Tue, Sep 16, 2008 | 20:28 BST

Mercenaries 2 demo now on Live… again

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Update: We fucked up again. Very sorry. It’s only out in the US. We hate ourselves more than you can appreciate.

You may have believed us when we said the Mercenaries 2: World in Flames demo was up on Live. We lied. It is, however, there now. It’s the game as you’d play if you bought the disc, but there’s a 20-minute timer on it.

Try it. If you like it, buy it.

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11 comments

#1

soong
16/09/08, 8:18 pm

Please stop doing this :(

It’s NOT THERE. Lies!

(tbh it’s there on the American marketplace, but not on the European)

#2

patlike
16/09/08, 8:27 pm

OMFG. Really sorry :(

#3

patlike
16/09/08, 8:28 pm

Updated the story.

#4

soong
16/09/08, 8:33 pm

Maybe it’ll appear later tonight but at the moment it’s not there.
Lucky Americans! I also want to try out this game :(

#5

ecu
16/09/08, 9:03 pm

Isn’t the game really crap anyway?

#6

Blerk
17/09/08, 8:11 am

The reviews say it’s crap, everyone I’ve spoken to who’s actually played it and isn’t a reviewer says it’s really good fun.

#7

f1r3storm
17/09/08, 8:45 am

I’m a reviewer that didn’t review it but i like it. ;)

As much as our reviewer did, who gave it a 7/10.

#8

Axle
17/09/08, 11:45 am

It’s wank. The Ai is broken and the missions are clunky. It will teach me to buy games contrary to the reviews of respected outlets.

#9

Tiger Walts
17/09/08, 11:50 am

As a functioning piece of interactive work it’s broken in places it really shouldn’t, as a gaming experience it’s entertaining and fun.

Any reviewer worth their salt would have pointed that out which is why you should read a review and not just look at the score.

#10

Whizzo
17/09/08, 11:59 am

It’s one of my favourite titles of the year, a bit more polish wouldn’t have hurt but it’s so damn fun and co-op works very nicely even with the 500 metre max range limitation.

#11

Axle
17/09/08, 12:11 pm

It’s not just that though, the whole experience has that last-gen sheen to it, environments that are devoid of any detail or beauty and the cities don’t feel alive like they do in GTA IV – or even Crackdown which is nearly two years older.

I don’t know which is more unforgivable – the coding or the fact that I bought it. I was just SO desperate to play something after a summer of revisting Ace Combat, FlatOut and Sega Rally.

Woe is me.

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