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Anybody getting it?
Anybody played the demo?
Gets excellent reviews across the board but I haven't seen that much blurb about it or hype.
Anybody played the demo?
Gets excellent reviews across the board but I haven't seen that much blurb about it or hype.
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The demo was on the Official Mag this month, issue 39. It was quite good but not explained very well. It has good graphics and destroying/driving most vehicles was fun, fun, fun!
There's also an ad on t.v at the moment for Mercenaries, simply saying 'blow stuff up' again and again.
There's also an ad on t.v at the moment for Mercenaries, simply saying 'blow stuff up' again and again.
Tiltawhirl wrote:
> So far, so excellent.
>
> Really enjoying this game so far, played it for about 9 hours in 2
> days which is a hell of a lot for me.
>
> I could just spend hours starting helping factions fight the North
> Koreans and totally ignore the missions and other objectives. The
> havok physics are second to none, every explosion is simply gob
> smacking. I hit a jeep with an RPG earlier and it must have flown
> about 20 foot up in the air.
>
> My favourite thing to do at the moment is steal a helicopter (jacking
> them feels even cooler than Halo 2) and then take it up to the top of
> a high building, hop out and snipe people from the rooftop. For once
> you're not restricted by the awful draw distances in GTA and you
> actually have something to shoot at. Oh and calling in air strikes
> from up high makes the explosions look even cooler.
sniping? long draw distaces? Havok physics?
you've won me over on this one.
Off to the shops tomorrow me thinks.
what are the graphics like on this 'un?
> So far, so excellent.
>
> Really enjoying this game so far, played it for about 9 hours in 2
> days which is a hell of a lot for me.
>
> I could just spend hours starting helping factions fight the North
> Koreans and totally ignore the missions and other objectives. The
> havok physics are second to none, every explosion is simply gob
> smacking. I hit a jeep with an RPG earlier and it must have flown
> about 20 foot up in the air.
>
> My favourite thing to do at the moment is steal a helicopter (jacking
> them feels even cooler than Halo 2) and then take it up to the top of
> a high building, hop out and snipe people from the rooftop. For once
> you're not restricted by the awful draw distances in GTA and you
> actually have something to shoot at. Oh and calling in air strikes
> from up high makes the explosions look even cooler.
sniping? long draw distaces? Havok physics?
you've won me over on this one.
Off to the shops tomorrow me thinks.
what are the graphics like on this 'un?
One of my favourite things about this game is the helicopters. I have a code that allows me to have infinite ammo and invincibility, and I can just spend ages flying around blowing the crap out of everything, it's great hitting moving vehicles too.
i was going to get a mp3 player, but that can wait i think this looks better :D
Hur hur
I managed to snipe the pilot of an Allied transport helicopter earlier and make it crash on the top of a large bridge. The chopper was still in one piece though so I carefully climbed up, shot the remaining gunners and stole the helicopter.
Though After all that effort I flew into the path of about 10 SAM launchers a few seconds later and got the crap blown out of me.
Stupid SAM!
I managed to snipe the pilot of an Allied transport helicopter earlier and make it crash on the top of a large bridge. The chopper was still in one piece though so I carefully climbed up, shot the remaining gunners and stole the helicopter.
Though After all that effort I flew into the path of about 10 SAM launchers a few seconds later and got the crap blown out of me.
Stupid SAM!
Considering its been out 1 day and counting the chances of it being £20 anywhere are very slim.
anyone found mercenries for less than £20 ?
Damn...Halo...2...I...need...to...play...this.
So far, so excellent.
Really enjoying this game so far, played it for about 9 hours in 2 days which is a hell of a lot for me.
I could just spend hours starting helping factions fight the North Koreans and totally ignore the missions and other objectives. The havok physics are second to none, every explosion is simply gob smacking. I hit a jeep with an RPG earlier and it must have flown about 20 foot up in the air.
My favourite thing to do at the moment is steal a helicopter (jacking them feels even cooler than Halo 2) and then take it up to the top of a high building, hop out and snipe people from the rooftop. For once you're not restricted by the awful draw distances in GTA and you actually have something to shoot at. Oh and calling in air strikes from up high makes the explosions look even cooler.
Really enjoying this game so far, played it for about 9 hours in 2 days which is a hell of a lot for me.
I could just spend hours starting helping factions fight the North Koreans and totally ignore the missions and other objectives. The havok physics are second to none, every explosion is simply gob smacking. I hit a jeep with an RPG earlier and it must have flown about 20 foot up in the air.
My favourite thing to do at the moment is steal a helicopter (jacking them feels even cooler than Halo 2) and then take it up to the top of a high building, hop out and snipe people from the rooftop. For once you're not restricted by the awful draw distances in GTA and you actually have something to shoot at. Oh and calling in air strikes from up high makes the explosions look even cooler.
It's a brilliant game, even after completion there's lots to unlock. Best game I've played since San Andreas.
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