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ok but not great

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Most video games made from movies are knock offs. This one is better than that, but I was expecting a full blown Tom Clancy style tactical shooter a la Rainbow Six or Ghost Recon.

The biggest departure from Rainbow or Recon is that your path is planned out for you. You simply follow the line and shoot whatever pops into sight. Your team is pre-assembled - you don't need to choose from recon, snipers, assault, electronics etc before a mission as you do in Rainbow Six or Ghost Recon. I beat the game pretty quickly, something I could not do in the other Tom Clancy game.

The weapons and AI are pretty good, all things considered, as you might expect from Red Storm Entertainment.

If your looking for a challenge and are a Tom Clancy fan, buy Ghost Recon or the 2 expansion packs, or wait for Raven Shield to come out this winter.

Could have been so much more

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The one word that probably best decribes this game, "rushed". Red strom were looking for some easy money off the back of the movie. And the game's quality is reflected in it's cheap price.

The single player missions were like a massive case of dija vous back to my Rainbow Six days, probably becuase that is all this game is. Rainbow Six with none of the expansion packs (which are dearly needed as this game took less than 7hours to clock).

Gameplay- Movement is very restricted compared to other games of similar genre. And AI isn't anything special, the guards have a tendancy to stare at walls (or where ever the last shot came from)do not patrol, or scan the room. Therefore they regularly do not notice anyone enter the room (which makes it a little bit of a duck shoot at times). However if by some miracle they are pointing in ur direction and u are spotted, they are not slow at all in putting a few rounds in you or ur team members.

Multiplayer is a joke. Not even worth mentioning.

All in all steer clear of Soaf, stick with Rainbow 6 or Ghost Recon purely becuase they have pretty much the same game play, obviously with slight variations, but have tons of expansions. For excellent multiplayer fun, try Soldier of Fortune 2(Have been playing for 6months and still not bored) Or keep an eye out for Delta Force Black Hawk Down, release date late march.

Hope this helps.

Nice little Sidenote...not quite the movie

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This was the opportunity for a movie to make an awesome selling promotional item...the plot was there...but instead they use the back story. New Years eve and a call comes in. From the White house dinner to the hills of where? Yes thats right West Virginia. What were you thinking oh great programmers? Tom Clancy should smack your hands. Well, none-the-less, it isn't a total flop. I think it is a very good game, although too easy on easy and too hard on hard. If you want a offshot of the movie with no real nuclear threat, and you want to steal some papers and shoot some "terrorists" (remember those west virginians?) then you will have fun... I recommend it...

This is a very good game............

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: July 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a very cool game. you'll get addicted to it for awhile then about a week later you'll play it every now and then. This game is very action packed! Each time you beat a mission you'll get some new outfits. (an outfit is a set of weapons to use during a mission just incase you didn't know.) If you're mom dosn't like you to get games where you kill people just put on a sad face and tell her that there is no blood(because there isn't.) and say please alot.

The worst computer game! How could they?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: August 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I am eagerly awaiting the PS2 version so I can see if its an easier game to play. The controls (stinks). Its very slow on my computer. The graphics look good, but not good enough. Maybe the console versions will be good. If not then I will play the GameBoy Advance version which will (chances are) be a little easy. I'd rather watch the mating habits of pocket lint than play this game. I warn you, wait until the console (GameCube, GameBoy Advance, PlayStation2) versions come out, rent them and then decide if you want them.

Another dud

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: June 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I am sure the movie will be good as all the Clancy Movies have been, but unfortunately if the demo I have played of this game is a decently accurate sample of the game, then there is not much to look forward to. It uses the same horrible engine as the pitiful Ghost Recon game uses. You still move slow as a snail and have litle directional control over your character as you can't map the left and right keys like in Ghost Recon. Another military fiasco to add the the growing list of dud military games. I.E. the rest of the clancy games, the delta force games, Operation Flashpoint, to name a few. So don't waste your money or time on SOAF.

Not worth your money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: June 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

It barely follows the story line of the Sum of All Fears, same dumb format as Ghost Recon, and only 11 short, easy missions. It doesn't even allow you to choose your own weapons, you have to choose from a pre-made package. If you are a first time FPS player, get this. If you are a hard-core FPS player, it's not worth your money.

So, are all the Tom Clancy games this bad?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: September 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Seriously, I would like to know.

I liked the movie, had never really played a squad-based tactical game (I stick to First Person Shooters and flight sims) so decided to try it out. the back of the box reads "Mission-based campaign with 11 missions that take place in real-world locations." So, I think "11 missions? Must mean there will be around 20 levels." (since usually in any game I've played a mission is a series of a few levels. ie, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault has like 5 missions, but a total of 15-20 levels) but the case with this game is 11 LEVELS. So, what it comes down to, is after spending [money] I get home and blow through the entire game in 2 hours at most. True, the levels are okay, but the AI is easy, the squadmates are boring, and as I said before, it is far too short a game to for this kind of cash. I suppose it could have taken longer if I had taken it slow, explored the areas, looked at some blank computer screens in the room I just cleared, but as a FPSer, I kind of just stroll through, take the baddies down, and move along. The only thing that I hesitate for is if the bad guys give me enough challenge to make me think my plan all the way through before I step out of that room as with Soldier of Fortune 2. this game, you clear the room, step out without hesitating and blast through the slow witted, ... enemies that tactlessly await you in the next room.

Since I have no basis for comparison with this being my first game of this sort, I am sorely dissappointed. Had it lasted longer, then I would have given it a better rating, but two hours for [money] just isn't worth it for me. I'll just go back to playing Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and actually get my monies worth out of it through all the replays that it demands.

So, serously, is this game the norm for this genre, or is it just terrible in every area?

OK game that seemed rushed

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

I love all of the work by Tom Clancy including books and movies. When it comes to this game he drops off. I have never played any of his other games (so don't write how great they were, and say i am crazy). This game however I got a feeling that it was all scripted just like a movie, you do not really have free movement. The game is not anything good compared to great military games like Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crises that gives you movement like no other. If you are a true Tom Clancy fan like I am and you like Cold War type games stick to Operation Flashpoint or Medal of Honor Allied Assault.

Sum of All that is not good in gaming

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: June 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

My copy of S.O.A.F. arrived on Friday and I can summarize this game in one quick sentence. This is not as good as ghost recon.

Part of the problem with the lack of fluid motion may be the different game engine they are using. However, many of the problems with this game stem from design flaws.

The first thing I did after a prelimianry run through some of the maps and quick missions was to go ahead and modify the "unlocked outfits" and unlocked missions files so I could view each map and each uniform available. I may be completely wrong and my lack of interest in this particular red Storm release keeps me from checking any further but the uniforms do not appear t change much from one title to another. It appears
that the weapons are what actually change. Snipers appear the same as support etc it is simply the weapon that is different per individual.

The gameplay motion is not as fluid as Ghost Recon and the ability to select weapons is limited much more so than in previous games such as Rogue Spear. The maps appear to be up to par but the lack of blood and the lack of player realism take a lot away from this game.

You'll notice when a player switches weapons it is quite cartoonish. I was using a sniper and watching the replay I cna see that the sniper rifle simply disappears as if he does not have this weapon. I want to see the weapons when not in use and make them switch a little more realisticly.

In short, this falls well below the standards of Ghost Recon and Desert Siege. I have not played this in multi-player mode yet but I am not sure if I even want to. I am going to play Ghost Recon while waiting for Raven's Shield.

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