[Official] Mercenaries 2

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Enabling the water effects on the PC version makes your FPS drop so much. It became unplayable on my HD 4850 @ 1360x768.

[Emn1ty]

Enabling the water effects on the PC version makes your FPS drop so much. It became unplayable on my HD 4850 @ 1360x768.

Were you playing the game at that resolution? Try dropping the thing down below HD and you should get better FPS. A game doesn't need to be in HD to look good.

[+longgonebn Subscriber²]

Yea I am quite enjoying the game, the missions and just screwing around throughout the game. And of course the only issue is the resolution and graphics, can't wait for an update cause the game will then be pretty awesome.

[Lingwo]

There is a fix for the resolution problem.

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum...sc&start=30

I tested it on mine and i can run it at 1920x1200 now with no dodgy borders. If your aspect ratio is 16:10 just set it to 1.6.

[+longgonebn Subscriber²]

That does not work for me, does nothing at all.

[Lingwo]

Did you follow the instructions?

So you you divided the resolution you want? like mine was 1920 / 1200 which is 1.6

Then you set it with that app and click launch. Make sure you put the resolution you want in the mercs2.ini also.

[+longgonebn Subscriber²]

Ah, I forgot to enter my resolution into the mercs2.ini file. Now it's working great. Man does that make a difference, looks amazing!

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Were you playing the game at that resolution? Try dropping the thing down below HD and you should get better FPS. A game doesn't need to be in HD to look good.

Unfortunately, I was. I'm going to try the custom resolution launcher for Merc 2. Hopefully that'll let me play at 1680x1050 with the correct aspect ratio. By the way, the higher the resolution the better it'll look. Plus, my PC is fairly competent in terms of gaming. It should be able to handle it well at that resolution. In fact it plays the game at high FPS. It's just that as soon as I enable the water effects the FPS goes down the drain. It must be a glitch because it'd be pretty stupid for that small effect to be so demanding on my hardware.

[The Laughing Man]

The graphics dont bother me im more fore the gameplay, the ability to go freely anywhere is something alot of games lack this is a definite plus in my book. being able to destroy almost everything another plus. Bads, glitches too many to list, examples bad AI at times Guns are some times not available for when u need them, bombing runs are almost never accurate . This is the worst, When in a fight you can tell hows friend or foe, blue friend, red Foe, Sometimes... no matter who i look at they are grey. Also if you happen to run/drive/fly past 2 factions fighting and both are your allies one or both factions will shoot u without a hesitation even if you dont fire or antagonize them . sorry for bad grammar im in a hurry ,

[Dotdot]

love the sea of complaints about graphics and resolutions yet no ones talking about the gameplay. I got this for the 360 a few days ago and its a great we blaster. doesnt take itself too seriously and seems to me so far to be a ppretty straight laced but fun game.

[+longgonebn Subscriber²]

Yea the gameplay is amazing, running around shooting and blowing stuff up, what more 2 say. I actually enjoy the driving in this game ALOT more then any other GTA game. I find it easier and more entertaining. I am about 35% complete at this point, can't wait to play some more today!

[WastedJoker]

I've stuck with it and whilst my initial assessment has changed, it still needs work.

Collision detection is still weird - I get stuck by bushes and the most ridiculous things like my character can't run over a low step and instead has to jump etc.

Breaking up a supply crate is dangerous too - dunno how many times I've gotten trapped by the broken parts of the crate or been unable to reach the supplies because parts of the broken crate are in the way.

Also, I'm getting a bug where I request a supply and my helicopter guy responds but never appears on the map. I get no resource cannot be delivered warning and my fuel amount has decreased........

[The Laughing Man]

I've stuck with it and whilst my initial assessment has changed, it still needs work.

Collision detection is still weird - I get stuck by bushes and the most ridiculous things like my character can't run over a low step and instead has to jump etc.

Breaking up a supply crate is dangerous too - dunno how many times I've gotten trapped by the broken parts of the crate or been unable to reach the supplies because parts of the broken crate are in the way.

Also, I'm getting a bug where I request a supply and my helicopter guy responds but never appears on the map. I get no resource cannot be delivered warning and my fuel amount has decreased........

Same issues as far as pickups , Call for the drop , he would either come and hover but not pick it up or not show at all.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

News by Rob Purchese

EA has said there will Xbox 360 and PS3 demos for Mercenaries 2 arriving any day now.

The sampler was due to appear on Live Marketplace last Friday, but, for one reason or another, still hasn't made its way onto the service. We suppose that means the demo could go live at any moment, which is quite exciting. Sort of. But not really.

The rather more predictable PS3 version, on the other hand, is expected in the weekly PlayStation Store update this Thursday.

Mercenaries 2 is already out on both formats, of course, but had a rather rocky time in Kristan's critical hands. He thought the openworld action game was dated and unremarkable, and stamped it with an off-putting 5/10 - certainly one to try before you buy.

Head over to our Mercenaries 2 review to find out more.

Source: Eurogamer

Was hoping they'd release a demo, been wanting to check the game out.