Locate and destroy (Soldier of Fortune (PC))

Member Name: darkblack

Product:	Soldier of Fortune (PC)
Date:	27/07/00 (21 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Amazing detail and totally brilliant

Disadvantages: Little annoying niggles

This is a truly revolutionary game, mainly because of the fantastic character animations and huge range of body hit locations: shoot a guy in the foot and he hops about clutching his injury; pick his gun out of his hand with a single shot that makes accuracy a joy to behold. Alternatively blast his entire head to tiny fragments of squishy red goo with the .44 and a well placed head shot.

Everything about this game screams attention to detail, and it shows out even when you aren't looking. You can toss the .44 to your other hand when leaning round corners to get a better shot and change your grip on the 9mm pistol or machine gun to increase accuracy. When you zoom in with the sniper rifle, you move it up to your eye, and get a smooth variable zoom instead of the usual sudden switch of most games. The joy of casually spinning the shotgun through the air, or twirling your .44 just to taunt the enemy with your skill is great.

This game oozes quality in the same amounts as the characters ooze blood. The storyline is brilliant and the game plays like an action movie. The only drawback is the ridiculous variation in the power of C4 plastic explosive. When you use it in the game you can't even blow open a locked wooden door, but in the cut-scenes one small pack will take out an Iraq supergun, even though the explosion is less powerful than one of the gun's rounds. Hummm....bit unrealistic and irritating.

Something else I noticed is that your partner is a complete waste of space; he runs off and doesn't help you. You won't find him taking out the enemy soldiers, nope, he just takes the easiest route around all the danger and leaves everything to you. I think a Furby would have been more useful as a partner at least you could feed it to the guard dogs.

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