Picked up
Mercenaries...
Between the ease of gameplay, and the fact that I have torn into everyone' s arse (except the Mafia), I have yet to find a boring moment in this game!
I have set C4 on a railroad bridge only to watch it collapse upon detonation of those explosives, ordered airstrikes to destroy several tall buildings and/or structures, hi-jacked cars/trucks/APC' s/tanks/helicopters, caught 5 or 6 of the ' deck of 52' , and pretty much used or destroyed anything I wanted to.
I have read that some gamers claim to have completed
Mercenaries in about 20 hours. That' s crazy! Those players must have rushed right through to the end to finish in that timeframe!
I have played for about 8 hours, and can say that I am not even 10% through the game. There' s just so much to have fun with, that to rush through this game would be a monumental waste!
The cut-scenes are humorous...like the North Korean HQ funded by an American contact. The American looks like he' s doing well - big round belly and all - but accompanied by a NK Commander who will give you the details of your next mission.
The Mafia cut-scenes are as you would expect...they love you, will pay well, and will provide decent (or better) equipment and intel. Just don' t mess up! I spent 15-30 minutes trying to flip the cargo truck back on its wheels, just so I could drive the truck back to Mafia HQ for the payoff! To finally accomplish my task, I had to hi-jack a city bus and used it to ram into the truck. This action flipped the truck back onto its wheels, and I was able to deliver the truck to the Mafia.
The voice-acting is just awesome and appropriate for each represented nationality/faction. Environmental sounds are quite accurate as well. The back-ground music was hardly noticed, but seemed to be well-suited to each situation.
The graphics are some of the best yet on the XBOX, but there was that time I got a tank stuck between a garden-fence (knee-high) and the limbs of the tree... this was not realistic. To add to the situation, I was actually able to push the tank out of the branches (don' t ask) and free it for more carnage against my foes.
Replay value is off the scales with
Mercenaries!!!
My rating of this game is as follows:
Gameplay: 10 - With all the games that need XBL to be considered great titles,
Mercenaries accomplishes such greatness as an offline title!!!
Control: 10 - This has to be the easiest game to pick-up and play!
Music: 10 - Everything where it belongs and in perfect quality!
Graphics: 10 - Other than a few minor graphical glitches that pretty much go un-noticed, this is the most flawless title on the XBOX!!!
Replay Value: 10 - At the rate I am playing through this game, I expect to complete this game in no less than 80 hours...there is just that much to explore and do!
Over-all: 10 -
Mercenaries has taken the top of my all-time games list by storm! Sorry
Halo, but you aren' t even THIS good!!!
< Message edited by DaRoosh65 -- 3 Feb 05 0:02:03 >