Oh, Pandemic (Studios), how I miss you so. Mercenaries was such a bad ass game. It was like GTA set in North Korea with a form of level destruction that wasn't on par with something like the Red Faction games but was certainly impressive to me having never played that aforementioned series. I wish Pandemic had stayed in business and could have been developing games like Mercenaries over the last gen or two.

Reviewed on Jan 01, 2024


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4 months ago

Pandemic is the studio that's closure hurts me the most above all others. This game was ahead of its time and few have ever even approached its level of destructibility in the 20 years since :<

If you haven't had a chance to play it, I recommend The Saboteur. It was their last game and it was a lot of fun, had some destructibility too, if I remember right.

4 months ago

I have played The Saboteur but I never beat it. I need to get back to it but I think it just reminds me that they're no longer around to make the cool stuff they were responsible for.