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Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction (2005)

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction (2005)

Shooter Third person
Xbox PlayStation 2

Mercenaries, Mercenaries

Release Date: 2005, January 11
Alternative Titles: Mercenaries, Mercenaries
Countries: United States of America
Publishers: LucasArts

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.

Keywords:

murder villain helicopter run and gun building artificial intelligence snow easter egg over the shoulder one-man army explosion voice acting polygonal 3d sniping melee a.i. companion destructible environment weapons swap poverty stealth kill minigames non-player character black market xbox 360 backwards compatibility world map side quests fetch quests modern warfare modern military mercenary in-game e-mail tank regenerating health exploration female protagonist multiple endings dark humor radiation male antagonist rebels pop culture reference movie reference invisible wall escort mission banned high definition graphics greatest hits alternate costumes merchants multiple protagonists cheat code teleportation respawning political unlockables war heroes not-so-bad guys infinite ammo vehicular combat vehicle combat notoriety system disc streaming super soldier private military company king of the hill flight air strike korean people's army