Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction PlayStation 2 Secrets

Alternate ending.

In the last Ace contract where you have to capture or kill Song if you don't enter the code into the computer to stop the nukes or if the computer gets destoyed the news report at the end will be different than if you stoped the nukes.

Change the price of items in the Merchant of Menac

The prices of items on the Merchant of Menace PDA shop can be changed by changing your relationship with the Mafia Faction. Should the Mafia become "Hostile" to you, you must pay them a fee in order to use the Merchant of Menace on your PDA. The higher your relationship with the Mafia, the cheaper the items are. Since Sergei runs the Merchant of Menace website, he'll give you a discount on everything for being his friend. If you buy something for $30,000 while "Neutral" with the Mafia, it may drop a few thousand dollars when you bring your relationship up to "Friendly." Should you make the Mafia "Unfriendly" to you, the price may rise a few thousand dollars. Basically, keep in the good graces of the Mafia and you'll save yourself some money.

Easy Way to Raise Friendly Mafia Relations

At any time if your relations with the Russian Mob are not at the maximum, just steal the $ marked Mafia truck that's right next to the Mafia Chop Shop Garages in both of the cities and drive it into their garage.

While it doesn't give you money like other vehicles because it's one of their own cars, you still get the respect bonus, so you can just quickly repeat the process to quickly raise your mafia relations.

Make the most of side missions

The first side missions "$" you come across are really simple"Can you get from Camp X to Camp Y in under 2 minutes?" You can pass these easily with lots of extra time, BUT DON'T. These missions do not disappear when completed. They allow you compete against your previous time for the same $5000 prize. So if you let the clock run till its been 1:55 before completing and then come back and do it in 1:50 then 1:45 you will net yourself alot more money.

This train of thought works for other missions too. There is a side mission where you push a barrel over 50m, but you can keep trying so ideally you would push it 50, 51,52,53,54 to the limit.

Replentish Health and Ammo for free

When you are low on Health or Ammo during free roaming mode, go to any faction headquarters and talk to the guard. After you listen to the mission briefing, walk out of the door instead of accepting the mission will fill your health and ammo back up