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Xan
11-19-2007, 09:04 AM
Let me just say this is the biggest piece of shit I've ever played. Soldier of Fortune 2 was way better in every way possible.

This game looks bad, gameplay is bad, multiplayer is horrible, storyline is just not there : Your left on your own to try and piece the first mission together.

How about a little background information than just a fucking spineless mission where the player is confused like a drunk pelican.

Graphics :
You can only set resolution, no quality settings no nothing, so if someone has a bad PC you can't turn down the settings so you don't lag or if your getting 250+ fps like me you can't even set higher quality settings.

Movement : Your a drunk man with a gun that can do a full 360 turn in a single nudge of your mouse, turning the settings down still makes him a twisted mess. When you jump it's like playing in a "Low Gravity" environment. You can run a couple of feet before nearly dying from lack of air, shit any person could outrun the main character in this game.

Multiplayer : You can't see how many times you died, there is no CD-Key nor Punkbuster so you can't even ban fucks that try to ruin your game, you can't search for usernames over the servers, you can't select a server normally (automatically picks the lowest server on the list regardless of what i choose), you can't see ping so your going to have a hard time finding a proper server without lag.

- There is no fucking chat : Are you out of your mind? Communication is the basis of every multiplayer game design. This makes multiplayer a complete failure for any team based games.

- No spectator mode : Haha, would it have killed you to script a spectator mode? What a loss..

- No dedicated server setup : Congrats, you've doomed this game to a lifeless multiplayer game with crappy servers.

- No map rotation : Jesus christ, were not going to play the same game over and over are we? Even DOOM had a proper map changing system!

Bugs :
- Weapons not spawning every time, so your fucked if that happens. Run around like a idiot with no weapon.
- Crashing almost 40% of the time when joining multiplayer games / fucked.
- Dead bodies reanimating and standing without a head. / :zcab:
- Animations are almost instant sometimes, bug or not it's ugly.

This game is almost a direct port from a Console, it's a step back from SoF2 than a step forward.
Why this game was made by another developer with no experience is almost mind fuck.

Grimmy
11-19-2007, 09:11 AM
sounds like a GotY candidate.

Xan
11-19-2007, 09:14 AM
More like a TotY, Turd of the Year

They kept us waiting, promising to hear the communities ideas and in the end the game is completely different than imagined or reported.

This is a back stab to a good series of games, gives a bad reputation to the other ones or future titles.

.:nemesis:.
11-19-2007, 09:17 AM
Shame it's turned out that way, another franchise down the drain.

Japisee
11-19-2007, 10:08 AM
It's a damn shame, I still have my best mutliplayer FPS memories thanks to SoF II.

mattt
11-19-2007, 10:59 AM
Why this game was made by another developer with no experience is almost mind fuck.

The game was made by Cauldron so i read. They have had experience before, and they did manage to bring out a pretty decent shooter back in the day.

Still, you hear stuff like this but you know youre still going to have a go at it. Well, if youre a fan of the older games.

Or even better, when they release a demo for the pc. Im doubting thats going to happen but oh well.