Immercenary may seem clunky in terms of control and can grind a little at first, but its incredibly engaging and open world along with weird and wonderful sci-fi plot make this game absolutely worth playing.

Dr. Marcus Rand was contacted from the future by an astral projection of a woman who warns him that all of humanity will be trapped in a virtual reality network called "Perfect". Focusing on projecting a person's mind forward into the future and into Perfect, you are an operative sent into Perfect to shoot and destroy those in the network to gain stats and climb the ranks until you can destroy Perfect1, the operating system of the network.

The game is a FPS on a flat plane, where the player can accelerate forward (and fully stop), sidestep, and use three configurable buttons to shoot, use special weapons/powerups, and use the map. The player has three stats (Defense, Offense, Agility) that determine how much health the player has, how much attack they have before they need a recharge, and how much they can move. While the world has spires that recharge these values, it can be tricky at first to keep such small numbers up. By killing enemies and absorbing their essence by running into the static clouds they leave behind, the player can get a stat boost that is reflected by a rising rank from 255 to 1.

While the player can move around the world and explore to their leisure, the center is a large spire called the DOAsys. The player can choose to talk to enemies instead in this neutral zone, asking about powerups and weapons along with the 11 bosses that rank at the top of Perfect. While the other enemies are abstract-looking humanoids most of the time, these have stranger forms like a cosplaying orc, a slick silver siren, a disgusting fly woman, a man made of ribbon, and other such strange sights.

The land of Perfect itself is a bit blocky but wondrous to behold, with a large streaming world filled with lonely landmarks and somewhat urban looking destinations under a sky that occasionally storms menacingly. The music is mostly ambient but can rock and flare some techno here and there to keep things busy. The FMV is used to interesting degree with comic panel style dialogues outside of Perfect and fully acted portraits of the bosses when you talk to them.

Immercenary is a weird and wonderful game with a strange control scheme, an odd stat system, and a variety of colorful characters. For one of the only exclusives for the 3DO, it is certainly worth playing if you have the console.