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GTA and Ghost Recon had a baby!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 19 / 20
Date: January 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

First off let me say that my review is based on the single player campaign only. I know it kinda sucks without multiplayer and the Xbox live people will bitch but single player games have been coming up way short lately selling the game on the live or multiplayer when these things should be added benefit!
Ok, so the game has all the concepts of GTA3: Map system is identical, one massive area (about the size of at least 2 or maybe all 3 GTA3 islands put together), and contracts can be taken from different groups for cash and new merchandise in your online black market store. The game play is like a combo of Ghost Recon 2 and GTA3. The graphics are exceptional and the music was surprisingly good too. Every structure, vehicle, prop, and aircraft is destructible! The more creative you are the more fun you can make the game... have a large group of enemies near by? Air Strike and blow em to bits! Road Block? Put a pack of C4 on the hood of your vehicle, drive towards and jump out then trigger the C4... Road block cleared! There is so much more you can do and so much I have yet to discover but this game defiantly came under the radar and is shaping up to be a very nice surprise.
My only negative is that it did seem to have about a 2 hour learning curve to get comfortable with the controls and general functions of the game.
In short this is a great game for a solo experience, huge replay value and from what I can tell the length is very refreshing.

Doesn't have everything. But still fun.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: January 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is an awsome game. It has great graphics, huge playing areas, and many different weapons and vehicles to play around with. But it lacks the things that make a game GREAT. It lacks a tutorial level. They expect you to learn the game as you go. And who dares make a game today without a multiplayer mode?! The only reason why I rated this 4 stars and not 5, was because of the lack of multiplayer mode. But if I was faced with the decision to buy this game or not, I would definatly purchase this great game.

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!

GTA + Korea + Less Bugs - Bad Auto Aim = Mercs.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game. Great graphics, great gameplay. Unfortunately some of the missions are EXTREMLY FRUSTRATING, which is NEVER good in a game. Thats why it gets 4/5 stars for fun.

UNBELIVEABLE!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: January 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I cant believe this is so cool! The missions are so much fun and the gameplay is so realistic. The setting is so big but at the same time easy to navagate where your going. The grahics are unbeliveable and almost no bugs. The game isnt frustrating either. But theres two thigs I dont understand 1. No multiplayer mode. 2. You can not save your game in the middle of a mission. The computer is also very smart and the most realistic thing is that if you hijack say a car of the chinese the chinese will think your chinese until either you come out of the car,helicopter etc. or you kill one of them.
grahics 10/10
sound 7/10
gameplay 8/10
difficulty JUST RIGHT
So if you have a ps2 or xbox this is definitely a first choice.

SO AWESOME!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: January 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I played it at the eb games in citywalk in universal studios hollywood yesterday, and i would have got it, but they wouldnt accept credit from universal studios, even though theyre like a hundred feet from the door!?!?!?! But thats besides the point, it was awesome. I used an airstrike and kiled like a thousand guys, and it wassuper easy to understand. Some stuff took some time, but overall, i was really entertained and impressed by this game. It was awesome. Even better than gta! And the best part, that i know of, is that you can steal, kill, blow up, or buy just about anything in the game. Its even better than halo2. Not to offeend halo2, but their one player game SUCKED! But i gave it five stars, because they had good multiplayer. If this had xbox live multiplayer, id throw my copy of halo away!!!

FUN, MORE FUN, PLUS EVEN MORE FUN!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 12
Date: January 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

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.

Best X-Box Game Ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: January 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

For me, the best way to gauge how good a video game might be is how hard it is for me to put it down to go do other things. As it stands with Mercenaries, I had a lot of trouble putting the controller down. This game is simply pure addiction!

Too often, the video game industry expects us to shell out $50 for a weak or average game that you get bored with in a couple of days. Not so here. If you love blowing things up into billions of pieces and you like non linear game play (ie: Vice City) then you must own this game. The controls are easy to get used to and the first few objectives are fairly simple enough, so that you aren't getting killed over and over again. You get air strikes, C4, RPGs, machine guns and lots more. Best of all, you do it all for the old greenback.

All of this combined makes for a great gaming experience. Three cheers for Lucas Arts! You redeemed yourself after the boring KOTOR!

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

Awesome, everything it promises.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: January 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

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.

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