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Shadow Ops: Red Mercury

"Shadow Ops: Red Mercury is an action-oriented first person shooter based on modern military weapons, equipment and tactics, although presented as a "blockbuster action movie" rather than a hardcore realistic military simulation."

Zombie Studios·Tommo Inc·Atari, Inc.· June 15, 2004· Main Game
56
Critic Score
2 reviews
58
User Score
9 ratings

Shadow Ops: Red Mercury is an action-oriented first person shooter based on modern military weapons, equipment and tactics, although presented as a "blockbuster action movie" rather than a hardcore realistic military simulation. Players proceed through linear levels while battling terrorists and hostile enemy soldiers in locations spanning all around the globe, such as Syria and France, using an assortment of modern firearms.

Released 15 June 2004 for Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows) by Zombie Studios, published by Tommo Inc and Atari, Inc.. Rated 16 by PEGI, T by ESRB. 2-player local co-op.

Story

The player takes the role of Captain Frank Hayden, an elite Delta Force operative and the former leader of Black Saber, the President's personal black bag unit. Hayden and his team are attempting to recover a briefcase nuclear bomb code named "Red Mercury" from terrorist mercenary Vladimir Styanovich, known by his Nom de guerre "Vlady the Vicious", who is operating out of a coastal Syrian town. The team's Black Hawk is shot down immediately upon insertion, and they fight their way through the streets in pursuit of Vlady. Hayden is too late to stop Vlady from escaping via helicopter, but manages to damage the helicopter's rotors with small arms fire. Vlady, escaping over the ocean, states he is nobody's martyr, and attempts to disarm the nuke and "re-evaluate". To his dismay, the bomb rearms itself seconds later. Vlady leaves the bomb on the helicopter and leaps into the ocean in a futile attempt to escape the blast. The blast wave from the nuke kills Vlady and capsizes the U.S. aircraft carrier which had been Hayden's base of operations, as well as destroying the helicopter sent to extract Hayden's team, knocking them unconscious.

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Jun 18, 2004
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Jun 25, 2004
PC (Microsoft Windows)
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Oct 22, 2004
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Jun 25, 2004
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Oct 22, 2004
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Oct 1, 2004
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Sep 21, 2004
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Jun 15, 2004
Critic Score
56 /100
Mixed or Average
Based on 2 professional reviews
Aggregated from professional game critics and publications.
User Score
58 /100
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 ratings
Aggregated from player ratings across platforms worldwide.
Score Comparison
Critics
56
Users
58
Score Guide
90–100
Universal Acclaim
75–89
Generally Favorable
50–74
Mixed or Average
CriticsUsers
20–49
Generally Unfavorable
0–19
Overwhelming Dislike