Soldier Of Fortune: Payback | 
| From: Activision
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $4.44
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 13219
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Genre: Shooter Action Games
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 35451
UPC: 047875354517
EAN: 0047875354517
ASIN: B000TTGSIA
Release Date: November 13, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Built to harness the power of next generation- Featuring an incredibly realistic modeling system allowing for accurate hit detection and detailed damage modeling. Enemies will not only react to the specific area they've been hit but also to the power of the weapon they've been hit with. | | • | One of the most lethal collections of weapons ever assembled - Over 30 of the baddest weapons including sub-machine guns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, projectile explosives, weapons attachments and futuristic prototype weapons. | | • | The world's most dangerous hotspots- Players will find themselves thrown into authentic mercenary situations in real world hotspots around the globe. Survive and ambush and rescue a diplomat, infiltrate a terrorist organization, go on a search and destroy mission and much more. | | • | Enemies around every corner- High intensity combat situations where players will need to take down over 15 unique enemies including terrorists, mobsters, insurgents, enemy soldiers and more. | | • | Online multiplayer- Play your favorite individual and team based online modes including death match, team death match, elimination, team elimination, capture the flag and demolition. Additional online options include maps tuned specifically for multiplayer action, and persistent stat tracking. |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 25
 Forget the title and it's a great shooter March 16, 2010
W. Higley
Let me start off by saying I have not player Soldier Of Fortune 1 or 2, nor have I played most of the similar games out there such as the Call Of Duty series.
Before I decided to write this review, I had read a few others that claimed this game was "the worst first person shooter ever made" and a game "best left unplayed". Both of those statements are complete rubbish. The game has it's drawbacks that will leave some players disappointed, but in many ways it is a great FPS experience.
The gameplay is fast-paced and simple. It largely reminds me of old arcade shooters where you would play a level a few times and try to remember where enemies would pop out. While some may hate this, and it might result in less replay value, it is extremely fun while it lasts. The game is pretty straightforward, you choose your weapons and attachments before a mission, swap them out for enemy weapons should you feel like it and pretty much just run around blowing away terrorists, thugs and various other baddies. The story is nothing special, but I find it to be part of the arcade-ish charm.
The graphics look great, especially the explosions. One downside is that the options menu lacks any choices regarding video quality. The only option you can change for video is the resolution, but the game looks good as is so there really isn't much of a point in complaining. This does, however, mean that if you have an older, low end pc then you may run into trouble. Most medium grade computers made in the past couple years should run the game smoothly.
From what I understand, fans of the first 2 SoF games loved the intense amount of gore. Payback offers an exaggerated amount of gore, although after a quick search on youtube, I found the previous titles were much more excessive. Still, you'll often blow off people's limbs and heads, often to watch them stumble around armless, sometimes for cover, sometimes aimlessly before dieing from blood loss. They may even get a few shots off at you after losing a leg.
The weapon sounds are great as are most sound effects. The music also fits in with the action quite well. On the other hand, the voice acting isn't very good. It isn't terrible, but you can tell they either didn't want to or couldn't afford to spend much time recording dialog.
Online play has a lot of features and modes you might expect from any modern FPS. Unfortunately it does lack in several areas though. There are relatively few people playing online and in a game you have no way to communicate with other players. There is no voice or text chat available. There are also very few maps available for multiplayer, so chances are you will get bored with it fairly quickly.
If you're a die hard Soldier Of Fortune fan, don't go into this expecting SoF 3. Payback was not made by the same company as 1 and 2; it was released as a value or budget game produced by Activision. This game does lack severely in the multiplayer department, so if you just want an FPS to play online or with friends, I would advise against it.
That having been said, Soldier Of Fortune Payback is a lot of fun and looks great. Payback offers an exciting single player experience and is well worth the $5-10 you'll probably pay for it. If you want an older style, fast paced shooter with up to date graphics then this game will fill that role very nicely.
Not stunning, but not bad. May 10, 2009
David R. Krueger (Huntsville, AL United States)
I found SOF:Payback to be a reasonably enjoyable game for the money. It can be had quite cheap, so that factors into my review. I paid $15 and it's available much cheaper from third party merchants.
The game installed fine and was easy to set up. Video options allowed for all of the newer screen resolutions. There is a patch that you will want to install if you're running on Vista.
The graphics seemed to be quite comparable with other FPS games from the 2007 time period. Weapon selection was good, movement smooth, HUD was very basic, providing directional ques, ammo usage, and health feedback. No surprises here. One thing I found interesting is that you can assign the same key to more than one operation. For example, I was able to assign the space bar to engage the site and select alternate fire, although I I wouldn't recommend doing that. I've just never seen a game that would allow that except those that changed the function of the keys based on control groupings or context.
Overall, the game was not ground-breaking, but it was competent. Story line was so-so at best. The biggest negative for me was the fact that it doesn't have user controlled SAVE capability. The game self-saves at checkpoints. That wasn't a terrible downside, but it was annoying especially when fighting the level bosses which sometimes required several restarts after getting almost all the way through. I played on the normal difficulty setting which was only moderately challenging.
I thought the game was on the short side, although that's not particularly uncommon these days. I don't consider the gore to be a factor worth mentioning. If you want a competent traditional FPS with fairly modern (although not bleeding edge) visuals this is not a bad game. It's a perfect candidate for bargain hunting since it can be had NEW for substantially less than the price listed on the main product page.
 So buggy.... September 12, 2008
Josh D. Gregorio (Tucson, AZ)
Avoid this game. It's very buggy even with the patches. Tons of problems. Some examples:
1) You step off a platform and end up trapped behind it's legs. You can't jump over, crawl under, or go around. Restart the level.
2) The gun site is not accurate. Often you have to aim a little bit off of the target to get a hit. Hard to find the magic sweet spot when enemies are running after you.
3) The AI sucks. The enemies pretty much line up to die. The only problem is your gun has a bent site or something so you can sometimes miss a head shot from 2 feet away. Maybe they did that on purpose to make the game harder and cover up the lousy AI.
Avoid this game.
great game if you like shooters!!!! July 19, 2008
Andreas Born (Clermont, Florida United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Strait forward shooter with beautifull graphics. i play it at high end settings .Easy to play and relax after a days work.Just instal the patch for the game first.Dont understand all the negative. i played all SOF and this one looks the best.
 A GAME THAT HAS LOST ITS WAY July 17, 2008
RealHappens (McArthur, CA USA)
Soldier of Fortune 1&2 had heart and soul. This game might as well be called "Soldier Street Fighter" in as much as it feels more like an arcade game than a FPS following a story line. EXAMPLE: at the end of each mission, you face down ther BOSS GUY who requires a zillion shots to kill like some big boss on the old quarter arcade games. Graphics are good, but if you're looking for a game like the first two with characters and a story you care about, you will not find it in this game.
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