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Mercenaries - Xbox

A bit laggy, but no worries if you're a pyromaniac.

I never thought I would ever play this game. I didnt even consider it worthy of being played. But when my friend told me about it, I didnt really care then either. It wasn't until a few nights ago at Movie Gallery did I pick up the game, check it out, play it, and was amazed. I like free roaming games, and as far as that genre is concerned: this game is king.

Good:The gameplay is simple: blow stuff up. And if you want to, blow it up some more. Call in an airstrike, set up C4, throw grenades, doesnt matter. Just blow it up. As it is with all mercenaries, your a hired gun for the military and youre torn between factions. In this game Allies, Chinese, Russian Mafia, and South Korea have teamed up to beat back the oppresive North Koreans. Sound familiar? Korean war, look it up. You go to the headquarters of each to learn about jobs that they want done. Thing is, these jobs are often against the other factions, which will cause you to become unpopular with them very quickly if too much blood is spilled. You also have to run around to look for certain things to increase your popularity with the factions and earn some money. Such as finding treasures, blueprints, and destroying listening posts. You can eventually get enough popularity to have cars airlifted in to you on the spot, awesome. Or if your low on health or ammo, have medkits and ammo sent to you. heck, eventually you can get the helicopter sent to you so you can fly it around.
Bad: But the anti-air missile carriers are too abundant for you to really explore things. Some NKs have RPGs, and they can almost rapid-fire the ammo. Just a few minutes ago I was in a heli, I tried picking up a tank but to no avail. The copter slammed into the ground, I got out just as it was blowing up. Which left me with little health. I set up a C4 to take out the tank and ran away. I didnt run far enough apparently, next thing I know, Ive died and Im back at the Allied MASH. I get in a nearby humvee and the game freezes.


Im a man of short temper. So you can imagine my reaction. I would have made your mother blush. SIDENOTE: Why cant people who rent games take care of them?


The graphics are nothing short of amazing. The free-roaming is just a plus. The transitions from night to day are awesome, but it tends to be quickly if your in a heli. The explosions are the best part, fiiiiiirrree. The sunsets are okay, and at night the moon shines bright enough for you to see around.

Of course, if youve ever read any of my other reviews, you'd know I have a mono TV. So the sound for me can be faded at times. I just have to face the right way in order to hear people. But other than that there are only a few problems. When you have a sniper rifle, and you shoot someone whos far off, you can hear them yell. Too loudly. You'd expect it to at least be subtle and soft, but its almost like your only a few yards away.

Im not sure how long it would take me to beat htis game, but the content in it is so vast that you'll want to just drive and run around after the game is through. Heck, you'll want to even though your playing it. Ive only got it for 5 nights, 2 nights are left and I wont be playing it tomorrow night (Going to Six Flags... alright) so Iim not sure how long it would take me to beat it.

This game easily ranks among my top favorites. I have a lot of games that I rate highly, but this game is at the top. Overlooking the few bugs and glitches and other problems, LucasArts and Pandemic (makers of Star Wars Battlefront; maybe thats why Han Solo's in it) have done an excellent job.

Mercenaries - Xbox

A great game which deserves to be tried

This game drops you in a complete warzone 5 nations fighting for one area. You have to give and take amoung the nations to reach your goal... the Ace of Spades a 100 million dollar bounty but before you do that there are about 52 other bounties standing in your way. Take control of weapons, cars, and air strikes to aid you in your quest. Its a great game to come back to even after you beat so you can experiment differant ways to destroy everything in sight.

Mercenaries - Xbox

meh

i give it a 3.5 because it is ok but i lose interest in games fast and this is another game that lost my attention way to fast. i hope americas army holds me longer.

Mercenaries - Xbox

This game is by far the best ive played,almost better then halo2

This game is totally worth the 45.00$ i spent on it. Its long expansive and as the case says"If you can reach it,you can drive it,fly it,steal it,shoot it,or destroy it. microsoft needs to design more games like this.

Mercenaries - Xbox

Haters

this game rocks @$$ so badly the cheats make it even more fun the gameplay may be like GTA, but it makes GTA look like a new franchise

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