In a time when "boomer shooters" are more popular than ever, Soldier of Fortune is a game that has aged like a fine wine.
It's a military-themed game, but it's still very fast-paced and arcade-like. The gore is fun, the weapons are powerful as hell. It has one of my favorite shotgun ever in a video game. Many levels have some wonderfully dark atmosphere.
And despite the gore, the game also feels like a Saturday morning cartoon, in a good way. The main villain looks like the Cyborg Ninja from MGS. The yakuza also use ninjas that throw shurikens at you. One of the weapons is a tesla raygun that has a secondary firing mode that can implode enemies etc... It's not realistic at all, and it gives a not-so-serious feeling that's more charming today.
The sequel, on the other hand, tries to be an overly scripted realistic tactical FPS and it just doesn't feel the same (even though I also liked it when it came out, but it doesn't age as well as the first game imo).
It's a military-themed game, but it's still very fast-paced and arcade-like. The gore is fun, the weapons are powerful as hell. It has one of my favorite shotgun ever in a video game. Many levels have some wonderfully dark atmosphere.
And despite the gore, the game also feels like a Saturday morning cartoon, in a good way. The main villain looks like the Cyborg Ninja from MGS. The yakuza also use ninjas that throw shurikens at you. One of the weapons is a tesla raygun that has a secondary firing mode that can implode enemies etc... It's not realistic at all, and it gives a not-so-serious feeling that's more charming today.
The sequel, on the other hand, tries to be an overly scripted realistic tactical FPS and it just doesn't feel the same (even though I also liked it when it came out, but it doesn't age as well as the first game imo).