The interface lets you transfer belongings in the field easily though, so there's no need to lose too much sleep over the process. Each merc can carry a limited amount, so again a balancing act between luggage space and firepower will be needed. Now comes the time to kit your team out with the goodies you purchased earlier. I'm glad none of Shadow Company live down my road. Mines, C4 explosives and knives can be brought along for the fun.
Bigger calibre stuff is also available - the grenade launchers and 60mm rockets will make any party go with a bang. Moving up the scale, a sniper rifle is essential for most missions - although finding ammunition can be a problem. On offer is a wide range of modern small arms - pistols, sub-machine guns and later, heavier pieces like AK-47s and automatic shotguns. Moreover, it is even more disconcerting to find out how cheaply they can be bought. It is a bit worrying to see what kind of weaponry is available to your average modern mercenary company. Your cash must be balanced between team members and equipment. Although it is possible to take up to twelve mercs into the field, each mission has a set budget and, of course, each merc is going to want paying - believe me, you do not want to upset these people. Your mercenaries are chosen from a pool of available candidates, each with their own balance of skills - one might be an excellent sniper, or good at sneaking around, competent at using a range of different guns but rubbish at everything else.
Missions generally involve a selection of tasks - destroying buildings, assassinations, infiltration, and gung-ho kill-em-all raids, Arnie-style. You also get a quick rundown of the objectives and a few reconnaissance photographs of your target areas. There are nine missions in the game and you are treated to a few minutes of FMV before each one to give you an outline of the plan. Left for dead, they fight their way through increasingly challenging missions, gaining experience and new weapons along the way, and ending up by getting themselves involved in a global conspiracy involving shady corporations and some very strange chemicals. Shadow Company' splot concerns a group of mercenaries who have been abandoned after an unspecified balls-up by their superiors, Granite Corporation.
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