8.2 out of 10

Mercenaries

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User Score (129)

8.9
Expert Score (60)

7.8
Value for money (3)

8.5
Gameplay (23)

8.0
Graphics (21)

7.7
Sound (21)

8.0
Storyline (4)

6.0
Control (3)

8.5
Addiction (2)

6.5
Lifespan (8)

6.9
Appearance (3)

7.5

Freak Rank

107 of 1094 in XBox Games

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just plain fun, graphics, fun fun fun, sense of humor, graphics and animation

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Expert Reviews

IGN Entertainment

11 March 2010
Third-person combat-action set in North Korea in the near future. Players control how they interact within each environment, using anything and everything in the world. Havok physics engine allows for the most realistic and dynamic gameplay – everything in the environment acts and reacts as it would in real life. Engage in hundreds of dynamically generated action-packed missions. Read more
VideoGamer.com

8.0/10

22 October 2005
With a bit more time spent on it we could have been hailing Mercenaries as the second coming, but it falls short. Even so, it cannot be stressed enough - the game is fun. Read more
- Satisfying levels of destruction, Fun fun fun
- Glitchy, Unbalanced difficulty levels
Into Liquid Sky

9.1/10

8 October 2005
When describing Pandemic's Mercenaries , one might think that comparing it to Grand Theft Auto would be likening it to the other mediocre titles that have tried to compete and came up short. But, rather than trying to fall almost directly in line with the modern crime settings, Mercenaries decides to take the "sandbox" gameplay mechanic and place it in a different setting, succeeding at establishing a different experience. Read more
- Large gameworld with lots to explore, Tons of main missions, side-missions and hidden items to find, Sound effects do a great job at making the combat feel real, S...
- Some of the natural areas feel less than organic, Collision detection issues
Gaming Addicts Network

4.0/10

5 July 2005
LucasArts, not willing to be outdone by Rockstar, has released their own GTA-wannabe game called Mercenaries. However, the game is only a GTA-wannabe on the surface, once you get into the game and start playing, you’ll realize Mercenaries has a lot to offer, and has an original take on some used and abused ideas in the “open-ended” genre. Read more
- + Just plain fun.
- - Die too easily, and too frequently.
Gamecell

9.0/10

19 October 2007
Visually Mercs is impressive but mixed; stunning explosions, flames, smoke and dust all add to the mayhem as buildings, vehicles and people (just about everything except trees in fact, which won’t be damaged even by 60 tons of tank) get demolished or blown up, you can't fail to form one of those sloppy grins when you cause a chain-reaction explosion of vehicles and fuel tanks and watch them go sky high. Read more
- Impressive explosions and physics., The sheer amount of destruction you can cause is amazing., Open-ended or mission-based, it’s up to you.
- Like a girl I once fell in love with, Mercs shows you too much at the start and yet takes a few hours to really get going., A co-op mode would have been the coolest th...