Blow It Up Again

The Mercenaries 2: Blow It Up Again Content Pack was a series of 4 self-contained missions for Mercenaries 2: World in Flames released exclusively on the PlayStation Store on December 12 and on the Xbox Live Marketplace on December 16, 2008. The pack was not widely advertised and has also been raised from free to $1.99. The low amount of content and lack of impact on the overall story results in it being largely forgotten.

Overview
The pack takes place in the Venezuelan city of Caicara and features overpowered versions of existing vehicles including the Diplomat Heavy Tank Prototype, The Hadron, The Vulcan, and The Hammerhead. It is accessed through the main menu and each challenge is completely self-contained. Vehicles cannot be brought out of the challenges, maps cannot be explored outside of the challenges, and killing Chinese Troops during Merc Blitz does not alter their standing to the player; however payment from completing challenges does carry over to the main game.

The first challenge is a Tower Defense mode that sees the player intercept and destroy Chinese armored reinforcements during an off-screen engagement with the Allied Nations. The player must intercept the Iron Mountain Heavy Tanks before they cross the bridges. To complete this the Allies supply the mercenary with a prototype Diplomat Heavy Tank equipped with a railgun and anti-tank missile pods and extremely high mobility, however the Allies only have a few of these prototypes, so the challenge will fail if the player loses his tank 3 times.

The second challenge has the player race around the now-Venezuelan Army controlled Caicara, destroying specific VZ occupied buildings with an extremely powerful rocket launcher mounted on a nuclear-powered supercar before the Allied Nations can airstrike them first. The car's reactor is unstable at low speeds, so maintaining your speed and momentum is just as important as locating and destroying the marked buildings.

The third challenge takes place on the outskirts of the city where the Venezuelan Army has hidden cash in buildings and vehicles. This challenge is very simple, destroy as many buildings as possible and collect the cash pickups before times runs out.

The fourth and final challenge is a time trial that takes place in the ruins of Caicara. By now the city looks more like an apocalyptic ruin from Fallout than the impressive city it once was. The only thing left to do is to race through the ravaged city in a MRLS-armed Monster Truck and blow up whatever VZ Troops remain. The race track features many VZ roadblocks, cliffs, and jumps over destroyed bridges and buildings. The player must do one lap before time runs out to complete this challenge.

Transcripts
All challenges are considered PMC contracts, each challenge is given to the player by a different member of the PMC. Dialog is written rather than voiced.

Merc Blitz
Contractor: Ewan Devlin/Garrett The Allies and Chinese are having another little spat over some land the size of a burger joint. The Chinese are rolling in tank reinforcements over key bridges, and the Allies are willing to shell out some serious coin if we can stop that from happening. The Allies don't think ya can do it alone, but I'd venture to guess ya can.

Care to prove the Allies wrong and balloon up yer bank account at the same time?

Arms Race
Contractor: Fiona Taylor The Venezuelan army has moved into Caicara city in a pretty overt land grab. The Allies think they can remove the VZ army with a flurry of not-so-strategic strategic missiles. I wonder if you're skilled enough to level the same key buildings in a more fuel-efficient way using The Hadron.

I bet ya can't level all of the targetted buildings and survive the VZ onslaught.

Urban Rampage
Contractor: Misha Milanich"My old KGB comrade tells me that VZ soldiers are hording[sic] stolen cash in some remote buildings. I consider that money up for grabs. After all, Vodka doesn't pay for itself." "Use The Vulcan to annihilate the cash-filled buildings, cars, and everything else you see. If you're crazy enough to destroy the guard towers, I'll reward you with time bonuses."

Death Race
Contractor: Eva Navarro Caicara is in ruins and now the only thing the city is good for is some epic off-road racing. The locals speak of this one race track that's narrow, steep, and well... extreme. Unfortunately, the VZ Military has seized the race track from local racers.

I challenge you to reclaim the track by eradicating the VZ presence and finishing the race in one piece.