Soldier of Fortune

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8.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 86 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 66 out of 86
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 86
  3. Negative: 3 out of 86

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  1. ixvo
    May 21, 2012
    10
    Years since its release, it's still hard to find a shooting game as satisfying as this one.... Violence! That was the main selling point of this game, and it did deliver! Extremely responsive, each of your countless shoots triggers a reaction of the enemy.
  2. rxgamer
    Nov 5, 2013
    10
    Why modern games can't provide this level of sophisticated gore anymore is a mystery especially with how advanced game engines are nowadays. Still arguably the most satisfying shooter ever created.
  3. Broyax
    Jan 29, 2019
    2
    L'un des jeux les plus violents, l'un des rares jeux où on peut démembrer ses ennemis au fusil à pompe, leur exploser la tête au calibre .44, les trouer comme des passoires à la mitraillette et toutes choses très poétiques (sans compter le lance-flammes syndical) d'un "soldat de fortune", c'est-à-dire d'un mercenaire, mélange de Rambo et de Robocop à lui tout seul... sauf qu'il a un vieuxL'un des jeux les plus violents, l'un des rares jeux où on peut démembrer ses ennemis au fusil à pompe, leur exploser la tête au calibre .44, les trouer comme des passoires à la mitraillette et toutes choses très poétiques (sans compter le lance-flammes syndical) d'un "soldat de fortune", c'est-à-dire d'un mercenaire, mélange de Rambo et de Robocop à lui tout seul... sauf qu'il a un vieux galure sur la tronche et une moustache ridicule. Et un pote noir qui a trop forcé sur les stéroïdes.

    J'allais dire que c'est plutôt amusant... c'est presque le cas mais pas trop longtemps, car c'est en vérité atrocement répétitif... On se demande quand ça va se terminer au bout de seulement quelques niveaux, car après s'être occupé des bombes nucléaires, on devrait aller se reposer, prendre sa retraite, ranger les flingues et aller à la pêche. Mais non, ça continue encore et encore... Et puis au Japon, j'ai pas trouvé la sortie : tout est verrouillé... pas vu l'astuce ou un sale bug a tué le niveau peut-être !

    De toute façon, ça réapparaît sans cesse derrière soi, à côté, devant, en haut, en diagonale... sans compter les ennemis toujours planqués derrière la moindre porte, fenêtre, cachette, poubelle etc, etc... Dans le genre "ça revient sans arrêt" juste pour te soûler parce que c'est presque aussi scripté qu'un Call of, Soldier of est certainement un précurseur dans son domaine !

    Quant à l'histoire (?) issue d'une série B ou plutôt triple Z, elle est d'un ridicule sans nom... Les pétoires donnent des "sensations pures" (la castagne, ça vous gagne) et les effets sonores sont convaincants mais les graphismes, même pour un jeu de 2000, sont à la ramasse et la direction artistique est d'un goût douteux, pour ne pas dire inexistante en fait.

    Un jeu donc très brutal mais con comme ses pieds, perclus de scripts vraiment infâmes et ignoblement répétitif.    … Expand
  4. ia_frank
    Oct 19, 2018
    10
    Beautiful game with very strong storytelling. I enjoyed every second of it.
  5. ergulerhan
    May 28, 2018
    10
    Back in 2000, I saw its ad on a magazine. “Soldier of Fortune” The cover got me you know. I told to my self that I gotta play it. Then my friend and i bought it. Back then owning a computer was very rare and playing a game on it was some kinda legendary. We were too excited to play it. Half-Life was good, Doom was OK but we were looking for something else.

    Turned on my Windows 2000    Back in 2000, I saw its ad on a magazine. “Soldier of Fortune” The cover got me you know. I told to my self that I gotta play it. Then my friend and i bought it. Back then owning a computer was very rare and playing a game on it was some kinda legendary. We were too excited to play it. Half-Life was good, Doom was OK but we were looking for something else.

    Turned on my Windows 2000 system, put the disc and installed game. First mission and we were blown away. Those mechanics, sounds, enemies, story telling everything was packed in one game. I still remember how I was shocked when enemies lost their limbs with my shotgun. It was terrific.

    On the other hand, it’s too sad for me to can’t find a game like this with today’s tech. Just unbelievable.    … Expand
  6. iddqd4
    Jan 23, 2018
    9
    Старое доброе ультра насилие, все делает лучше.
  7. mr-NachoMen
    Aug 14, 2019
    9
    Soldier of Fortune is an action pack brutal game that will please every hardcore gamer to its core.
    Build using the Quake 2 engine, this is a beautiful looking game with amazing level design, really, this are the best designed levels for a game release in 2000. The main attraction of the game it's the dismember system that show how violent the game can it be and it is really violent.
    As    Soldier of Fortune is an action pack brutal game that will please every hardcore gamer to its core.
    Build using the Quake 2 engine, this is a beautiful looking game with amazing level design, really, this are the best designed levels for a game release in 2000. The main attraction of the game it's the dismember system that show how violent the game can it be and it is really violent.
    As i already mention the game is best enjoy in it's highest difficulty, this is where the game shines, keep on mind that dying is something that will happen a lot... really... a lot.
    The storyline i consider it kind of basic but well executed.
    Good job Raven Software!!!!!!!    … Expand
  8. Bottlecaps
    Apr 28, 2019
    6
    Soldier of fortune has a very violent and controversial reputation. at the time of its release i can see it being controversial but today in the year 2019 its almost laughably tame and cheesy but cheesy in a good way .

    Story: cheesy in a good way but i really don't think that this is a story about a mercenary like the title implies. it feels very much like a story id see in a james    Soldier of fortune has a very violent and controversial reputation. at the time of its release i can see it being controversial but today in the year 2019 its almost laughably tame and cheesy but cheesy in a good way .

    Story: cheesy in a good way but i really don't think that this is a story about a mercenary like the title implies. it feels very much like a story id see in a james bond film/game just a tad more violently graphic. i do wish that they went with a narrative that fits better to a title like "soldier of fortune" . I did how ever really like the main character, even though the narrative doesn't fit , john Mullins dose (to a degree) hes portrayed as sort of an every man that this is his job and hes been doing it for a while and hes good at it and he knows hes good at it. he is in it for the money and the fact that hes saved the world is probably not super important to him.
    Story: 5.8/10

    World building: the world building in this game like the story feels a lot like the James bond franchise but because its not the devs had to come up with a lot of the lore on their own and its serviceable. i liked the idea of "the shop" an underground "mercenary" firm that works for the UN . i think this game could have benefited greatly if you were playing as not a UN agent and a grizzled merc who would take shady jobs and that would have made the violence that much more shocking. it also would have made the game age better . john mullins is a surprisingly compelling character and could have made the story interesting enough for that narrative. On the topic and john Mullins i love the way the animations make it look like hes playing around with his guns , switching hands with the "silver talon" , turning the smg sideways , wrestles with the weight of the lmg. this adds a lot of relate ability to him and i liked that a lot.
    World building: 6.3/10

    Graphics: honestly the graphics are not very good even for the year 2000 , i had to adjust to these graphics and it took me a while. the only way i knew witch buttons to press most of the time were cause they were shinny or had a strange light witch leads me to believe the devs knew the game looked bad because the levels are designed really well to compensate for that (even if i did get lost a few times but if i ever did get lost it didn't take me that long to get on track) . because of how bad the graphics are it makes the violence much less shocking.
    graphics 4/10

    gameplay: this is an fps that feels very classic and really wants to make you feel like youre in a violent 80s action movie like rambo 2 and it dose a good job of that , with john playing around with his guns and the gloriously cheesy violent deaths. the controls are responsive and everything feels fast paced. i think if the story was actually about a more realistic definition of a merc and the violence was a little more stylized like in a terintino movie this really could have worked well. the gore system is definitely the best part of this game , every time you shoot an enemy you get a reaction even if that enemy is dead similar to how the dead body's react to getting shot in the sewer shoot out in jin roh the wolf brigade. this game feels like a stop gap between the cinematic modern military shooters of the late 2000s early 2010s and the classic shooters of the 90s its a mixed style that's fun but ultimately jarring
    gameplay: 7.5/10

    Sound design: well the voice acting its laughably bad at best and cringy at worst. the music was (i know i use this word a lot) serviceable it feels very old school . all the guns sounded great except for the sniper rifle and the lmg , i also had a bug where my audio sound effects would cut out , it didn't happen a lot but its worth noting
    sound deign: 5/10
    5.8+6.3+4+7.5+5=28.6
    28.6/5= 5.72
    soldier of fortune is a pioneer and lead the way for graphic violence in the early 2000s and probably lead the way for location damage on the technical side of things. tehcnicly for its time its decently impressive but everything else not so much . this game has not aged well but its still worth a play through as its inexpensive and fairly fun    … Expand
  9. BStheBOBI
    May 17, 2021
    7
    It is an FPS game released in 2000. This year a lot of great first-person games were released such as Deus Ex, Thief 2 and No one lives forever. With such heavy competition, it was already at a disadvantage
    Graphics: For 2000 they were pretty average, the human animations and reload animations and animations, in general, were very good. Everything else is mediocre
    Sound, music, and    It is an FPS game released in 2000. This year a lot of great first-person games were released such as Deus Ex, Thief 2 and No one lives forever. With such heavy competition, it was already at a disadvantage
    Graphics: For 2000 they were pretty average, the human animations and reload animations and animations, in general, were very good. Everything else is mediocre
    Sound, music, and voice: Overall sound and music are average. The dialogue is pretty cheesy and of average quality.
    Story: it's forgettable and the characters are typical stereotypes of good and bad guys. I just finished the game and i don't remember anyone name
    Gameplay, level design; Literally every level is just standard shooting in corridors with rarely any change up. You will get bored pretty quickly. Even though it's a pretty short game (about 5 hours) it will feel like it's longer. But the shooting itself is fun.
    Fun factor: The game is fun enough to get you through it. Even though towards the end i just want it to end as quickly as possible.
    Overall if you are a FPS fan then play it or else dont.    … Expand
  10. BogdanZelinschi
    Dec 25, 2021
    9
    Наибанальнейший сюжет, намеренно пафосные персонажи, но: динамичный и простой геймплей с офигительной расчленёнкой. А, ну и одна из самых красивых игр на id tech 2