Short Mercenaries 2 video

BlimBlim
Thursday, June 1, 2006 | 7:39 PM
38 comments

Xbox 360 PS3

Announced during E3, Mercenaries is for the moment only confirmed on PS3, but a 360 version seems to be possible too. The official site of the game has been updated with some short flash videos showing 3 vehicles, that I've captured and uploaded here for your convenience.
Update: Four 720p screenshots added.

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chewbacaattack

Commented on 2006-06-01 19:50:49

Mmmm it has some nice shadowing, but when the car crashes into the houses, the pieces that fall off seem to dissapear.

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Slabs

Commented on 2006-06-01 19:52:38

Early footage obviously but looking a bit worse than I expected from Pandemic.

I seriously hope they don't give it to Sony, I know Pandemic and Bioware are the same company now but Mass Effect is a new IP. This is a sequel to a game that sold well on the XBox.

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timberwolfe

Commented on 2006-06-01 19:57:00

please bring this game to the 360, the first one is still one of my favs on the xbox.

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CockKnocker

Commented on 2006-06-01 20:00:45

dear god, wtf is up with the main character? What kinda freak designed that guy? Just seeing that dude alone was enough to turn me off from this game.

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Slabs

Commented on 2006-06-01 20:02:02 In reply to CockKnocker

Posted by CockKnocker

dear god, wtf is up with the main character? What kinda freak designed that guy? Just seeing that dude alone was enough to turn me off from this game.

Yeah they really f**ked Mattias up, he was such a badass in the first game, now he looks like a gay biker.

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Optimusv2

Commented on 2006-06-01 20:28:16

lol the character design also makes me not want the game :P

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Damake

Commented on 2006-06-01 20:30:04

If this game's gonna be a PS3 Exclusive then I'd freak out. It's bugging me already that many cool looking games AND games that have been on the Xbox earlier only have PS3 on them, and Assassins creed is say'd to be on the PS3 and NO indication that we xbox 360 dudes wouldn't get that one..If it's a stupid marketing thing by sony to not tell it's for others then that's fine because then we'd get it aswell but if these great looking games get to be PS3 Exclusive then I'd be VERY angry.

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josef

Commented on 2006-06-01 20:36:18

Doesn't really look that amazing, but as a huge Mercs fan, I know it will be fun to play.
Especially since you can play the main game in co-op.
The press release only mentioned PS3, and at E3 it was running on PS3 devkits, so I don't know if this will come to 360 :(

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chewbacaattack

Commented on 2006-06-01 20:46:37 In reply to Damake

Posted by Damake

CLICKETY CLIK!!!
http://www.noooz.com/archives/2006/05/exclusive_as...

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DJJoeJoe

Commented on 2006-06-01 20:51:14

It may just be timed-exclusive... I mean, Sony lost their hold on the GTA series so mabye they are branching out and giving people money for any sort of timed-exclusive they can get... makes sense.

Basically saying, sure we don't have GTA exclusive, but everyother game is now.

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Slabs

Commented on 2006-06-01 20:53:21 In reply to josef

Posted by josef

The pre-E3 press release said "NEXT-GEN CONSOLES" so I wouldn't worry just yet.

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tomassio22

Commented on 2006-06-01 21:03:18

i know it's still early, but if that is ps3 i think i'd rather burn 600 dollars, it would be more visually stimulating...those 720p shots look like the xbox version. i'm not hating on the ps3, but it is less than 6 months off now, you'd think the hardware could impress a little more. graphics aside i agree with all, the first one was great, xbox fans deserve the 360 sequel:)

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tinus

Commented on 2006-06-01 21:09:59

i hope it comes to the 360, it just looks sweet to play

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Drunkenshaolin

Commented on 2006-06-01 21:10:40

last car bit reminded me of jackie chans police story lol...
im likeing the look of it

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thextreme1

Commented on 2006-06-01 21:11:50

This looks terrible. The lead character model is just horrid. The texturing also isnt all that next gen. In comparison, I would say that Just Cause looks better than this and it takes place on 200,000 acres for you to explore.

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Scarface

Commented on 2006-06-01 21:51:01

It looks a hell of a lot better in motion.

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rekathon3

Commented on 2006-06-01 22:08:51

It looks ok

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Phaethon360

Commented on 2006-06-01 22:42:34

Lucas Arts said the exclusivity wasn't about money, but storage space of the media. Maybe they suck at compression and are taking the easy way out, but if they don't bring this title to the 360, I could live without it.

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Dangerous

Commented on 2006-06-01 22:43:29

looks worse than the original merc on xbox :| i dont know how one of the worst looking next gen game cant fit on a DVD
Edit: saw the video and wow wtf this game looks like it has more bugs and glitches than BF2 MC on 360

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superjesse

Commented on 2006-06-01 22:51:46 In reply to timberwolfe

It is an early version, the graphics are OK for an early version.

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Shawnzee

Commented on 2006-06-01 23:41:12

This message is in "Boulet Time" (TM), If you still *really* want to see it, click here

looks like crap.

Immortal_Daemon

Commented on 2006-06-02 00:15:21 In reply to Dangerous

Posted by Dangerous

It can't fit on a DVD? I didn't hear that....

Even if it's true though..... I stand by the fact that if Oblivion can fit on one DVD, with a crapload of room to spare, then any game in the next few years can fit on a DVD if the developers actually bother to put some effort into it.

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mehdino1

Commented on 2006-06-02 00:59:06 In reply to Immortal_Daemon

Posted by Immortal_Daemon

yes they can fit huge bulk of data on one DVD(i hear about 30 GB after extracting on internal memory!!) but it is a side effect for loading time.

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mehdino1

Commented on 2006-06-02 01:31:58

it looks ok to me in several Reasons if you Attention to tires in pic#2, those are perfect circle, poly-count is realy good.i think with a little visual effects this looks great.

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n1c2c8

Commented on 2006-06-02 05:52:04

With development costs being as high as they are these days, developers really can't afford to have console-exclusive titles unless a) they're from first party (your Gran Turismos and Microsoft Game Studios and what have you) or b) you've got the history/relationship with one company (Square-Enix, BioWare, etc.) or c) high-value, timed-exclusivity (ala GTAIV or Assassin's Creed and probably Mercenaries 2.) As has been said, those next-gen games that truly stand out will come from first-party devs and studios.

...It'll be on 360. I hope.

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