Continuing on with the Top 5 of my list of all-time favourite PS2 games.

4. Mercenaries

Can't wait to play the sequel one day.

I have enjoyed playing this game over and over. I love the option of choosing who you want to play as. I love the freedom that's on offer straight away. One of the main things that I love about this game, is the simple joy of ordering carpet bombs down on some unsuspecting enemies in some building ahead and watching as the shockwave reaches my character and the wind effects blows his or her hair back and the screen shakes and goes blurry for a few micro-seconds. Awesome.

The fact that you have all these enemies to collect and they have all names associated with a deck of cards. Aces of Clubs for example. Pure genius. And to have all the area to explore for them all is exciting. Keeping your relationship on friendly terms with the different factions is also fun.

Great game that I will continue to own until the day the disc is beyond playable. Then I'll go out and buy another copy. Along with it's sequel.