When it comes to Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, there's been mixed reports. While it seems the PC version isn't necessarily the most fantastic thing, most people I've spoken to say that the Xbox 360 version is pretty awesome.

That's the version that Matt Keller picked up, so let's take a look at what he thinks about this destructive sandbox title. It's also available for PC, PS2, and PS3, if you like variety when it comes to blowing things up and South American fighting.

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A major update/DLC is coming out on the 23rd, it will be interesting too see how much it improves the game.

I played the demo for the pc and I was just shocked at how bad it is. It's not just the bugs but the game itself feels like it is at least 5 years old.

The graphics are horrible, story is horrible, characters are lame, mobs are incredibly stupid. Honestly I am not sure I can find one good thing about what I saw in the demo.

Agreed, but I loved it anyway (on the PC!). I got the full version (didn't pay full price of course) and played it through until the end. It was heaps of fun when it wasn't bugged out or screwing me over with poor game design. What can I say, I enjoy open world games and blowing things up.

I'm currently playing this through on the xbox.

For all the glitches I've heard populate this game, I've only come across one in about 10hrs of game play. I blew up a building that was on stilts, there was one enemy still inside the rubble, when I walked up to the rubble, he fell through the floor and I could only see his head above the rubble, and his legs under the building. Other than that I haven't experienced any freezing, or seen/noticed any enemy personel/vehicles disappearing, etc.

As has been stated, the AI is pretty horrible, and so is the accuracy of most of the hand held weapons.

Now that being said, this game is FUN. You don't need huge amounts of tactics, you're capable of taking out overwhelming numbers of enemy's, and unless you do something REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY stupid, it's almost impossible to die in combat. On the 360 the explosions and destruction are just so much fun, and look pretty nice.

If you're looking for a tactical / realistic game, stay well away, but if you ever wanted to be Arnie in Last Action Hero, Stallone in Rambo, or Bruce Willis in Die Hard take a look at this game. It's no brain, action movie fun, minimal frustration due to difficulty levels, and can be played for short 15-30min bursts of destruction, or long playing sessions.

You said everything I wanted to. This game is just fun. If I feel like grabbing a tank and rampaging through a town, I can. If I want to go to an enemy outpost and drop a huge bloody bomb on the place, I can.

Its not rocket science people, explosions = win! That is all. If I want a story, I'll go back to my KOTOR or Ace Attorney series or Longest Journey series.

Yeah I have the 360 version, it has some odd bugs that they will hopefully patch up. But man it is FUN! and that's what games are meant to be.

Here's hoping Mercs3 addresses all the problems with number 2.

I played it at JBHIFI for 1 minute, twas entertaining because I was just shooting stuff