r/videogames • u/tbharyan /// • Sep 08 '26

Other Which one is that?

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u/Rottenpotato365 Sep 08 '26

Mercenaries 1 & 2

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u/CptMisterNibbles Sep 08 '26

I can’t believe there still hasn’t been a reboot.

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u/itchybutwhole69 Sep 08 '26

Wasn't Just Cause a kind of spiritual successor or directly inspired by Mercenaries? I know they're different studios but I remember hearing that back in the day.

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u/MOSHPIT_GOD Sep 09 '26

That's cuz EA bought Pandemic Studios while they were making the 3rd game, and broke up the team and closed the studio.

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u/STRYKER3008 Sep 15 '26

Ah, another body for the cod mines

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u/GeeseTheCat Sep 09 '26

Turns out, open world game with fully destructible environments is a specialized developmental skill. Any time there is a game with that feature, there is a developer on that game talking about how massive of an undertaking it is to get it all to work.

My take is that most Dev teams are either not skilled enough, too lazy, or under funded to pull it off with success.

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u/dossing_orders Sep 11 '26

The studio was closed down so we wont see the remake everyone wants

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u/JuggernautOfWar Sep 14 '26

While probably true, it's worth pointing out EA also closed the Dead Space studio, then years later we got the rather great Dead Space Remake.

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u/dossing_orders Sep 14 '26

I would absolutely love a remake or 3