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Description

During the last years of his reign, the North Korean president Choi Kim attempted a reconciliation with the country's southern neighbor, with the ultimate goal of reunification. However, his son, General Choi Song, and the military clique under his leadership, strongly disagreed with the old man's views. Eventually, Choi Song orchestrated his own father's assassination, took control of North Korea, and severed ties with the outside world.

Eventually, plans of a nuclear reactor construction began to surface. China, South Korea, the Allied Nations and even the Russian Mafia sent troops to North Korea, competing for power in the troubled region. A bounty of a hundred million dollars for General Song was declared. This is where the mercenaries enter the playfield.

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction is a free-roaming war action and driving game with open-ended gameplay in a large world. The player can choose to control any of the three mercenary protagonists, each with their own strengths: North American Chris Jacobs can sustain higher damage; Jennifer Mui from Hong-Kong is proficient in stealth; Mattias Nilsson from Sweden can run faster than the others. Each of the mercenary also speaks different languages, which makes him or her more or less suitable for work with particular factions.

Players have free reign of a massive landscape to take bounties on the "Deck of 52", a list of most wanted criminals in North Korea, as well as a number of factions. Four factions have moved in to take advantage of the coup for personal gains; each faction will offer the player resources such as vehicles and supplies, as well as missions that the player can use to make money off of. If the player makes a faction happy, they will offer intel on the locations of various bounties from the deck.

Players have a vast array of resources available to them to get the job done. It is possible to commandeer tanks, choppers and and any other military hardware to blow up the game's destructible landscape across the North Korean countryside. Helping out various factions provides access to numerous vehicle drops, supply drops, and air strikes.

Alternate Titles

  • "Mercs" -- Slang

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User Reviews

I’m a Mercenary and I love my job Classic Nigel (149) 4.14 Stars4.14 Stars4.14 Stars4.14 Stars4.14 Stars

The Press Says

XBox Front Jan 24, 2005 92 out of 100 92
IGN Jan 10, 2005 9.1 out of 10 91
Console Obsession May 31, 2010 9 out of 10 90
PlayDevil Apr 26, 2005 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars 90
Gamesmania Feb 22, 2005 88 out of 100 88
Extreme Gamer Jan 21, 2005 8.5 out of 10 85
Game Freaks 365 Jan 18, 2005 8.2 out of 10 82
Fragland.net Mar 21, 2005 80.5 out of 100 80
X-Power Apr 10, 2005 8 out of 10 80
Netjak Jan 26, 2005 6.5 out of 10 65

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Trivia

The game was originally banned in South Korea after government officials feared the game, which depicts a war with North Korea with South Korea as a participant, would further strain an already delicate situation between the two countries. However, the Korean Game Board announced that the ban would be lifted by the year 2007.


This entry was contributed by monolith022 (239) and MegaMegaMan (1546)
 

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