Another bargain classic you must own!

User Rating: 9 | Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction XBOX
I try to see a game to it's finish and when applicable I get 100% before I write up a review but with this game I've seen just about enough, this time in a good way! While my game collection shows, I'm not shy about owning an open world, free roam video game of any sort and this game is no exception. This game is like Splinter Cell meets Grand Theft Auto and they had a little baby, almost in a ripoff fashion.

While the graphics aren't always very pretty, from a distance things look quite good but once you're right up on them you're less impressed. The vehicles act in very unnatural and sometimes comical fashion, though this doesn't make driving difficult. You'll find alot of bugs and glitches along your adventure unless you stick to the straight and narrow, but whats the point in doing that, it's a free roam military game!

Much like GTA you get missions, hijack cars, kill bad guys, find hidden packages and sell stolen vehicles to the Russian Mafia to make a little money, although in this game you'll be doing it in a war torn version of North Korea. You don't spend money on hydraulics, paint or rims this time you spend it on DESTRUCTION and to a less extent supplies. Almost everything in this game is destructible, I say almost everything because while you can blow a huge building to smithereens a simple tree, fence, road block (sandbags or other...) or even a guardrail on the side of a road will stand there safe and sound after you've unloaded as many bunker busters you can afford on it.

Given the sometimes unimpressive graphics, humorous and downright frustrating glitches and bugs you may find whether it be doing a mission over because "the card" fell through a mountain or just not being able to blow up the simplest of items, this game offers hours of destruction and fun.