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Mercury

Platform : Sony PSP |
Rated: Teen
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
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  • 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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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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3.9 out of 5 stars
3.9 out of 5
25 global ratings

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Nay
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect!
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2023
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Finally get to play the game again. Love it!
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IrishFae
3.0 out of 5 stars This is just to pass time
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2012
I bought this thinking it would be a great game to test my strategy skills, while it is a fun game I wouldn't call it all that challenging. I just play it when I need to pass the time.
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citan-uzuki
4.0 out of 5 stars This just might be the perfect casual game for the PSP
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2006
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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.
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Paul A. Spangler
2.0 out of 5 stars kinda fun but not really into it
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2011
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I got this for cheap but based from online recommedations and I don't particularly like it. Steep learning curve and dated graphics/game play. Kind of a neat idea that may be cleaned up in the newer edition but after trying this I'm not that interested.
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Aaron L. Shaw
3.0 out of 5 stars 3 stars for Creativity -2stars for difficulty
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2005
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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Lisa Shea
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly fun, addictive gameplay
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2005
Talk about addictive! Mercury may seem really simple at first - but the more you play it, the more you really get hooked on its gorgeous look and feel.

OK, first, remember that old game Labyrinth with the marble? Or for younger people, remember Marble Madness and Super Monkey Ball? In these games, you rotate the floor and gravity then pulls a ball here and there. Your aim is to roll the ball to a goal.

Mercury makes this SO much more fun. Instead of a solid marble, you now have a blob of mercury. In current uber-safety days, few kids know the joy of playing with mercury. But back when we cared little about heavy metal poisoning, many of us would break open thermometers and play with the silvery metal. It bobbles along coherently - and if you break it into smaller bits, they re-form quite nicely. It's a really cool liquid metal.

So to get to play with it virtually gives you all of that fun without the brain damaging effects. You can get it to break into smaller globules, and have each globule follow a different path. You can color your globules, turning the silver into glowing blue, red, green, and other colors. Even more amazingly, you can recombine the colors to form new colors! If you need a purple globule for a given task, you might first split your big silver glob into two smaller blobs. You'd turn one blue and one red. Recombine them together, and you get purple!

The logic puzzles combined with careful manipulation over thin paths and around holes really tests all of your skills. There are no blazing guns and bloody limbs here - just you, your little 'world' and your shiny blob of mercury. It is so addictive that I easily run out of battery power on the PSP while I focus on playing with the silvery circle.

As in all games, things start out easy and then keep progressing to test your skills. You can always go back and re-play older levels to try to get 100% on each as quickly as possible. The more you perfect your mercury skills, the easier it is to get through the more difficult tasks.

Highly recommended!
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Eleanor
5.0 out of 5 stars An under-rated underrated puzzle platformer. Requires strategy at higher ...
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2018
An under-rated underrated puzzle platformer. Requires strategy at higher levels. Saturated colors. Each level offers a distinct landscape. Meditative. No sense of unearned reward. This is a game of skill. Space feels three dimensional if not native.
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