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- Platform: Windows XP
- BBFC Rating:
Suitable for 18 years and over. Not for sale to persons under age 18. By placing an order for this product, you declare that you are 18 years of age or over. - Media: Video Game
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- Built to harness the power of next generation - Features the most outrageous modeling system of any of the previous Soldier of Fortune installments, allowing for shocking damage. Enemies will not only react to the specific area they`ve been hit but also to the power of the weapon they`ve been hit with and will continue to fight until a final blow has been delivered.
- One of the most lethal collections of weapons ever assembled - The impressive arsenal includes an array of more than 30 weapons including sub-machine guns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, projectile explosives, weapons attachments and cutting-edge tactical weapons.
- The world`s most dangerous hotspots - Players will find themselves thrown into authentic mercenary situations in real world hotspots around the globe. Players will need to survive an ambush and rescue a diplomat, infiltrate a terrorist organization, go on a search and destroy mission and much more.
- Enemies around every corner - High intensity combat situations where players will need to take down over 15 unique enemies including terrorist, mobsters, insurgents, enemy soldiers and more.
- Compete online - Play your favorites including death match, team death match, elimination, and team elimination, capture the flag and more. Additional online options include maps tuned specifically for multiplayer action and many server settings for online play.
- Compelling new storyline - When a routine escort mission goes horribly wrong, players find themselves battling an insidious enemy that knows no boundaries. As mercenary Thomas Mason, players will need to uncover and terminate an extremist plot aimed at throwing the world into global chaos.
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15 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
soldier of fortune 1 & 2 were surprisingly good for their day.
Payback however would have also been surprisingly good if it came out 2 or 3 years ago.
here is a list of pros and cons for the game:
pros:
the graphics are ok, if not a little buggy but they are 'essentially' high definition
at the start of each mission you can chose 4 weapons and you can customize them to a certain degree. (not that it makes a difference)
the gore element is ok at first but it gets a little stupid when you can shoot off someones whole leg with one shot.
the storyline is also just ok.
cons
despite the graphics being 'high definition' there aren't any graphics options and the only thing you can change is the resolution and the 'okish' graphics aren't enough to save everything else that is terrible about this game.
the game play itself is offensively boring. there is literally no AI on the enemies who have a model variety of about 3-4 per level. they literally run out from behind a corner and stand there shooting at you, you cant sneak up on them and you only need to shoot them once for them to die (shooting them once will also blow off their arms and legs!?)
although it might not sound like much, but literally nothing is interactive, you cant jump over anything, for example. you go up ontop of a balcony and kill the soldier there and to save time you decide to simpy jump off the balcony, the wall is about knee high and it isnt a high drop, should be ok? no, apparently its not ok. there is an invisible wall there as there is in every little wall in the game.
there are many annoying issues in the game. and to be fair, like i said at the start of this review, if this game came out about 2-years ago, it would be a little gem. but its laughable to bring out a game with such a respectable title like "soldier of fortune" which is literally crap, along side titles such as Crysis, Kane And Lynch and COD4.
this game hates you and demands to be hated.
i would only recommend buying it as a joke.
Payback however would have also been surprisingly good if it came out 2 or 3 years ago.
here is a list of pros and cons for the game:
pros:
the graphics are ok, if not a little buggy but they are 'essentially' high definition
at the start of each mission you can chose 4 weapons and you can customize them to a certain degree. (not that it makes a difference)
the gore element is ok at first but it gets a little stupid when you can shoot off someones whole leg with one shot.
the storyline is also just ok.
cons
despite the graphics being 'high definition' there aren't any graphics options and the only thing you can change is the resolution and the 'okish' graphics aren't enough to save everything else that is terrible about this game.
the game play itself is offensively boring. there is literally no AI on the enemies who have a model variety of about 3-4 per level. they literally run out from behind a corner and stand there shooting at you, you cant sneak up on them and you only need to shoot them once for them to die (shooting them once will also blow off their arms and legs!?)
although it might not sound like much, but literally nothing is interactive, you cant jump over anything, for example. you go up ontop of a balcony and kill the soldier there and to save time you decide to simpy jump off the balcony, the wall is about knee high and it isnt a high drop, should be ok? no, apparently its not ok. there is an invisible wall there as there is in every little wall in the game.
there are many annoying issues in the game. and to be fair, like i said at the start of this review, if this game came out about 2-years ago, it would be a little gem. but its laughable to bring out a game with such a respectable title like "soldier of fortune" which is literally crap, along side titles such as Crysis, Kane And Lynch and COD4.
this game hates you and demands to be hated.
i would only recommend buying it as a joke.
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
This game is flawed with glitches and scripting errors. There's nothing in this title that remains of 2 previous brilliant SOF games. The story line is rubbish and gameplay is a complete catastrophy.
Multiplayer is a joke - 10 years old behind modern releases such as COD, Battlefield etc...
AI is not intelligent and very easy to kill. Very predictable movements and not a challenge.
It's a pure imported console game with a lack of customization options for PC.
Graphics aren't special and looks a bit outdated, but specs on the box are demanding.
I strongly recommend you not to buy it.
Multiplayer is a joke - 10 years old behind modern releases such as COD, Battlefield etc...
AI is not intelligent and very easy to kill. Very predictable movements and not a challenge.
It's a pure imported console game with a lack of customization options for PC.
Graphics aren't special and looks a bit outdated, but specs on the box are demanding.
I strongly recommend you not to buy it.
14 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
The original SOF was a surprise sleeper-hit, developed by RAVEN, who also designed the SOF2: DOUBLE HELIX. They both were EXCELLENT FPS games!!
Unfortunately (as it turned out) the RAVEN group had nothing to do with this release. It was developed by CAULDRON who, I guess eager to please, overshot its mark.
Now, I enjoy a good blood-bath as the next guy - and the SOF series had always been gory and graphic. Who can forget the...crotch-shots reaction in the original SOF! (there was actually a..count of them after each stage, right after the head-shots!). Playing SOF-PAYBACK, however, never had I seen more limps get torn away, more blood-spaying torsos flanged back, more heads exploding like geysers . It surely deserves the M-Rating it got. The squeamish should not worry though, one can turn all this gore off - but why then play this game?
Graphically SOF-PAYBACK is nowhere close the latest major releases. Only the torn limps make good use of the engine's physics. Urban settings look like movie-studio lots; jungles feel like made out of plastic. In CRYSIS when trees get shot at enough they, well, fall. In SOF: PAYBACK they keep accumulating bullet-holes forever.
AI? What AI? It feels artificial it sure is NOT intelligent. Your enemies do everything but line up in front of your sights. Currently there are many FPS games with good to excellent AI. This make SOF-PAYBACK shortcomings in this area show even more: total absence of defensive tactics, unnatural reactions and absolutely no use of their environment. Likely, there is a multiplayer to save the day.
The single player includes 15 levels and 40 weapons , all of which are customizable (with sights, ammo, silencers etc). The weapons look real but they are not - just close enough not to have to pay royalties. Hence their different names.
These 15 levels should take no more than 7-8 hours to polish off, so yes, on top of everything, this is a short game. Definetely not worth the $40.
Overall, this is a game that is not shy of depicting the immediate consequences of violence (that got it the 3rd star) but fails in almost everything else.
My Advice: wait for the rebates. Should be half-price by Christmas.
NON SEQUITUR:
This got released as it is - but THE WITCHER got censored for...language and some fleeing nudity?
Unfortunately (as it turned out) the RAVEN group had nothing to do with this release. It was developed by CAULDRON who, I guess eager to please, overshot its mark.
Now, I enjoy a good blood-bath as the next guy - and the SOF series had always been gory and graphic. Who can forget the...crotch-shots reaction in the original SOF! (there was actually a..count of them after each stage, right after the head-shots!). Playing SOF-PAYBACK, however, never had I seen more limps get torn away, more blood-spaying torsos flanged back, more heads exploding like geysers . It surely deserves the M-Rating it got. The squeamish should not worry though, one can turn all this gore off - but why then play this game?
Graphically SOF-PAYBACK is nowhere close the latest major releases. Only the torn limps make good use of the engine's physics. Urban settings look like movie-studio lots; jungles feel like made out of plastic. In CRYSIS when trees get shot at enough they, well, fall. In SOF: PAYBACK they keep accumulating bullet-holes forever.
AI? What AI? It feels artificial it sure is NOT intelligent. Your enemies do everything but line up in front of your sights. Currently there are many FPS games with good to excellent AI. This make SOF-PAYBACK shortcomings in this area show even more: total absence of defensive tactics, unnatural reactions and absolutely no use of their environment. Likely, there is a multiplayer to save the day.
The single player includes 15 levels and 40 weapons , all of which are customizable (with sights, ammo, silencers etc). The weapons look real but they are not - just close enough not to have to pay royalties. Hence their different names.
These 15 levels should take no more than 7-8 hours to polish off, so yes, on top of everything, this is a short game. Definetely not worth the $40.
Overall, this is a game that is not shy of depicting the immediate consequences of violence (that got it the 3rd star) but fails in almost everything else.
My Advice: wait for the rebates. Should be half-price by Christmas.
NON SEQUITUR:
This got released as it is - but THE WITCHER got censored for...language and some fleeing nudity?
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Wasted potential. Thanks Cauldron HQ for ruining a great game.
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This review represents MY own opinion and no-one else.
+ Graphics are nice.
+ No restrictive copy-protection or DRM. Read more
This review represents MY own opinion and no-one else.
+ Graphics are nice.
+ No restrictive copy-protection or DRM. Read more
Published 29 days ago by MrElusive603
First pearson shoot game 18
Bought this game on the x-box 360 it's a good game so i thought i'd give it a crack on the pc, this had nothing but problems, i've not been able to get into the 1st mission,... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mr. Dr. Northey
What do you expect for £3?
Yes it is true that the A.I is ropey, and yes the graphics aren't amazing, and the multiplayer would probably have been deemed good around the quake and counterstrike age but in... Read more
Published 15 months ago by ThatgreenMonke
A poor release
Graphics bugs, random aiming accuracy and fuzzy imaging make this game a pain to play. Have put it out for the jumble sale.
Published on 3 Mar 2010 by Simon
So bad it passes good and goes full circle back to bad.
I played this game knowing that it was going to be weak, many people had told me that, in there word's, "its absolute B******t". Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2008 by Kieran Batchelor
I didn't expect much, but ...
... this game really stinks. I didn't even play through the first level. It just ...sucks. I LOVED the first and second part. played them about 3 times each, but this one .... Read more
Published on 16 April 2008 by F. Roß
Unplayably bad
Bought this against my better judgement, and it was WORSE than I could ever have imagined. I was expecting it to be bad from reviews that I'd read - but surely it couldn't be that... Read more
Published on 19 Feb 2008 by Iain Simpson
Really buggy
Dont waste your time, it is really buggy and the graphics are only 'so' 'so' there really wasnt much creativity brought into the game.
Published on 26 Jan 2008 by M. D. Padden
Good game - shame about the lack of saves
This game is very good, like the previous versions its very gory with the ability to shoot off limbs & heads. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2008 by M. J. Allan
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