Soldier of Fortune: Payback

Available on: PC, PS3, Xbox 360

Soldier of Fortune: Payback

Payback ain't much of a bitch in this tepid first-person shooter

Words: Paul_Semel on November 20, 2007

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Nov 20, 2007

If the original Soldier of Fortune games are remembered for anything - and let's be honest, they probably aren't - it's probably for being those first-person shooters where you could blow people's limbs off. Even though they were a lot of fun, with tight controls and reasonably intelligent enemies, they're still best known for being gory.

Now we have a new SoF sequel, and if it is destined to be remembered for anything - which it won't - it's that it too is a dismemberment-prone first-person shooter... and not much else.

This isn't to say Payback is terrible, just that it's not terribly original or unique. The game plays like a million other recent first-person shooters; or rather, like someone took the common elements from every recent FPS and assembled a game out of the common elements. It has the controls of every post-Halo shooter (though not as smooth), the "stop getting shot to heal" health system of the Call Of Duty series (though more forgiving), and the all the multiplayer modes you'd expect (Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture The Flag, etc.) and none you won't find everywhere else. It even looks like a lot of other shooters, graphically, with Far Cry-like jungles and Area 51-esque cities (though not rendered with as much detail).

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PC, PS3, Xbox 360

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CreeplyTuna - October 11, 2009 1:49 a.m.

i might actually try this
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Decent

YOU'LL LOVE

Familiar controls
Mindless entertainment
The (lack of) difficulty level

YOU'LL HATE

Been there, done that feeling
Boring graphics
Buying the game instead of renting it

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Release date:	US Nov 14 2007 (PC) Nov 20 2007 (PS3) Nov 13 2007 (Xbox 360)
Expected release date:	UK TBA (PC) TBA (PS3) TBA (Xbox 360)
Available Platforms:	PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Genre:	Shooter
Published by:	Activision
Developed by:	Cauldron, Activision

ESRB Rating:	Mature: Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Strong Language
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