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Multiplayer!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I haven't even played through the first level of single player, as it really wasn't my type of single player game. However, I started playing multiplayer and just became addicted to it. The multiplayer graphics and speed (if you have an adequate computer) are the best of any game out there. There are thousands of servers up on the net and they are filled 24/7 with players. In the online FPS category this is the best game I've played. It offers different multiplayer modes, among them is demolition, capture the flag, and deathmatch. The online environment is comparable to CS, but with much better graphics and not nearly as many annoying users. So, if you have a DSL+ speed internet connection and a fast machine with a decent graphics card....this is a great game. However if you're looking for single player, SOF2 just isn't very good. So, if you can't wait for Half Life 2, Doom 3, Deus Ex 2, and all the others in the new generation of FPS games coming out, buy this for the multiplayer.

One of the best MP games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game, but the single player isnt that good, the graphics are good, but there are better games out there. But the Multiplayer is great, IMO one of the best right now, is a very fast game with a lot of options, mods, and maps. The games is very addictive, if you are looking for a good MP game this is one of the best out there. But if you can find the original version is a lot cheapper and you can still download the gold patch free.

One of the Greatest FPS of all time!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

SOF2, the sequel to one of the most goriest games ever made, makes a return, but has a lot more detail than the first. In this game, you can actually shoot somebody's eye out, you can actually see a brain when you cut somebody's head and slicing pieces of it off, and you can even shoot somebody's hand. unlike the first game, the graphics are much more improved. the first game (which is also a classic) had PSone graphics, where the characters were blocky. The game has a nice selection of weapons, a few exclusive to this version.

A Lengthy and Awe-Inspiring Action Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: October 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Yea, this game is gorey. Once you kill (many different ways to kill him/her) a terrorist, you can basically, at your leisure, just shoot the crap out these enemies. Once the limbs are eliminated, you will begin to see their lungs--no lie. It's that gorey. But it is great fun to watch!

Just like Soldier of Fortune 1, you will explore levels situated from dense Vietnamese jungles to a remote ship out on the Atlantic Ocean, from the Airport Terminal to Japanese urban streets. From mantions to massive mantions. Lots of variety. Also, for each level where you combat outdoors, it's either raining/snowing or just plain clear. In the beginning of one level where you enter the large virus-producing (discuss later) lab., it's like 50 degrees below zero, and terrorists aren't expecting you.

I love the music in this game. When on the main menu, you're greeted with orchestrated music, that sounds very suspenceful but critical music. You'll know what I mean when you hear it. Also, each level has slow-paced and fast-paced music. Each pace changes when the mood changes--what I mean is: fast, suspenceful music when you're in danger, and vice versa. I love the mantion level music, probably the best orchestrated music--kind of sounds like Medal of Honor, WWII type music.

Weapons range from a sidearm to the UZI, to an AK47, to an ultra-powerful shotgun. Grenades are awesome. Choose from either phosphorus (eye-blinding), stun (loud/bright) or flame (destroys objects and flames up stuff)grenades---and then you have your regular explosive grenades--NOT that the others DON'T explode also--they do explode.

The story is about John Mullins trying get face to face to Promethius and his connections with the illegally-operated labs that are producing a fatal virus that will kill everyone, which you will notice after the Vietnam level, where you're in a small city with sick people regurgitating.

Taylor, a partner of John Mullins, and Sam, John's advisor, are in the game. However, later in the game, after the ship in the ocean, when you fly back to the "the Shop" or headquarters in outskirts of NYC for a mission breifing, the 2-storey building partially explodes because of an "inside job". There's a fire, and must rescue Sam and bring him to the awaiting ambulance. I liked that part.

I have a GeForce FX 5200, 768 MB RAM while playing SOF2, and there are instances of slow-down, but not drastic but somewhat noticeable. However, that only occurs if there are many objects and buildings in the background, of course. You can also adjust the graphics settings to make it faster.

There are many reasons why you should get Soldier of Fortune 2. Excellent, driven plot; realistic graphics like eye-candy; sounds great on my computer; gameplay is excellent with unlimited gorey scenes; there are also great scenes of destruction, too.

Jeff

Great single player game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

In comparison, this game is like Jedi Knight 2. The singleplayer is a fun and interesting expierience. The main characters are incredibly alike, and the graphics are alike. The multiplayer consists off pushing guys over and doing backslashes in jedi knight 2. That was a fault in jedi knight 2 that led alot of people to different games. This game has a problem with multiplayer as well. Namely... the people. There are so many little kids that believe themselves kings of the online gaming world that it is pathetic. The multiplayer brings nothing new to the table except when you play the outdoor maps. Namely the large ones with weeds and houses. Those are the best maps as you can hide in a house and guys are hiding all over the place. There are people hiding in the grass sometimes ambushing you or people in buildings waiting behind doors. Other than that, most of the levels get boring. Most of them.

The single player is truly an expierience. Jedi Knight 2's was fun, but this game has a great thing going with the GHOUL II engine. You basically dismember your opponents. Sometimes it's fun, others it can be a little gruesome. Namely guys falling over holding their arm sockets. On one hand though, it does make the game feel real, and fun. I The single player also has stealth. It's okay. There are some problems with steath that make it kinda boring.

The weapons are pretty cool too. The shotgun is fun, but what's cooler is customizing your pistol with laser sight and silencers. Now, the light attatchment would be cool if the editors made the light a little less bright. You can basically illuminate the land for a mile and have no enemy realize your existence. There's also some nice nades that are fun to use.

The singleplayer portion is the reason to buy this game. Multiplayer is rather dull and feels meaningless most of the time. That's why there's counter-strike. If you are expecting anything really new about multiplayer.... It is too easy. I haven't played multiplayer in a year or two. I logged on a big sniper server yesterday and was 58 17. It was almost laughable at how veterans of cs will excel in Solider of Fortune 2. If you haven't played cs than SOF2 is a fun multiplayer expieirience I would say.

There are also some bugs in the game. You may shoot a guy and bullets will go through. This is extremely rare and sometimes happens when he is running. There are also other things you'll see that don't crash the game, but they certainly tell you alot about SOF2's testing team. In one part a prisoner is holding an uzi, then he kills the guard and picks the uzi up again. It looks really stupid because the testers should of caught that.

Anyways, this game is a solid investment. If you enjoy the ability to fully dismember your foes then get this game.

THIS GAME IS THE ULTIMATE IN MULTIPLAYER GAMES!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

i purchased this game just because of the fact that i loved games that had to do with shooting. The first time i played i was hooked. the single player is pretty good, fun, but the story line makes no sence. But anyway lemme talk about the greats. this is the BEST multiplayer game out. ive played alot of games like cs, and even the new battlefields but still spend more time playin sof2 online then all combined!! ive been playin it for the past year and became probably one of the best in it. its so fun and addicting because the guns, blood and the whole aspect of killing is so detailed. anything from heads blown off, limbs seperating, and just plain blowing up is so exhilerating. when people sneak up and shoot the sounds make me literally jump from my seat!. theres alot of clans running on sof2 so this gives the opportunity for the players to get even more involved in the multi player aspect of this game. I recommend you get this game if you like multiplayer shooting games as soon as possible. maybe ill see u in a server! i love soldier of fortune 2.

GET THIS GAME NOW!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is probably the best in my library of PC games. Single player is fun, but I think the game is all about multiplayer. There are many maps, and you can get new maps from the internet; there are many game types including capture the flag, and classic deathmatch. This game is very fun - if you liked CounterStrike or any other game in its class, you will surely love SoF. There is a large variety of weapons, including grenades and the famous AK74. Overall, if you love FPS's, buy this game. And when will Soldier of Fortune 3 come out?

"Mullins! you are jeopardizing the mission! get back here now!"

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Oh man. This is sweet. even after playing quake 4 and the F.E.A.R. demo, this is really a game i can truly enjoy. one of the biggest pluses to the game is simple yet important. you shoot somebody, and they have a bullet wound. its not like youre just shooting people, and youre kinda wondering, well is this guy dying or not? no, this time you can pull out your shotgun and blow the limbs off people one by one and hear them scream, or slice an enemys face right down to the grayish brain. this is a very realistic game, a few problems which take away from the realism, such as the fact that you can carry a ridiculous amount of weapons, and the one thing that REALLY bugs in me in the game is the fact that the blood isnt done too bad (try getting one of the blood mods for extra real blood tho) but after you kill an enemy, the blood will just ooze from the body in a way that is oh so similar to the grand theft auto series. and whats more the blood doesnt look like the blood that squirts out when u shoot their juicy bodies, it just looks horrible. just a big mistake made in the game. the weapons are nicely chosen, an assortment of different handguns, grenades, and powerful machineguns. even the combat knife can prove to be quite useful. there is a lack of "stealth" weapons though, which didnt make much sense since stealth is supposed to be a large part of gameplay, theres even a meter on how much noise youre making. the story is involving and very good, nothing more can be asked for however sometimes during the missions your objectives just arent made very clear. if you miss a soldiers orders u can be confused for quite a while... but not a problem to the game. the multiplayer is well, just all you would expect from multiplayer action. definetly not bad, i still recommend ut2004 or quake though. havent tried counterstrike but apparantly thats the best, sounds pretty fun from what my friends have told me, i plan to get it sometime. well thats just about enough for this game, i hope a sof3 is released, perhaps with the nextgen graphics of doom3, that would be plain sweet...

Not to be played on a full stomach and not for children

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Man oh, man, was this game ever gory. I remember the first time that I played this game and I almost puked. I mean, the first shot at a bad guy that I took, ripped his whole arm off. It was disgusting. I am telling you this honestly, note; THIS GAME IS NOT FOR CHILDREN AND IS NOT TO BE PLAYED BY THE FAINT OF HEART OR ON A FULL STOMACH!!! Don't believe me? Go to Gamespot.com, type in Soldier of Fortune, and look at the screenshots and pretty much all of them will show up looking like buckets of blood and decapitated bodies. However, for those that are looking for a good solid action and can handle the content of the game, I highly recommend this but not on a full stomach.
So, parents, with this said, it was a great idea to write to check your child's wish list twice, and if this game shows up, the answer should be no way in hell.

Soldier of Fortune II

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My experience with Amazon orders in general has been a wonderful experience. I recently purchased Soldier of Fortune II for my son and he loves the game. The game arrived just as we requested and was in great shape. I would recommend this to anyone.

Thanks Amazon,
Marjorie

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