Play with Mercenaries 2 devs, 'catch' an Achievement

by Randy Nelson { Sep 4th 2008 at 10:30PM }

One of the more ... interesting Achievements in the Xbox 360 version of Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is the 50-point "Everybody Wants Some," which is earned by playing online with one of the game's developers, or someone who's already played with them. Yep, it's contagious. Actually, it's sort of like the STD of Live Achievements, if you'll pardon the icky analogy.

We think it'd be pretty cool to hear the 360 "Achievement Unlocked" sound in real life every time we came down with a cold or other ailment. Hear that Microsoft? Get on it – after all, you were all about "Live Anywhere." Mercs 2's devs will be playing September 5 through 12 using special easy-to-grok Gamertags, which we've listed after the break. Now, go forth and expose yourself to viral goodness.

MercsDev1: James Wahlquist, Designer
MercsDev2: David Padron, Junior Technical Artist
MercsDev3: Jeremy Swigart, Programmer
MercsDev4: Albert Lo, Associate Designer
MercsDev5: Ali Zandi, Associate Designer
MercsDev6: Manny Diaz, Associate Designer
MercsDev7: Ed Kim, Programmer
MercsDev8: Scott Warner, Lead Designer
MercsDev9: Drew Marlowe, Designer
MercsDev10: Brad Welch, Senior Designer

Tags: achievements, ea, mercenaries-2, pandemic, xbox-live

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Titanium_Orchid @ Sep 4th 2008 10:35PM

Thats a fun achievement.

Didn't another game do a viral achievement? Maybe it was R6 Vegas... I can't really remember

Vincent @ Sep 4th 2008 10:40PM

GTA4 and Guitar Hero Song Challenge.

xxHughesxx @ Sep 5th 2008 5:35AM

Also GRAW, and several other shooters...Shadowrun did it to if im not mistaken, this is hardly an original achievment, barely worth a mention in fact...

xGeneral DEATHx @ Sep 5th 2008 8:12AM

Burnout Paradise also had an achievement somewhat like this.

deaftly @ Sep 5th 2008 9:37AM

Yeah I got that achievement in Guitar Hero 3, prob the coolest achievement ever.

Vincent @ Sep 4th 2008 10:39PM

♫Gotta catch them all PokeMercs!..♫

Seems easy enough to spot them..

atlnative @ Sep 4th 2008 10:40PM

Isn't the downside to this the fact that I have to actually play Mercenaries 2?

spyker @ Sep 4th 2008 10:51PM

Not really, because the game is pretty good.

Oh wait... you actually have to play the buggy xbox 360 version. Ohhhhhh.. I get you.

Vincent @ Sep 4th 2008 11:17PM

@spyker

Please dude, both versions are buggy.

But still a fun game regardless.

rooshma @ Sep 4th 2008 11:51PM

Agreed. To be perfectly honest with you, I played Spiderman 3 longer than Mercs 2. I don't know what it is about it, I can generally overlook a few bugs (I LOVED Oblivion) but it just makes me angry to play the game.

Duke @ Sep 5th 2008 11:39AM

spyker - what a desperate fanboy comment.

Josh @ Sep 4th 2008 10:42PM

Shadowrun also did this.

GoldenS1104 @ Sep 4th 2008 11:02PM

They did do this, except the achievement WAS an STD. You got the achievement by teabagging some one who already had the achievement. It's probably my favorite achievement of all time.

Josh @ Sep 4th 2008 10:43PM

Er.. shadowrun did this?

quickshade @ Sep 4th 2008 10:43PM

got to keep away from those STD achievements, they only cause pain down the road, and the fact that your 360 might break out with 3 red lights a month later.

LordMinogue @ Sep 4th 2008 10:55PM

I remember GRAW having an achievement for killing a Dev or someone who killed a Dev.

Psaakyrn @ Sep 4th 2008 11:02PM

Generic achievement: Play until your 360 red-rings, or play with someone who had a red-ringed 360?

AK @ Sep 4th 2008 11:12PM

Generic red ring comment.

Akukami @ Sep 4th 2008 11:10PM

bleep~bloop! Achivable Unlocked:
:) You have clamidia!

Mr.ESC @ Sep 4th 2008 11:16PM

You sir get my vote for comment of the day.

Kevin @ Sep 4th 2008 11:14PM

I was really hesitant to get Mercenaries 2 after reading the initial batch of reviews, but a friend was excited about it so I picked it up. Yeah, the AI is kind of stupid but the game is a ton of fun. Think GTA4 + Crackdown and you get Mercenaries 2. The major advantage over GTA4: the longer missions have checkpoints. The major advantage over Crackdown: a lot more of a story, less of the "over and over" that was the Crackdown "story". All in all, I would say Mercs 2 is about an 8.5 and if you play it multiplayer it is a 9.0.

Mr.ESC @ Sep 4th 2008 11:22PM

That's a good review but sadly I have to go to the Ancient Canada this month so I won't be able to play anything new this month and after checking the schedule that's mean no Gears 2 for me.

Don't worry Fenix I'll buy it in Canada but I won't be able to play it.

Mr.ESC @ Sep 4th 2008 11:32PM

*that means no Gears 2 for me.

Well I'm improving,sorta.

gore on the floor @ Sep 4th 2008 11:48PM

I think I'd have a higher personal score for Mercs 2 if the last two actiony type games I played weren't GTAIV and Uncharted.

No cover system FTL.

gore on the floor @ Sep 5th 2008 12:11AM

Forgot about MGS4, durr...

Bottom line, cover system mandatory.

Mr.ESC @ Sep 4th 2008 11:18PM

I got something similar in GTA 4 and it was the first kill I got so I don't believe you really have to kill a dev or someone who killed one but just kill someone.

I think the SKX achievement in Condemned is more satisfactory.

Kdog @ Sep 4th 2008 11:32PM

Burnout Paradise has one
Guitar Hero 3 has one
GTA IV has one
There's one other game, i forget what it is now.

Hafk @ Sep 5th 2008 12:00AM

Yeah. It's nothing nw.

aMac @ Sep 4th 2008 11:55PM

No one else has mentioned it (probably because no one else bought it. sigh) but Marathon: Durandal also had an achievement exactly like this.

You got the achievement by playing against one of the devs or someone who already has the achievement, not like Shadowrun's similar-but-not-the-same-at-all achievement.