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* [[Game Breaking Bug]]: The sequel had a number of areas that could've used more playtesting; one notable example is in a mission where you have to rescue a hostage held on top of a skyscraper. Oftentimes, as soon as the player enters the hostage's line of sight, the hostage will run towards them. Even if they're in a helicopter, and running towards them leads the hostage off of the skyscraper. |
* [[Game Breaking Bug]]: The sequel had a number of areas that could've used more playtesting; one notable example is in a mission where you have to rescue a hostage held on top of a skyscraper. Oftentimes, as soon as the player enters the hostage's line of sight, the hostage will run towards them. Even if they're in a helicopter, and running towards them leads the hostage off of the skyscraper. |
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** When you're in a particularly desperate spot, sometimes the game will simply jam your HP at 10 and refuse to register any further hits on the player. Even worse, you'll be permanently subjected to the 'concussion' [[Interface Screw]] effects of a pulsing screen and a 'wub wub wub wub wub' noise. |
** When you're in a particularly desperate spot, sometimes the game will simply jam your HP at 10 and refuse to register any further hits on the player. Even worse, you'll be permanently subjected to the 'concussion' [[Interface Screw]] effects of a pulsing screen and a 'wub wub wub wub wub' noise. |
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** After March 17, the sequel no longer plays if you have an internet connection. This is true on [[ |
** After March 17, the sequel no longer plays if you have an internet connection. This is true on [[PlayStation 3]], [[Xbox 360]], and PC. Contrary to popular belief, the servers were only shut down for the PC version. For the console versions, EA updated their Terms and Conditions but forgot to patch the new location in ''Mercenaries 2''. Instead of simply giving an error message, the game gets stuck "Connecting to EA server" ''forever'' and freezes up completely. It ''is'' possible to get around this: you'll have to run any online-enabled EA game released before ''Mercenaries 2'' (August 2008) that still has its servers active (e.g. ''[[Need for Speed|Need For Speed Carbon]]'', ''[[Half-Life 2|The]]'' ''[[Portal (series)|Orange]]'' ''[[Team Fortress 2|Box]]'', or ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company]]''). Still, this sort of thing really should have been patched by now. [[Sarcasm Mode|Thanks, EA, you fucking morons]]. |
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* [[Genre Savvy]]: By the second game, nearly everyone is aware that ''you'' are the person to turn to to pull off impossible tasks that no one person would ever be sane enough to do. The enemies are also [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]; while fighting the Chinese, for example, the troops calling for reinforcements will outright say that they ''need'' armor support, because you ''will'' wipe out their infantry. Also, General Carmona waits until {{spoiler|you're trying to take out Solano before he attacks the PMC.}} |
* [[Genre Savvy]]: By the second game, nearly everyone is aware that ''you'' are the person to turn to to pull off impossible tasks that no one person would ever be sane enough to do. The enemies are also [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]; while fighting the Chinese, for example, the troops calling for reinforcements will outright say that they ''need'' armor support, because you ''will'' wipe out their infantry. Also, General Carmona waits until {{spoiler|you're trying to take out Solano before he attacks the PMC.}} |
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* [[Grappling Hook Pistol]]: Added to the mercs' bag of tricks in ''World in Flames''. |
* [[Grappling Hook Pistol]]: Added to the mercs' bag of tricks in ''World in Flames''. |
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