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Mercury | 
 enlarge | From: Ignition Entertainment Ltd
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.99
Buy Used: $5.99
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 14043
Platform: Sony Psp
Genre: Strategy Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Sony PSP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.1 x 0.6
MPN: 40002
UPC: 893384000274
EAN: 5060050942373
ASIN: B0006GQN5E
Release Date: April 8, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| | More than 70 levels of liquid mayhem in 6 fully 3D game worlds | | | Over 30 interactive elements and obstacles to overcome | | | Intuitive analog control system | | | 72 tracks of ambient mood music - one for each level | | | Two-player mode, Ghost Mode and Wireless Battle Mode using Wi-Fi |
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Product Description
In Archer Maclean's Mercury you'll watch as liquid metal blobs ebb and flow around the countless challenges you'll encounter. Guide various colored mercury droplets around each 3D maze simply by 'tilting' the level. Negotiate obstacles and hazards, solve puzzles, compete against ever tightening time and percentage limits, whilst avoiding all the traps and predators. Make it to the last levels and you'll bosses who'll push your puzzle-solving abilities to their limits.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...
This just might be the perfect casual game for the PSP December 10, 2006
citan-uzuki (Georgia, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Lately, we've been reading and hearing about the need for more "casual games" for the Sony PSP. A casual game can be played during those random free moments that we might get from time to time during our busy day, like waiting at your doctor's office. Sadly, there is a shortage of such games for the PSP. The majority of PSP games tend to have very steep learning curves, require a lot of involvement, and are not suitable for starting or stopping at any given moment. Can you imagine the doctor's nurse calling your name, while you're in the middle of playing Metal Gear Solid! "Hey wait a minute please, I'm in the middle of a game here". Well, you get the idea, I think. There is a time and a place for casual games.
On the other hand, you want the game to be captivating and interesting. So you have to find a balance between having the game be easy to learn, but at the same time, give you enough gameplay to make it interesting. I have spent many months looking and waiting for such games for the PSP. And this just might be the perfect one.
Archer McLean's Mercury has a very simple concept: use gravity to move a ball of mercury through increasingly difficult obstacles in order to activate a switch at the end. Basically, using the analog stick on the PSP, you tilt the platform to make the mercury move. Some levels might also require you to split the ball, color the ball, or combine the balls. At the start of each level, you will be given the conditions for success. Those conditions will be different for each level. You have to complete several of these obstacles for each level. What makes this game ideal for casual gaming is that there is a time limit to complete each obstacle. These time limits are short and you are allowed to save at the end of each obstacle, whether you are successful or not. At the early stages, you might have sixty seconds to take your mercury to the end. Basically, you can start and stop just about anywhere in the game without losing your progress. And the game is interesting and captivating enough that you would rather play instead of surfing the internet during your lunch break.
Because Mercury is in 3D, success in the game will require the use of your problem-solving skills and your imagination. You will not see all of the obstacles simultaneously. So you will have to use your memory and your abstract thinking skills to guide the ball through partly-concealed hurdles.
I looked at the newer version of the game, Mercury Meltdown, prior to buying this one. I bought this one because I have seen very little information on the new game. However, this version has always had good reviews since ever since it came out. After playing the game, I can see why.
 Fun, Addictive, INFURIATING!!!!! July 23, 2006
BoobTuber (Over the high side.)
This was one of the first games I purchased for my PSP. I've yet to finish it!
It's fun, addictive, and at times SO DIFFICULT you want to throw your PSP on the ground and SMASH IT! But that wouldn't be very smart... So instead, after spending hours trying to get past a 42 second level, you calmly put it away and come back later.
The game is EXTREMELY challenging at times, but it isn't unbeatable. It will take lots of time and patients... but in the end when you finally get past that level you've been struggling with for HOURS- well there's few better feelings in the world!
Mercury isn't for everyone, but if you like a challenge, it's one of the best puzzles yet for PSP.
Very fun game...most of the time April 13, 2006
James P. Hutchinson (USA)
This is a great game for the most part. The object is to maneuver a blob of mercury around hitting certain targets within a time limit without losing too much of your blob. I've play about half of the levels so far and all are fun but some can be very frustrating. I've played some levels as many as 30 times before finally passing (I'm no game expert). On some levels it's can also be very hard to ascertain the objective and it may take several tries just to see enough of the playing field to figure out what to do. You also have to use the analog stick to tilt the playing field and let gravity take over to move. I don't particularly like the analog stick but playing this has helped me improve my control.
If you are a fast paced shoot everything that moves gamer you will probably want to pass on this. However, if you enjoy a challenge and have some patience then pick this up. It's a fun game.
Best Ever! March 6, 2006
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I recently got a PSP for Christmas, and I got this game too! It is the BEST game I have ever played! Chalenging, but no too hard! Perfect!
 3 stars for Creativity -2stars for difficulty November 16, 2005
Aaron L. Shaw (Provo, UT USA)
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
Do you like games that are creative? This game is the most creative puzzler to come along in years. And it looks extremely cool to go with it. Now the problem. It's stinkin hard. Do you really want a creative game where you can't get past the first 10 levels? That is surely going to happen to you. It is a shame as this game could have been a kick tail game.
Bottom Line: Is it fun? For the first 7 levels. Will I keep it? No way. Unless you like to replay the first 10 levels over and over again. Is it for kids? Too hard.
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