

The world remains explored and changed based on the choices you’ve made with the previous characters, looted containers remain looted, uncovered locations remain uncovered etc. Each time you progress to a new character, you know more about the world, your role in it, its inhabitants and ultimately the overarching story. Even though each story is its own entity, all 5 stories are very closely intertwined (with you as a common factor). Once you complete one character arc you begin with the next until you reach the game’s conclusion where you are presented with a summary of the consequences of your choices (you’re also presented with a smaller summary of choices made at the end of each arc). There is a bounty hunter who is in search of their abducted husband, a Pigman who needs to find out who he is and who made him that way, a native Indian who is tasked with killing a Wendigo driving greed in the land, a werewolf who is trying to save his people and finally an Onirsit (a cultist) who is trying to prevent something “ bad” from happening.Įach story is played sequentially. You play a total of five different characters throughout the game, each with their own story arc.


Weird West’s story is hard to talk about without heading into spoiler territory since it is integral to the experience, but I’ll say what I can. So, here are my thoughts after completing the game in around 40 hours. After all, this is the first game by WolfEye, a studio formed by the co-founder of Arkane (who worked on Dishonored and Prey, both of which I absolutely loved). No longer just something to look at, water is an active part of the game.ĭon't have time to make your way across the country? Go to one of your captured drop zones and instantly get transported to the next hot spot and right back into the action.Since I’m a big fan of immersive sim games, I’ve been looking forward to Weird West since its initial announcement. Recruit other mercenaries to build out your arsenal and options until you have the ultimate array of options to play with.įly over it, swim through it, race across it in boats. Not just cool to look at, destruction can be used to take out enemy forces and change the landscape of the battlefield. Take down any building in the world piece by piece and see them crumble with fantastic effects.
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Over 130 vehicles from civilian cars to tanks and choppers plus all the destructive weaponry you can handle from pistols to rocket launchers. From one-off pick-up jobs to complex multi-objective missions your choices will decide how the game progresses and which faction wins the war. You decide which factions to work for and when.

Invite a friend to jump in and help you fight your way to the top. Whether split-screen or online you no longer have to go it alone. Play across cities, jungles, lakes, mountains and a range of terrain in between throughout a Venezuela that is larger than all the Mercenaries maps combined. They think they can get away with it, but they don't know rule #1 for mercenaries: EVERYBODY PAYS. Everyone will try and screw you, given the chance. Not everyone in the world of Mercenaries is as honorable. You have your own code: you will fulfill the terms of the contract, no matter what. You don't have to play by anyone's rules. Play your own way, or play with the help of a friend in the new co-op multiplayer mode. If you see it, you can buy it, steal it, or obliterate it. And if you run out of cash you can always 'acquire' the gear you need in the field. Tanks, APCs, boats, luxury automobiles - you name it, you can have it delivered to you in real time. Mercenaries 2 features the latest and most dangerous in civilian and military tech, everything from shiny new sports cars, to the future-tech satellite-guided bunker-busting mini-nuke. These are world powers with deep pockets, deep grudges, and enough arms and ammo to start World War III. Mercenaries 2™ features a slew of potential clients, all willing to pay you to do their dirty work. When a power-hungry tyrant messes with Venezuela's oil supply he sparks an invasion that turns the country into a warzone.īut for you, international crisis is all upside: You are a mercenary, and you profit from chaos. Mercenaries 2: World in Flames™ is an explosive open-world action game set in a massive, highly reactive, war-torn world.
