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If you're tired

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Gamers, are you tired of games which cost $50, take up 4 gigs on your hard drive and slow down to a slide show even on top end systems? Are you tired of games which take an hour of wandering around and talking to other charactes before the shooting starts? Do you want to have some FUN... bloody, loud, explosive shooter fun, like the kind we had the late 90s with Quake and Doom? Are you tired of stealth and puzzle solving? Well look no further! This game, released in 2000, is a blast, literally. This game is simple, violent and fun. You are John Mullins, a freelance soldier who is given the dirty job of finding 4 nukes stolen from a Siberian base by terrorists. OK that's pretty standard stuff. But SOF delivers action and atmosphere in spades. Right away, you are thrown into a gang war in the NYC subway. I live in NY and the trains aren't so realistic, but this is a game, so what. It's the action which counts. SOF distinguishes itself by the extreme level of violence... shot enemies react depending on where they've been hit. Pop him in the foot, and he'll dance around in paid; hit the head and it explodes like a watermelon. The gameplay is not too cerebral... find the enemies (they're not hard to find) and kill them. You'll have from time to time help from other characters, but most of the time you're on your own. So get you kill on with SOF Platinum... you won't regret it!!!

Major goriness, but fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

As I was installing Soldier of Fortune Platinum, a prompt asked me if I wanted to put some limits on the level of blood and gore in the game.

"Nah," I said. "How bad could it be anyway?"

Boy was I in for a surprise! I've been shooting things in games ever since I was 5, and I'd have to say that Soldier of Fortune would be #1 in blood and gore so far.

Shoot any enemy in any place and they react in the proper way.
A shot in the foot will result in bad guy grabbing his leg (or lack thereof). My favorite thing to do when I'm in an evil mood is to unload a whole clip of SMG bullets into a bad guy's chest and watch him do that crazy dance of his.

The game does have limits, but only in story and level design. But when you're in the mood to just walk in and blast away a few hundred bad guys, simple story and linear levels can be a good thing. Just don't let little kids play SoF or even watch you play it without the parental controls on.

GREASTEST GAME OF EM' ALL NEXT TO SOF2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is totaly awesome,though i'm said about Hawk but dude you must play this game you will REALLY love it,and play SOF2 the sequal to SOF1.Poor,John Mullins always loses his kick @$$ partners.

P.S.:I bet you nobody will be playing on Soldier of Fortune Multiplayer!
Scincerly SOF1,2 Lover,
POO(Im not tellin you my name)

The first daringly realistic first-person shooter

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I wanted Soldier of Fortune long before it was released, but unfortunately I did not have a computer that could handle the game at the time. Once I upgraded to a PC that was ready to rock and roll, I rushed out to buy Soldier of Fortune Platinum edition. Killing virtual people with all manner of destructive instruments is fun, but the ability to shoot people in specific areas of the body and have them react in realistic ways to such hits was a dream come true for this gamer. Those people who go into conniptions over "violence in video games" just don't get it; they seem to think violence didn't exist in the world before video games were invented. Worst of all, they want to control our minds, allow us to see and think about things that they in all their infinite wisdom consider "safe." Our fragile little minds will just melt if we see a little blood on our screens, according to these censorious do-goodies. The purchase of Soldier of Fortune is not just the purchase of a great first-person shooter; it is an assertion of your right to make your own decisions about things in life.

Shoot a guy in the foot, and watch him dance around on one-leg; take out a leg, and watch him squirm on the floor; deliver a slug in the gut and listen to your victim moan in pain and even beg for mercy; if you're really serious about this thing, go for the head shot and watch it explode like a watermelon. That's the main attraction of SOF. I can perfectly understand why some parents would not want to let their youngsters see such gratuitous yet oh so cool violence, and there is a parental control lock that will take the realism out of the game.

Soldier of Fortune is much more than an excuse to revel in gratuitous violence. The game play is excellent, rivaling that of the Quake series and Half-Life. The fact that you must complete specific missions makes it much more cerebral than many a first-person shooter, yet the game is not so difficult that you find yourself getting hopelessly stuck every five minutes. Sure, there could be more variety among enemy actions, and strategy sometimes equates to little more than just blasting away willy-nilly at the bad guys, but Soldier of Fortune really has everything I want in a first-person shooter. The addition of "friendlies" adds a further little challenge to the game; as much fun as it is to blow away innocent, unarmed civilians, too many collateral damage deaths can make your mission a failure. Your weapons and equipment are the types of things a real soldier of fortune would carry, not some crazy science fiction gizmos. Your missions, while fictitious, are taken out of the pages of current world history, giving you the chance to take out vicious terrorists who represent a clear and present danger to basically the whole world. This is as close to becoming a hero as I will ever get (even though being a soldier of fortune is as much about making money as it is about taking out the world's bad guys).

The Platinum Edition includes all of the extra multiplayer features of the Gold Edition along with five brand new multiplayer maps, a video preview of SOF2, and the complete online version of the official Strategy Guide from Brady Games. The game has a little age on it now, but it's still a heck of a lot of fun to play. I would only ask that you make your own decision to play this very realistic game or, if you are a parent, you make the decision as to whether or not your child or teenager should take on these violent missions; don't let "them" tell you what you and yours can handle.

sof platinum review

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: June 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

When Soldier of Fortune (SOF) first appeared, I gave it a complete miss - and it had nothing to do with BC putting a near ban on it. It seemed to me that SOF was a one trick pony: Raven's GHOUL system allowed players to blow off specific limbs of the bad guys. After slaughtering wave after wave of bad guys and reaching a lame climax of the Platinum Edition of SOF, my suspicions were correct. The only thing going for SOF is its flat-out shock value, which grows tiresome and even annoyingIt's content also took on a decidedly darker tone as of September 11, 2001. The setup is that terrorists have grabbed some nuclear weapons and it's up to you, as John Mullins (based on the real life soldier of fortune), to stop them. Missions take you all over the place from Tokyo to Iraq to New York's subways. (It was unsettling to be marching through the New York levels mowing down bad guys and realizing that in real life worse events were unfolding.) But whichever level you're currently in the over-riding goal remains the same: "Neutralize" the terrorist threat. This doesn't prove to be much of a problem as the enemy AI is below the intelligence of slugs. Sure they'll pop out from around corner and fire a few shots - but these actions are scripted and not programmed into the AI. Most enemies will run at you, sometimes shooting, sometimes not. If they are shooting they won't often hit you no matter the difficulty level. If an enemy is standing still they won't aim, instead they'll spray bullets side to side making it very easy to get within about three feet before unloading your shot gun. Yes, you will get hit sometimes but there is so much extra body armor and health packs lying around that recovering is no problem. Enemies don't vary much. There are the occasional rocket launcher toting guys or tanks or helicopters but nothing to change your tactics. However, there are many points where bad guys will suddenly appear behind you to get in a few cheap shots. (Which has nothing to do with the sound meter which can trigger surprise attacks if it hits its limit.) They attack in numbers or with force (usually just as you come around a tight corner) rather than with any kind of accuracy or strategy.

Level design doesn't do much to help the overall score of the game. It's linear to the extreme. You'll always know exactly where to go. Some levels require you to push buttons and turn levers - it doesn't get more complicated than that. Most levels can be done in one try.

The story is clichéd - direct from a bad comic book. The in-game cutscenes are pretty hokey as they rely often on shots of Mullins slowly jumping out of the way of an explosion. And even though you have a sidekick, Hawk, you never get to interact with him during missions. He goes off on his own, showing up here and there (at least until he's killed). There's never the chance to coordinate attacks or at least buddy up for a while. Half-Life did it with the security guards, why can't I do it here?

The graphics are all right but they are starting to show their age with the Quake 2 engine. The animation moves at a great rate on current machines and is very good. However, on the outdoor area there is an extremely annoying fog that took me back to the classic Goldeneye for the N64. Raven GHOUL engine does a good job capturing those oh so magic moments of blowing off the head of a guy from close range, or disarming a bad guy by taking off his arm with a heavy machine gun. Which is to say nothing about the kind of havoc you can create with the flamethrower. Thrown into the mix are some really good tunes that add to the tension but I could have done without the constant wailing when a bad guy gets a leg blown off.

Something that I liked about SOF was the fact I couldn't pick-up every weapon I came across. Picking up the rocket launcher requires you to dump some of your weapons because it's so big. Before each mission begins you get the chance to outfit yourself with your choice of equipment and weapons. It's a bit more "realistic" that way.

There's also a lack of quicksave and quickload. At the start of each section you get five saves to use at your discretion. Only once did I use more than three saves on a level. Mainly, I used saves after surprise encounters with tanks.

Multiplayer is included but I found it hard to find a good multiplayer game.

thanx for readin it and i hope it`s a help to you,
charlie
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Only Play If You Have Strong Stomach

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: February 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Only play this game if you have a strong stomach. This game is very bloody. When you walk into a room of people and start to shot then you will see a large red screen, there will be legs going one way heads another and all of the guts and bones and arms and fountains of blood will be sprouting up ever were. This game is definetly not for kids. I am fourteen and I really enjoy this game, this is the kind of game that you can play when you have a bad day at work and want to take it out. I have done this a time or two and trust me it works. Because it is played on a Quake 3 engine it has awesome graphics. And it is very fun. The weapons are very realistic and sound just like the real thing.

I have a computer in my room and thats is the only reason that I am aloud to have the game. My Mom does not want my siblings to see that. I have played alot of shooter games and this is right up there in the top five. The first being Half-Life.

Not to be played with small children in the room. Or if they are in the house. The sound of the blood gurgling in the dead people mouth. It gives me the hibbi jibbis.

All and all a great game.

Nothing more than violence and a bunch of guns, Save your $$

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 12
Date: July 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game because ...I had a gift certificate. The singleplayer is pretty lame and repetitive. After the 1st couple levels I was failed to be at all slightly impressed. The graphics are pretty good but I noticed a lot of graphic flaws. For example when people's limbs get blown off they are missing textures and if you load a map through the console you'll notice a lot of graphic glitches. In singleplayer you do nothing but kill people and press a bunch of buttons...THATS IT!!!

I played the multiplayer but after a couple games I was bored and quit. Multiplayer games are nothing special and not at all exciting. I played this one CTF map online and the floor was missing. The weapons don't seem balanced. For example I unloaded a clip of a machine gun at someone in a online game and he didn't die and than he shoots me once with a shotgun and I die...THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!!<...

Good graphics, very very very VOILENT GAME!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: May 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is good because it's powered by the QUAKE3 ARENA ENGINE!!that's all that's good about it.It's so violent, theres the most mature rating content I've seen in a fps. it's so gorey, so bloody, so voilent, so much suggestive themes, I only played it for 10 minutes then uninstalled it off my computer, tried it 3 more times, felt the SAME WAY!This game is too voilent and should only be played by people 17 or older, HECK, I'm only 13 and I coudn't even stand it!Naughty I was to play it, eh?for all the 17 years olders and higher, buy this game if you are voilent and gory and want a voilent shooter, infact, then if you like this, YOU ARE VOILENT.!17 years old and up, buy this if you want.Any thing below, I don't reccomend it unless you have your parents permission...........

This game could have been great, but......

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I enjoyed this game very much, the plot and storyline were excellent, but the game was rendered on the outdated Quake II engine, so the graphics while better than Quake II itself, were mediocre at best. The game focused too much on blowing people apart and not on the quality of the graphics to enhance the storyline. Also the gunfire and resulting injuries or kills were very unrealistic as to what they would be in real life. I don't think there is anyway a pistol would blow someone's arm or leg completely off their body. While this is no high quality game by any means, it is a very fun one and has a very engrossing storyline and plot. Let's hope they use a much better engine in the upcoming sequel and that the storyline is as well developed in the second game as it was in this one.

THE KING OF KINGS

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Well, all of us video game players wait for so long a game like this one now that it has more than a year of it's start in the market the only game that can win this one is the second part don't you think?
hey this is the more brutal game ever.
it isn't for you koids i'm serious....

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