I was just reading through the Mercs 2 Official forums and the word there is that Civilians cannot be killed. Considering they make up a huge portion of the characters in the game, how will this affect you?

*edit* Yes I misspelled 'civilians'...

unrealistic and kind of crappy, not that the game is ruined simply because you can´t kill everyone it just makes it less realistic.

That is going to take away from the fun factor...

But I guess I can see where they are going by trying to separate themselves from GTA and Saint's Rows.

I don't remember civilians being invincible in the first Mercs, but I haven't played that game in a long time. I don't even Mercs 2, though. If you watch any of the videos on the official websites the game looks extremely unrealistic in terms of physics, vehicles, and all around gameplay.

I'll pass on this one.

"If you watch any of the videos on the official websites the game looks extremely unrealistic in terms of physics, vehicles, and all around gameplay. "

You can't kill them? WTF
So when I drop a fuel air bomb on a town there will still be people walking around?
Oh this is a sad, sad day...

Oh well, I'll still enjoy blowing everything else up.

don't care.....sorry but even in GTA going on killing sprees just isn't that fun anymore! Also anyone notice that a picture of Bono is on the page for mercs 2?

*edit* okay Bono is referenced in the article sorry!

If they're going to not put nukes in a game to avoid controversy, that makes sense.

But making it so civilians can't die? They don't even, you know, disappear?

I mean, it's not like the alarmist article in the New York Times is going to say "...the player, if he so chooses, to use nuclear weapons to annihilate cities...but civilians are not killed in these horrific depcition of violence that will no doubt greatly increase recruitment rates for Iran and Kim Jung Il as well as further desensitize our own youth to the local use of nuclear weapons."

You could kill civilians in the first game.

Are you serious? That blows...

well thats dumb, it's one of my favorite parts of GTA, lol

"don't care.....sorry but even in GTA going on killing sprees just isn't that fun anymore!"

Don't see it happening.
It'll probably be one of those features that gets taken out at the last second.

Honestly, I think that game devs need to cowboy up and stop walking on eggshells concerning civilians in games. Just because there are some alarmists in the world who don't understand videogames as an outlet, they're going to make things unrealistic. That's a shame.

It's much like Fallout 3. I'll enjoy the game but there were clear consequences for killing civilians and children in the first two. It can be the same in Mercs.

"I was just reading through the Mercs 2 Official forums and the word there is that Civilians cannot be killed. Considering they make up a huge portion of the characters in the game, how will this affect you?

*edit* Yes I misspelled 'civilians'..."

Yeah, this is more definitely false. You lose 5K every time you kill one.

This is total Junk.  Like he said you lose 5,000 every time you kill one.  Trust me on that.....

"This is total Junk.  Like he said you lose 5,000 every time you kill one.  Trust me on that....."

Whaaaaaa? Is that confirmed? That kind of sucks, what happens when a nuke goes off, they just walk away?

I would like to know from someone who has actually played this game. Is this true, or is it purely just rumor and speculation...

Every time I run one over by accident, there goes 5K.  Why do you all care anyways?  Do sit and wait for a minute to make sure the civilian is dead or what, or are you just future serial killers? :p