I won't say "don't get it". I will say that maybe you should reconsider getting it. While it has great response mechanics, Soldier of Fortune 2's faults are unfortunately overwhelming: - artificial difficulty (enemy grenades and emplaced MG's that the player won't know about on a first time playthrough being the worst offenders) - poor level design - terribly slow paced start - excessive headbobbing in crouch, extremely slow movement speed while prone - unnecessary mechanics such as weapon loadouts before deploying on a mission - forced stealth sections, while having underdeveloped stealth - terrible pacing of the plot - overly long and poorly written cutscenes where characters talk for long periods of time and say very little - poor voice acting - abundant unfinished animations - exaggerated terrible accuracy makes shooting more tedious than enjoyable at times - dramatic gameplay and narrative shift from the first game (not necessarily a bad thing, but not always desirable) The game is truly just not very good. It is worth checking out, but be warned that the opening part of the game is likely the worst part. Honestly though, the main reason to check out Soldier of Fortune 2 - and likely the main reason the game is still remembered today - is the gore. Beyond the entertainment value of seeing what the controversy was about (and how tame it is by modern standards), the interactivity in this regard is great. NPCs respond dynamically to what the player does, and even the environment can interact with NPC corpses (for example, broken glass). I truly believe that without the game's gore system, and the controversy that these mechanics caused, the game would have been forgotten much faster than it has been. There really just isn't much that Soldier of Fortune 2 does that other games don't do better.
