Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
2008 video game
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is an action-adventure video game developed by Pandemic Studios and published by Electronic Arts for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows. It is the sequel to 2005's Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. The game is a third-person shooter with an open world, set in a fictionalized war-torn Venezuela. The game's primary objective is to assassinate the President of Venezuela whose betrayal of the protagonist mercenary acted as a stepping stone to their current position.
Following the closure of Pandemic Studios, EA announced in November 2009 that EA Los Angeles were working on a title known as Mercs Inc. The game was eventually canceled following the closure of Danger Close Games in 2013.
Gameplay
Most of the game's elements are inherited from its predecessor with the addition of new features. The game is set in an open-world map representing a fictionalized Venezuela featuring tropical landscapes mixed with urban zones, industrial sectors, military settlements and fishing villages scattered across the map. As the story progresses, the player gradually unlocks more sections of the map which can be explored.
The mercenary must complete missions for several factions in order to discover Solano's hideout and weaken its regime.
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