could have been a great game but has some major problems

User Rating: 3 | Soldier of Fortune: Payback PC
i remember the first games of SOLDIER OF FORTUNE, they were awesome and the gore was a bonus with the great action. when i heard about PAYBACK i was ready to buy and play the hell out of it but than... well lets just start this review:

first of all let me get the good things first: the game looks very pretty. nothing amazing for the time but it looked very attractive even today both textures and character models. and with the pretty visuals comes once again: AWESOME GORE! shooting the bad guys really feels awesome and when you will kill someone and see him drop on the ground you will probably shoot him just to see his guts coming out from the body. its gory greatness and you will feel good. but that's where the good things end for this game.

soldier of fortune payback story was boring and not interesting at all. something about about an evil organization blah blah blah i just didn't care. the story was bad and the voice acting was weak. another problem is that the game is 5 to 6 hours long and the game is to scripted. if you decide to start over enemies will stand at the same spots, have same reactions and attack from the same directions. speaking of the enemies, while it is very fun kill everyone the AI is broken. sometimes they will just run to you with no reason and sometimes when they shoot they hit you no matter where you are.

before i finish this review i want to add something about the replay value. every game should have some replay value in order to keep people playing. the game has none... well almost none. the short and scripted single player has a little bit of replay value depends on you. on every difficult you finish the game you get more guns to your inventory before you start a mission. if you like the game you will probably want to get everything. but if your looking for more just buy a call of duty game. the online feature in sof payback is dead. (even when it was released the online didn't work always).

in conclusion it really depends on you. if you only care about gore maybe you will enjoy the game but if your looking for better value for your money you should get every other fps game.