Remember MERCENARIES?

[@CapnLubeHandles]

dude this is seriously the one game from my childhood that i still constantly think about. such an awesome game.

@rockymontanagarciamayne5651i have still my OG Xbox with the game…but unfortunately the console dosent work anymore. What a great game that was 👍

[@isaacs3413]

Literally just downloaded it onto usb for my chipped ps2 i just picked up. I dunno how much ill play but i loved it as a kid.

[@vladorkiba1718]

​@do you happen to know what might be wrong with it? My dad would always repair our 360s and original Xbox so he might know how to fix it.

[@theshepard22]

​@rockymontanagarciamayne5651ever heard of using .7z files for ps2 simulators? I have this game on mine. It plays fairly good. You just need a snapdragon that's high enough. Also doable on iPad/tablets. Route it to your TV and your playing a mini sized PS2! It's really not that hard to set up. I watched a few videos and had a decent collection in less than a week with the right formatting and 'settings' knowledge. You basically just need to download a sort of language interpretation pack first to play the games. I forget what it's called precisely in the app but. It's an app! AETHER SX2 look it up!

[@jacobray8979]

Same

[@kyle857]

The sequel gave me some of the craziest gaming moments I've ever had.

[@symsymah7539]

Facts

[@SMTenacity]

Such an underrated game at the time

[@aceofdeath0285]

For real

[@RWM0]

The song for Mercs 2 was awesome too

[@xxitryxxninja99]

Thats a facts and a half

[@Just_a_commenter]

Never played the original Mercenaries, but Mercenaries 2: World in Flames was pretty fun. Lets see how this one goes c:

[@KC-py5vq]

The original was amazing

[@shadowchild8592]

World in flames is a masterpiece

[@Agent_P123]

I think it was the Cuba one i know it and i Playt it to

[@metalmugen]

​@@Agent_P123Mercs 2 was Venezuela

[@souloffyrehart4223]

@@metalmugen @Joghurt450 I believe Mercs 3 was supposed to be in Cuba, before EA shut the studio down.

[@Womtek1]

Fun fact, the voice of Nilsson is the swedish actor Peter Stormare. He is famous from all diffrent movies like Lucifer in Constantine, Prison Break, Armageddon and The Big Lebowski :)

[@ThePeterOlausson]

Super 8, John Wick 2 and Fargo aswell

[@RK-eo8gl]

​@@ThePeterOlaussonHe also starred in the b-movie called "Clown" along with a cool ps4 video game character "Until Dawn". Would recommend the video game, it's design is very cool.

[@thunderspear2251]

He also voices Godbrand in the Castlevania anime, and it brought me right back to this game. I heard his voice and my brain just went... "IT'S THE SWEDE!"

[@TheRipVanMilton]

Imagine being killed by a Swedish man with a slicked handlebar moustache

[@nikitaivanovs541]

varg

[@damag3plan]

With a polite Australian lady on coms🤔

[@notamobilesprout4175]

@@nikitaivanovs541 Fecalfunny moment

[@kg7219]

An unstoppable Swedish mercenary with a Mohawk is coming

[@urg6923]

Mercenaries and mercenaries 2 were such amazing and fun games. Nothing quite like raining destruction through the multiple artillery strikes, bombardment and other crazy weapons at your disposal. Would love a good remake of this.

[@Coffee_4_Free]

You done just made my day dude, Mercenaries 2 World in flames was my child hood, unfortunately every game disc I could find was either damaged or broke in the process, thank you for bringing this back fr!

[@Coffee_4_Free]

I know its not Mercenaries 2 World in Flames but seeing the first one was also a spectacle!

[@urg6923]

Mercenaries 2 was available on PC, so it is possible to find it in digital format, though it behaves extremely weirdly on modern hardware.

[@quarreneverett4767]

​@@Elatenl look up abandon ware games and stuff..

[@xradeckx]

You can download it and play on pc, im just doing 😂

[@brandonwilliams7464]

God I loved this game. Taught me how to hunt people in the most creative ways. Especially when I wanted them alive😂

[@geraldsanchez1934]

"Hello, FBI?"

[@kingly8491]

I swear your on like 10 lists for that, not good lists

[@kingly8491]

🤨🤨📸📸📸

[@brandonwilliams7464]

I will confirm nor deny anything 😌

[@kg7219]

Totally sane comment. Next time u are talking to a loved one I want u to read what u wrote out loud to them.

[@MaxPower162]

These were outrageous games - remember loving them as a kid. Might have to buy them again. Also, funny hearing Peter Stormare as Mattias - wouldn't have recognised him then

[@jamesanthony8438]

He creeped me the hell out as the devil in "Constantine." such a good actor. =)

[@stefandinus7701]

First time I watched Castlevania I heard Godbrand and went, "Holy crap, that's Mattias from mercenaries!

[@HoIIowedSlayer]

I remember renting this from Blockbuster, using money cheats, and then having an absolute blast wiping out entire areas with the Bunker Buster.

[@christianpoint0888]

Unlimited money cheat was awesome ! Have a small bird dropped off or BPD ANYTIM3 we needed !

[@ironicugandan5826]

Fun fact: Venezuela HATED mercenaries 2. They said it encouraged Americans to invade their country and demanded it be banned. In response the creators basically put a disclaimer making fun of Venezuela being big babies. It has since been removed.

[@BlackMoonHowls]

Fun Fact Venezuela is not even real.

[@sladelius6174]

Todd Howard created Venezuela in one of the first Elders Scrolls games, to add to the fun facts.

[@Trash432]

oh yeah because everyone in the US playing the game is just gonna get up start their own army build jets and ships to go over there and take it over.

[@bobslobbins2864]

considering America's history in South America, I think their concern's are more valid than you'd think lol.

[@ironicugandan5826]

@@bobslobbins2864 yeah but to lose it over a game

[@soulcrusher8680]

I remember playing mercenaries on the xbox and mercenaries 2 on the xbox 360. I loved those so much.

[@PlaceHolderHandleOrWhaver]

A remaster of this game with modern day environment destruction physics would honestly go so hard

[@MillerYogurt]

this game and its sequel were my childhood , fucking loved military vehicles and just blowing shit up on my shitty tube tv was ace

[@iGingerYT]

If there’s any game that deserves a remake or remaster it’s this one. Imagine being able to cause all this mass chaos on modern graphics. Absolute madness.

[@malachi412]

I remember them canceling the 3rd game when pandemic went bankrupt, and wanting to punch orphans.

[@whitehuayra]

I enjoyed Just cause 3 because it reminded me of Mercenaries. Good times

[@Taifens]

This game lives rent free in my head from time to time.

[@frankiejamieson9429]

Same here

[@ThorGelad]

This game was Hitman with assault rifles. You could sneak into base using enemy vehicle and they would take time to detect you .

[@EricTheRedWiseman]

I'm still waiting for Mercenaries 3. Matthias played by Peter Stormare just plays really well. City destruction and everything is destructible mechanics was always the best feature for a Mercenaries games

[@Lxrso]

Me and my buddies played through this again all together on discord a few weeks ago, missed the hell out of this game, huge nostalgia rush. Glad its getting some attention in 2023! :)

[@Qushu92]

Still have this bad boy on PS2, one of the best games I ever played growing up.

[@UltimatelyEverything]

One of the most underrated games i've played it really does deserve a remaster for current gen platforms but sadly it'll never happen. This game was ahead of it's time with a huge open world map and a lot to do and explore.

[@naldnald8899]

Probably more memories from this game than any other. It’s insane to me now as a 28yo adult that I can re-visit this game and still remember both maps by heart.

[@sneakersda2199]

Mercenaries was one of my favorite games of all time. At the time it was my favorite. It was so epic

[@arthas640]

Remember? How could I forget! One of my all time favorite game series, i still sometimes listen to the song "oh no you didnt" that was used for ads and the game trailer. I was check in on news of development on the sequel regularly from 2008 to 2013 when the 3rd game in the series as canceled, and still held out hope that rumors of the IP being picked up by another studio was true.

[@lukaswilliams83]

Literally every year I pray for a remake or remaster of this to come out of the woodworks, maybe one day 😢

[@ozitona7704]

Played this with my Uncle and it was the pretty fun and chaotic even tried with some cheats, they should try and bring this game series back to life and not mess it up.

[@doodeedoodee]

Mercenaries ruled! I played that game so much and wish we could get a remaster or something like that. The sequel is even better too. By the end you are like a god of war, I was assassinating solitary targets via nuclear strike and buying helicopters to get from point a to b and just crashing them into my objectives.

[@a.r.5100]

World in flames is one of the greatest games not only of its time but also of all time

[@steliosks6610]

Actually one of the coolest games of its generation in open world exploration, destruction physics and vehicle variation and customization

[@Karugul]

This game was one of the coolest games of my childhood and I thought I was the only person to ever play it.

[@tasbard8545]

I played the f2p cod clone Combat Arms back in the day. You could change the settings to alter the music playing in the lobby for a match. I went with Mercenaries' "Oh no you didnt!" Song.

[@michaelryanwildkardclark777]

Nilsson all day, run and gun with him, I LOVED this game and only ever played it with him. His speed was unmatched.

[@Rorschach1998]

This game, Black and TimeSplitters are one of the best shooters the Ps2 and Xbox generation had to offer.

[@Aaron14LifeZZZ]

Just played mercenaries 1 and 2 on rpcs3 emulator this past month. Both fun games. I kinda enjoyed the 1st one compared to the 2nd story wise

[@yoloroyko6301]

Kev you should play the old Star Wars battlefront games! They were amazing!

[@ghostly5.096]

7:25 that car chase had me crying, been in that situation so many times

[@acetrigger1337]

I remember over-heating 3 Compact PS2's while doing long ass marathons of playing this one game while my CD for GTA Vice City was gathering dust.

[@thisguyzack9922]

2:50 "now who the hell is this" as kev is sitting up and down in this chair😂

[@thealmightyuntensil2368]

The fact that we still havent recieved a 3rd game or at the very least a modern equivalent is an outright disgrace to the gaming industry

[@Merlaut715]

A Mercenaries sequel with the frostbite engine would've been epic. Missed opportunity, EA. 🙃

[@slay-many-foes1160]

The sound track still sounds so good I need to get this game again the great memories I had so much stuff you can do like hijack helicopter whilst there hovering or destroy a whole town.

[@NipplWizard]

Helldivers 2 gives me that old Mercenaries head rush from time to time just dropping insane levels of ordinance everywhere. Wish Mercenaries 2 was backwards compatible

[@RobbazCorgiPikaPikaMadaFaka]

Bro I grew up playing the hell out of Mercenaries' on Xbox. Still have the game disc and a little cheat sheet for money, Inf HP and Ammo, and the code to unlock a crate full of whoop ass. The Street Sweeper SMG that always clipped through your shoulder and was just a portable helicopter Gatling gun. The Pocket Grenade launcher pistol, and last but not least, the portable artillery rocket that fired those same giant rockets carried by the armored trucks. I'm not joking about it firing the same rockets either, if you pause the game right after firing you can see the missile eat up most of the screen as it leaves the rocket launcher. God it was SO Much Fun back then, back when games by Pandemic (RIP) like Starwars Battle Front 2 and Destroy All Humans had actual cheat codes for fun. The music alone is iconic, made by the same composer for The Incredibles movie by Pixar. I still listen to them regularly while playing MechWarrior cause they fit so damn well, especially the ambient tracks. Some of with I found out years layer actually had an error in one of the sound tracks where the Flute playing in one of the songs were Completely missing due to an error upon release on Xbox. I'm not sure if the PS2 version had the Flute Track missing as well but the ones uploaded on KZbin were the first time I had ever heard them, and I played this game for Years since Childhood!

[@Drazamuffin]

1:12 Describing someone doing a fairly average Australian presentation voice as “sounding like they’re about to burst out laughing” feels so alien to me

[@allgoodnamesrgone6029]

Lmao that one guard just standing there looking at you while you delete his whole base: "huh, must been a wind"

[@chip5617]

This was my childhood and I've been wanting for someone to bring this game up. They need to remaster this game

[@lilSnubby]

A Switch version would be amazing

[@solomon1931]

This was a huge part of my childhood. Especially playing as indiana jones

[@Qurter117]

What a work of art

[@indigochild8552]

I remember me and my father enjoying mercenaries 2 , it’s something about those early 2000 underdeveloped open world sandboxes felt ahead of its time

[@MaliKdaB3aSt]

Tank: flying through the air Your support comms: "they've spotted you"

[@collincollin123]

Easily one of my favorite series. Awesome memories from playing this with my dad

[@jmess801]

This is actually a game I remember. My brother and I used to play it, and I’ll forever associate the smell of old spice body spray with that game for some reason. Loved hunting the deck of enemies.

[@stevenzwiesler8085]

we need another game like mercenaries. This game was so fun when it released.

[@The_Real_Adachi]

Came back to your channel after a long time and glad to see how much you have grown🔥

[@trevaen]

Miss this game series so much

[@walnzell9328]

This is MGSV: The Phantom Pain.

[@liamulrich5274]

Every good warlord should have a jar of ears on his desk. That way he can make necklaces out of them when it's arts and crafts time

[@SuperMikemalone]

Recently bought a used ps2 to start playing this and Scarface the world is yours

[@c.a.k.comedy692]

Honestly, after having an Xbox one since it was released… I still have more fun finding old og Xbox games or 360 games in stores and playing on the 360 than anything I’ve ever downloaded to my One.

[@skylerhuddleston3112]

One of my first fps games I played was a game called black and I played not that long ago and it still kinda holds up, i feel like u would like it if u tryna play more older games

[@andrewzendejas563]

I remember the old technique of calling a support helicopter and getting the shot underneath the seat where the pilot sits just right so that the pilot would die but the helicopter would be structurally fine

[@Boba19423O]

Mercenaries 2 was my jam. It was rated t so I was actually allowed to play it as a kid instead of gta or just cause. Dropping a nuke in the second one is amazing

[@ReckerFidelWOLF]

Yes, this game and POD were my favorite video games of all times. Staple of my childhood🖤

[@KommandeurMumm]

This was the first open world game that motivated me enough to play through all of the story missions. Good times...

[@bewreckless5083]

This game was a pivotal part of my childhood🤣 the fact you picked nilsson makes me happy he was always the coolest

[@enriquesolis5078]

I still have disc and I have 40 millions on that game lol

[@Charliechavis97]

I love how a game is apart of most peoples childhoods cause same i loved this one and the second

[@antonfowler6582]

Laying waste to a city with a helicopter gun ship was just some of the most fun you could have

[@jasonalcatraz5817]

I DO remember this game. Absolute classic from my childhood. Good stuff.

[@daveymadness]

I loved this game back in the day! I didn't remember how awkward the controls were! But yeah, this game and Freedom Fighters were a couple of my faves back in the day.

[@dustynutz4982]

FINALLY! Ive literally been waiting for years for you to do this game

[@chrisg5219]

Such a good game. We desperately need a sequel or spiritual successor this type of game where you get to hunt and collect the bad guys like this. Never really had a game like them since.

[@BayouVeteransInterviews]

Love how the guy stands behind an artillery piece and there is no recoil. Lmao 🤣

[@kalebhowatt6380]

i loved Mercs 2 calling in MOABs on enemies bodies flyin buildings crashing to the ground just good old fun some of the best times i had would love to see a remake

[@Doubleaa500]

Bro that cha ching brought back some feelings I haven't felt in a while!! Lol

[@Big_Ego]

i just randomly remembered this game a few days ago and was racking my brain trying to figure out where i knew Universal Petroleum from. this is crazy timing

[@vincente184]

Not only do I remember, I can never forget. Still play it occasionally. I wish I had the first one on original Xbox, though.

[@realZyphyr]

Not wants did this man even get in a helicopter smh💀

[@devonmarr9872]

No other game has scratched the itch Mercs1 left. GTA in a battlefield Ai combat encounters Destruction choices Strong but not invincible Aces But my favorite is how the factions work. Their missions, growth, spread to other areas, etc. I wish more games with factions actually showed these changes in the world like this game.

[@morganfreeaimthebountyhunt7682]

wish they'd made more of these

[@thearmoredman8319]

Same brother same

[@RiftDragon1]

The first one was fun but the second was just bat shit crazy lmao 🤣😂🤣 hopefully Kevduit will play it at somepoint

[@BaronNate]

I LOVED this game. The sounds were great and the cheats were even greater to use after beating it. I loved changing my character to look like one of the north korean Spec Ops guys and set it on invincibility and Rambo through everything, lol. Stealing one of the Hinds or Apaches and roaming the land was fuckin awesome!

[@slizarch6824]

I was just talking to someone about this game a week ago lol

[@dennisillustration]

Holy crap, from the word go all those audio files, the music, It threw me back to all those hours I spent playing this as a kid. I had no idea this game took up so much of my brains back end XD.

[@3DMasterST]

02:49 Allied colonel: "Who the hell is this?" Allied major: "A dude with a severe case of ADHD, I suppose."

[@manowa3395]

Mercenaries 2 was my childhood. That game gave me so much unbridled joy for years until I upgraded console generations.

[@echo_94]

Still one of my favorite games Mattias was my guy and I have never forgotten about him since my childhood 😂

[@YoutubeChangedmyusername]

ah yes, when you crash in the sports car, explode, but somehow live with one health.

[@munky342]

I miss this game. Unlocking the fuel-air bomb and bunker busyer was so fun. Just destruction and fire everywhere. 10/10 game. (Exept for all the bad points 😅)

[@TheTheknightofblack]

The bad parts….Like the timed escort missions!!!

[@munky342]

@@TheTheknightofblack ugh. Hated them, but teenage me just wanted big booms and lots of shooting.

[@ThorGelad]

Imagine you are a soldier and your boss being head butted, gut punched and then stepped on and cuffed by a guy in Mohawk . Even I wouldn’t dare go up against him even I were holding anRPG .

[@stoneytheduck5554]

I got immense nostalgia when the fences turned into boingy ramps, I forgot about that occurrence

[@TheAngriestGamer.]

this game and its sequel were absolutely amazing. some of my best memories

[@softpool1286]

wow I haven't thought about these games in forever. what a blast from the past and such a wava of nostalgia

[@The_Rage_Kage]

They need to bring back this series and Army of Two. Had so much fun with those games.

[@Camodeep7583]

Oh absolutely , this one had me completely, hooked back in the day

[@SwiftBolt17]

This game is goated and has such a good soundtrack aswell

[@Shishomuru]

If any game needed a proper remake, Mercenaries 1/2 deserves it.

[@thearmoredman8319]

I agree with you

[@bobbyjudd999]

Machineries world of fire is one of the best 😂

[@DijonFromage]

"I'm a mercenary on the run, baby!" '(splat) "Oh."