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malcore
08-05-2002, 06:04 AM
Has anyone played this ridiculous game? It has to be one of the most mindless pieces of rot I have come across. Random spawning, completely scripted, no choices (except what gun you want to run around like an idiot with).
The graphics have been praised as amazing, but I find them blocky, choppy and horribly overlit.
Enter an empty room and all of a sudden there are 4 or 5 jerky but amazingly accurate "terrorists" heading right at you. Doesn't matter if you use any sort of stealth, they know exactly where you are. Clear a passageway and move down it, three more magically appear behind you.
Variety is sorely lacking. Run, shoot, jump, gun, run, shoot, jump, gun. There are no less than three helicopter fights. The big finale is yet another. YAWN.
And since when did Texas turn into Colorado with the Rockies?
Complete garbage and utterly boring.:o

It's a game like this that makes me question the time I spend being completely unproductive in front of a computer, playing a mindless game.
One almost loses any interest in gaming after experiencing rubbish like this.:mad:

poordevil
08-05-2002, 04:39 PM
Hummm, sounds pretty bad alright:p Have you tried Jedi Knight 2? I thought it was an awesome game.A little tedious in the early going with the puzzle solving,but once you earn that lightsaber, and the force powers come into play, the game really picks up!

Before you give up on gaming altogether,chuck SOF2 and give JK2 a whirl.

malcore
08-07-2002, 06:14 PM
Funny you should mention Jedi Knight II! I actually bought both Soldier of Fortune II and JK II together. I had heard so much about the Activision/Raven Software partnership that I had to see what all the fuss was about.
So far JK II seems a good bit better than SOF II. At least with the Force abilities there can be some modification of your character.
You're right about the first bit being a bit dull though. Extend the first few dull missions over an ENTIRE game and you get what SOF II is like to play.

Needless to say, but my SOF II disc, while I was in a fit of anger, suddenly became a very good frisbee and is now officially "fragged".:mad: :D