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Mercenaries is a revolutionary third-person combat-action game that delivers the next level of free-form gameplay in massive interactive environments. The game gives players the opportunity to take on the role of a soldier for hire in an open-ended world. Mercenaries is set in North Korea in the near future, where a coup has plunged the troubled nation into chaos. An elite private military company, Executive Operations, has dispatched a mercenary to track down the "deck of 52" fugitive members of the old hardliner regime - before they can launch a nuclear attack.

Critic Reviews

GameSpot Review (8.8 out of 10 )

The near future, it seems, is a great place to have a pretend war these days. Mercenaries marks the second imaginary modern military conflict that Pandemic Studios has cooked up over the past six months, though Mercenaries is a much more action-oriented, hands-on experience than last yea ...All Critic Reviews

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Average Member Rating: 8.0 out of 10

Mercenaries: Playground of Awesome!! (9 out of 10)

posted by FatHippo (LAS VEGAS, NV) on Oct 4, 2006
Member since Aug 2006
13 out of 13 gamers (100%) found this review helpful

There's not many things I can say bad about this game. I loved just about every part of it. The only thing bad I'll say is the story could have been a little more in depth. Being able to roam around and destroy every man-made thing you see is the epitome of awesome. The missions are done o ...All User Reviews