Soldier of Fortune : Payback

[Dwarden 1125]

now officially annouced SoF codenamed PayBack from quite known slovak firm Cauldron

trailers http://www.gametrailers.com/game/5621.html

visually looks nice tho i wonder about map sizes ofc don't await tactical shooter just 'good' shooter

[Maddmatt 1]

Looks awesome, just hope it has as much gore as the last one

The trailer doesn't show any of the really violent details, like blowing heads apart and limbs coming off. Hope it's in the game.

Edit: Looks like it's got plenty of gore: Gameplay video.

[-ZG-BUZZARD 0]

Yep, blood effects 200% inspired by "Kill Bill"...

[shadow 6]

BUZZARD @ Oct. 12 2007,18:25)]Yep, blood effects 200% inspired by "Kill Bill"...  

Looks like its 300% inspired by SOF1

Maybe its just me, but the gameplay looks alot faster than the two previous games. I liked SOF2 alot because you could go the tactical-route without being overrun.

[Messiah 2]

strange man - I liked SOF2 because I could chop a man in half with two of the micro uzis

[TabloMaxos 0]

Edit: Looks like it's got plenty of gore: Gameplay video.

Rule violation!!

Quote[/b] ]§6) No posting of explicit images

No posting of pictures containing porn, real killing, mutilations, wounds, carnage, and other disgusting/explicit images. This also includes links to pages that contain such images.

But what the hell this SOF3!!!

And THAT IS how games must BE!!!!

Pure three hundred percent awesomeness!!

The last time I got this exited by a game, was when I saw the trailer for ArmA.

[Maddmatt 1]

Edit: Looks like it's got plenty of gore: Gameplay video.

Rule violation!!

Quote[/b] ]§6) No posting of explicit images

No posting of pictures containing porn, real killing, mutilations, wounds, carnage, and other disgusting/explicit images. This also includes links to pages that contain such images.

No, it's not real. Read the rule again, it says "real killing..."

You don't see people getting banned for posting ArmA pics now do you?

Anyway, this game looks cool. Hope it's good.

[Journeyman 0]

Very nice gun reload animations too! A bit overdone on the limb chopping; but that's SOF for you!  

[shadow 6]

I hope they stick to the cliche/conspiracy theories. I find them more interesting than all the run of the mills WWII shooters that have been done to death.

Mark Hamill should return as the villain again

[mr burns 132]

SOF had a *drools* story?

No shit, as long as the damage model comes anywhere near Ghoul2 i´m so gonna buy this game!

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[CameronMcDonald 146]

I wonder if the lean bug will exist in SOF3. :P

[shinRaiden 0]

I hope they stick to the cliche/conspiracy theories. I find them more interesting than all the run of the mills WWII shooters that have been done to death.

Mark Hamill should return as the villain again

The outtake's aptly appropriate if you unpack the data files

[shadow 6]

I hope they stick to the cliche/conspiracy theories. I find them more interesting than all the run of the mills WWII shooters that have been done to death.

Mark Hamill should return as the villain again  

The outtake's aptly appropriate if you unpack the data files

Outtakes? What outtakes? Audio outtakes in SOF2?

edit

"If it wasnt for your damned interference I'd be sitting on a beach with a drink, a nice tan and more money than George Lucas"

[badlymad 0]

The AI looks terrible in the gameplay video, but since it's a budget title and it has tons of gore, it has the potential to be fun.

[shadow 6]

I had to re-install and play SOF2 yeasterday (Shinraiden's fault)

I still think SOF2 is a good game to this date. I played through the game using a weapon mod (adds 30+ weapons).

That line from the outtakes is used in the game on the last level where Wilson (Hamill's character) drops the bottle with the nervegas.

Looking forward to SOF3 alot more now

I wonder if we're getting proper ironsights this time. Anyone heard anything?

[Maddmatt 1]

I wonder if we're getting proper ironsights this time. Anyone heard anything?

The trailer on gametrailers.com showed the player aiming and shooting through 3D ironsights, as well as reflex sights

[shadow 6]

Ah yes. I got too hung up on the run'n'gun side of the teaser-trailer.

[shinRaiden 0]

For me, SOF2 was a bit mixed.

+

Gibs.

AA-12 Auto shotgun.

Various audio clips of people who don't know how to do realistic voice acting of massive trauma.

AI isn't as positional-robotic as CoD-series. (ie good scenario designers)

A semblance of a plot.

Innovative implementation of ideas (open areas, clutter, aerial combat, etc) that the engine was never intended to do.

-

Invinci-Rambo vs Zombie Gunner Hordes.

Mega-loadouts

Cloned AI behaviors

'Nade and push gameplay

Funnel-flow maps

Marginal replayability

inadequate gestures

Crates

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I might get SOF3, after it's been out for a while. Maybe. There's plenty of more interesting things to blow money on though.

[DBO_ 0]

I will be getting it,

How i miss those run and gun 20 minute rush in an instant and now with this new blood and guts it will be a case of ,have "auto shitty" will travel.i wonder if you still get so much abuse for selecting the auto shitty as you used too ?

[USSRsniper 0]

SOF3....

I remember the days when i played SOF2, was fun, especially when palying online. Nothing is better then seeing enemy chopepd in half with Micro UZI

[Maddmatt 1]

It's out in the US. Looking at the forums, it's a huge let-down

The website is here. The forum are full of insults and death threats to the developer from angry SOF fans

Despite the comments, it does look like a fun game

Anyone here tried it? I'm hoping for some decent comments - whats good/bad. I've seen enough of the useless crap posted on the forums there.

[JdB 151]

Once you get used to the insane amount of gore, it will be just like any other game. Far too short in SP, far too many bunnies in MP. John Mullins isn't even in this game, it wasn't developed by Raven Software, but by Cauldron and it was supposed to be a budget title, but due to the good name of the Soldier of Fortune series they got away with a full-priced game. All the more reason to ignore this phony Soldier of Fortune game.

Still I believe it will sell just fine, since it has the right name, but above all comments like "Why the bad reviews, it looks great" make me confident of that. No one wants improvements in gameplay when you can pimp up the graphics to even more insane heights.

[Sertorius 0]

All right, I bought it yesterday on a whim.

The Good Parts:

-Decent Weapon Variety

-Lots of Customization (Including loads of sights)

-Nice Graphics

The Bad Parts:

-Really short SP campaign

-Less gibbing (You can blow heads off, but you can no longer blow holes through heads. You also can't saw people in half with your double SMGs)

-Plot (Or complete lack thereof. Some evil guy with a vaguely Irish accent is doing, well, I don't really know what he was supposed to be doing)

Worth about $10 of fun. I paid $40 . On the plus side, I picked up Rainbow Six Vegas for $19 and I'm now enjoying dangling upside down outside windows while blasting away with a Mark 23 .

[Maddmatt 1]

I don't think I'll buy it then. Doesn't sound like it's worth the money.

A short SP mode is enough to put me off games. Only game I really play online now is ArmA, and that isn't very often.