


Automatic rifles-while in their element at short range-tend to spray bullets haphazardly at targets further away, so you'll want to shoot in short controlled bursts to maximize your damage and reduce your misses if they're far away. Swapping weapons is done using the R2 button, and the crosshairs will change accordingly depending on what you're wielding. Like most shooters, you'll use the left stick to move your character around the screen and the right analog to control your on-screen weapon reticule. You'll begin the game thrashing a power boat and after being guided by Fiona and beaching it on a coastline swarming with enemies, you'll be airdropped weapons to help you get the job done. Voice-in-your-head Australian wingwoman Fiona is back again in Mercs 2 and helps you at every turn. The first few levels serve as both a gentle tutorial introduction to the weapons and vehicles at your disposal as well as familiarising you with the ways you'll need to access them via the controller. Left stick to move, right stick to aim, R1 to make dead. Hey, you're a Merc, when was the last time you turned down killing a few dudes and blowing stuff up for easy cash? That's right, never. He wants to offer you a job rescuing a General with the Venezuelan army, from a guarded compound. Ramon Solano is your contact and plays the wealthy-businessman-with-a-dream card to try and get the country back on track. The tension between you and your buddy is obvious, and alarm bells begin to sound when you're asked to surrender your weapons before entering the opulent Venezuelan villa. Mercenaries 2 opens with you meeting an old friend and discussing taking on a contract for one of their associates. The first thing worth pointing out is that although this is a sequel and includes three returning characters from the first title-Jennifer Mui, Chris Jacobs, and Mattias Nilsson-you're at absolutely no disadvantage if you didn't play the first game. Ahead of the game's retail launch next week and our official site review (which will be airdropping in shortly) we wanted to share our impressions with you and take a look at the first few missions you can expect if/when you pick up a copy.

#MERCENARIES 2 PC XBOX ONE CONTROLLER UPDATE#
there should be an update to auto-jack whenever the animation for hijacking has gone off, that way you can hijack at the fastest possible speed, and all of the hijacking require the same buttons to be pushed, and I've done this countless times, the Puma Light Tank will always have B and A (Melee and Jump) keyed for the jackings, so I'm gonna guess all the others will too.Here at GameSpot AU headquarters we've spent the last few days messing around with the PlayStation 3 version of Pandemic's highly anticipated third-person shooter Mercenaries 2. Xbox 360 Controller is pretty self explanatory, just press the corresponding button or Analog Stick (some Helis and Tanks).īy the way. If the (I guess) Fist Icon comes up, use Melee If the Wrench (I can't remember) Icon comes up, Use well, the Allies and Chinese Tanks/Armored Vehicles are harder to hijack, so it's better to just order them, the lower factions, like the VZ, UP, and PLAV, are easier, but lighter in terms of firepower and armor, also, you need to press the appropriate buttons, and fast enough, to hijack a vehicle (again, Allies/Chinese you need to tap FAST)
