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Bet on Soldier (PC CD)

Brand: Digital Jesters

Platform : Windows XP, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows NT |

Rated: Ages 16 and Over

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Bet on the outcome of encounters with specific enemies
When you head into battle, individual duels then take place
Earn credits and upgrade your character
First person action
Multi-player mode supports up to 32 players in each game

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Rated ‏ : ‎ Ages 16 and Over
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19 x 13.6 x 1.4 cm; 140.62 Grams
Release date ‏ : ‎ 30 Sept. 2005
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00030GSIA

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With a corporation-takes-over-the-world-style plot, Bet On Soldier allows players to do exactly what it promises with its title--that is, bet on the outcome of encounters with specific enemies. Before entering battle, players can wager on which particular enemy soldiers they are going to kill. When they encounter this enemy in the game, a duel will take place. Depending on the outcome, the player will either lose his stake or win a prize calculated according to his opponent's rank, his initial stake, and the length of time it took to win. Accrued credits can be used to upgrade the player's character, in order to challenge progressively tougher opponents.

The engrossing single-player game provides the player with an array of Elite Champion AIs, whom you encounter throughout the many levels, each with its own distinctive personality, ensuring variety in betting tactics.

This original angle on combat also forms the basis for the multi-player mode, which has a variety of classes available to the 32 players in each game. Each class will utilise the wide selection of weapons in its own specific way.

Visually, Bet on Soldier's proprietary Kt engine is a technical marvel, taking full advantage of pixel and vertex shaders alongside advanced specular effects. The engine also gives the game world real physical properties, and is based upon stunning technology developed over the previous six years.

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A. Stasiak

Dont waste your cash

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 August 2006

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I bought this game simply because I own a PHYSX Card. Ageia Proudly state this game supports their hardware. Well..Bit hard to find out out because you have to add a massive patch to make it work. Only..This patch dosnt work. Hence problem number 2. All support for this game has ceased. The game works occasionally (if your lucky) and if you havnt patched it. Outside of that your on your own.

Dont bother wasting your money for whatever reason your looking at this title. If the publishers + programmers washed their hands of it, so should you!

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Alex.001

ATI Graphic Card ? Do Not Buy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 October 2005

Lets hear the good news first: nice intro ! The bad news is: if you're the proud owner of an ATI graphic card, thats probably all you'll see. After installing the game (+patch 1.2), I was ready to rumble, but as soon as I try to load a level, the computer reboots (yes, I've tried several times, believe me).
Searching the internet for clues, I found that quite a lot of ATI user seem to have a similar problem, the solutions I found (install older driver, change resolution) didn't solve the problem. Some people blame ATI, because their latest driver (5.9) does not work with this game, but I think that the companies who make the games should make them compatible to the given drivers, not vice versa. Anyway, I also tried to contact Digital Jesters Online Support, 2 Mails, no response. Conclusion: Seems to be a nice game (the demo was) and if you have a NVidia graphic card, go ahead and buy the game. ATI user should wait till Digital Jester solves the problem, all you'll own for the time being is a nice jewel case with some very shiny CD's and a handbook.

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Harry Wagstaff

Some problems, but awesome when it works

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 April 2007

I've had this game for a while now, and I've played it on and off. It does have some issues - you really need the patches to get it to work at all - but it works on lower settings fairly well on my Nvidia FX5200 - see, you dont' need a high end card to get this game to work.

The game is set on a war torn Earth - everything is centred around the war. Industry and commerce is gone, replaced by munitions manufacture and the Bet on Soldier league.

I don't need to go into too much detail about the game - it's covered in another review very well - but I will say this: the only way the game will work is patched. If you can't get the patches, don't buy the game. But if you can get the patches, it's a fantastic game and I recommend it.

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anthony bentley

bet on soldier

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 November 2005

When I also purchased BET ON SOLDIER it crashed my machine,my machine only being 4 days old,I went straight on the net and had a patch then loaded that in restartred the machine and it was ok 4 3 days until i was shot 3 times game crashed.
So I go out and pay more money for another games machine with 2 6800gs pci-express with all the top stuff every top game plays like a dream so i try b-o-soldier flying through first level game goes down this games programme is built into my cards and still it takes me down.
I try 2 get another patch all these so called sites will not me get another patch
The backup for this game is rubbish the game makers need to get a day job or go work for currys has they have the same after sale service.
And don,t even bother with gameshadow has they told me it,s nothing 2 do with them although they are linked with the game

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deebo

Don't waste your time with this game!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 July 2006

I have experienced the same as the above players. I have an AMD FX55 CPU, 2G Corsair RAM, Dual Nvidia 7800GTX OC video cards in SLI mode and the game freezes at the same point about 5 levels into the game. The game is great up to that point (I'll give them that). I've tried patches and I've also tried it with the resolution and settings all the way down. Still, no love. This game was not ready for release but the makers didn't care. They got what they wanted (sales) and now they don't offer any help or advice. Try to go to [...] all you get is a blank screen with the words "Access Denied"

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It's OK. See, I resisted the urge to use a pun!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 October 2005

Bet-on-Soldier sets you in a war-torn future. The world is at war, and television companies are profiting from it. Soldiers are essentially employees of these media corporations, repeatedly being dragged from their duties and forced into televised stand-offs against well-armed, heavily-armoured 'boss'-style enemies.
The game captures this atmosphere quite well. As a soldier, you have military objectives to carry out, as you would in any other war game. But once in a while, your progress is interrupted. Sports commentators begin to speak as a flashy TV visual effect takes over, telling the audience who the combatants are and how awesome this fight is going to be. And then it's on, baby. Kill your opponent if you can, and win big money. Or die trying.
Fighting through WW1-style trenches and then suddenly appearing on television Gladiators-style is a somewhat disconcerting, if brilliant, experience. And your challengers are certainly tough, especially in higher difficulty modes. These one-on-one battles are frantic and action-packed, forcing you to act like Arnie in 'Running Man' by running around quickly and ducking under cover to avoid your opponent's punishing firepower. They are also timed, meaning that you can't stay hidden forever if you expect to win. They are certainly a welcome change of pace, most of the time. And if you can defeat your opponent, you will win a lot of hard cash.
Don't worry if you don't win though. You can still make money from killing enemy soldiers during the main mission. And money is important. You need it to purchase your weapons, ammunition and armour, which are, obviously, quite useful during a war. You can purchase ammunition and repair your armour at any point during a mission by locating the necessary terminal -- but this costs money as well. But this is not all you can use your money for: before starting a mission, you can hire a couple of mercenaries to help you on your way. They are tough and responsive soldiers, and there are different classes available. All of this makes really you feel as though you are living in a very corporate world (even more so than now!), and is certainly reminiscent of a certain movie.
When you're not fighting against bosses in these televised events you are carrying out various standard-affair military missions -- find objective, blow up objective, protect objective, etc. These missions are fairly varied and keep you interested, but they are not particularly original. The original part of the game is, of course, the televised 'Bet on Soldier' component. This is certainly an original concept, and the experience is unlike that of any other shooter, but after a few times it can often become a little repetitive.
Game-play is average. This is not a bad thing, of course. Average means there is much worse out there. It also means that there is a lot better out there. Certain weapons feel somewhat lifeless, but they do make use of recoil and positioning can be important (crouching improves accuracy, etc). And the armour you wear gives a strange feeling, almost inexplicable -- the armour is so durable and so easily repaired that you often feel invulnerable, which I'm sure the soldier appreciates but it does sometimes make you feel a little removed from danger. Half-Life 2 and Far Cry are certainly superior, but that isn't to say that Bet-on-Soldier isn't without its charm.
Graphically, this game is slick. I say slick because oddly enough, a lot of things seem to be greasy. They are quite shiny, particularly when the light catches them. Your mercenaries may appear to have oily skin when you look at them in a certain way. But the effects are good, models are OK, textures are fine, and it makes good use of fairly new techniques. When you consider that the graphics engine was made by a little-known development studio with a fraction of the funding of Valve or ID Software, they do become quite impressive.
The same can be said of the sound effects and music -- it is all quite good, not the best but perfectly satisfactory. Sound effects really begin to set the mood when you hear your first TV appearance, which is very well-done and convincing. Your armour makes horrible, metal-on-metal screeching and crunching sounds when it receives damage, which is an interesting technique and really makes you wince.
This isn't the game to end all games. It isn't going to unseat the likes of Half-Life 2 and Far Cry from their respective thrones. And it may not offer replay value for everyone. But it's a good all-round shooter with a novel concept and 'OK' game-play. It's hard to really fault it on anything major, except perhaps its storyline (or lack thereof). The first time you play through this can be a lot of fun and quite atmospheric. If you've got some spare cash handy, you may want to give this a try. If you can only afford to buy one game this year, however, this isn't it.

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