If you find yourself unable to wait until the Aug. 31 release of
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, we may have the perfect soothing balm for you: Armor Games and EA's
Mercenaries 2: World (Nearly) In Flames. It's
exactly like the console versions of
Mercenaries 2, except it's free! (And it's made in Flash. And it's two dimensional. But other than that? Exactly the same.)
OK, so maybe it's not as technically impressive, but we could think of many worse ways to kill some time until the real release than with this solid, old-school diversion. Enjoy.
{ Aug 29th 2008 at 4:45PM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Daniel @ Aug 29th 2008 4:53PM
The Aug 31 release confuses me. Will the game actually be available on Sunday or will it be like the usual Tuesday release where all the retailers actually have it the day after?
With Labor day in there fucking everything up, I probably won't see it on store shelves until Tuesday or Wednesday.
Moffka @ Aug 29th 2008 5:11PM
Most EB Games already have copies of it in the back and just won't sell it until Sunday.
Sora @ Aug 29th 2008 5:29PM
Yeah, but who the hell wants to give their money to Gamestop/EBGames?
theturtle363 @ Aug 29th 2008 6:00PM
I for one, welcome our gamestop overlords
Mr Khan @ Aug 29th 2008 5:03PM
Does anyone else find the Mercenaries 2 ad incredibly bothersome?
Daniel @ Aug 29th 2008 5:18PM
The "Oh No You Di'int" one? I laughed a little the first time I heard it, but it is definitely suffering from over-exposure already.
Sora @ Aug 29th 2008 5:29PM
It got stuck in my head, and in a bad way. Like Britney Spears' "Toxic" and "Gimme More" bad.
Vcize @ Aug 29th 2008 5:39PM
If being hilarious and catchy is bothersome, then yes.
Vidikron (FU) @ Aug 29th 2008 5:43PM
I haven't seen it.
theturtle363 @ Aug 29th 2008 6:02PM
if you mean the one where they basically have a cinematic of the swedish guy attacking people with a sort of money print look, I've only seen that once
theturtle363 @ Aug 29th 2008 6:11PM
if you mean the one where they basically have a cinematic of the swedish guy attacking people with a sort of money print look, I've only seen that once
Mr Khan @ Aug 29th 2008 6:28PM
I mean, i laughed a little the first time too, but its lost its appeal for some time since
TheE3Guy @ Aug 29th 2008 5:36PM
My friend already got a copy.
Mikey @ Aug 29th 2008 7:04PM
There's a Best Buy by me that's already selling copies. I went Wednesday(8/27) to get a Points card for Castle Crashers and they had lots of copies on the shelf. I grabbed one. It's a good game. Just like the first one. Controls are decent. Some technical issues like some bad clipping.
Alexander @ Aug 29th 2008 6:13PM
I just got a copy today. My record store was selling it early.
konajinx @ Aug 29th 2008 7:01PM
Got my review copy for the 360 yesterday and I really dig it so far. It's silly in a good way and succeeds as a good blow the hell up out of everything game where other titles like Black failed.
klitorisaurus @ Aug 29th 2008 7:32PM
I just rented it at Hollywood video. The guy took it right out of the box it was shipped in. Was he not supposed to?
Anni @ Aug 29th 2008 7:35PM
This Flash game was actually pretty fun. Every level should have been just like the first one, though.