Soldier of Fortune Platinum Edition

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The first daringly realistic first-person shooter [Posted on 2003-12-15]
I wanted Soldier of Fortune long before it was released, but unfortunately I did not have a computer that could handle the game at the time. Once I upgraded to a PC that was ready to rock and roll, I rushed out to buy Soldier of Fortune Platinum edition. Killing virtual people with all manner of destructive instruments is fun, but the ability to shoot people in specific areas of the body and have them react in realistic ways to such hits was a dream come true for this gamer. Those people who go into conniptions over "violence in video games" just don't get it; they seem to think violence didn't exist in the world before video games were invented. Worst of all, they want to control our minds, allow us to see and think about things that they in all their infinite wisdom consider "safe." Our fragile little minds will just melt if we see a little blood on our screens, according to these censorious do-goodies. The purchase of Soldier of Fortune is not just the purchase of a great first-person shooter; it is an assertion of your right to make your own decisions about things in life.

Shoot a guy in the foot, and watch him dance around on one-leg; take out a leg, and watch him squirm on the floor; deliver a slug in the gut and listen to your victim moan in pain and even beg for mercy; if you're really serious about this thing, go for the head shot and watch it explode like a watermelon. That's the main attraction of SOF. I can perfectly understand why some parents would not want to let their youngsters see such gratuitous yet oh so cool violence, and there is a parental control lock that will take the realism out of the game.

Soldier of Fortune is much more than an excuse to revel in gratuitous violence. The game play is excellent, rivaling that of the Quake series and Half-Life. The fact that you must complete specific missions makes it much more cerebral than many a first-person shooter, yet the game is not so difficult that you find yourself getting hopelessly stuck every five minutes. Sure, there could be more variety among enemy actions, and strategy sometimes equates to little more than just blasting away willy-nilly at the bad guys, but Soldier of Fortune really has everything I want in a first-person shooter. The addition of "friendlies" adds a further little challenge to the game; as much fun as it is to blow away innocent, unarmed civilians, too many collateral damage deaths can make your mission a failure. Your weapons and equipment are the types of things a real soldier of fortune would carry, not some crazy science fiction gizmos. Your missions, while fictitious, are taken out of the pages of current world history, giving you the chance to take out vicious terrorists who represent a clear and present danger to basically the whole world. This is as close to becoming a hero as I will ever get (even though being a soldier of fortune is as much about making money as it is about taking out the world's bad guys).

The Platinum Edition includes all of the extra multiplayer features of the Gold Edition along with five brand new multiplayer maps, a video preview of SOF2, and the complete online version of the official Strategy Guide from Brady Games. The game has a little age on it now, but it's still a heck of a lot of fun to play. I would only ask that you make your own decision to play this very realistic game or, if you are a parent, you make the decision as to whether or not your child or teenager should take on these violent missions; don't let "them" tell you what you and yours can handle.

GREASTEST GAME OF EM' ALL NEXT TO SOF2 [Posted on 2004-04-04]
This game is totaly awesome,though i'm said about Hawk but dude you must play this game you will REALLY love it,and play SOF2 the sequal to SOF1.Poor,John Mullins always loses his kick @$$ partners.

P.S.:I bet you nobody will be playing on Soldier of Fortune Multiplayer!
Scincerly SOF1,2 Lover,
POO(Im not tellin you my name)

Major goriness, but fun [Posted on 2004-07-23]
As I was installing Soldier of Fortune Platinum, a prompt asked me if I wanted to put some limits on the level of blood and gore in the game.

"Nah," I said. "How bad could it be anyway?"

Boy was I in for a surprise! I've been shooting things in games ever since I was 5, and I'd have to say that Soldier of Fortune would be #1 in blood and gore so far.

Shoot any enemy in any place and they react in the proper way.
A shot in the foot will result in bad guy grabbing his leg (or lack thereof). My favorite thing to do when I'm in an evil mood is to unload a whole clip of SMG bullets into a bad guy's chest and watch him do that crazy dance of his.

The game does have limits, but only in story and level design. But when you're in the mood to just walk in and blast away a few hundred bad guys, simple story and linear levels can be a good thing. Just don't let little kids play SoF or even watch you play it without the parental controls on.

Major goriness, but fun [Posted on 2004-07-23]
As I was installing Soldier of Fortune Platinum, a prompt asked me if I wanted to put some limits on the level of blood and gore in the game.

"Nah," I said. "How bad could it be anyway?"

Boy was I in for a surprise! I've been shooting things in games ever since I was 5, and I'd have to say that Soldier of Fortune would be #1 in blood and gore so far.

Shoot any enemy in any place and they react in the proper way.
A shot in the foot will result in bad guy grabbing his leg (or lack thereof). My favorite thing to do when I'm in an evil mood is to unload a whole clip of SMG bullets into a bad guy's chest and watch him do that crazy dance of his.

The game does have limits, but only in story and level design. But when you're in the mood to just walk in and blast away a few hundred bad guys, simple story and linear levels can be a good thing. Just don't let little kids play SoF or even watch you play it without the parental controls on.

If you're tired [Posted on 2005-01-02]
Gamers, are you tired of games which cost $50, take up 4 gigs on your hard drive and slow down to a slide show even on top end systems? Are you tired of games which take an hour of wandering around and talking to other charactes before the shooting starts? Do you want to have some FUN... bloody, loud, explosive shooter fun, like the kind we had the late 90s with Quake and Doom? Are you tired of stealth and puzzle solving? Well look no further! This game, released in 2000, is a blast, literally. This game is simple, violent and fun. You are John Mullins, a freelance soldier who is given the dirty job of finding 4 nukes stolen from a Siberian base by terrorists. OK that's pretty standard stuff. But SOF delivers action and atmosphere in spades. Right away, you are thrown into a gang war in the NYC subway. I live in NY and the trains aren't so realistic, but this is a game, so what. It's the action which counts. SOF distinguishes itself by the extreme level of violence... shot enemies react depending on where they've been hit. Pop him in the foot, and he'll dance around in paid; hit the head and it explodes like a watermelon. The gameplay is not too cerebral... find the enemies (they're not hard to find) and kill them. You'll have from time to time help from other characters, but most of the time you're on your own. So get you kill on with SOF Platinum... you won't regret it!!!

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