After two weeks of being stuck in mail from Gamefly, my copy of this game finally showed up on Saturday. The first game was a lot of fun, and i have been looking forward to playing this one for a while. The first was maybe a little too open-ended, they didn't really give you enough direction so you kinda spaced and just ran around the country side GTA style.
It's basically the same premise as the first game though, just in another setting. You are a high paid Merc that is out for revenge on a guy that didn't pay your bounty and ended up getting you shot in the ass, literally. You have to work with (or against) several different factions in order to get the information that you need to find the final guy you want to get to. That is pretty much the bulk of the story, it's kinda weak but it's enough to hold your attention and keep you moving.
The one thing that this game (was and) is known for is blowing stuff up. It does that very well. There are numerous fuel tanks, red barrels, trucks, tanks, pretty much anything that you think will explode does, and well. When things go BOOM the screen goes white and then gets very dark. Considering that is exactly what your eyes will do when forced to take in very bright lights, it is a very nice use of the effect.
Also in the game you make money at an almost alarming rate. I thought when i started that it would take a while to earn up to the Million$ mark for my "Tattooed Millionaire" achievement on the 360 but it really didn't take long at all. You have to "hire" a helicopter pilot, mechanic, and jet pilot. Once you get all them then you can pick up literally pallets of money ($100K), drop air strikes, and fix your vehicles and other things.
You get "quests" from other factions that you want to help in order for you to find your final goal. One thing to consider is that if you work for one faction you may piss off another then have to pay said faction off in order to get them to help you more. It's a nice little strategy aspect of the game.
All in all it seems like a short game. Considering that i have had the game two days and have moved through almost 50% of the game (according to the in game ticker). I don't see myself holding onto it for long, except for the fact that it has a pretty fun Multi-player aspect that allows you to jump in and out of a friends game at any point.
When it comes down to it I would score this probably around a B- or a 4 out of 5. Well worth the slot in my Game fly Queue.
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