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Mercenaries 2 + Playstation 2 = Venezuela socked in by fog and pop-in
Games Radar has a painful comparison of Mercenaries 2 on the latest console systems and on the venerable Playstation 2. On one hand, I'm sure Playstation 2 owners are happy for whatever new games they can get their hands on. But on the other hand, that's what they have to look at?
But it's not just ugly last-gen graphics. "Mercenaries 2 on PS2 has the worst pop-in we’ve ever seen in our lives," they note, "No, that's not hyperbole." Be sure to watch the videos they've posted. Because there's a point where pop-in stops being pop-in and is instead a giant building suddenly materializing a few feet in front of you. Us games writers haven't even come up with a name for that yet!
By Joshua at 4:31 PM ON 09/11/08
It really bugs the hell out of me when people say that new PS3/360 game "X" looks like a "high res PS2 game" or "the PS2 version in high res". For example, Mercs 2. I loved Mercs 1, but that game was not that good looking. I heard the same thing with GTAIV. That it looked just like San Andreas in HD. Right.
By IsoTek at 4:59 PM ON 09/11/08
Oh no, Oh no, Oh No!. Oh no you didn't!
By Zeus at 9:25 PM ON 09/11/08
Here's the funny thing: Scroll down to where it says...
"Here’s what your first step onto dry land looks like on the PS3"
...and *try* to tell me that the dirt-brown PS3 image is *any better than the sunny, blue-sky-and-warm-sand PS3 screen shot.
I honestly thought the top shot was some dreary PS2 hackjob and that the lower shot had bloom!
By Zeus at 9:40 PM ON 09/11/08
Er, make that, "blue-sky-and-warm-sand PS2", not PS3.
I'm saying the PS2 one looks bet...
Ahh, forget it.
By markgreyam at 11:36 PM ON 09/11/08
I also have a fondness for the type of crappy graphical style that seems common with most third person action PS2 games. There is some sort of ugly charm about it.
On the other hand, the explosions in the 360 version are a thing of beauty, even if the rest of the game isn't up to scratch graphically.
And regardless of that, I agree with Joshua. This whole 'high res PS2' game bullshit is people who either haven't seen a PS2 game since they first purchased a 360 on launch day, or who are imagining some fantasy land in which PS2 games looked like live action movies THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY PLAY.
You know, like The Bouncer.
By Nick Halme at 12:22 AM ON 09/12/08
Ugh. Looks worse than Mercs 1...
By tannerman06 at 12:46 PM ON 10/04/08
how do we get started
By jman22 at 4:31 PM ON 10/13/08
this game rock my socks off all the way to the store
By Sir Adams4 at 9:08 PM ON 10/18/08
This Game ROCKS! i beat it in like 5 days playing only 5 to 6 hours a day.
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