Mercenaries 2 Was Better Than You Remember

[@bryce6670]

when i was a kid i didnt know wtf was going on but this game was so fucking fun

[@unitedpainter9875]

YES EXACTLY

[@skeetdavis8909]

Oh my god i just got into gaming my uncle let me play this and borderlands on his ps3

[@jimink3047]

Dude I spent days playing this and blowing shit up. I just remembered the first 3 missions and that’s it loo

[@Cosmic76Guardian]

Same thing for me, I couldn't understand the story as a kid while playing on Xbox 360, lol. 🤣

[@evanangotti7721]

Getting a seriously nostalgia drip lol. Makes me emotional because this game was a huge part of my childhood. This game Made u feel free and powerful.

[@hyperbannana9262]

I thought this was a forgotten game i loved it however played so much of it

[@JayPistol2000]

Word to my mother yo , I thought I was the only one who played and remembered this game growing up as a Jitt 😭☠️

[@hyperbannana9262]

@@JayPistol2000 yeah game feels like a lucid dream now its crazy

[@roach3473]

Saying "However" implies youre about to say something that contrasts the statement before, like I love icecream however, i never buy it

[@hyperbannana9262]

@@roach3473 the contrast is before it

[@professordrmao6321]

man. Sunk so many hours into playing that

[@connorbarr7314]

One of my favorite things about this game was when you'd acquire more money and oil they'd start accumulating at your home base. Literally a giant pile of money in the mansion and giant tanks of oil outside. Good times.

[@ScentSense]

Thank you for the nostalgia, I totally forgot about that 😂 you could stack them on top of each other too or just set that shit on fire iirc

[@profligatepassages]

@@ScentSense yea not only that but when you destroyed your stockpile it actually went down in the menus.

[@ScentSense]

@@profligatepassages yup! I remember flying around with a pallet of cash and just dropping it on people, and spamming the Portable Airstrike (or was that Mercs 1?) on every building in Caracas lol. Pretty sure the Fuel Air Bomb was the shit too. God damn we really need a remaster of this game, or at least get it on PS+ Classics...

[@profligatepassages]

@@ScentSense hell yea, I forgot you could wench the cash up onto the helo. Fire bomb, cluster bomb, and nukes downtown Caracas and Paramaribo taking down the skyscrapers lol. The Scottish helo pilots voice is permanently stuck in my head as well.

[@anamericancelt6534]

The oil towers are the oil storage units you buy from the factions They reflect how much you can store, not how much you have.

[@seanthomas214]

never realized how hard pandemic studios went during the early 2000’s

[@IntensePeppers]

For real!

[@loudris442]

This game came out in 2008, but yeah

[@damino000]

Even the original Mercaneries is good!!!

[@matthewstubbs4413]

Games will never be as good as then , cause now the consoles have such expensive graphics that is its so expensive to make games that have different ideas , those were the good old days

[@JO3DIEDEN]

@@matthewstubbs4413yup thats the problem with new games, we'll probably never get another game where you can take down literally everything single plant type, every tree and every building, plus all those cheats to make you an invincible kim jong you can just laser designate like 30 nukes around the city 🤦‍♂️

[@browsb1767]

Been waiting for Mercenaries 3 since I was 11... 25 now lol. I really loved this game. Still own a copy. This was also the start of my overwhelming hatred for EA. So many cool games and awesome teams shafted and lost because of them

[@rubenlopez3364]

Exactly, everytime i see videos like this about games i like the sequels always get EA'd and the companies get bought out or go under

[@browsb1767]

@@rubenlopez3364 In my opinion EA is the kiss of death when it comes to joy and happiness... Sounds dramatic but look at this game, Dead Space, NFS, Titanfall, Skate, Burnout, Mass Effect, Fight Night, EA Sports BIG, and so many more My only conclusion has been that Electonic arts Truly hates gamers and only cares about money

[@TheSirAnthony]

There is some leaked gameplay from what it was going to be here on KZbin

[@browsb1767]

@@TheSirAnthony so cool I just looked it up thanks

[@TheSirAnthony]

@@browsb1767 no problem, I used to be super hyped for it back in the day so I tracked down as much info as possible

[@lordlasagna7870]

I used to think Universal Petrolium were the good guys...boy was I wrong lol

[@matthewmartin4298]

Poor Venezuela in game has to deal with a greedy Texas oil firm, a drug lord dictator, radical Marxists, China, the US, and some Rasta pirates. And real Venezuela isn't having a great time either.

[@Raddosseuss]

@@matthewmartin4298 And you forgot a mercenary that love to call for artillery attacks every 3 minutes 😎

[@matthewmartin4298]

Ah yes, can't forget the crew. Whether it's Mattias going full Torgue on a VZ outpost, or Ewan womanizing Fiona and Eva, the PMC is here to add some more spice to things.

[@cloudsombrero]

we all did

[@markarnold8014]

Mercenaries 2 is my favorite All-Time game.....Thank you for this awesome video. I've spent countless hours in this game and loved every minute of it. It really bothers me that they didn't get to keep this franchise rolling......Also kudos for the "Sabatuer" mention........that one is my second favorite game.

[@cofitv3162]

Same..

[@dinorocker8647]

This game wasn't bad, I own it, but it definitely ain't a patch on the original, personally I do love the fact that the main playable characters in here were more colorful and had more personality than they did in the original, but you definitely can't beat the original.

[@starwars910]

@@dinorocker8647 ​ the original is a timeless classic, but I feel that only applies to those that played it when it came out (us) as the graphics and controls are less consumer friendly. I love the soundtrack to the second but only played about an hour of it. Completely different feel and mood from the first.

[@dinorocker8647]

@@starwars910 I think your right on that one, but yeah it's whatever ya prefer.

[@doctorxbw4986]

mercanaries 1 and 2 where my childhood, i still play them to this day

[@hazeplazs3599]

Still? On ps2?

[@Salamander676]

Is just cause similar?

[@AitCollini]

@@Salamander676quite, you should definitely try it!

[@theenigmaticnovaofactivity4065]

This game is the only reason that I know Caracas is the capital of Venezuela.

[@Evanz111]

I just loved the currency system! How you earned so much money, but always had military supplies to spend it on - unlike Just Cause’s unlimited supply drops making there be no point using any of the weak/cheap things.

[@Cavemanner]

And holy shit, Mattias was always my favorite character, but hearing him now and realizing it's fucking Peter Stormare is a rare treat!

[@CumCum99]

No way haha, The replacer

[@guru230]

I'm replaying the first game now and heard Mattias call someone wankers lmao, I thought why would a swede use that word but now it makes sense haha

[@JonnyHorseman]

As a Venezuelan I loved this game, though it was hard to get given how legit copies were hard to find so I resorted to a pirated PS3 version. Let's just say that a game where you get to kill "Chavez" was fun in its own right.

[@tranquillity4362]

Woo! Bumper cars! Mattias Nilsson (2008)

[@shredgordon3240]

I legit just remembered this game right before I fell asleep last night and made a note to google it and see if it was any good

[@lukehaberman9481]

LMAO THATS EXACTLY WHAT I DID

[@BadMoonRising92]

This is still one of my favorite games ever. I randomly bought the first one on PS2 not even really knowing what it It was and I fell in love. Both games were so damn fun and I hate that the 3rd was canceled.

[@daddyrailzzz9705]

Played this game for countless hours My fav thing to do was Taking over Outpost and callin In 100s of backup sit back and let the NPCS duel it out

[@ThatsCTTJR]

I was just playing ghost recon wildlands and I randomly remembered Mercenaries 2. It feels like another life, as I don’t remember much, but I remember loving this game, idk how it disappeared from my memory so long and randomly came back, I’m 25 now

[@voidrunner-616]

Everything from Pandemic is an absolute gem. You can feel the fun the Devs had in making their games and every title adds something suuuper ambitious. Like the space battles in Battlefront 2, or the host of new features in Destroy All Humans 2. Sometimes they feel _too_ ambitious and you can tell they ran out of time and/or money. Mercs 2 has so many cool freaking features though. Even little details like the way vehicle weapons can run out of ammo so they feel more impactful to use. Or how your HQ fills up with literal 50ft tall piles of cash and huge crates of ordinance as you collect them. Oh and you can drop a LITERAL NUKE on stuff. Damn we need a sequel. Imagine it running on DICE’s Frostbite engine. It's also a real shame this isn't on Game Pass. The original is, and some other Pandemic titles. It at least deserves a remake like Destroy All Humans got.

[@LaEve]

This game has been lying on my pile of shame for so many years now.... now that I've watched your video and listened to the charming dialogue between the pilot and the protagonist, I definitely feel like I just HAVE to play it finally!

[@robokast]

It’s by no means a perfect game, but it’s definitely a lot of fun!

[@kcl902]

Lol is the pile of shame just purchased but unplayed games?

[@LaEve]

@@kcl902 Yeah, you got that right

[@conorf8091]

@@LaEve but did you play it lol

[@goatintuxedo2206]

Don't bother.. buy GTA V or Just Cause 2, you'll get more for your money and way less glitches.

[@Mister_Lamprey]

"...and the driving physics are really bad" I have the speed run record for this game, bad doesn't begin to describe the driving in this game, many a run was lost to driving shenanigans :'(

[@RuntzSZN]

Still was fun though 🤣

[@rayruckus4446]

I loved this game. Rolling in deep into enemy territory on the crotch rocket and calling in a carpet bomb was so very satisfying.

[@amazeblazin6235]

shout out to dad for getting me bangers when I was a kid!

[@mlvnrtrt1413]

I played nearly every version of Mercenaries. Mercs1 on Xbox, Mercs2 on Ps2, Mercs2 on Ps3, and Mercs2 on PC. This game just had character and charm that I kept wanting more of.

[@fegato9653]

There is so mercenaries pod for xbox one....

[@dove4965]

I played this game as a child and 12 years later kept pestering friends and trying to figure out what this game was. Thanks

[@nalissolus9213]

That Swedish guy is clearly inspired by the techno viking meme. Just search techno viking and you understand.

[@banter6020]

He actually is! lmao. we got to talk to the devs of mercs 1 and 2 and they confirmed it

[@Virgovenom]

Hell yea 🤣🤣🤣

[@michelveraliot]

@@banter6020 FUCKIN SERIOUSLY ? ,😂😂😂

[@mikharris2994]

@@banter6020 the techno viking meme didn't go viral until 2007 so I doubt this is true.

[@banter6020]

@@mikharris2994 The literal people who made these games told me Mattias was inspired by Techno viking lmao

[@dairyfarmersiii8821]

We need Mercenaries 3!

[@kiss_shot]

I have so much great nostalgia for this game, I hope we can get a Mercenaries 3 that improves and ads on everything from 2. We got Destroy All Humans again so maybe haha

[@colefrick]

I just snagged Mercenaries (1) on PS2 when you invade North Korea and it’s so amazing, still working on 2 as well.

[@estampie1565]

I remember playing mercenaries as a kid and having like no idea what to do, I just loved causing as much chaos as possible all the time it was so much fun, Miss those times and I wasnt even aware there was a mercenaries 2

[@NegusChristos]

Great review. I remember when Merc2 was released. Some of his biggest critics was its graphics and that the buildings could not be destroyed. But they exceeded the graphics play and the diversity of the characters and still today no game is close to what mercenaries was producing.

[@deluxe_1337]

Pandemic Studios made two of my favorite games, Merc2 and Saboteur...

[@Diecastbuffet]

Legit one of the best games I’ve ever played

[@Texasmilitarydepartmentvid9654]

Pandemic Studios made amazing games like Full Spectrum Warrior.

[@dieselford9184]

This game is iconic, much like the first it’s very underrated. I’d pay top dollar for a remaster or a third game but EA killed our hopes and dreams.

[@DeadManSinging1]

Theres been a remake of Destroy All Humans, so who knows

[@goatintuxedo2206]

Nothing like the first. The first Mercenaries was successful at everything. Gameplay was on point. I can't count the numerous bugs on the second game. It's really awful compared to the first one.

[@aleksihanninen5929]

​@@goatintuxedo2206 But second game was fun. I never got to play first one, except for small demo for it. After that I forgot the name of the game, since back then English was a language, that I didn't know much about.

[@I_like_forests]

Mercenaries was 99.99% of my entire childhood...god I miss this game so much..

[@reconjohn]

I loved this game as a kid. I would play it almost exclusively

[@Axel_Mallory]

When I was little, I thought the grenade clip at the beginning was corn

[@sailaemyushuhk1231]

we need a modding community for this game

[@archmageofmetal8883]

Welp. Guess I gotta go back and 100% it. Again.

[@IntensePeppers]

When you brought up picking up stuff with the helicopter and throwing it around, you unlocked some locked part of my brain. I didn't remember I remembered, but I did that soo much in M2

[@Cavemanner]

One of the features of the PS2 version that weren't included anywhere else is the ability to store any vehicle you wanted at your base. When I played the X360 version a few years later I almost broke my controller when I realized I couldn't save a unique super car or something that had taken me 30 minutes to get to my base without blowing up. Ahhh, this actually makes me want to buy a PS2 and this game. I feel like between the two Mercenaries games I could be entertained for years to come.

[@rubenlopez3364]

I feel like it was cut from the game because there is an open Garage and Helipad and dock.

[@hadniwaradusab205]

Ah i remember those days when i steal Ewan's helicopter through the radiation zone, and store it. PS2 version have many features than the Xbox/PC version, such as Blackhawk, Apache, Howitzer, Commanche. Even i dont give a fk which faction should be helped because collect many vehicles as you can is more interesting than run the main mission.

[@Cavemanner]

@@hadniwaradusab205 dude, it was THE most important mission in the game 😂😂😂

[@beasley1095]

2021 and I’m still playing this game with a buddy during Co-op online

[@XenoTravis]

Man. I got older and got an anxiety disorder that made it super hard to play games. I love these videos still.

[@rickyjoneslacrossa59]

The fact you could have a motorcycle with tracks and machine guns. Ohhh and do a stand still burn out while in a wheelie on bikes was pretty funny

[@HiroshimaXl]

Never got the chance but i remember the killer ad campaign

[@masbakmasbak]

Never had heard of this game before your vid, gonna give it a look now!

[@rubenlopez3364]

Worth a buy if you can get it

[@l4dfanatic11]

BRO THIS SERIES WAS THE SHIT! i miss it ;-;

[@GuerrillaPM]

Not to mention that they also included logistics personnel in factions. War games always show soldiers but they almost never show figures such as medics, something that was very present in mercenaries 2

[@angelgalarza6852]

2008 I was 20 year old, deployed to Iraq, we used to go on missions and come back to play this game, the last weapon is the nuclear bunker buster I will never forget this game 😂 i literally used to use the al-Qaeda BVIED tactics, I used to put C4 on a car then jump out of it so that it will drive into the gates and blow them up 🤦🏽‍♂️🤣 I will forever remember this game ❤

[@VonDutchNL]

What a year 2008 was.. I just turned 21 and all these amazing games released.

[@Meowme-zm9vl]

This game and mgs4 best year of games released i swear

[@juanestebanrodriguez9057]

Still watching these videos years later, there are no games like mercenaries anymore, my dad gave it to me with my ps3, I loved it and have a lot of fond memories of playing it, wish it had a re release on steam

[@charlespittman4321]

i still to this day will say this is my favorite game of all time!! it was unmatched & underrated

[@Alpharius_Dominatus]

Yes this game is one and only game that i truly love, especially mattias quotes, "I love apc, they are so crunchy" After killing random civilians "But they are so squishy"

[@edotedy]

On this era of my life, I remember I played this for mindless destructive fun, Far Cry 2 for difficult depressing immersion, Fallout 3 for that RPG/FPS fix, GTA4 as a criminal simulator, and COD MW/MW2/WoW/Black Ops for normal fun. Adult life has stopped me from anything more than occasional gaming but I am so glad I grew up with those games.

[@bluelobster246]

Rip pandemic studios i loved yall so much thx for enhancing my childhood.

[@CrOw7086]

great game, cant belive you didnt mention the theme song for the game its great

[@waynehevymusic9295]

One of the GOAT games

[@Canada407]

The guy who voices our main character is Peter Stormare, an awesome actor

[@brendans.9515]

Dude this game was so much fun. Endless hours of fun for me. I never got tired of all the side missions, I loved all the cars and different gadgets you could use. The hideout was so cool and I loved doing EVERY SINGLE THING.

[@THE_WOK]

I read the word "Mercenaries" and have flashbacks😔 now i am here.

[@EscargotGaming]

@1:40 I find it humorous how many Mercs franchise retrospectives use this same KZbin footage of Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction running (badly) on PC via emulator to showcase the "critically acclaimed masterpiece", complete with an extremely bizarre strobe effect that never occurred on any console-release of the game. Fyi, the Xbox Series plays PoD at 4k 60fps ;) Interesting video! I agree that Mercs 2 as a whole is a bit underrated, despite being a half-baked & disappointing sequel PS: Your "Keeps" chapter tag is way longer than the actual ad!

[@Imafatloser1]

Oh it you speedrun mercenarie 1 can you😊 speedrun mercenarie 2

[@Kc40k]

I talk of this game with my brother often. One of the best.

[@sidepipe07]

Just bought this game again after I just started thinking about it out of nowhere. It’s been years since I last played it, but can’t wait to do it again. I love rolling into a big city occupied by the VZ and leveling the whole city while they are trying to take you out, to no avail.

[@JaBBerSmack]

I never expected anyone to talk about this game in this day and age.

[@alt0248]

I played the first game through several times. I feel the over arching plot and structure for the first one is stronger than the second with the deck of cards system as a guiding hand.

[@hazeplazs3599]

I liked the first one better than the second for that reason

[@sidepipe07]

I did like the deck of cards thing in the first one.

[@lukemitchell5962]

I agree. This game was amazing. I'd love to play it again.

[@DirtbikeDalton43]

I think anyone over the age of 25/28 had a blast playing this game. #1 I think had a very good basis for working with the different factions and the map was very vast. #2 I found myself becoming bored and switching to multi-player to stay entertained.

[@bjpreston6474]

I’m 28 now , this was a great game, bring me back to my child hood lol.

[@jacobanthony259]

That was honestly the best ad transition I've ever seen! Congrats!

[@user-np5qu9ph1t]

Playing it on PC 14 years after, still a banger lol

[@HoboHunterRik]

This game wasnt forgotten by me. This was ny childhood time sink. The fact it hasnt been ported makes my soul cry.

[@austineeles6462]

I used to play this game ALL THE TIME, and I just graduated, was my childhood good or demented?

[@pilot_doggo]

I remember Mercenaries but I have never heard of Mercenaries 2.

[@jakesoros2376]

Thank you for giving this game the time of day. The fact we never got Mercenaries 3 is criminal.

[@ohmsmochi]

This was my comfort game when I was younger, I miss it so much!

[@snipersEND]

I'm surprised you don't talk about the fact that Mercenaries 2 on PS2 is completely different than the ones on the next generation consoles at all in this video. I didn't know that until recently and I think it's fascinating

[@robokast]

Yeah honestly that was something I forgot to mention. I got it on my PS2 originally and the game only worked for like 5 minutes before freezing. But from what I saw, even the first mission is completely different which I found strange.

[@fruity9570]

Bro this game THIS GAME WAS MY CHILDHOOD bro i loved the explosion the nukes and the the vechiles and the destructions

[@Eagles-Everywhere28]

I was just found myself randomly singing "Sucker tried to play me, he would not pay me!", resulting in me searching for Mercenaries 2 in youtube and remembering how amazing it was...

[@krono5el]

I'll never get rid of my copies of one and two, these games are still crazy fun.

[@bathynomusgiganteus2916]

This game will always live in playground of destruction's shadow for me.

[@Etags]

I love this game so much man. Honestly gave me so many flashbacks I teared up. I frequently chose to play this game over GTA when my friends came over.

[@ospreyslender8931]

8:55 You made me remember the time i spent 4 hours farming 1 billion in the Winching Challenge

[@WidgeStez]

I miss this game so much, I bought a copy of it on disc for PC a while back but don't have a disc drive for it on my new laptop. Wish there was a easy way of getting hold of it nowadays, a remaster or rerelease of this game would be amazing, with the great DLC (that I think only released on console) included.

[@_nam3l3ss13]

i remember this game, i still play it, actually.. i just love replaying the story or kust bullying one faction

[@BudBundy007]

Had this on my shelf for a couple years; found it at a thrift shop. Decided to run through it since the online is going down in November and wanted to complete all of the achievements before it goes offline. I thoroughly enjoyed this game. Glad I played it before it got unobtainable achievements or else, I would have never decided to play it.

[@theintroverse1905]

When the US and Chinese fleets arrived I lost my shit. I thought i was close to killing Solano.

[@weezersthebluealbum9479]

4:33 "Mission objective: Drone strike a Yemeni wedding"

[@AtomicZombiz]

This was a great game. Still one of the best of all time. I'd play it over and over every day. The story was amazing.

[@maybetomorrownewmaker]

woo! bumper cars!

[@Krawchh]

best game ever i remember playing it when i was 8-9 shit was so memorable

[@jessicastrike5640]

Good video! You should cover the other Panedmic games

[@stoptryingtogetmetoregiste8418]

I can't believe you haven't mentioned the best theme song recorded for a game.

[@karuntz]

I felt number 2 was a let down. Not a scratch on the 1st game.

[@EducatedPsycho95]

“Okay, I’m on my way!” Is what I remember most about this game lmao.

[@cryosightgaming]

oh my god all the clips of the game brought back so many memories playing this game... fucking loved it back then

[@shrippie-4214]

This game was on PS2? I played it on the 360

[@robscoin6300]

Where is the IP let get this game Mercs 2 needs remake or part 3 please .

[@Caffeinated-DaVinci]

Now, combine the destruction from Red Faction Guerilla and Armageddon into a game with a faction system like Mercenaries 2 and you have the perfect open world game. But for the love of god make buildings respawn. The worst part of Guerilla was they gave us an amazing sandbox to play with. Exactly once. Before you have to start a new game just to get more destructible buildings.

[@ninjabaiano6092]

I remenber it. It had quite a few problems, but overall very good.

[@ragzilbragzilb6603]

Thanks for the great review, its Late 2023 and just doing another playthrough :D