15 Amazing PS2 Games That No One Remembers

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction

With how bloated some open-world games could be, it was nice to have a sandbox where you could wreck things. Pandemic Studios’ Mercenaries delivered this in spades, allowing players to destroy any buildings. If that wasn’t enough, you could go about the usual tasks, currying favor (and distrust) with the different factions as you completed missions. Having such freedom, backed by compelling combat, felt novel for open-world games back then.