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Throw your gun at them.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have to say this game is a keeper. The storyline was excellent and the different jobs and mini-games were enough to keep this game entertaining for hours.

I enjoyed the times when doing a job for one faction and it would bring your status with another faction down. Then you'd have to build that status back up either by bribe (which is the most logical choice sometimes) or by going after the enemy and shooting them in front of the offended faction.

There are different artifacts and secret military plans to recover throughout the course of the game. When you receive a certain amount, you unlock certain cheat codes or supplies, either to help you or just for more fun.

I would definitely recommend this game instead of the Grand Theft Auto games.

One word of caution to parents. Just like the Grand Theft Auto games, this game contains violence. While I prefer Mercenaries over GTA, discretion is recommended (by me) for kids under 14 years of age because of violence, brief language, and a few drug references.

THIS GAME IS THA` BOMB!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 18
Date: January 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

IF YOU`RE TIRED OF THE SAME OL` GRAND THEFT AUTO GAMES OUT THERE,THIS IS THE GAME FOR YOU.IT`S A LOT LIKE GRAND THEFT AUTO,EXCEPT THAT IT`S EVEN BETTER. FOR EXAMPLE,IN MERCENARIES,YOU CAN CALL IN AIR STRIKES.IN GRAND THEFT AUTO,YOU CAN`T DO THAT. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT,THIS GAME ROCKS!

Don't buy, RENT!!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: July 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was looking for a fun new game because i am getting sick of playing Halo and i found Merceneries. It looked cool; tanks, helicopters, cars and a bunch of weopans so i decided to buy it. The game is set into 4 parts with each part consisting of bounties and missions. The first part was fun, slightly repetitive and i was under the impression that when it was over the not so big map that i was restricted to would grow, it didn't. The second stage was the same as the first only harder on the account of poorly designed parts that are full of follies. I stopped playing because it was a joke and turned on Halo.
Pro: Tanks, helicopters,like GTA but always fighting.
Cons: Other armies turn on you with stupid reasoning(accidently ran over 1 GI now they hate me), the guns are all horribly inaccurate, controls are goofy, map stays the same size as you progress, destroyed major vehicles (artillary) and bases just reappear over time, unbelievably repetitive, sometimes just plain tedious.

Don't buy this game, but rent it. It is fun for a few hours but after that is not worth the 50 bucks i paid for it.

Mercenaries ONE of a kind game for XBOX

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is exactly what you'd expect after watching the commercials. It is similar style to GTA but better graphics, and more to blow up. Chances are if you think something is possible to do then it probably is. Also the plot to this game is execellent. The map is not as big as the maps in gta but its large enough for it not to get boring. This game is the only one of its kind for xbox that i've seen, and has taken the free range map to a new level.

"Mercenaries" delivers fun and ECON 101 lesson

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Great game, easy learning curve, and rather open game play that allows you to do what you want to achieve mission success. "Nerd-Core" for the arm chair warriors at a good price. This is a good stocking stuffer for your teenager (naturally I had to test it to ensure quality). Bonus! Introduces fundamentals of Economics 101. Hey - mercenaries have to balance the checkbook too!

awsome game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: February 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

i rented thi game and i think i might buy it i liked it so much. you should buy it too.

Coolest game on earth!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: February 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is so totally tight! The blowing stuff up wasn't really that cool but i liked how you could take anything you wanted. I also liked how you could fight against the evil communist north Koreans. This game was pretty swell overall.

the bomb

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 22
Date: January 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

dis game was off da heezy. the graphics were amazin and off the hook. some of the missions and mad hard but over all this game was da shiz 5 stars all da way

great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 13
Date: January 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I am beginning to like this game the controls are kind of weird and the environments aren't nearly as big as i hoped it would be like gtaSA. O well i just have to wait and find out!

NOT like GTA...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: April 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

It's probably not fair to compare this game to GTA: San Andreas since it can't compete with it. For me that's the point. Mercenaries is a big let-down after playing San Andreas. Mercs is more focused on blowing things up, sure, to the detriment of vehicle selection, map size, stimulating and variegated environments, and diversity of missions. The vehicles get boring and they feel much less real than GTA vehicles, including the weird fact that the engine always sounds the same and doesn't change with how you control it. The map size is small... I can't believe a war with Korea takes place in about a 5-square mile area. The environment is the same everywhere: a dull and gloomy war-torn countryside (yeah, I know that's the point). You basically do the same thing over and over again. Shoot people, blow things up, arrest "terrorists." I find the controls awkward as well. Unlike GTA where the camera follows you around, you have to manually change the camera direction with the right analog stick which makes fighting very hard, and moving around a little tedious. If really the only thing you like doing is blowing things up, then this game IS good at that. Mercs has some of the nicest explosions of any game I've played. But be warned: if your brain requires more stimulation, this will get boring really fast. I gave a 3/2 rating because in all fairness I think it gets a 2.5. In any event, I would not pay $50 for it. Wait until it's marked down, and until then, get God of War.

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