Analysis - How BAD Is Soldier Of Fortune: Payback Really?

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  • @Jarekthegamingdragon
    @Jarekthegamingdragon  5 років тому +341

    I'm still amazed at the amount of comments I got on my weapon showcase saying this game was good. It's bad, very bad. If you want to come hang out and watch me possibly play more bad games (hopefully some good ones, too) then give a follow to my twitch! www.twitch.tv/jarek4gamingdragon/

    • @KBACpro
      @KBACpro 5 років тому +8

      Next game - Project I.G.I.

    • @Jarekthegamingdragon
      @Jarekthegamingdragon  5 років тому +3

      Sorry, I've not any interest in that game.

    • @samz8691
      @samz8691 5 років тому +5

      Yep its bad.
      Its got the charm of unique weapons at least that you don't see often. (More if you use the weapon unlocker patch for the strangly console exclusive XM8 and an other one or two and the few cut weapons) but even for budget bargin trash enemies pretty much use one weapon with no attachments and the fact you have to turn the difficulty down to easy so the later game enemies "Only" kill you with 2 shotgun blasts at range just makes it frustrating.
      You even got weapons like the CAR 12 (Which has a different name IRL) or that multi-barreled pistol that are literally in no other video game and screwing around with them is the only reason I occasionally play this game, you can also exploit the mission select function to choose your weapons all the time even when weapons are supposed to carry over from the previous level.
      Heck, the game actually has 4! grenade types, Frag, Smoke, Flashbang and incenidary yet only frags are available in the campaign.
      You can also with most pistols anf as few of the smgs press the Grenade Launcher button to hold it with two hands which is kinda cool.
      If the difficulty was more fair, the game was a little longer, enemies used most of the games weapons and with attachments and the different locations actually stood out instead of basically being the same jungle-y desert-y environment copy-pasted, this could have at least passed for a mediocre game with a unique weapons set instead of an outright bad one with a good weapons set.

    • @InconsistentManner
      @InconsistentManner 5 років тому +3

      You said Hex right... but you fail at computers. It Is Eye-N-Eye file not innie file.

    • @averinus7706
      @averinus7706 5 років тому +1

      Can't wait for the Darkness videos!

  • @letthebasscannon223
    @letthebasscannon223 5 років тому +1269

    "I don't trust people with two first names."
    C'mon, don't shittalk my boy Alex Mason.

    • @screebgaming8454
      @screebgaming8454 5 років тому +75

      CuteGlassesWaifu yeah lol when he kept mentioning bo1 I thought it was hilarious that the primary protaganist in bo1 had two first names and also was called Mason and he didn’t even seem to notice

    • @Demigod_3scrub
      @Demigod_3scrub 5 років тому +51

      The numbers mason.. What do they mean?

    • @mentvltrillness
      @mentvltrillness 5 років тому +3

      muh boi Taddy Mason

    • @olivierbond-dodier5079
      @olivierbond-dodier5079 5 років тому +1

      @@screebgaming8454 yeah but also in the army you call each other by last name

    • @IllyasArt
      @IllyasArt 5 років тому

      CuteGlassesWaifu High class name and profile picture. 17/10!

  • @stephenhartley2853
    @stephenhartley2853 5 років тому +251

    watching a soldier scream in pain writhing on the floor with his intestines hanging out is one of my fondest memories, i didnt even know a new game was made.

    • @grimfandango7135
      @grimfandango7135 5 років тому +2

      Where is this?

    • @tobitaktlos3241
      @tobitaktlos3241 5 років тому +45

      The first Game is forbidden here in germany. Needless to say that me and my friends where total edge lords after we downloaded it from limewire lol.

    • @stephenhartley2853
      @stephenhartley2853 5 років тому +8

      @@grimfandango7135 just shoot a soldier in the stomach with .44, shotgun or other high calibre weapon, it can be done to already dead soldiers

    • @PlaceboZypresse
      @PlaceboZypresse 5 років тому +1

      Tobi Taktlos link

    • @Erikcleric
      @Erikcleric 4 роки тому +1

      Hehe

  • @fireboy1996
    @fireboy1996 5 років тому +13

    Loved playing the multiplayer because of the feature where you can shoot the limbs off other players. Nothing better than joining a server with friendly fire enabled and shooting the legs from under your teammate and laughing at him when he is sitting there legless trying to figure out WTF just happened.

    • @TheMentalgen
      @TheMentalgen 2 роки тому

      Me and my dad used to play a shitton of this game's MP since it was one of the few games that had no DRM and just let you play the multiplayer cracked out of the box. Looking at it now the game is pretty crappy but damn do I have fond memories of it.

  • @Pyro-Moloch
    @Pyro-Moloch 5 років тому +5

    Back in like 2008 me and my friends played the hell out of this game in multiplayer. It has cool maps and the variety of guns and their extensions make it super fun. Plus it was way more accessible than smth like Call of Duty or Battlefield. I picked up one pirate copy (don't judge me, in my remote place that was all I could find), and I shared it with friends. It didn't have no steam, origin or any other kind of protection for multiplayer, you just start a server and your friends join it.

  • @Longshot88
    @Longshot88 2 роки тому +2

    that oddity about the different reloads from swapping weapons is a Cauldron thing. It was in a Cauldron hunting FPS called Cabela's Big Game Hunter: 2010 as well.

  • @kevinle1083
    @kevinle1083 5 місяців тому +1

    : the song I believe used for the boss fight where Jarek just had enough is Disco Inferno, from the “Uncanny Valley” album by Perturbator

  • @XeCuTioNR
    @XeCuTioNR 5 років тому +3

    What's even weirder that SOF Payback (more or less its assets like the some of the sounds, maps, guns etc) were used, and made into Korean F2P MMOFPS, just called SOF Online, made by Dragonfly who made Soldier Front 1 & 2. Too bad it never really left beta and seems like theres no way to play it now, only early 240p-360p videos on YT really exist of it.

  • @mintmag8748
    @mintmag8748 4 роки тому +2

    How about a link to all the mods and fixes that you're using?

  • @screebgaming8454
    @screebgaming8454 5 років тому +6

    15:32 “Good Point.”

  • @hellsingova1988
    @hellsingova1988 5 років тому +36

    This game is soooooo freaking bad it hurts Seeing it again😣🤣

  • @MadM0nte
    @MadM0nte 5 років тому

    On the comment about the g36 and xm8; its oft mentioned that the xm8 was really just an export g36 for the American military, I'd guess that there's some level of compatibility.

  • @slashinghades7347
    @slashinghades7347 5 років тому +7

    That's my man Steve Blum at the lowest point of his career.

    • @Camo-un8ee
      @Camo-un8ee 5 років тому

      Really, oh wow

    • @ludicrousfool7953
      @ludicrousfool7953 5 років тому

      Actually, Blum doesn’t voice anyone in this game; Mason is voiced by Kyle Hebert.

    • @Camo-un8ee
      @Camo-un8ee 5 років тому

      @@ludicrousfool7953 oh good, Kyle sounds cool but damn that writing is shit

    • @slashinghades7347
      @slashinghades7347 5 років тому +1

      @@ludicrousfool7953 So Kyle is to Steve Blum to what Matt Mercer is to Troy Baker.

    • @NexusKin
      @NexusKin 4 роки тому

      That's actually not Steve Blum, even though it sounds really similar. On the flip side, Secret Service actually had both Steve Blum AND Nolan North in it!

  • @ThatNewDude29
    @ThatNewDude29 5 років тому +1

    Is no one gonna mention the fact that it looks like they just slap a scope/rds jpg on your screen when you ads with guns that have those attachments?

    • @WrightOnTarget
      @WrightOnTarget 3 роки тому

      EXCUSE ME
      its a png, jpgs don't allow for transparency
      But yeah, that shit always bothers me in games

  • @brandonbasiak4204
    @brandonbasiak4204 5 років тому

    That intro and this review has earned you a subscriber, friend

  • @anduinbrothar5708
    @anduinbrothar5708 5 років тому

    The multiplayer for this game was fucking solid though. I paid 50 cents for it when i bought my 360 and i fucking loved this shit

  • @Apeqz
    @Apeqz 5 років тому +3

    Your PC volume is much quieter than your microphone so try compressing your audio in post production to make it sound nicer

    • @Jarekthegamingdragon
      @Jarekthegamingdragon  5 років тому +3

      Yes, that's intentional. That was recording from my stream. If the game was just as loud as my mic, you wouldn't be able to hear me at all.

    • @Apeqz
      @Apeqz 5 років тому +2

      JarekTheGamingDragon ok thanks. I was just saying when you were showing dialogue I had to turn my volume up.

  • @dwmarch
    @dwmarch 4 роки тому

    I found the Afghanistan level fun. I had a silenced M4 type of gun and it was early enough in the game that the enemies weren't super OP (except for those rocket launcher pricks). But most of the levels were a complete grind, getting killed over and over, playing through the same section again and again just to figure out where that insta-death was coming from. The mansion full of Russian shotgun mooks is responsible for me learning how to say some very rude things in Russian. And the mad Irish car bomber level was a nightmare. Like you said, the only way forward is forward but every single thing is booby-trapped so BOOM every other step. So while I did enjoy one part of the game the rest of it was pretty uniformly awful.
    If you are looking for an FPS that is both bad and good in a number of ways, how about Command & Conquer Renegade? I loved the idea behind it and it was very cool for its time but it also has some shortcomings. But I used to love setting an Ion Cannon Beacon at the door of a Nod barracks and then running inside to watch all the soldiers melt when the blast hit.

  • @MiseryDuke69
    @MiseryDuke69 5 років тому +4

    As soon as i saw this runs on the same engine as those terrible cabelas hunting games i knew it was gonna be trash but god damn if i didnt have fun running around like dollar store rambo

    • @camdero3294
      @camdero3294 5 років тому

      BigBossCSM heck they made one a those. It’s an on rails shooter and looks like someone took a shit and smeared it on your eye😂

    • @killertruth186
      @killertruth186 5 років тому

      And the matter of fact that you have to press a button to climb.

  • @wompratadvocate7245
    @wompratadvocate7245 5 років тому +3

    The multiplayer was insanely good

  • @mattharris7674
    @mattharris7674 5 років тому

    Anybody know if this guy reviewed airsoft guns like 5 years ago? I feel like I remember watching Jarek4 do that

  • @markbarker2799
    @markbarker2799 5 років тому +1597

    My cousin got me this game for Christmas one year. I got him a gears of war special edition. We don’t talk anymore

    • @jacobpicasso4016
      @jacobpicasso4016 5 років тому +27

      Mark Barker the remaster or the original special edition? Cuz the remaster is really good

    • @hoangtran4736
      @hoangtran4736 5 років тому +8

      @@jacobpicasso4016 yeah and the original gow SUCKED on the pc.

    • @dmo848
      @dmo848 5 років тому

      @@hoangtran4736 i thought it was great. I still play it every now n then, the colors look really good on my old VISTA pc.lol

    • @jkajmo
      @jkajmo 5 років тому +1

      Oh god that's funny! Hahahaha

    • @markbarker2799
      @markbarker2799 5 років тому +7

      Jacob Picasso I thought the original was alright, although I played through the remaster recently and just couldn’t. Regardless the dude was a huge gears of war fan

  • @brandon4383.
    @brandon4383. 5 років тому +689

    This game was a 2007 game.
    CoD 4 was also a 2007 game.
    Put that into perspective

    • @foxtrotmetal01
      @foxtrotmetal01 5 років тому +49

      Psychedelic Drug User graphics are not all there is about games

    • @TheOtherBeuh
      @TheOtherBeuh 5 років тому +19

      And hl2 ep2

    • @TheBoltrower
      @TheBoltrower 4 роки тому +24

      @@TheOtherBeuh And crysis

    • @Gerbs1913
      @Gerbs1913 4 роки тому +14

      That, almost hurt to think about. It's always sad to see big games next to much smaller games like this. The budget limit is always so apparent, and you have to wonder why they even really tried.

    • @Gerbs1913
      @Gerbs1913 4 роки тому +9

      @Psychedelic Drug User COD 4 still looks decent, aged but still nowhere near as bad as this. One thing the money spent by developers helps is in how the game looks.

  • @fallout1953
    @fallout1953 5 років тому +831

    "The numbers, Mason, what do th-" Wait, wrong game.

    • @BasilBonehead
      @BasilBonehead 5 років тому +39

      We had this mason from SOF:P in 2007, the mason from red faction guerrilla in 2009 (whos name is alec mason i think), then alex mason in black ops in 2010
      Quite a lot of masons in a four year span

    • @a.s.g8334
      @a.s.g8334 5 років тому +8

      @@BasilBonehead then in bo2 we had Mason son which I forgot his name
      Code name section

    • @fahimashab6257
      @fahimashab6257 5 років тому +15

      @@a.s.g8334 David mason

    • @BasilBonehead
      @BasilBonehead 5 років тому +7

      DarkSlayer862 david masons codename was section

    • @Demigod_3scrub
      @Demigod_3scrub 5 років тому +12

      Kravenchenko, Steiner, all must die..

  • @jasonscarborough94
    @jasonscarborough94 4 роки тому +389

    Human Boss battles are my biggest pet peeve in "realistic" Shooters, just give the bad guy a tank or something their is no reason for a human character to survive half a magazine from a .50 rifle if your selling point is "Realistic Combat" sorry rant over

    • @samz8691
      @samz8691 4 роки тому +33

      I don't mind it if they at least only take a little bit more.
      But the bosses in this game take several LMG belts.

    • @chazzcoolidge2654
      @chazzcoolidge2654 4 роки тому +30

      Kinda like how you can unload 2 and a half mags out of an FAL in FO3 into a feral ghoul reaver's head but that lucky .44 shot in VATS will send viscera halfway across the Capital Wasteland.

    • @ArcturusOTE
      @ArcturusOTE 4 роки тому +6

      @David Ransom
      I think he confused it with the G3 which was the Assault Rifle in FO3

    • @CyberLance26
      @CyberLance26 4 роки тому +12

      I have seen people complain about bad boss battles in many games where the characters are normal humans but its probably really difficult to make a cool boss battle if they are not allowed to use advanced sci-fi weapons or magic or superpowers or being mutated into a monster or other similar stuff.
      Even in stuff like Batman Arkham Asylum for example how would you make a good boss battle against the Joker if hes just regular Joker?

    • @jasonscarborough94
      @jasonscarborough94 4 роки тому +9

      @@CyberLance26 Joker's not above using "props" in his schemes, Rocksteady could have made a decent puzzle boss if Warner/DC had forced them to stick closer to the Nolan movies. personally I'd rather have end the game with a dramatic escape, like the warthog escape in Halo, or something more like the final mission in a Sniper Elite game (the real ones not Rebellions CoD Zombies nonsense) where you've panicked the villain into flight and now you have to ambush him. Modern Warfare 1's "Shoot the guy while in Last Stand mode" is also acceptable, hell, I'd even take Farcry 3 and Battlefield 4's Quick-time event boxing match endings, I'd mock them the whole way through but, its still better than nothing

  • @joshmason6800
    @joshmason6800 5 років тому +339

    I feel personally attacked cuz of my name lol 😂

    • @eins2001
      @eins2001 5 років тому +5

      As you should!

    • @kap6457
      @kap6457 3 роки тому +5

      Can you tell us what the numbers really mean?

    • @CptPrice-qr6ng
      @CptPrice-qr6ng 3 роки тому +4

      The numbers mason, what do they mean?

  • @pagb666
    @pagb666 5 років тому +214

    Those who say it's the worst FPS ever obviously haven't played many games.

    • @presidentsnow7315
      @presidentsnow7315 4 роки тому +53

      The game is average, but it is definitely not worthy of all the hate that it received.

    • @LegendKingY2j
      @LegendKingY2j 4 роки тому +13

      @@presidentsnow7315 it's garbage lol, not average... the first two games were actually playable

    • @cameronjodoin309
      @cameronjodoin309 4 роки тому +2

      Worst popular FPS

    • @JeanMarceaux
      @JeanMarceaux 4 роки тому +23

      Easy for you to say, not everyone had played Fortress of Dr. Radiaki or Operation Body Count.
      God save those souls.

    • @wisemankugelmemicus1701
      @wisemankugelmemicus1701 4 роки тому +8

      @@JeanMarceaux I've played Operation Body Count
      God I would have PTSD if I wasn't motivated as hell cuz of military school

  • @Bulbman123
    @Bulbman123 5 років тому +465

    11:35 that is honestly one of the best/ realistic shotgun reload animations I've seen

    • @cplpetergriffin1583
      @cplpetergriffin1583 5 років тому +84

      Yeah that was actaully pretty good

    • @beyondbackwater4933
      @beyondbackwater4933 5 років тому +79

      Yeah that's how a magician reloads. Pulls the cartridges from his sleeve.

    • @warlockengineer
      @warlockengineer 5 років тому +15

      @Joseph Kobatake Debatable

    • @jasonr6342
      @jasonr6342 5 років тому +6

      emilyW he actually does in fact grab bullets from no where might want to go back and watch it again hun

    • @Bulbman123
      @Bulbman123 5 років тому +14

      @@jasonr6342 One would assume he's grabbing them from a vest >.>

  • @NPC_GENERIC_ENEMY_INFANTRY
    @NPC_GENERIC_ENEMY_INFANTRY 5 років тому +104

    I’ve been using this game’s weapon models for VRChat, and I can say that the Iron Sight’s are perfectly fine. No idea why the guns aim in that specific way.

    • @killertruth186
      @killertruth186 5 років тому +6

      Even COD games you can use iron sights.

    • @matteodelapaz1698
      @matteodelapaz1698 2 роки тому +4

      I believe it’s to see the gore effects easily

    • @NPC_GENERIC_ENEMY_INFANTRY
      @NPC_GENERIC_ENEMY_INFANTRY 2 роки тому +4

      @@matteodelapaz1698 A good theory. FEAR did a similar thing, so it's not far fetched.

  • @markuspatsukgaming8176
    @markuspatsukgaming8176 5 років тому +141

    We need soldier of fortune 1 remastered

    • @dasgelbeviehausdersesamstr4955
      @dasgelbeviehausdersesamstr4955 5 років тому +5

      The first one is the best, like my girlfriend's.

    • @zeramoke
      @zeramoke 5 років тому +3

      Fuck yes!

    • @billybrown9541
      @billybrown9541 5 років тому +1

      Сосок пацюк I just want a ridiculously violent , bloody , gory mindless shooter with a contemporary military setting.

    • @eins2001
      @eins2001 5 років тому +2

      Both games do

    • @prithwirajchakraborty6157
      @prithwirajchakraborty6157 3 роки тому +2

      The camera angle and shooting animations should be the gold standard for modern first person shooters.Shooting in that game was more satisfying than COD seris.

  • @heartman64
    @heartman64 5 років тому +109

    I swear the games this studio made are all literally the same first person shooter garbage with recycled weapons and awful visuals I hate this game but they've made worse

    • @Clublike
      @Clublike 5 років тому +2

      What?! Raven has done some very iconic games. Seriously shows that you have no clue...

    • @heartman64
      @heartman64 5 років тому +11

      @@Clublike nah dude I'm not talking about raven I'm talking about the studio that did this soldier of fortune game raven didnt do this one

    • @Clublike
      @Clublike 5 років тому +1

      @@heartman64 ah sorry mate. Got it wrong then..

    • @NexusKin
      @NexusKin 4 роки тому +4

      The studio's name is Cauldron, they're from Slovakia. At least this could be considered a guilty pleasure novelty game based on all the excessive gore.

  • @NoobNoob-ss5hs
    @NoobNoob-ss5hs 5 років тому +10

    All I remember about this game are flying limbs and dying Filipinos screaming
    *"PUTANG INA!"*

  • @Blake_Stone
    @Blake_Stone 4 роки тому +13

    "Come on, how bad can it be..."
    *Requires a hex editor just to display in native resolution*
    "...well played, game."

  • @quakesnake8531
    @quakesnake8531 5 років тому +196

    You like Perturbator too? I see Jarek is a man of culture.

    • @xanaxodgrindcorelover9191
      @xanaxodgrindcorelover9191 5 років тому +5

      i, too, have played hotline miami 2
      just givin' u shit :)

    • @doughboywhine
      @doughboywhine 5 років тому +3

      CULTURE

    • @AIeNaz
      @AIeNaz 3 роки тому

      Should’ve said man of fortune not culture.

    • @atrekkers
      @atrekkers 2 роки тому

      which track plays here? I can't really recognize it

    • @matteodelapaz1698
      @matteodelapaz1698 2 роки тому

      wasn't that the track playing at 16:17? if so what track is it? It fits his gameplay well.

  • @solidbeard8324
    @solidbeard8324 5 років тому +64

    15:38
    That's a good exemple of a Renegade Interrupt

    • @kabob0077
      @kabob0077 5 років тому +4

      Solid Beard I've had enough of your disingenuous assertions! *BLAM*

  • @patientzero8950
    @patientzero8950 5 років тому +42

    11:36
    That's the same shotgun model they use in "Jurassic the Hunted" two years later.

    • @drownsinkoolaid4203
      @drownsinkoolaid4203 5 років тому +2

      Yeah, I noticed that too, and the pistols and rifles reload the same too. Guess they got really lazy and just reused the assets without changing anything.

    • @LadyTylerBioRodriguez
      @LadyTylerBioRodriguez 5 років тому +1

      Pretty sure the Bar model is from Battle for The Pacific, and the black powder guns are all from the History Channel Civil War games. Nothing was original.

    • @NexusKin
      @NexusKin 3 роки тому +1

      Cauldron made all their games on the same engine, so they just recycled everything.

  • @stew_stervich
    @stew_stervich 5 років тому +9

    Fun fact: this game was banned in Australia for being to violent. It had kinda develop a cult following down in the underground gaming scene

  • @heyitsmemg7494
    @heyitsmemg7494 5 років тому +29

    So you’re telling me in order to play the game I bought I have to be the programmer of the game before I play it??

    • @CarrotConsumer
      @CarrotConsumer 4 роки тому +2

      That reminds me of those program books that had you code the game yourself.

    • @FlyboyHelosim
      @FlyboyHelosim 3 роки тому +1

      It's honestly not that bad. Just play it at a resolution you can actually select in the menu, don't worry about FOV, and there's no audio issues... for me anyway. The only thing you need to do is force Vsync.

    • @jigzyonline2
      @jigzyonline2 3 роки тому

      @@FlyboyHelosim may aswell play it on a 360 lol

    • @FlyboyHelosim
      @FlyboyHelosim 3 роки тому +1

      @@jigzyonline2 Except playing with a game controller is no way to play an FPS.

    • @jigzyonline2
      @jigzyonline2 3 роки тому

      @@FlyboyHelosim Damn straight, I cannot play shooters with a controller these days. Haven't ever played this on PC.

  • @user-njyzcip
    @user-njyzcip 4 роки тому +56

    12:48 "In fact the AI seem kinda almost like Red Orchestra 2 AI"
    *PTSD intensifies*

    • @JustSkram
      @JustSkram 4 роки тому +2

      Can you hear the screams and rockets too?

    • @pzkpfwivausf.h8681
      @pzkpfwivausf.h8681 4 роки тому +3

      *German soldier watching the wall then 360 out of nowhere to headshot you*

  • @chimchu3232
    @chimchu3232 5 років тому +18

    Having 3 reload animations for the m16 is actually really cool, ive never seen that in a game. The reason it's has 2 empty reloads is because normally the bolt is held open after the last bullet, but you would manually close the bolt if you were putting it away so it doesn't automatically chamber a round. If the bolt is closed you need to manually charge it when you reload

    • @Jarekthegamingdragon
      @Jarekthegamingdragon  5 років тому +6

      Many many people have been trying to tell me this but this is not what's happening in the animation. The bolt is still open in the animation even when pulling the charging handle back. This would work on a regular AR, it's just an odd choice.

    • @chimchu3232
      @chimchu3232 5 років тому

      @@Jarekthegamingdragon oooh gotcha, that's weird.

  • @Akarion
    @Akarion 5 років тому +102

    FOOOOOUUUUUUR HOOOOUUUUURRRSSSS

  • @SimberLayek
    @SimberLayek 5 років тому +18

    The Darkness 1 changed my life. I had never heard of it before the game came out, and I'm a huge first person shooter fan, but I also love sci-fi fantasy and dark horror... I look forward to the darkness again~

  • @MS-gb3ev
    @MS-gb3ev 5 років тому +58

    Gonna sound like a sick maniac but I don't think the guns felt like they had any power or impact in this game. You shoot a guy and he just flops over, there's no reaction to the bullet force or anything. Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and Red Dead Redemption - prime examples of ragdoll physics done right.

    • @alpharedhed4446
      @alpharedhed4446 5 років тому +4

      Also when you use a scope its like shooting a water pistol,I get that he is a trained soldier but recoil will still kick in

    • @MrCherokeeindian
      @MrCherokeeindian 5 років тому +5

      Unrelated; red dead 2 shooting physics look like a spaghetti western, with jump deaths, flailing and buckled knees to boot.
      No pun intended

    • @tpghl5225
      @tpghl5225 5 років тому +1

      M S also this game is over 10 years old

    • @bingbong6127
      @bingbong6127 5 років тому +5

      Bullets dont make people go flying. They usually just drop like a sack of potatoes.

    • @Goose21995
      @Goose21995 5 років тому +4

      Yeah but its not realistic. Thats just hollywood. If u shoot someone with a shotgun they dint go flying back. They just drop like a sack

  • @pp3k3jamail
    @pp3k3jamail 5 років тому +9

    Love the of PS1 intro music. if I had a gaming channel I'll would used original Xbox music with the with green lightning sound when you power the console on.

  • @zaikolebolsh5724
    @zaikolebolsh5724 5 років тому +6

    Far from looking bad, pretty decent for the time and well optimised (could run it on an old laptop i had at that time and it ran smoothly) gunplay is decent, quite fun trying new loadouts, story is an inexcusable piece of shit and doesn't deserve be part the SOF franchise, never run into those problem that you mentioned in the beginning(might be wrong as i played it 10 years ago), the gore is an extreme downgrade from SOF II, guns felt nice but lacking impact on enemies(a little bit of the peashooter effect, enemies died easily but they didn't flinch or anything, it was more of a "careful push"). Pretty accurate review, a subject of it's time, and a bad one at it but a nice little time waster as the campaign was pretty short

  • @Demigod_3scrub
    @Demigod_3scrub 5 років тому +27

    I miss playing sof so much an underrated franchise.. This was my call of duty b4 call of duty..
    Shout out to HL 1 and F. E. A. R

    • @eins2001
      @eins2001 5 років тому +4

      F.E.A.R 1 and its expansions are amazing

  • @seva809
    @seva809 5 років тому +8

    I thought GOG releases were supposed to work on newer OS without any problems. That's the main difference between this platform games and let's say Steam.

    • @lathrin
      @lathrin 5 років тому +17

      They do. Just some games are garbage ports

  • @TheCatinator2
    @TheCatinator2 5 років тому +4

    The Multiplayer was AWESOME !!! you where able to teamkill the whole time without getting banned; even better everytime you teamkilled someone or just killed yourself you scored 1 minus point for the whole team!! Even when teamkilling was turned off, you could still kill your teammates with phosphor frags. It was a total Trollfest!!!! And i was playing with a cracked version!! haha thats how good the game is guys!

  • @romanace3432
    @romanace3432 5 років тому +2

    I have one of cauldrons civil war games (history channel civil war a nation divided) easily one of the worst games I’ve ever played it would be awesome if you could cover that complete trash of a game.

  • @PvtDutch
    @PvtDutch 5 років тому +70

    Am I the only one who actually love/likes this game?

    • @NinjazNeverDie
      @NinjazNeverDie 5 років тому +5

      No. It isn't that bad. It's fun.

    • @iamwhoyoucall2329
      @iamwhoyoucall2329 5 років тому +7

      I liked the multiplayer

    • @ulysses4938
      @ulysses4938 5 років тому +6

      How is that even possible

    • @PvtDutch
      @PvtDutch 5 років тому

      @@ulysses4938 what?

    • @PvtDutch
      @PvtDutch 5 років тому

      @@iamwhoyoucall2329 never played the multiplayer only the story even I'm not a multiplayer person

  • @XeCuTioNR
    @XeCuTioNR 5 років тому +11

    After seeing this review, I want to see your takes on the rest of Cauldron's FPS library like the mentioned History Channel FPS games, Secret Service Ultimate Sacrifice, Gene Troopers and the infamous title, Chaser.

    • @havoc3-243
      @havoc3-243 2 роки тому

      2 years later, would like to see Jarek suffer from the hacking minigames at that Secret Service game.Also it has barebones gunplay (so barebones it has 1 shotgun and 1 sniper rifle)

  • @MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive
    @MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive 4 роки тому +10

    This looks like a fake FPS you’d see someone play on a movie or commercial.

  • @BruceLeeroyX
    @BruceLeeroyX 4 роки тому +4

    Man this game was hilariously fun online and I'm #2 in the world in ranked dm on xbox 360 till this day.

  • @vladimirbesirovic3550
    @vladimirbesirovic3550 4 роки тому +5

    Loved playing MP with Bruce Leeroy, turbulence, countrybluesman and other regulators who stayed faithful and devoted alot of free time to SOF. We were the finishing crew, after we stopped playing on 360 this game soon died. TheMadRussian

  • @MasticinaAkicta
    @MasticinaAkicta 5 років тому +2

    I like the good old games, I said good ones. But yeah old games... and newer pc's.. pain. What you mean there is no 16:9, what you mean I need to patch that in? What you mean I need to go into the INI's. Oh and what stupid old driver of the past in now in the way?

    • @Jarekthegamingdragon
      @Jarekthegamingdragon  5 років тому

      No 16:9 is baffling because this game isn't *that* old. It came out the same year of Crysis 1.

  • @soullessSiIence
    @soullessSiIence 5 років тому +24

    I love that the character runs at like 30 mph. Total immersion.

  • @dewittbourchier7169
    @dewittbourchier7169 5 років тому +2

    I think the gameplay is at worst mediocre. Often the gunplay is fun, and the visuals for its time and its budget are more than fine. But the voice acting and the story are utterly awful. You usually ask 'wait why am I doing this again?'

  • @MaximilianEnVT
    @MaximilianEnVT 5 років тому +26

    God. You keep unlocking memories regarding these old games I play.
    Also I'm happy for you for the surge in subs mate. Keep it up.

  • @that4711
    @that4711 5 років тому +6

    I remember playing this on the ps3 years ago. Personally, I enjoyed it. Perhaps I was too young to be bothered by all the bad stuff in the game xD.

  • @lucignolo8333
    @lucignolo8333 5 років тому +3

    The point you make at 8:40 is pure truth, i still play and enjoy the game BLACK more than most fps that come out today because of how awesome the gun feels in that game, the textures and reloading animations are top notch, the sound is meaty and powerful for all weapons. Also when you shoot at walls or in the ground the amount of dirt and debris thrown up by the bullets is awesome

    • @lucignolo8333
      @lucignolo8333 5 років тому

      @Jesus Christ dude i played it less than a month ago on pc, the graphics and gameplay still holds hup to this day (it's not top notch but it's better than fortshit)

  • @DhonJoe
    @DhonJoe 5 років тому +17

    100 5.56 ammunition can't kill you?
    WOWEE GAME DESIGN

  • @icy3-1
    @icy3-1 5 років тому +5

    Plot is just utter WTF IS THIS BULLSHIT. I just had a laugh everytime the commentary changed, because utterly wtf xD. Thanks for the laugh, Jarek. Hahahah

  • @Spencer481
    @Spencer481 4 роки тому +5

    6:26 "don't trust anyone with two first names" he's right though 😉

    • @FlyboyHelosim
      @FlyboyHelosim 3 роки тому

      Only in America would someone name their kid Mason.

  • @MaximG.
    @MaximG. 5 років тому +5

    I played it when I was a kid and I liked it then. Not sure if I want to replay it now tho.

  • @cannedsir4258
    @cannedsir4258 5 років тому +4

    Hey I just found this through YT recommends and I have to say well done on this, never even heard of the soldier of fortune games until now and I was hesitant to click cause I thought youd be fairly generic but boy was I wrong
    You have a great blend of subtle comedy with very concise points that kept me engaged the entire time
    Definitely got my sub

  • @shvy100
    @shvy100 5 років тому +2

    so that's gavin, his friend has been looking for him

  • @hellsingova1988
    @hellsingova1988 5 років тому +10

    I love the darkness games 😃my fav is darkness 2 😍

  • @TheWehzy
    @TheWehzy 5 років тому +6

    The game is still banned in germany LUL

  • @richardfisher8460
    @richardfisher8460 4 роки тому +2

    This game was wildly difficult at times, if they make another (which they def should).. Just please make sure the games works.. But anyone who played has to admit that going round with a shotgun blasting arms and legs off was fun

  • @seanlanier5077
    @seanlanier5077 4 роки тому +3

    I remember having to buy a special video card called voodoo when I was a kid just to get SOA : Doublr Helix to worm....god it was so awesome 27 years ago. Legit had
    M16
    Ak47
    MP5
    And a sniper rifle/pistol and I still remember all 3 maps lol. Depending on where you shot that changed the outcome of the way the body was affected. Damn, the good ol days.
    And it was banned in Australia.

  • @brianboniuk1072
    @brianboniuk1072 5 років тому +3

    So bad the Soldier of Fortune franchise practically ended with this boring, half assed effort at a FPS.
    I know about Cauldron because they also developed Chaser, another FPS in the vein of classic straightforward action with some minor platform and stealth added in the mix, with decent results.

    • @motoemnk3839
      @motoemnk3839 5 років тому

      Chaser was a good Game :)

    • @brianboniuk1072
      @brianboniuk1072 5 років тому

      @@motoemnk3839 maybe, if only for one playthrough

    • @motoemnk3839
      @motoemnk3839 5 років тому

      @@brianboniuk1072 hmm, had decent graphics, slow-mo feature, a real good lenght. I liked that game, okay i was like 13 back then and played everygame no matter how good or bad it was :D

  • @IWillYeah
    @IWillYeah 5 років тому +2

    Thomas mason, Alex mason, David mason. The name order is fine.
    Wait a sec, wtf is Activision's obsession with the family name Mason?

    • @qobo9996
      @qobo9996 5 років тому

      Just wait for Mason Mason

    • @IWillYeah
      @IWillYeah 5 років тому

      @@qobo9996 and Mason Stoner.

  • @btarg1
    @btarg1 5 років тому +6

    I've seen more entertaining games on the unity asset store.

  • @noelienoelie8425
    @noelienoelie8425 5 років тому +4

    First game was great! Still boot it up from time to time.

  • @iddan1205
    @iddan1205 4 роки тому +2

    Played it when it came out, don't remember the story.
    Loved the gun play. Remember the laser range finder.

  • @icy3-1
    @icy3-1 4 роки тому +2

    I actually have a physical copy of this thing. I tried installing it on my typical laptop, but that laptop wasn't shit (much less than my Acer Predator rig, but it can run this), and the game DOESN'T WORK. Like JFC, the first level lags so bad to the point I can't do anything

  • @armmgfj
    @armmgfj 2 роки тому +1

    I honestly played this game cause I found the gore to be quite amusing lmao

  • @howaboutsomesoyfood
    @howaboutsomesoyfood 4 роки тому +1

    This looks like far cry 1 graphics wise, and that was 3-4 years earlier. Meanwhile Crysis...

  • @voodoodolll
    @voodoodolll 5 років тому +1

    What's the music from 16:35-ish? I'm pretty sure I know what it is but can't place my finger on it. Sounds good tho
    EDIT: GOT IT! Perturbator - Disco Inferno.

  • @KC-bg1th
    @KC-bg1th 5 років тому +3

    I was 14 when my brother bought this for me. I had no concept of what a good FPS, and the game was gory so I loved it.

    • @mrteal3070
      @mrteal3070 4 роки тому +1

      still a good game, the gameplay aged better than cod4 and it came out around the same time as this game

    • @el.pibedelrock
      @el.pibedelrock 3 роки тому

      @@mrteal3070 jaja the game is bad. I guess ur one of the ones who buy cod every year

    • @skyh2394
      @skyh2394 8 місяців тому

      ⁠@@mrteal3070the gameplay definitely has NOT aged better than COD 4 lol

  • @jonahmorissun5166
    @jonahmorissun5166 5 років тому +7

    Bruh, I've never played this but the guns and environments look impressive especially for the time, and the gunplay looks satisfying 🤷‍♂️

  • @kzfive
    @kzfive 3 роки тому +1

    I played this on the PS3 years ago. Back then Gamestop had a policy to try a game for a few days and if you didn't like it get something else. I got something else.

    • @matheusmelo6022
      @matheusmelo6022 2 роки тому

      Lol stupidest policy ever. Pretty sure most people would beat the game and just return it, then.

  • @pagb666
    @pagb666 5 років тому +3

    12:15 look at the enemies spawning in

  • @Gonken88
    @Gonken88 3 роки тому +1

    They obviously made this really half assed to kill off the franchise in favor of CoD. They could easily have done it much better, but they probably knew that super gory shooters would soon become a thing of the past already back then.

  • @FR4M3Sharma
    @FR4M3Sharma 5 років тому +1

    It doesn't allow you to Change the damn resolution how the hell did you interpret that it'll let you change the fov?

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones 5 років тому +1

      Prince Sharma i have seen weirder things in options

    • @Jarekthegamingdragon
      @Jarekthegamingdragon  5 років тому +1

      It does let you change the resolution. It just doesn't have a 1920x1080p option even though it came out in 2007, the same year as Crysis 1.

  • @mr_beezlebub3985
    @mr_beezlebub3985 5 років тому +2

    I wish Raven Software were making more than just Call of Duty these days.

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 5 років тому +1

      Like in the good old times with Heretic/Hexen, Elite Force, Quake 4, Wolfenstein 2009, Jedi Knight

    • @mr_beezlebub3985
      @mr_beezlebub3985 5 років тому

      Yup, those were their best titles

    • @eins2001
      @eins2001 5 років тому +1

      They just handle DLC stuff which hurts even more

  • @BalrogSonOfNelgar
    @BalrogSonOfNelgar 5 років тому +2

    I used to love the original games, this was so embarrassing I forgot it existed.

  • @lilbrayden6199
    @lilbrayden6199 5 років тому +1

    I though it was good

  • @jacobhalczak
    @jacobhalczak 5 років тому +1

    Bad, maybe. But I kinda enjoyed playing this game.

  • @audiovisualproof5407
    @audiovisualproof5407 Місяць тому

    Is there a way to change the Aiming function from Toggle to Press and Release? I hate the Toggle on and off only function because when in Aim Toggle Mode and I'm surprised by the enemies, my first thought is hit the Sprint button to retreat but I'm killed because I tend to forget to Toggle Off while aiming. I actually like this game and want to finish it but toggling Aiming Down Sight is very frustrating.

  • @LilGhostlyX_X
    @LilGhostlyX_X 5 років тому +1

    Perfect Title: "Soldier Of Fortune"
    Not So Perfect Title: "Soldier Of Fortune *PaYbAcK* "
    Also what's with these games where one single soldier takes down a whole army, organization, or government . This makes no sense lol ppl.

  • @OSTemli
    @OSTemli 4 роки тому +2

    I loved this game

  • @faceofthemoment4571
    @faceofthemoment4571 4 роки тому +2

    This was such a guilty pleasure for me back when it came out. Yes, I was fully aware of its flaws. Did I still enjoy? Actually, I did. Quite a bit.

    • @NexusKin
      @NexusKin 3 роки тому

      I loved all the gore whenever you shot someone. It was such a blast.

  • @Gruntvc
    @Gruntvc 5 років тому +2

    The only decent FPS from The Cauldron, devs of this game, is Jurassic: The Hunted. Last decent dino FPS we got after Turok 2008.

    • @XavierLignieres
      @XavierLignieres 5 років тому

      Try Collision Course on Steam mind you it's still in Early Access !

    • @Rudyonyx
      @Rudyonyx 5 років тому

      Jurassic is a pile of shit, The only decen FPS from The Cauldron is Chaser, Linear but have big maps more options and funny weapons. is becoming one of my favorites games of all time

    • @Jarekthegamingdragon
      @Jarekthegamingdragon  5 років тому +1

      It'd be nice if it wasn't ANOTHER dino survival game. It's impossible to find a good dinosaur game without it being a dumb survival game.

    • @XavierLignieres
      @XavierLignieres 5 років тому

      @@Jarekthegamingdragon While I do agree to a certain point one of my biggest gaming dreams is for Capcom to remake Dino Crisis (the first one) and how amazing it would be.
      What I like about Collision Course is that it's not multiplayer base building crap like Ark and that you can spend the whole thing just hunting Dino's as ammo is not hard to find at all.

    • @NexusKin
      @NexusKin 4 роки тому

      I personally thought their most polished game was 2008's Secret Service. It had both Nolan North AND Steve Blum in it, it had true iron sights on its weapons, it had a nice leaning cover system, the graphics were actually pretty decent, and it had a surprising amount of diverse gameplay mechanics and level design elements for a budget game!

  • @TB-rx3un
    @TB-rx3un 3 роки тому +1

    Had it for 360 back in the day growing up and I thought it was pretty cool,lot of good memories,don’t really get gore etc in games nowadays

  • @FlyboyHelosim
    @FlyboyHelosim 5 років тому

    There's really quite a lot of inaccuracies in this review. Most of the complaints are to do with running the game on modern hardware, and most games from over 10 years ago suffer in some form or other. The game was actually available on Steam, and I've never had any of the trouble in configuring the game that is mentioned.

    • @Jarekthegamingdragon
      @Jarekthegamingdragon  5 років тому +1

      1. No, none of the soldier of fortune games are on steam
      2. *THIS GAME CAME OUT THE SAME YEAR AS CRYSIS.* 2007 is not some old school vintage time. 1080p had already become the standard and most PC games from that time work without a hitch. This game on the other hand requires a fix before it's even playable on any platform.
      3. "I didn't have any problems thus they must not exist." Great for you. This comment doesn't do any thing for any one. Especially when I'm showing you common problems that MOST people are going to have.
      If you're going to try to correct someone. Make sure you're not actually wrong yourself.

  • @Goose21995
    @Goose21995 5 років тому +1

    Omg duuuude i used to watch your airsoft videos!!!! I bought a kwa from you!!! Hahaha when you said jared the arab dragon i was like nooooo waaaaaay. Goddamn so long, glad to see you doing well man.

  • @park3973
    @park3973 4 роки тому +1

    I remember this game was subscriber prize of Korean monthly military magazine called "Platoon".
    Wonder who got this game as prize and what would happened to him or her after playthrough.

  • @generic_sauce
    @generic_sauce 3 роки тому +1

    Speaking of interesting premise with horrible execution, you ever try the train wreck called Fugitive Hunter? 😅

  • @xm0rzx
    @xm0rzx 4 роки тому +1

    Loved this game for some reason on Xbox 360