Mercenaries (Xbox, 2005)

Mercenaries is perhaps the most missed game in XBox history. This free-roam third person shooter is one of the deepest of it's genre, and just plain fun to play every time I pop it in.

Set in a (so far) fictitious military standoff in a DMZ between North and South Korea, you take the role of one of three mercenaries...airdropped into the DMZ to make as much money and raise as much dust as you can. In this area you will find and partner with several factions like UN Command, Russian Mafia, Chinese, among others. They form the basis of most missions, and anyone who has played the GTA series will be familiar with mission launch points as a start to the storyline. Peppered among those are challenges, triggered by entering certain vehicles or talking to personnel.

Weapons are very detailed and varied, no pistols but everything over and above. Anti-air, -tank, assorted rifles, snipers, and RPGs are among the offerings. But the coolest thing may be the PDA you carry...it allows you to check emails, maps, get target updates, and order supplies AND weapon strikes. You're never really alone, as long as your account has enough for a Cruise missile or laser guided precision bomb strike. Or some well-placed C4 can brighten your day. You can blow up pretty much everything, including hi-rise buildings and monuments. Too fun!

Vehicles are deep, too, and you can commandeer anything you come across - provided you don't blow it up trying to jack it! Various tanks, APCs, helicopters, and road vehicles scattered around can be had.

Some small gripes are there's no way to go prone and shoot, your Mercenary can't swim (duh!), and it features no shoot-from-cover...but otherwise, this game is solid and deep with great unlockables and growth of character. Definitel pick this one up, whether you fancy freeroam driver/shooters or any type of combat game.

This is a fun combat blow them up, steal their jeep,or heli., and blow them up again kind of game. And if you want, you can break out the machine guns.
Its pretty much an open ending game. Great graphics and killer game play. You are a free lance merc and get jobs from various people around you. you run for the mob, good guys, and everyone in between. you have to watch who you do missions for. allies and enemies stay all in your business. You rack up money fast and can buy killer hardware from the underground.
The only plot to this game is stay alive, kill, and make the money. It is a true free for all. Although you do run missions, Its not like a Tom Clancey mission based game. You can be selective about what missions you take or just get distracted tearing up the country.
You do have a set hit list of 52 people to knock off to end the game. The order you do them depends on the side missions you take. There are days of killing and sore fingers with this game. A great title to add to your collection.

Probably one of the most underrated GOOD games made for the Xbox. I never heard a lot about it when it was new, and after a year or two, it had all but dropped off the face of the planet for all I could tell. Yet, this remains one of my all-time favorite games for the Xbox. With a unique sandbox-style play, it allows for hours of endless roaming about in various vehicles ranging from small, gun-toting jeeps to several styles of tanks to assault helicopters, as well as getting around on foot.

The ability to call in over a dozen different kinds of airstrikes adds a very interesting element to the game, as do several different weapon and supply drops that allow you to order a package that suits your current battlefield needs.

The main story of the game has you hunting for 52 different renegade military officers and their leaders. As you capture (or eliminate) each one, you earn bounties that help you pay for more supplies in future missions. Can't afford a vehicle? Perhaps it's too dangerous for the support helicopter to move in? Simply hijack an enemy tank or civilian car.

There are five factions in the game: the North Koreans, who are your enemies throughout the entire game, and the Chinese, UN, Russian mob, and South Koreans. Depending on which missions you decide to pursue, or your actions during those missions, you will gain or lose "friendship" points with the factions. If the meter dips too low for a particular faction, you might be listed as an enemy of them until you make reparations.

I could go on, but I think this review gives you a good idea of how the game works. Needless to say, I am a huge fan of the game, and I cannot wait for Mercenaries 2 to come out. :)

This 3rd person shooter takes you back to the korean war as a Mercenary. You work for who you want to work for and you get to use the world famous most wanted cards. Go thru the game collecting info finding the enemy flying choppers calling in air strikes, and support. Be very careful tho you dont wanna piss off the wrong person if you do you may find yourself fighting the very people you work for, and if that happens you also may be paying out the butt for your mistakes.

I enjoy the variety of characters, although the plot does not change throughout. The setting of the game is very original, and the landscape is really cool. Also, unlike your more urban "GTA TYPE" game, this game offers different weapons and vehicles. I recommend this game for anyone who likes a free-roaming map with lots of destruction!!

This is the ultimate action game. Roam throughout Korea working for different factions. Basically, you are an army of one and EVERYTHING is a target. Fly it, drive it, blow it up. It's all good. But there is actually a point to it too. From the makers of Star Wars Battlefront. Great replay factor!

wow this game has to be the best, i mean it is well thought out, you can do so much and it gives you so much freedom, so much land to play on so much vehicles and so much fun. wow and the cheats they are the best, i love getting helicopters it fun to ride in that thing and the civilian cars and sports cars and tanks and trucks and and battle vehicles and i cant take it you need this game it is the best, i love the game plot 10/10 graphics 10/10 gameplay 10/10 music 10/10 enemies 10/10 players 10/10 wweapons 10/10 replay value 10/10 overall 10/10, the replay value is so good its not just for missions its for making up youre own stuff and youre own way of playing for pretend of course! but it still awesome and of course the cheats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dont get me started!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! with cheats i know them all you can be han solo and tons of other people i will leave that up to you to find it out and lots of money and tons of other stuff and thats about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I played it before and I must own my own copy! There is SO much freedom. If you beat the game (mission-wise) go ahead and use the cheats. It just perfect. It's also rated T which makes it a good purchase for your teen unlike GTA which is M for mature! I say if your into games like GTA (3rd person shooters) and you want a game for your teen to enjoy because he isn't old enough to play GTA buy this game!

world best game review of year

one of the awesome game of the year fun to play if your inrested in this game i got say well u just can't get enough of this & take my word for it this game is awesome to play if your gamer & u don't what to play this is it i recommend on this game it so worth playing 10 out 10 perfect
plus beleave gamers i got the worlds greatest to the worst & take from me i just love even the world dumdest game could be awesome on my book to graphic well don't see the problem with but all i can is a job well done sound hmmmm i hear just it perfecly the music i think i love videogame music i just can't get enough of it & the gameplay well as u see its like i all ready knew how to play when i got it at the store ready if u don't beleave what i say then take look at the game 4 yourself if u don't like it then don't play it

Graphic 10/10
Gameplay 10/10
Sound 10/10
Music 10/10

In other just an awesome game of the year

THis is definently a like. I am not a very big fan of sandbox games like GTA , but this one has potential. There is enough story to keep the fires burning. Plus there are tons of things to do aside from the main missions. With the main objective being to capture your way up the deck of 52 you have a lot of options. The 4 different factions add a nice bit of variety especially if you try to play them of against one another. There is a great variety of weapons ranging from the m-16 to rocket launchers . grenades , flame throwers , .50 cals , tanks and helicopters. There is always a variety of Destructive forces at your fingertips. I also like the email log of mission that let you put the game down and come back to later without having to wonder what you were doing. All of the dialogue in the gave is voiced and the voice acting is above is far above the average. The special effects are also a big plus with more explosions that you can shake a fist at and even tiny details like tracer rounds to help you aim. The difficulty level starts of fair enough so as not to dissuade the more causal gamer but also ramps up at a nice even pace. Character models look good and well featured if a little stiff on the npcs. Another nice addition is being able to transport npcs with you to a battle site in the various vehicles to act as your back up. The ai foor your allied npcs is far above par and seems to match with the enemy ai. Combatants will seek out shelter and take cover when you assault them they throw grenades back and if they see you coming with an rpg they make themselves scarce. This holds true with you allies as well. There is a great variety of missions including rescues , defensive position , all out assaults , and even stealthy assassinations and more. There does not seem to be a lot if different methodology in the 3 playable characters but options are always nice and you do get slightly different stories. Some local multiplay would have been nice but you can't have it all. This game really has some good longevity with all the missions and side quests and players could easily 10-30 hours of their time depending on how they want to play. In my opinion this is a want to have game for the XBOX one you can sink your teeth into. id give it 8.5 on a scale of 1-10

The kids love this one. I am not so fond of shootem up games or having the kids plug into games so we have restricted times. However, the boys and my husband like to "bond" with this game quite a bit. Definately not for the faint hearted, but happy to have it.

Expansive maps with so much you can destroy it should be a crime. You'll want to drive every piece of artillery just for the experience! Not enough fire power? Call in an air strike and watch the debry fly. A truly gratifying ride from start to finish!

it had a decent price and the item was shipped to me in a timely manner. the game itself was in great condition as was the game guide that was included. i will probably make another purchase in the future.

The game is a great hybrid of Grand Theft Auto with a military theme. You can hijhack practically any moving vehicle. The environment is interactive in that it can also be destroyed. You have the ability to take missions or just roam the countryside and cause havoc on all. Call in airstrikes of unprecendted power that can level a whole city. This game can be considered one of the best games you never heard of.

this was a great buy for me, i love this game and it arrived quickly and as described in the auction.

This game is so simple, yet there's so much to do. It get's me hooked every time I play it. I can't wait to either get a 360 so I can get the second!

its a good game,plays grate,i wanted to play this game and i couldnt find it in a rental storeits a good game,plays grate,i wanted to play this game and i couldnt find it in a rental storeits a good game,plays grate,i wanted to play this game and i couldnt find it in a rental storeits a good game,plays grate,i wanted to play this game and i couldnt find it in a rental store

Got the item quickly and in mint condition, not much more that someone can ask for in an online order.

GREAT FREEROAM GAME! YOU GET TO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, YOU CAN BE A FRIEND OR ENEMY OF THE RUSSIAN MAFIA,THE ALLIED NATIONS,CHINA AND SOUTH KOREA. YOUR ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES, FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU KILL CHINESE CIVILIANS THEN CHINA WILL LIKE YOU LESS AND LESS UNTIL THEY'LL BE VERY HOSTILE TOWARDS YOU BUT SIMPLY ENOUGH YOU JUST HAVE TO BRIBE THEM TO WIN BACK THEIR TRUST. THERE'S ALOT OF GREAT VEHICLES,TANKS AND HELICOPTERS THAT YOU'LL EARN AS YOU COMPLETE MISSIONS FOR EACH FACTION. ALOT OF WEAPONS AND AIRSTRIKES ARE GREAT! PLUS MUCH MUCH MORE MAKE THIS GAME A MUST HAVE! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? GET THIS GAME!

i like the fact that i can play this game for hours and never do the same thing. i have to say that the helicopters are the best feature of the game

Great free roaming FPS with lots of explosions that will blow you away. You decided which how to complete missions in your own style. You decided which factions you want to support (and get support from) and which ones you decide you don't like. This game will keep you busy for hours. Not only do you have missions to complete for different factions but you have the "Deck of 52" which will bring you big bucks. And with big bucks you get BIGGER EXPLOSIONS. This one won't leave my possession for some time. I never grow tired of massive explosions. You even bring down buildings. Not shacks! Not houses! BUT HUGE BUILDINGS! And you better get out of the way of the rubble or you may get hurt. And watch out for the friendly fire especially if you call on some assistance. Oh and did I mention there are a lot of explosions. There are also some smaller missions that can make you some cash. So lets see, 3 different ways to make cash, free roaming and all decisions are mine, choice is mine how I complete missions and who I complete them for, and BIG EXPLOSIONS. That would make this the best ever FPS game and a five dashes (Excellent) rating here on EBay. Although I don't believe anyone is reading these.

the sound skips but all in all the game works great and i love it i recomend playing it if u havent.......................................................................................................................................................

Love this game.You can kill,explode,steal almost anything.Great stress relief.Also was easy to download to the Xbox 360.