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EXELLENT FIRST PERSON SHOOTER

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 15
Date: December 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

wow, this game is amazing, i noticed that a few people have given it a bad rating. i, presonally dissagree with them. maybe you should tone down the blood and gore (it gets a little disturbing)but i guess that's all for the better, right? I think it's a very good game and it is also a good party game because of the multiplayer. The graphics are mind-blowing and i was smply blown awa by the gameplay. if you are a fan of first person shooters i would definetly buy this game (weak-stomached beware of the location damage) those of you who don't know what location damage is it's like if you shoot in the leg wit a shotgun, his leg gets injured and/or blown off, so its like a location on your body gets damaged, get it?

which will be better,PS2orPC?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 16
Date: August 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

when i played the pc version of this game i was blown away by the AI,graphics,and the bloody realism.I hope its the same on console,but a word from an experienced player if youre weak in the stomach use the violence modifyer to tone down the gore but if you can handle it start blastin away terrorists withe shotgun(lots of fun hehe).This is an overall good game so have fun.(expriment with the combat knife,big fun hmhm)

I own it, and have played the PC version

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I checked up on this game and saw that a few people gave it a bad review. First of all, only a few people gave it a bad review, not enough to be a deciding factor. Secondly, they say it's "overhyped". I haven't seen much hype about this game, I mean it isn't like the overhyped "Devil May Cry" (which I own also and do enjoy, but it is way overhyped). This game is great, I had it on dreamcast and PC and I think it is just as good if not better than either other version. The graphics are beyond great, the backgrounds are good and the weapon effects are flawless. No other game has close to the realism and feel of "Soldier of Fortune". The weapons are great and creative. The weapons all have different affects on the people and the environments. I think telling someone not to get this game is cruel. Games have a funny way of being loved by some, despised by others (eg Silent Hill 2, one of my favorites). I would encourage anyone interrested to try it at least and not take the reviews too seriously since feelings on this game are so diverse. Everyone I know loves this game.

Marvelous stress-reliever.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: November 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is 95% Hand-Eye Coordination / and about 5% Logical Problem-solving.

Wonderful game! Extremely Violent! This could be good - or bad - depending on your philosophy. And by "violent" - I mean limb-dismemberment, agonizing screams, heads blown off, wiggling intestines, slowly growing puddles of blood, etc...

Some people criticize this as "having no story" or being a "no-brainer", but I love its simplicity!

I'm not saying it's an 'easy' game to win; rather that it's not IMPOSSIBLE to figure out how to play. It is NOT necessary to thoroughly study some 60-page owners' manual before playing this game (I hate that!)

Also when you ARE playing the game, there are NO difficult puzzles to solve. Nothing to side-track you. Nothing to stop THAT FABULOUS MOMENTUM!!!! No secret codes to crack. Nothing tricky - It's just blood-&-guts bad-guy killing!

You put it in & start playing. SIMPLE! The default controls are easy to remember, but using the SETTINGS, you're able to CHANGE any control you wish.

Great stress-reliever. Call me derranged, but I just love it!

I've read some reviews that say this game has 'racist overtones'. Personally I don't see that here.

The bad guys come in ALL colors of the rainbow. You start off killing a bunch of evil hooligans who've taken over a New York subway station. (although one has a Russian accent - the rest are all white guys with completely American accents - Heck most of them are blonde!) - then in the next round you're killing African soldiers on a train carrying an atomic bomb.

Then in the third round you're killing Eastern Europeans. I don't see one particular race or ethnic group being favored over another. EVERYONE DIES!

There's room for improvement, but very often I'll get stuck playing this game till the wee hours of the morning - and I've owned this game for a couple years now.

Best Game Ever!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: October 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game I have played ever!The guns are cool when you blow a guys head,legs,arms and there brains out.The PC verion is sweet and I hope it is the same for Playstation 2.I hope you have fun!!!

Play this game Online!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: May 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have rated this game for its online play; as a single-player game it was nothing special. Online it is absolutely fantastic. It has a nice fast movescale and a good range of weapons. Some good maps too; check out the "Raven" map online; it's great. I recommend playing it with the full blood-and-guts activated; this is a game; not reality, and the extreme gore adds a very entertaining slapstick element to multiplayer scenarios. This game is a classic for online Deathmatch and CTF fans. At any given moment, there are usually about 130 servers running different SoF games, so there is a lot of choice. If you enjoyed Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament, you must try Soldier of Fortune!

the most gore game shooter on psx2

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

a great fps game the graphics are not that bad i had the dreamcast version and it was too dark now for psx2 is my best fps game lot of blood gore with the shotgun i gave it 4 stars because i did not like the music is just heavy metal rock but you can take out the music on options so dont worry this game will amaze you .

Hot Shots

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is not for the weak at heart. The graphics are awesome and the storyline is hardcore. Just make sure you adjust the mayhem/gore section down to tame before you let your little brother play it!!!

I like the Shotgun and 44 Magnum the most. But the supressed 9mm is the bomb for stealth. Go get'em!!

Bring on the Gore!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: July 31, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Ya gotta lot it! Pure, unadulterated violence. My kinda game. Yeah, the graphics are way outdated, but the manner in which you can blast body parts off of your enemies is fantastic. I can't get enough of the dismemberment as they scream with their last breaths while being separated limb by limb with hot smoldering shotgun rounds. The "save anywhere" feature is a blessing. Overall, I enjoyed this prehistoric game. I had to cheat to beat the final boss, but besides that, the difficulty level was just right. Oh yeah, stay away from "No One Lives Forever". That game wreaks.

lots of gore, lots of fun, but some hang ups

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you've heard of Soldier of Fortune, then like most people you probably heard of it's notorious reputation. At the time it was released, Soldier of Fortune was arguabley the most graphic, violent game on the market. While it lacked any vulgarity, the realistic depiction of gore really pushed the envelope - it even got condemned as "pornography" (due to violence, not nudity) by the canadian government.

This is how I first became curious about the game, and my first time playing it, I was pretty shocked - in a pleasant way. The game uses technology called the "ghoul engine", which drives the games graphical gore fest. This system allows, for all sorts of realistic damage to be done to objects and characters in the game. Nasty looking bullet holes, complete with powder burns, apear where you shoot a bad guy. Blood is plentiful in the game. And of course shoot someone enough times at a joint (or with a high caliber weapon) and you will dismember them. This is actually pretty fun, though somewhat disturbing. Shooting someone in the stomache with a shotgun will even cause intestines to spill out, and shooting someone in the face causes a REALLY nasty mess.

While the over the top gore, is the main "feature" of the game, but otherwise the graphics look pretty good considering the year the game was made. Nothing too spectacular, but based on the quake 2 engine the game looks pretty good. Aside from dead bodies with missing legs and pieces of shattered bone potruding froom the stumps, the game has lots of other little graphical details. Bullet holes are different sizes for different weapons, and are different based on the type of surface you fire at. Sound too is pretty good, and bullets hitting metal, not only made nice looking bullet holes, but also sound pretty intense.

Besides these features the game is a little lacking in plot, but then again, that's probably not why you're playing this game. The gameplay is a heck of a lot of fun, and as long as you're old enough to handle it, the gore is just a nice little commodity. The problem is the game doesnt feel very "serious" although it tries to. The story gets pretty stupid towards the end, as the end of the game is a "boss fight" with a bad guy who looks like a reject from the GI Joe cartoons.

Also the realism found in the graphics is no where in the rest of the game. The selection of weapons is lacking, and the weapons are FAKE made up weapons, that are only LOOSELY based on real military arms at best. Some of the late game weapons are just plain stupid. They would have been better of staying with a gritty military persona for the game.

The gameplay is good, and if you want to see lots of blood and guts you'll love this game. But you may be disapointed that the rest of the game lacks character and realism.

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