Despite the at least semi-consistent semblance of Hollywood-realism throughout the game thus far, Miller manages to take ten or so point-blank shotgun blasts to the face even on Easy difficulty. I did quickly pick up enough information to be thoroughly bored though.Ĭolonel Miller, whoever he is and whatever army he is working for, promptly turns around betrays the player by the end of the tutorial and players are forced to fight him.
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE 1 GAMEPLAY MANUAL
Neither the manual nor the introduction does anything to establish who your character is working for or why this gravely-voiced cardboard cut-out is constantly talking to a predictably affable young American intelligence coordinator.
Honestly, it’s so poorly explained and put across that I can’t really give much more detail beyond that. You’re a mercenary who, upon opening a briefcase which contains a PC, is briefed on a mission to protect boring pointless character number one from faceless militants and terrorists. The game starts off with the briefest and most uninteresting of introductions. In fact, it’s not just limp – it’s completely flaccid, like a really fat pig with all the bones and muscles sucked out. Ouch!The story to Soldier of Fortune: Payback is pretty limp. Will Payback manage to be something a little bit special, learning from the criticism of past games but retaining the appeal, or will the game fall into a hole of boring, gimmicky gameplay? There’s only one way to find out and that’s to jump in and start blasting limbs off, so let’s get to it. The games have been lambasted and praised in equal measures in the past – some gamers praising the satisfying feel and awesome A.I of Double Helix, while others decried the over-the-top gore and occasionally faulty game balancing.