Hearsay - Mercenaries 2

I couldn't wait for Mercenaries 2 to be released. Before it was actually released I would take the time out of day to tell people how I thought Mercenaries 2 looked like it was going to be a good game.
Like the name of the segment should imply, I have yet to play Mercenaries 2; but from what I've seen/heard I'm not that impressed anymore.
The graphics don't look as good as they could be for a sandbox game(i know, i know, no one cared about graphics 10 years ago). Have you seen Grand Theft Auto 4 lately? The game is also supposed to have very bad A.I., almost to a mentally challenged degree.
The destruction does look really good, and seems even better than Battlefield: Bad Company's. I just think the graphics and gameplay combined make it a 'rent first' type of game.