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Soldier Of Fortune Payback
Published by: Activision |
Soldier Of Fortune Payback - Game Review (PC)
By Ionascu Alex
Published: February 7, 2008
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Are you prepared to spend money for 8 hours of frustration? Stupid artificially enhanced enemies, dumb checkpoint system, blood and gore galore, what more could you ask for? Hey, it even rhymes. Leaving jokes aside, listen to my advice and avoid this at all costs. Don't spend a penny on it and play solitaire instead. Or you could play Soldier of Fortune 2 instead, as that was a lot more fun.
Gameplay: 51
You simply have to kill
everyone to finish the level. You can't get lost or stuck, since your path is
obvious, and invisible walls will stop your exploring nature. Be ready to die
hundreds of times even on the "easy" difficulty, and to smash the keyboard when
you see the NPC that you're supposed to protect, go charging into 5 enemies.
Play this if you like a lot of ketchup though 
Graphics: 53
The only time the game looks mildly good is when playing on max details and resolution. Any other setting will make you think you're playing a game that is three years old. The explosions look pretty good and so does the water, but everything else has a certain washed out aspect that looks awful. Be sure to enjoy the jungle levels as they look the best and everything goes downhill from there.
Sound: 45
This can be summed up into poor voice acting, generic sounds and mildly interesting music. Turn the sounds off and listen to whatever you want, as they won't help you in any way, not even to determine where you're being shot from. Too much screaming anyway and your voice only makes you sound more like a retard than you actually are... I hope.
Multiplayer: 48
With the classical multiplayer modes, SOF: Payback brings nothing new. Only 5 multiplayer maps are available, so even this will get boring quickly. Too bad, considering how interesting the multiplayer mode was in Soldier of Fortune 2.
Hardware: 73
The game looks awful on any resolution below 1600x1200, and sometimes even on that. The problem is that performance is just as bad and there is no difference in changing the resolution. Be sure to play it in the highest resolution that your monitor can handle. Frame rate will drop often due to the high number of explosions and enemies, and will reach bottom on the jungle level where vegetation will have a serious impact.
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