Posted on: October 8, 2018

UthersonL

Games: 1033 Reviews: 23

The game to make your parents worry

This is the closest any game has come to the feel of 1980s American action films, especially the ones starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. It has excessive violence, over-the-top plot, one-man-army action. Said violence is the game's focus and fairly unique selling point, boasting surprisingly many hit-zones (outside of SoF's sequel, I can't think of any other game that differentiates in its reaction animations between a shot to the head and to the neck, for instance) and easy dismemberment. You can enjoy a sight of an enemy clutching his leg, hopping after a shot in the foot, or "dancing" under SMG fire. I would've given the game 5 stars, but I had minor technical issues with controls. Mainly, they seemed at times floaty or had lag spikes somehow connected with, well, connectivity: they would get the worst while the game was showing an icon with an unplugged ethernet cable. Also, sometimes when strafing or moving through narrow spaces, the game would "add" another direction to the buttons I was supposedly pressing (e.g. the character also moving back while I was trying to strafe to the side).

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Posted on: January 22, 2021

mrelusive603

Verified owner

Games: Reviews: 14

Fun on the right difficulty settings.

Played this on Linux (Wine) with the SoFPlus fan patch. Didn’t try the multiplayer but I recall it being fun back in the day. The gameplay is basically Quake II but modern warfare. You run through the levels, blast bad guys, use buttons & switches to progress and get to the end of the level. There is a plot, but as John Carmack once said, "It's expected to be there, but it's not that important." I *strongly* recommend customizing the difficulty settings at the main menu because the default options are uneven at best. I found medium difficulty too easy (boring), but the jump in difficulty on the “Challenging” setting was insane. I was doing fine until the first level of Siberia. You are immediately sniped and attacked by an auto-turret, both of which can see you through the map’s fog. Not sure if it’s a lack of testing or sadistic developers, but on Challenging difficulty it’s just cheap deaths over and over. It’s worse because your number of quick-saves are limited, so you’ll be replaying the same section and dying over and over. Another critique I have of this game is the weapon variety. There’s an over-reliance on the SMG or shotgun. If there was different types of SMG or shotgun it would be okay, but there's only one of each. This game also has a sniper rifle but you’ll barely use it. Grenades are quick-thrown like Call of Duty, but only frags were useful. Flash grenades don’t seem to affect the AI most times and usually end up blinding you instead. C4 is too situational to be useful. Enemy variety is underwhelming. Occasionally you’ll fight enemies with body armor, defense turrets or vehicles, but it’s mostly the same goons with different uniforms. The levels may change, but the AI does not. It can get a bit stale after a while. As a whole, the game is okay despite its flaws and worth a play at sale price. I wouldn’t pay the $9.99 asking price for this. SoFPlus fan patch is an absolute must.

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Posted on: September 1, 2021

Zenperor

Verified owner

Games: 452 Reviews: 12

A fantastic and timeless game

The only reason I didn't give 5 stars to this game was some small movement bugs during my gameplay, the puppet seemed to be sliding on ice instead of running... But honestly, WHO CARES? The game is just too good, its trademark was the exaggerations. I had a great time playing SoF, it's a shame that it's sequels didn't even come close to this big boy. ATTENTION Remeber to download SoFplus - client to have a good exprience.

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Posted on: November 23, 2022

StuntmanMikeL

Verified owner

Games: 303 Reviews: 52

One of the best classics from that era

Honestly, the only thing I really need to say about this game is that I used to have to get into fights with my then-16-year-old sister because she was hogging my computer all the time, playing through Soldier of Fortune's campaign on repeat. Let that sink in for a moment. If that doesn't sell you on trying out this game then I don't know what will. And before you get on my back for suggesting that girls aren't gamers or whatever, you really need to understand what kind of a teenager my sister was. She was literally the last person you'd suspect to be into this type of game at that age. Hell, she was never really into gaming at all and once she got over SoF, I don't think she ever picked up another game ever again. And I guess it's entirely possible that what grabbed her attention was the fact that you could shoot dudes in a dick and they would react to it in a believable way. But my personal takeaway from this little anecdote is that Soldier of Fortune is just so much fun that literally anyone will find it enjoyable.

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Posted on: October 2, 2018

Da_Big_Boo

Verified owner

Games: 45 Reviews: 1

The pinnicale title of classic shooters.

Amazing gore, amazing graphics "for the time" sof plus mod fixes all issues with modern hardware. -dinput and in_mouse 2 is needed for the mouse issue. Otherwise controls are a breeze although a tad archaic due to its age. (namly number select being off) Just buy it. The level design can be a tad confusing but its sooooooo fun. Just blast arms off and get stuffed with pizza. Good times garanteed.

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