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100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
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Description

Activision's stand-alone followup to Mechwarrior 2, Mercenaries puts you in command of a small company of 'mechs whose only loyalty is to money. As there is a brutal war between 2 tribes underway, your goal is to cash in by doing tough jobs for both sides.

Buy and equip your 'mechs, hire pilots, and fight in a wide array of campaigns against rebels, pirates, the Clans, and even other houses of the Inner Sphere. In the Merc mode you will have to keep an eye on stocks of salvageable material, and use this to designate which Mercs are built next, while Story Mode plays like a straight-ahead action game. Internet options include play with up to 15 others around the world.

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User Reviews

MW2 was a great game, Mercenaries just made it better NotTwoQuick (22) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars

The Press Says

Game Revolution Jun 05, 1996 A 100
PC Games Dec, 1996 A- 91
Coming Soon Magazine Oct, 1996 88 out of 100 88
PC Zone Aug 13, 2001 8.8 out of 10 88
GameSpot Oct 10, 1996 8.5 out of 10 85
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault) May 02, 1997 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
PC Player (Germany) Nov, 1996 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
High Score Dec, 1996 3 out of 5 60

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Trivia

If you take a look at the readme you'll see the recommended detail settings for each class of processors (P1s, P2s, etc...) the funny thing is at the end of the list you'll see the specs for a Cray supercomputer!!! The recommended settings for it are high detail on everything and 1024x768 resolution (which is impossible for the game to achieve).... guess that was "super-computer" -class detail in 1996....


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