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 FUN, MORE FUN, PLUS EVEN MORE FUN! January 17, 2005
Robert J. Keefe (CRANSTON, RI USA)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
there hasn't been a game this fun for quite some time. the last time i had this much fun playing was when conflict desert storm came out. i love the free roaming this game offers. it's so refreshing compared to the so many linear games out now. you can go just about anywhere. (beware of restricted zones) you can fly, drive, shoot, & blow up any vehicle in the game. the graphics are great. the graphics are a lot like Full Spectrum Warrior. you can choose one of three characters, each with their own strengths & weaknesses. the maps are insanely large. even using a vehicle, it will take a good 5 minutes to get across the map. the primary objectives are capturing a "deck of 52" military & civilian people under General Songs leadership. there are also lots of secondary objectives & tasks to up your bank account. because with the money, you can buy vehicles, supplies, airstrikes, etc. without writing a novel here, i highly recommend this game. i assure you, it will keep you busy for hours & hours.
GTA times 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!! January 27, 2005
BLEEKER (NYC)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
There is finally a game that takes the GTA concept and makes it 10x better. Think GTA in vietnam or Iraq. i LOVE this game! Where in the GTA games I quickly got bored after completing half of the missions, in Mercenaries, i've beat the game once and am starting it all over again with another charecter! The maps are huge. You run through the different terrains in one of dozens of different military vehicles hunting down the 52 cards represented by 52 members of the hostile North Korean regeme.
You also can do side missions for diffent factions like the Russians, the Chinese, the South Koreans or the Allied Forces to earn money to buy equipment and armory. You can even buy air support to help you complete a mission! ( imagine calling an air strike on an enemy base and leveling the whole place with a carpet bomb as you run for your life to escape the hail storm!)
Graphics and sound are amazing. They make this game a whole lot more enjoyable. Overall, this game beats GTA hands down in fun factor. Replay value is unbeatable. One game that's actually worth the $50.00 I paid for it. Get it and see what I mean.
 Feed your need to blow stuff up! February 2, 2005
James R. Martin (Arizona)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Mercenaries builds on what GTA has and takes it one step further. Buy it, steal it, hijack it, or blow it up! As a Mercenary you are hired by several countries combating the North Korean military, but each country has their own intentions. Using the support by those countries, and the Russian Mafia you complete the missions given to you. Unlike GTA where you only have guns, and other objects to use, in Mercenaries you can call for an air strike, artillery bombardment, or supply drops to resupply you. While conducting these missions, you are also contracted to capture, or kill (you decide) 52 North Korean personnel (Deck of 52 cards). Plus, you have a whole bunch of side missions like seeing how far can you displace a barrel with explosives, how fast can you drive from one point to another, etc. If you get bored (which I don't think you will) you can just go anywhere and blow anything up! I love this game!
Awesome, everything it promises. January 19, 2005
James Brown
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I admit, I've gotten frustrated with this game a few times, but only because I got too excited and ran right into the middle of a field of North Koreans without realizing there were tanks all around.
But that's it.. that's where the bad ends, and the good takes the rest. I'm on the second map so far, which comes after you've beaten the Clubs and the Diamonds (you get a deck of 52 cards, a la the Iraqi playing cards, with the bosses aka top ranking NK officials on them). And let me tell you.. these maps are gigantic. Think Grand Theft Auto 3, all islands combined, and then some. Maybe not quite San Andreas size.. but I've only played that once.
The graphics are awesome. The buildings collapsing after an air strike hits, or after you blow up C4 next to one, or hit one with an RPG or any of the other many explosives you get, is awesome. The tanks exploding, throwing their contents (aka soldiers) 20 feet in the air is awesome. The animation as you smack one of the bosses in the noggin, grab their hand, throw them to the ground, put your knee smack-dab in the middle of their spine and latch the cuffs on them is awesome. The helicopter coming to... well you get the picture. All this, and sooooo much more.
If you own an Xbox, you must own this game.
Just as good, if not better than Halo, and GTA. January 25, 2005
FiF
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
You are a mercenarie of course, so you basicly kill or capture people, steal vehicles, and blow stuff up for money. You start out being dropped in a wastland with 5 armys that are in there ether to gain control of as much land as possible, defend there land, or in there to stop the fighting. These five armys are, North Korea, South Korea, China, The Rusian Mafia, and the Allies aka, the USA.
This is problebly one of the 3 best games I'v played. the top 3 are, Halo 2, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and Mercinaries: Playground of destruction. If you see the vehicle, you can drive it. But for some odd reason, no boats, or planes, hmm. yet still a wide line of All kinds of transportation to choose from. Jeeps; Troop Trucks; Tanks; APC's, Hummers; Technicals (pick-up trucks with a machine gun in back.); Helicopers from small attack, to full fledged assalt choppers, to cargo/transport choppers. Civlian vehicles, such as buses, cargo trucks, cars, flat bed trucks, but no 18-wheelers. (Come on, this is in Asia, what do you expect.)
There are plenty of wepons to chose from. From an AK-47, to a Rocket Launcher, with lots of other wepons in between. You can also man statinary guns like a gun on a vehicle, a tripod stand, and a few types of stationary feild howitzers, and cannons.
If you are running low on health or ammo, you can call for a medivac (you get taken out of there to the nearest MASH), or a wide range of suppy boxes to chose from. If you need some transeportation, you can Hi-Jack a vehicle, or call in for one. You have a wide variety or vehicles to call in too. If you want to blow up a strong structurs, or cause chaos in a small area, you can call in an air strike, with plenty types to choose from too. NOTE: if you call for a medivac, supplys, transportation, or an air strike it costs money and you start out with nothing to calll in, but that changes ALOT as you go on in the game.
So all in a nut shell, if you like GTA, Halo, and miitary games, this one is just about the best you can get, But There IS NO MULTI-PLAYER, but the campaign is so good, that doesnt matter.
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