Posted on: August 6, 2023

BrokeMyNinja

Игр: 669 Отзывов: 13

Nostalgic FPS between 2 generations

I played this way back when it first released many many times. One of my favorite FPS games. Still have the original CD's but installing them is a pain on newer systems. Picked up all the SOF games when they hit GOG. You still have to apply some modern fixes if you play on Windows 10 or 11. Never had Win8/8.1 so i couldnt tell you there, but Windows 7 even needed a tweak here and there. Gameplay is pretty good and still holds up with a few issues that are a result of great coding on poor hardware that newer systems take advantage of. Raven's Engine coding seemed to be held back by the performance of older PC's. It is free of those limitation and shows a more challenging experience in both good & bad ways. Feels more claustrophic than the original SOF, using new models & textures on old designs. One of the few games that took advantage of "leaning" mechanics quite well for its time. Gun play is a 7/10 because the Ghoul Engine 2.0 masks or rather distracts some of the issues like Hit Registration. For example the mounted M60 Machine Gun used to just spray in a large cone, now it fires in a tighter circle almost all bullets on top of one another. On older PC's the hit registration was fairly poor and the recoil of guns was all over the place for anything automatic. The coding for Recoil and Hit Registration on newer PC's is actually better. Enemy pathing is a bit broke, not just being scripted, but in combat they tend to be overly accurate with on newer PC's. Often times breaking the limits of targeting, shooting and walls. Ive had an HE grenade kill me through a wall. As always Google "PCGamingWiki Soldier of Fortune II Double Helix" to see what they have for Modern System fixes to make sure you get the best optimum game play. One fix that is not mentioned in the PCGW SOF2 page is an audio skipping/stuttering issue that can be remedied with the same audio patching "Indirectsound" and "dsoal" that SOF1 uses. Drop both in the same folder as SOF2.exe.

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Edited on: August 23, 2025

Posted on: July 18, 2025

Fearghus8Destroyer

Владелец игры

Игр: 1710 Отзывов: 72

Very different beast than SOF1

Whereas SOF1 was still very much run'n'gun type of shooter at heart, SOF 2 changes the game and takes big leap towards more realistic gameplay. It's not basically power fantasy, where you just kill enemies, anymore. The game rewards much slower, more careful approach (leaning from behind corners isn't just for decoration here). And just forget about shooting full auto to targets more than 15 m from you, you'll just loose your ammo. Even Ghoul damage system is now more realistic, not so over the top for some weapons. It's definitely more difficult than SF1, but enjoyable. Just Columbia levels can be more bothersome as sometimes there's really no good cover to fire from behind and while you might not readily spot enemies in the dense jungle, they'll see you just fine and swiftly eliminate you. There are some stealth sections which aren't particularly good. Fortunately only in one of them an alarm means that you've failed your mission. Final fight with Osprey is more tedious than fun, too. Graphics is good for the game's release data and above mentioned Ghoul system works even better (although less spectacularly than in SF1). The shadows like to glitch and should be lowered down to "spot" to avoid the problem. The weapons choice is fairly wide with good selection of pistols, SMGs, assault rifles, shotguns and explosives. Fun fact: H&K MP5SD featured so prominently on the game cover isn't even available in singleplayer mode without using cheats or mods. Story is serviceable and concerns bioweapon this time. There are some sections where you're going through a small town attacked by a wirus. No action there so it's probably boring for many people, but it shows well, against what danger you're fighting and what's at stake. The one thing original CD release has and I don't think GOG version has, was the sequence playing during game installation stylized as TV news or documentary about viruses and epidemics, greatly enhancing the game atmosphere.

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Posted on: October 4, 2018

Gunther_Garfunkel

Игр: 428 Отзывов: 6

Truly a game for the Chad gamer.

The gore of SOF was ramped up to a supernatural level for this one, plus the added rag doll p’s means you can lay the smackdown on enemies with tenfold the whoopa$$. SOFII came at a time when we needed it, can’t say the same for the 3rd one, SOFII had the action, mystery, intrigue, and TIMING of a great game. IMO it earned its place in gaming history. Yeah it’s old, but has it been replaced? Games are too scared to even tread the ground of this behemoth, so the answer would be: NO. Still waiting for game devs to grow some balls? Do you have any faith that they will? Well if your answer’s D.T.A. and you ain’t got the sweet time to wait, play this game and laugh at the devs who are crying because they’ve had the imagination beat out of them. That’s it, cry for your mommies, the fruits of greater men’s labour is still ripe for the picking. YEEEET 100 100

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Posted on: April 6, 2021

Skelentor

Владелец игры

Игр: 128 Отзывов: 2

A Mixed Bag

SOF 2 ditches the fast paced action of the first game for a more slower "tactical" approach. What this translates to is extremely hard hitting enemies, with the ability to mow you down in seconds if you aren't careful. This could be considered devise, but I don't think that its inherently a bad thing. What really makes or breaks the combat in my opinion is the level design, and they aren't all winners. It really seems to me that about every other level in this game is kind of a stinker. It's especially atrocious when you play the game the developers intended with a limited saves system, luckily you can edit the difficulty to include the ability to save whenever. The story also took a bit of nose dive as well. Not that the first game had a brilliant story by any means, but it was appropriately cheesy . SOF 2's story on the other hand is pretty dull and takes itself too seriously. I would overall recommend this game, but don't expect it to play anything like the first game, nor

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Posted on: January 8, 2024

SideshowPhilip

Владелец игры

Игр: Отзывов: 12

Really Bad, holy cow

I played this game and its multiplayer a long time ago. I can't believe I don't remember how bad it was. The game feels like it doesn't want you to play it. Constantly taking away the core-gameplay with stealth levels, visiting home-base, and on-rails turret sections. Different minor design decisions could have made this game good. But it's really really bad. -The guns look like they should be cool but they suck. Recoil, spread, and just using them in general is awful. -Enemies spawn behind you, or even in front of you if you outrun the level triggers. -Easy to get soft-locked. In one case, C4 I planted never did anything. In another, I could kill a guy behind glass that was supposed to break a window down for me to continue. Had to restart the level. -Stupid story, honestly doesn't even affect my rating. -Enemies will shoot you through some objects. -Instant-kill enemies are placed to stop you from going to SOME places. -Some keypads open doors, some don't -At one point you have to crawl, even though it NEVER came up before that you can crawl. -Not all of the hits on enemies even have a hit-effect, no blood or anything. -Helicoptor fights suck Just play it on lowest difficulty, or with cheats. Not worth the time. We were lucky the Jedi Knight games were good.

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