seriously.. how was what we saw int he video any different from Twisted Metal on the PSX, aside texture, framerate, and anti-aliasing? I'd include geometry too, but the structures werent even displaying any thing more advanced there either.

 

[professor_t]

Why are they announcing the other platforms now? Why did they hold off on making the announcements in the first place?

Regardless of the visuals, this game should kick ass.

 

[Luckyman]

Holiday 07?

They are getting ran over by a train called GTA4.

 

[Doom_Bringer]

Holiday 07?

They are getting ran over by a train called GTA4.

and Halo 3

 

[XSamu]

well.. for one thing, i'd like to atleast see an evolution of destructible environments. that "amazing" :lol video footage did not show ANYTHING that was not done last gen.

Are you kidding me? Please, go play the first Mercenaries again, or watch some footage of the game.

Last gen even exceeded what was demonstrated. I'm sure there is a reason why that is pretty much the only video i can see no longer available on the site. have you seen the new star wars destruction videos? that is at least an attempt at creating truly next gen interaction with environmental assets. seriously.. how was what we saw int he video any different from Twisted Metal on the PSX, aside texture, framerate, and anti-aliasing? I'd include geometry too, but the structures werent even displaying any thing more advanced there either.

I rly think you're expecting too much, or you skipped the entire last gen, but there's something not right here.

and Halo 3

And Half-Life 2 etc. It will be a nice year

 

[meltpotato]

Why are they announcing the other platforms now? Why did they hold off on making the announcements in the first place?

Regardless of the visuals, this game should kick ass.

it has NOTHING to do with the announcement of a publishing deal with EA. Just ask AlphaSnake :lol

 

[Chichikov]

I've never played the first Mercenaries(maybe I should?)

Yes you should.
It’s brilliant.
easily my favorite sandbox game ever.

 

[meltpotato]

Are you kidding me? Please, go play the first Mercenaries again, or watch some footage of the game.

I rly think you're expecting too much, or you skipped the entire last gen, but there's something not right here.

And Half-Life 2 etc. It will be a nice year

please explain what is so amazing about a box falling apart in a completely unrealistic manner and how that is "destructible". EDF 2 easily rivals what was shown.

 

[XSamu]

please explain what is so amazing about a box falling apart in a completely unrealistic manner and how that is "destructible". EDF 2 easily rivals what was shown.

Lol, EDFX for Xbox 360 doesn't even rival that. I can't believe EDF 2 could rival it.

Anyway, I don't know which video you saw, but I saw a video of a car driving to a house (house in the style of the Crysis video's, with those plates and all), and it fell apart, all independent plates.... that's pretty nice IMO

 

[tegdf]

about damn time

 

[meltpotato]

Lol, EDFX for Xbox 360 doesn't even rival that. I can't believe EDF 2 could rival it.

Anyway, I don't know which video you saw, but I saw a video of a car driving to a house (house in the style of the Crysis video's, with those plates and all), and it fell apart, all independent plates.... that's pretty nice IMO

PIECES OF SHEETMETAL THAT DID NOT BEND. WOOD THAT DID NOT BREAK. INDEPENDENT PLATES THAT MOVED LIKE PAPER PLATES IN A WINDSTORM.

impressive. "lol"

 

[XSamu]

PIECES OF SHEETMETAL THAT DID NOT BEND. WOOD THAT DID NOT BREAK. INDEPENDENT PLATES THAT MOVED LIKE PAPER PLATES IN A WINDSTORM.

impressive. "lol"

Only the techdemo video's of lucas arts do what you want it to do.. No other sandbox game does even have any kind of destructible environments. I mean, with your demands, I think GTA IV will be a major disappointment for you, just like every sandbox game was this gen (360, PS3)

 

[blazinglazers]

PIECES OF SHEETMETAL THAT DID NOT BEND. WOOD THAT DID NOT BREAK. INDEPENDENT PLATES THAT MOVED LIKE PAPER PLATES IN A WINDSTORM.

impressive. "lol"

what's your deal? comparing the gigantic, physics based & destructible open sandbox of mercs 1 with twisted metal on the psx is beyond idiotic. the fact no other game has offered what the first did, and the fact they're improving it with breakable pieces and the new havoc engine for the sequel is inarguably impressive.

 

[Safe Bet]

Kudos for putting this on the PS2. One last dance, baby.

Don't forget Manhunt 2...



The old lady has a few steps left in her yet...

 

[BamYouHaveAids]

Yeah compare Resistance Fall of Men to Crackdown and weep.... GTFO

Wait what does Resistance have in common with Crackdown? Are you high? If your high it's ok. Just admit it...

This game looks good for a free roaming game, too bad the last game played like ass.

 

[XSamu]

Wait what does Resistance have in common with Crackdown? Are you high? If your high it's ok. Just admit it...

This game looks good for a free roaming game, too bad the last game played like ass.

Are you stupid? Cuz if that's the case, then I'll forgive you.

Bah, compare this to Crysis and weep.

Yeah compare Resistance Fall of Men to Crackdown and weep.... GTFO

I should've subtitled it for people like you "SARCASM"

 

[Blimblim]

Developer Blog showing some ingame footage:
http://www.mercs2.com/videoblogs.php?movie_id=19
Or download

 

[raYne]

Developer Blog showing some ingame footage:
http://www.mercs2.com/videoblogs.php?movie_id=19
Or download

"I can't believe you guys didn't figure it out by now, with all the 360 controllers in our videos".

*cue 360 controller/dev kit montage*

lawl.

 

[meltpotato]

Developer Blog showing some ingame footage:
http://www.mercs2.com/videoblogs.php?movie_id=19
Or download

SOOOO MUCH IMPROVEMENT

the 360 shit was funny

 

[bud]

the footage looks pretty good but the framerate is all over the place :/

 

[BamYouHaveAids]

Are you stupid? Cuz if that's the case, then I'll forgive you.

I should've subtitled it for people like you "SARCASM"

So you were high, glad we cleared that up.

New footage looks good, but I'm disappointed. The destruction of the buildings doesn't seem dynamic. I thought it would be more along of the lines of Crysis.

 

[Munin]

That looks hot. However I think Just Cause still managed to get that tropical / Latin America thing down better, strictly from a visual standpoint. But we'll see...

 

[rage1973]

Anybody else think they should delay this game to early 2008? Going head to head against GTA 4's release is going to kill it's sales.

 

[Sean]

Mercenaries 2 looks A LOT better in motion then it did in screenshots. Pretty impressive. Framerate is crap right now but obviously it'll be improved.

Anybody else think they should delay this game to early 2008? Going head to head against GTA 4's release is going to kill it's sales.

Yeah it'd be pretty damn stupid to release this at the end of this year. Not just GTA4 but lots of other huge games (such as Halo 3) that'll completely overshadow this game as well.

 

[hukasmokincaterpillar]

Holy crap at that explosion toward the end.

God I hate the Fall/Holiday publisher squeeze. So many games end up overshadowed.

 

[Insane Metal]

The explosions are ****ING GREAT ! I needed to do this:

 

[Mmmkay]

Were these posted yet? Two gameplay shots inclusive of HUD popped up on GameFront today. Not sure where they've come from.

 

[Willy Wanka]

Developer Blog showing some ingame footage:
http://www.mercs2.com/videoblogs.php?movie_id=19
Or download

Early days but it looks like it's going to rock. The explosion at the end was really nice.

 

[bouc_emissaire]

 

[antiloop]

Looking good. co-op is where the fun will be at.