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While the original Soldier of Fortune was notorious for its graphic and gratuitous violencewith heads that blew apart and limbs that blew off bodiesit was also a darn good first-person shooter. Returning to the role of John Mullins, a military consultant (read: mercenary) for a top-secret anti-terrorist group called The Shop, youll rescue hostages, gather intelligence, and just plain search-and-destroy in lifelike settings around the world. Using realistic weapons and gadgets, youll be able to rely on stealth or firepower.
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The original Soldier of Fortune caused a ruckus with its gory graphics; the Quake IIIpowered sequel is toning it down a little in favor of gameplay and realism. Make no mistakethere will be plenty of realistically violent ways to dispatch the terrorists, drug lords, and biochemical madmen you face, and combat in the early version worked great. Per-pixel hit detection means that youll be able to shoot strategicallyhead, knees, stomachand have it matter. In addition to varied globetrotting missionsSoviet-era Prague, a prison in Hong Kong, terrorist camps in Colombiathe still-in-development random mission generator will set up excellent instant scenarios.
-- 0 / GamePro
Story? What story? All I know is for the last few weeks Ive been running around blasting everything in sight. Sometimes I stop and blast the bad guy over and over again just in case but its really to see how many different horrifying animations Raven Software would add to a game that has to be the most graphically violent to date.
In Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix, you play as John Mullins (yes, same as from the originating title Soldier of Fortune. Mullins is a mercenary who is not only an expert in weaponry, terrorism, biological warfare, is cooler than Ponch, from ChiPS, and seems unstoppable.
Your mission: save the doctor, save the World Trade Meeting, save Sam from the fire, and/or save the world from a bio-chemical terrorist attack what ever, just blast EVERYTHING in sight. Oh and when the game tries to pull you into the story line by playing long-winded cinematics in between each level, theres a button thatll skip right through the long and plodding fluff.
While the game is your basic first-person shoot em up, scenarios such as manning a jeeps and helicopters mounted machine gun make for some much needed diversity. While skipping through the story, you also get to blast away with about 14 real-world weapons and 10 grenades. The weapons are fun, and each has distinct kick-back reactions, but youll probably focus on one or two of your favorites.
The bottom line is Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix is an all out blasting good time. If you like first-person shooters with lots blood, fire fights, screaming and explosions then youll rip through this loving every minute of it.-- 0 / GamePro
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