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An interesting puzzler....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: April 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm finding this game interesting...Kind of reminds me of Marble Madness from the 80's. Graphics are great and the control is very tight. Some of the levels are quite challenging and have taken several attempts to get thru. If you are into fast paced action I doubt you will like this game. If you like solving puzzles I'd give it a try.

Ooooh,Pretty Colors

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 31
Date: April 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

mercury is okay it has lots of pretty colors^_^

Kinda boring tho.

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!:D

Starfishie"Star"

This game is incredible

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: April 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I haven't been able to put this game down since I bought it (well, I had to put it down because I was playing it so long that my left hand started cramping up). The grapics are incredible and the movement is amazing. I love puzzle games and this one is challenging and addictive. If you're not a person who has the patience and persistance for solving puzzles, this game isn't for you but if you are a person who loves puzzles, this game is a "must have" for your collection.

Who'd have known a ball of Mercury could be so fun?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: April 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

As soon as I saw screen shots of this, I knew I had to get it. I was a big Marble Madness fan back in the day, and this is the closest thing I've seen since. While the control is certanily different, concept is somewhat similar. Gameplay is great, graphics are great, and it is very addicting! I was a little discouraged at first when the levels started getting very difficult....but once you take the time to get into them, it's a great feeling to be able to conquer each world! Highly recommended!!!

A very Dull and Boring Game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: April 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

PSP mercury, to me at least was a waste of money. If you were looking for a challenging addictive game, I would have to say pick up Lumines. Mercury feels just like a beta tested game you would find online. The graphics are all in the intros of each level and i have to say if that's all they are offering, wow do they need to go back to the drawing board. Granted for the marble madness maniacs out there pick it up and go nuts, but for gamers who are hungry for more than a dull game.
I say stay away.

Safe and Effective

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: April 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I am old enough to have played with the little blue-bottomed, clear-topped mercury mazes as a boy - before they were banned because of the mercury poisoning. I would have bought this game for the nostalgia benefit alone. This, however, is like the old mercury maze on acid and is the near perfect style of game for a graphically-rich hand-held.

The physics of the mercury movement are dead-on and the maze designs take full advantage of the unique properties of this unusual metal.

This game has been compared to Marble Madness but marbles can't be partially-spilled, split, or combined. These characteristics add greatly to the many ways to lose a round and thereby increase the challenge and addictiveness.

Wisely, the designers require use of the analog nub for play. Most of the twists and turns are at right angles so the D-pad would make the game too easy. However, I agree with some reviewers that the difficulty level advances too quickly. I have not yet made it past the last maze of the second world and if the difficulty continues to elevate I may never see all of this game.

Marble Madness updated for the 21st century

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Don't know if anyone remember the 80's old classic "Marble Madness". You control the marble and guide it through different level and maze. This game have a very similar game play. Instead of controlling a solid ball, the player use the analog stick to tilt the platform to move the glob of mercury.

This game is very additive if you like puzzle game. Control is easy. Just use the analog stick. Each level play about 1-2 mins. Some level could take multiple times just to figure out what you have to do.

This is a game that go well in a portable gaming environment.

Amazingly fun, addictive gameplay

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 40 / 41
Date: May 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Talk about addictive! Mercury may seem really simple at first - but the more you play it, the more you really get hooked on its gorgeous look and feel.

OK, first, remember that old game Labyrinth with the marble? Or for younger people, remember Marble Madness and Super Monkey Ball? In these games, you rotate the floor and gravity then pulls a ball here and there. Your aim is to roll the ball to a goal.

Mercury makes this SO much more fun. Instead of a solid marble, you now have a blob of mercury. In current uber-safety days, few kids know the joy of playing with mercury. But back when we cared little about heavy metal poisoning, many of us would break open thermometers and play with the silvery metal. It bobbles along coherently - and if you break it into smaller bits, they re-form quite nicely. It's a really cool liquid metal.

So to get to play with it virtually gives you all of that fun without the brain damaging effects. You can get it to break into smaller globules, and have each globule follow a different path. You can color your globules, turning the silver into glowing blue, red, green, and other colors. Even more amazingly, you can recombine the colors to form new colors! If you need a purple globule for a given task, you might first split your big silver glob into two smaller blobs. You'd turn one blue and one red. Recombine them together, and you get purple!

The logic puzzles combined with careful manipulation over thin paths and around holes really tests all of your skills. There are no blazing guns and bloody limbs here - just you, your little 'world' and your shiny blob of mercury. It is so addictive that I easily run out of battery power on the PSP while I focus on playing with the silvery circle.

As in all games, things start out easy and then keep progressing to test your skills. You can always go back and re-play older levels to try to get 100% on each as quickly as possible. The more you perfect your mercury skills, the easier it is to get through the more difficult tasks.

Highly recommended!

A decent time killer, but not really worth 40 bucks

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 9 / 15
Date: May 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If this puzzle game were $10-$15 cheaper I'd have rated it four stars. It has nice graphics, easy controls and makes a good time killer, esp. when you want a respite from playing real PSP games, or waiting in the ER for a doctor to look at your aching wrists. But $40 is really too much to pay for a mechanic game like this.

waste

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 22
Date: May 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Its fun at first but is way to short and you get bored of it after 2 or 3 days I highly sugjest you do not buy this but if you relly want it rent it but never buy it.

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