You know what was so great about Mercenaries? The ATMOSPHERE. This epic music and the loudspeakers came together to make an eerily awesome atmosphere. THAT was what was butchered so bad in Mercenaries 2.
Lol I like when it plays as I use the pocket artillery on the small nk base kinda in the middle of the map 😂 (im talking about the cheat guns I already beat the game so I'm just having fun)
This reminds me of that feeling you got when you get shot down and marooned near the Black Gate, deep behind enemy lines, fighting your way out back to safety
There was a mission where a SK pilot was shot down and captured, and you have to destroy the wreckage and rescue him from a NK convoy on its way to the Black Gate. Iirc; it's been years since I've last played.
Started a new game and there's that mission and an Allies mission where you rescue soldiers from a crashed helicopter that was also near Heuk Dae Moon.
Just realized that I'm pretty sure the composer for Mercenaries is the same composer for Secret Weapons Over Normandy since they are both Lucasarts games and the tracks are so similar. Vocals especially.
What are you on about? They didn't touch Playground of Destruction, only the second lifeless stinker World in Flames... fitting title considering they burned down what could have been an incredible sequel. Knobs 🙄 If they made an awesome remaster or remake to the original game, maybe I'd overlook that second turd. But I won't hold my breath...
Okay... the second game wasn't that bad... the destructible environment was great and the cars and gadgets were cool too. Mercenaries one had some problems too... the game was too short.... yes I know that the environment and atmosphere were a lot more serious in mercs one... but dont go and call their hard work a turd... they really tried bro@@Johny40Se7en
What a song, my missions felt more epic with this playing in the background, especially stealthy ones that then turned into all out death and destruction
It's a shame geopolitics affected the making of games too much they stopped trying and instead just rehash old ones. Gone are the 2000s when video games made a statement about the new threats of not just terrorism but also the new Eastern Bloc. Always wondered how Fallout survived all this when any games trying to have China as the bad guys end up defunct. Things are weird.
@@thientuongnguyen2564 Yeah, although in the case of Fallout, China is featured more in the backdrop (except in Operation Anchorage). Even Chinese survivors in Fallout have largely formed new identities such as the Shi in Fallout 2. I'm really surprised that a game like Squad recently featured China as a faction that players can join or fight against. These days it seems common for game developers to take on a more "enemies of the west" approach where China, Russia and various Middle Eastern Countries form a coalition against NATO. Such as CSAT in Arma 3.
@@crimson6397 While that's true, you'll notice the weird thing of movies and games where it's always the Russians or Middle Easterners you fight against. At times you have Iran or North Korea, but never China. That one nation is always exempt from global conflicts and disasters even though I'm sure they're more than happy to join Russia in invading the West (especially Japan). Mainstream games always shy from having noodlespeak as the bad guys but having Vietcongs is fine. Why not both.
I remember when I'd always have to detonate a grenade or something explosive nearby to attract the passing helicopters, so one would get close enough for me to hijack it :D
The beginning ambience fits perfectly when you are using your binoculars and spotting a bunch of dangerous vehicles from a distance. It has a bit of an omnious tone and yet so relaxing, like you are preparing for something...
@@Alenux55 lovely! So happy to hear this I felt so humbled, seeing some people (like u) expressing how they felt about the game at that moment, and now here i am reading it after 9 YEARS!! How fast time flies and how short our lives are... To be honest, i wasn't even quite hopeful to ever get a response from u. Have seen some people suddenly leaving this world over corona or plain crash, etc... So nice to meet u btw 😊👌🏼
I still play this game and it's 2018. Love the Mi-35 Hind helicopter! I go for it everytime I have a chance to hijack or steal it. Mean and tough helicopter! RIP Pandemic...
Everything you said. I remember when I was like 10, playing this. I always needed my older brother to get me progress in the story, because I always liked to just screw around and go call in airstrikes on NK tunnels.
Mercs 1 had that captivating, immersive cold war feeling, propaganda signs across the DMZ and NK, listening posts, rain, mud and roadblocks... Perfect environment and soundtrack for such a game.
to me mercenaries pod is probably the best game ever of its type..all the missions were well scripted, although there was a way to do every mission very very easily if you could find it if anyone else noticed that...and the selection of weapons and air strikes and military units overwhelmed the senses! i loved the atmosphere it was a grim war worn world. and everything you did seemed important. combined with this outstanding soundtrack its as much a work of art as it is a game,
what i wish more than anything else is that the studio sat back and remembered what made mercenaries such a success in the first place..and my great hope is that those working on mercenaries 3 play pod alot!
I like the chopper controls and mounted weapon ballistics of Mercs 2 better. But the atmosphere and story of Mercs 1 is definitely better in my opinion and the realism. The gameplay of both games is very good
One day I'm driving on a old road to nowhere until I came across a Bunker full of NK soldiers. Takes out the target sighter and pin pointed directly ontop of the bunker and called for a BUNKER BUSTER!
@Zeong3 if they ever make a movie on Mercenaries it would be...Leonardo Dicaprio as Mattias Nilson,Jamie Foxx as Chris Jacobs,Gong Li as Jennifer Mui. its my only theory
@Thecuregalore94 I woke up this morning thinking of the OST for the game and I decided to look it up, then I decided to look up its wikipedia page. The game came out in 2005. SIX years ago. Wow, time flies doesn't it?
since i have to capture the queen of hearts and destroy the chem plant at the snowy mountains,i always hear this song on this mission and some others from the SK forces.
I'm just so sad that there isn't a chance of more of this game. If I win the lottery I'm hiring the original staff and making a new one, and I'm not going to let it turn out badly. Sort for the bad grammar.
@t3hsheeple Though this comment was 2 weeks ago, I can't help responding to it. Just Cause 2 was a basic elaborate copy of Mercenaries. Wide open world, Factions like you / hate you, Missions to do for factions, shit that you destroy gives you points, money, or anything else, and every once and a while faction missions gave you a mission from the mercenary agency, which is exactly what happens in Just Cause 2. Just cause 2 has terrible voice acting, I can tell you that. Mercenaries was great.
@loneotaku the only faction in this game we haven't heard bout in real life is the russian mafia, unless im missing news. it is kanda creepy though wots happening Say, who do you think will be the lone mercenary?
*playing mercenaries on ps2 at friends house, in north korea helping south korean commandos engage chinese soldiers while driving a tank* "I got eyes on 3 Chinese soldiers, one armed with RPG aiming directly on us, I repeat RPG 3 o'clock" "Dude....who are you talking too?" *embarassed poker face* "erm...nothing just letting you know" I was 9 or 11 when I played this game but it was epic must admit. Sucks how EA ruined it. (like everything they touch.)
The original Mercenaries had tact, and it featured some of the complexities and horrors of war. Unfortunately the sequel was shallow and purely stupid.
then you get in disguise and then ya get nervous, oh shit, what if a korean sees me? then they do, and. . . . .(that swedish fire balls song or watever its called)
i really loved this game, way better than san andreas in my opinion dont get me wrong, both were good games, but heres a comparison regarding the main missions in both games in san andreas, one of the missions involved robbing a bank in mercenaries, one of the missions involved driving through a radioactive island to destroy a giant cannon, with another motherfucking giant cannon that game was fucking badass
this is one of the reasons why LucasArts should never have sold Pandemic to EA (Which has officially been awarded with the title of worst company in the USA)
You know what was so great about Mercenaries? The ATMOSPHERE. This epic music and the loudspeakers came together to make an eerily awesome atmosphere. THAT was what was butchered so bad in Mercenaries 2.
i agree with u but are u alive ?
Ha! I saw his commentary and thought the same... 12 years after. How time flies.
A very haunting choir, listening to this while driving in the northern NK countryside makes me feeling a bit paranoid...
Lol I like when it plays as I use the pocket artillery on the small nk base kinda in the middle of the map 😂
(im talking about the cheat guns I already beat the game so I'm just having fun)
This reminds me of that feeling you got when you get shot down and marooned near the Black Gate, deep behind enemy lines, fighting your way out back to safety
Was this some mission I never did? Because I never got shot down near the Black Gate, even before I started using cheat codes.
There was a mission where a SK pilot was shot down and captured, and you have to destroy the wreckage and rescue him from a NK convoy on its way to the Black Gate.
Iirc; it's been years since I've last played.
Started a new game and there's that mission and an Allies mission where you rescue soldiers from a crashed helicopter that was also near Heuk Dae Moon.
I always expect jets to fly past during this
Not in the Northern Province :(
Oh absolutely NOSTALGIA
Flying over Pyongyang in a chopper.. what i am immediately brought back to
🙁💔
Still playing this game in 2017 on my 14 old original Xbox :D
It was free on xbox one. I play it often.
good. alwayse remember this gem of a game!
Some of the best game music i've ever heard, absolutely brilliant
AsBloodRunsBlack x, it is, indeed.
Reading some comments posted 9 years ago while listening this music, humbles me. How fast time flies. I wanna cry 😢😔
Same bro.
Still play it on the Xbox one when I got time to spare you know
I'm crying reading them...
That's my favorite music from Mercenaries. Especially when sky becomes gray and everything looks in sepia colors. I still have such memories 'bout it.
9 years ago now, how the heck did it go by? Just started playing the game again and still as good as I remembered it.
Same for me bro, exactly the same... ❤️ I'm playing it on Xbox One, after 12 years...
This game was my childhood, I always remember waking up in the morning and playing it on my Xbox 360
Almost 20 years now, still great
Haha, nine years since this comment now.
This game was my childhood dawg
Just realized that I'm pretty sure the composer for Mercenaries is the same composer for Secret Weapons Over Normandy since they are both Lucasarts games and the tracks are so similar. Vocals especially.
Yes, Michael Giacchino. He does major movie scores now
I can't imagine how fast life goes i used to play this around 2010 still the music is in my head
It hurts how life was and how it is now
😢
I Love this game I hate how EA ruined it
What are you on about? They didn't touch Playground of Destruction, only the second lifeless stinker World in Flames... fitting title considering they burned down what could have been an incredible sequel. Knobs 🙄
If they made an awesome remaster or remake to the original game, maybe I'd overlook that second turd. But I won't hold my breath...
@@Johny40Se7en he meant the franchise...
Okay... the second game wasn't that bad... the destructible environment was great and the cars and gadgets were cool too. Mercenaries one had some problems too... the game was too short.... yes I know that the environment and atmosphere were a lot more serious in mercs one... but dont go and call their hard work a turd... they really tried bro@@Johny40Se7en
mercenaries 1 concentrates on every aspect, plot, game play, music, audio, evrything, and all of them are amazing!
I cried a little bit by listening to this song back then
Thank god for PCSX2 So I can play this masterpiece whenever I want
What a song, my missions felt more epic with this playing in the background, especially stealthy ones that then turned into all out death and destruction
I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH
Mercenaries took such an immediate nose dive after this game... crazy how much more mature and bleak the first game was.
It's a shame geopolitics affected the making of games too much they stopped trying and instead just rehash old ones. Gone are the 2000s when video games made a statement about the new threats of not just terrorism but also the new Eastern Bloc. Always wondered how Fallout survived all this when any games trying to have China as the bad guys end up defunct. Things are weird.
@@thientuongnguyen2564 Yeah, although in the case of Fallout, China is featured more in the backdrop (except in Operation Anchorage). Even Chinese survivors in Fallout have largely formed new identities such as the Shi in Fallout 2.
I'm really surprised that a game like Squad recently featured China as a faction that players can join or fight against. These days it seems common for game developers to take on a more "enemies of the west" approach where China, Russia and various Middle Eastern Countries form a coalition against NATO. Such as CSAT in Arma 3.
@@crimson6397 While that's true, you'll notice the weird thing of movies and games where it's always the Russians or Middle Easterners you fight against. At times you have Iran or North Korea, but never China. That one nation is always exempt from global conflicts and disasters even though I'm sure they're more than happy to join Russia in invading the West (especially Japan). Mainstream games always shy from having noodlespeak as the bad guys but having Vietcongs is fine. Why not both.
This song is a freaking banger
I remember when I'd always have to detonate a grenade or something explosive nearby to attract the passing helicopters, so one would get close enough for me to hijack it :D
The beginning ambience fits perfectly when you are using your binoculars and spotting a bunch of dangerous vehicles from a distance. It has a bit of an omnious tone and yet so relaxing, like you are preparing for something...
This plays when working for the South Koreans but this is a great track. I wish it was used for both the South Koreans and Chinese!
Even today, this is still one of my favorite games and soundtracks. 💜
I love this soundtrack... so epic, like a movie...
i want to hear those far away background shots and explosions.....when they werent there, this song played
This song melts me 🤤🥵
If I could get copies of this song for the orchestra, band, and choir it would make one hell of an opening in our Spring concert.
The first part of this track just provokes the thought of unimaginable suffering caused by war. Michael Giacchino is an excellent composer.
There's nothing quiet like destroying a chemical plant with a carpet bomb to make you feel like a man *inhale*.
that doesnt sound so quiet
4:13 to 4:23 beautiful.
Just bought this game at EB Games last week. So happy! I played it for 8 hours straight on Friday, but I've got midterms this week... ugh
Bro, it's been 9 years since you've posted this. How're you doing now? 😔
@@kianamanollahi451 I'm doing pretty well, thanks for asking! I was actually just listening to this soundtrack last week
@@Alenux55 lovely! So happy to hear this
I felt so humbled, seeing some people (like u) expressing how they felt about the game at that moment, and now here i am reading it after 9 YEARS!! How fast time flies and how short our lives are... To be honest, i wasn't even quite hopeful to ever get a response from u. Have seen some people suddenly leaving this world over corona or plain crash, etc...
So nice to meet u btw 😊👌🏼
@@kianamanollahi451 ha, it just popped up on my feed. Hope you're doing well and stay safe!
@@Alenux55 Do you still play this game?
Also hello, fellow CZcams old timer.
When I read this, I feel old. I was already a grownup when Xbox was developed.
i loved this music so much whenever i was doing a SK mission and got into a huge firefight
I still play this game and it's 2018. Love the Mi-35 Hind helicopter! I go for it everytime I have a chance to hijack or steal it. Mean and tough helicopter! RIP Pandemic...
Everything you said. I remember when I was like 10, playing this. I always needed my older brother to get me progress in the story, because I always liked to just screw around and go call in airstrikes on NK tunnels.
Seriously I totally agree and that gun was insanely huge. This song always works well for the more epic missions :D
All that's missing is "General Song is our duly elected leader." and the sound of fighter jets every ten seconds.
Fending off hordes of North Koreans helping the South Koreans in northern province, defending VIPs I think it was.
*****
I miss this game....
Mercs 1 had that captivating, immersive cold war feeling, propaganda signs across the DMZ and NK, listening posts, rain, mud and roadblocks... Perfect environment and soundtrack for such a game.
to me mercenaries pod is probably the best game ever of its type..all the missions were well scripted, although there was a way to do every mission very very easily if you could find it if anyone else noticed that...and the selection of weapons and air strikes and military units overwhelmed the senses! i loved the atmosphere it was a grim war worn world. and everything you did seemed important. combined with this outstanding soundtrack its as much a work of art as it is a game,
The beginning of this song can depict a destroyed, war torn city in any movie.
Yes its where the brother hood of steel live..
1:17-1:35 is like if humans ever found another earth type planet.. the shock and disbelief
what i wish more than anything else is that the studio sat back and remembered what made mercenaries such a success in the first place..and my great hope is that those working on mercenaries 3 play pod alot!
I like the chopper controls and mounted weapon ballistics of Mercs 2 better. But the atmosphere and story of Mercs 1 is definitely better in my opinion and the realism. The gameplay of both games is very good
Now this brings back some memories :D
POV: CZcams is delivering you this masterpiece
"Okay! I'm on my way."
The msuic for this game is superb.
The music is as well put together as martin O'Donnells pieces of music lel
1:17-1:35 just omg idk what to say...
One day I'm driving on a old road to nowhere until I came across a Bunker full of NK soldiers. Takes out the target sighter and pin pointed directly ontop of the bunker and called for a BUNKER BUSTER!
@Zeong3 if they ever make a movie on Mercenaries it would be...Leonardo Dicaprio as Mattias Nilson,Jamie Foxx as Chris Jacobs,Gong Li as Jennifer Mui. its my only theory
Right, this game was amazing, this song is absolutely beautiful just like the game.
Aun Recuerdo Esta Canción U.U Like Si La Sigues Escuchando En El 2017 ^^
👌
موسيقه روعههههههههههههه .. اجمل لعبه لعبتهاا في حياتي
@Thecuregalore94 I woke up this morning thinking of the OST for the game and I decided to look it up, then I decided to look up its wikipedia page. The game came out in 2005. SIX years ago. Wow, time flies doesn't it?
It sure does
I can NEVER FORGET the kickass helicopters!!!!!
3:51 when North Korea troops fire at you
Fucking banger
1:17
3:22
since i have to capture the queen of hearts and destroy the chem plant at the snowy mountains,i always hear this song on this mission and some others from the SK forces.
From Iraq ❤️😢
ها حب انت هم نفسي تسمعها كل سنه
i love it i still play it sometimes :D
very nice and calm tune. :)
i love this musik
hitman47dd holy moly a ten year old comment
hell yea
Excellent!
@DrBakshandeh Oh, me either. My favourites were the Apache, the KA-50 and the Mi-35.
Yet another game that I'll have to play through again. Shame about the sequel being so bad though...
Haha run n' gun? I am like that as well mixed with a few tactics. But the music I kinda like to stall to hear it. Fits the mood very well.
does anyone know what this translates to in whatever language it is?
Are you there?
This plays when you do a mission for the South Korean army, so I assume it's Korean.
@jonnyboy1091 yeah and all palette becomes gray. Nice view, probably, the best view in all game.
@t3hsheeple Yeah, I remember playing the demo for this on an OPS2 Magazine demo disc. I was hooked and bought the game as soon as I could.
I'm just so sad that there isn't a chance of more of this game. If I win the lottery I'm hiring the original staff and making a new one, and I'm not going to let it turn out badly. Sort for the bad grammar.
@t3hsheeple Though this comment was 2 weeks ago, I can't help responding to it.
Just Cause 2 was a basic elaborate copy of Mercenaries. Wide open world, Factions like you / hate you, Missions to do for factions, shit that you destroy gives you points, money, or anything else, and every once and a while faction missions gave you a mission from the mercenary agency, which is exactly what happens in Just Cause 2.
Just cause 2 has terrible voice acting, I can tell you that.
Mercenaries was great.
BEST GAME EVER
@Zeong3 No, man, I'd use the main theme. I'd think that this would be good, but the main theme just takes the cake.
every team have there own song ;)
Better than gay-lo.
I don't get the people that think music from that game is so great.
can thes soundtracks be incorporated into a different game say world of tanks for example if there was no copy right?
Lovi game
@tztok9 lol, whenever I listen to this I make the same link, but the games are worlds apart so it's probably just a coincidence.
@loneotaku the only faction in this game we haven't heard bout in real life is the russian mafia, unless im missing news. it is kanda creepy though wots happening
Say, who do you think will be the lone mercenary?
Som que define o que é ser comunista.
*playing mercenaries on ps2 at friends house, in north korea helping south korean commandos engage chinese soldiers while driving a tank* "I got eyes on 3 Chinese soldiers, one armed with RPG aiming directly on us, I repeat RPG 3 o'clock"
"Dude....who are you talking too?"
*embarassed poker face* "erm...nothing just letting you know"
I was 9 or 11 when I played this game but it was epic must admit. Sucks how EA ruined it. (like everything they touch.)
The original Mercenaries had tact, and it featured some of the complexities and horrors of war. Unfortunately the sequel was shallow and purely stupid.
@CROBlackDEvil yeah fuck those radar jammer trucks! actually I got paid big bucks by driving one all the way over to the Mafia garage XD
Leave a like if you're still listening to this after all this time. Also, I wish you a wonderful day
queen of hearts mission from sk hq
then you get in disguise and then ya get nervous, oh shit, what if a korean sees me? then they do, and. . . . .(that swedish fire balls song or watever its called)
i really loved this game, way better than san andreas in my opinion
dont get me wrong, both were good games, but heres a comparison regarding the main missions in both games
in san andreas, one of the missions involved robbing a bank
in mercenaries, one of the missions involved driving through a radioactive island to destroy a giant cannon, with another motherfucking giant cannon
that game was fucking badass
I am from future and I can tell you you're right 🙂😊
@Adamthesk8ter me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is the South Koreans' theme music.
おぉ～！コレだ！＾＾
michael giacchino
@outlaw2747 ....like a carpet bomb!
this song makes me fell so intense, to begin a new war aganst the catholic religion
this is one of the reasons why LucasArts should never have sold Pandemic to EA (Which has officially been awarded with the title of worst company in the USA)
Uhhh. "First open-world game" is a factual piece of evidence, not a value judgment...
@cptkrby lolz