4th Generation Warfare Mercenaries

4th Generation Warfare Mercenaries adds mercenary groups that you can hire to reinforce your national armed forces or carry out unofficial military operations. You can hire around a dozen groups from various countries, either openly or in secret, after finding and contacting them. Contracts last from a few weeks to a few months, but if your involvement in a secret operation is discovered, the consequences could be disastrous.

Hire and deploy mercenaries

You control each mercenary group’s leader and decide where to deploy its forces. Every group has a secret headquarters in its own country and military cargo planes to transport its troops quickly to different theaters of operation. There, the group can establish temporary camouflaged camps as bases for its operations. Mercenaries are equipped with air transport and armored vehicles, and are highly effective in combat.

Groups are motivated by money and may sell their services to the highest bidder, including your enemies. Their combat reputation affects the price of their services, the number of troops they provide and the quality of their equipment. Groups can build their reputation by fighting for different nations, becoming more powerful and feared in the process.

Lead a mercenary group

As group leader, you can use specific actions and tactics:

• Move discreetly on the ground.
• Launch demolition and looting strikes in enemy territory; successful strikes sow terror among the local population.
• Loot military bases; a successful strike seizes some or all of the equipment stored there.
• Conduct reconnaissance to reveal units and buildings along the route and detect minefields.
• Establish a temporary camouflaged camp anywhere on the ground as a base of operations.
• Replenish forces by recruiting soldiers and acquiring equipment.

New additions

The add-on introduces a new character class, along with new faces and dialogue. Mercenary leaders can use assault rifles and rocket launchers with a self-guidance system.