I hear voices!

SOFs sound is also very good, ambient noise and voices have the effect of truly expanding the on-screen atmosphere and giving it that much more depth. From the rumblings of a huge water turbine too the shouts and cry's for help of injured soldiers. It's all very involving and realistic, thus matching the graphics in the very same aspect. SOF also fully supports the like of A3D and EAX, somewhat of an advantage in SOF where you can be attacked from almost any direction at any time.

Its only real downfall is in the music, some of which seems to be almost midi quality and appears to be playing rather tacky world war2 style themes a little too much. While the music does often match the levels, it never seems to fully match the ambient noises around and often sounds out of place. In fact we had to turn some of the music off as it ended up getting just plain annoying on some levels, a little more work could have been done here. Thankfully this is not the case with any of the other sound.

The Verdict

Soldier of Fortune (SOF) is an amazing game; it's so fun that you might end up finding it very difficult to stop playing and could end up in a SOF induced comer =). From the graphics right down to the little sounds of limbs being blow clean off, everything seems cleverly thought out and presented.

It only fails with 60% of its music being utter rubbish and the AI needing some more work to add a deeper sense of play and involvement. Other than that, LOADS OF GUN TOUTING HIPPIE KILLING FUN!

by Mark 'KILLZAT' Jackson

Graphics - 9 Sound - 8 Gameplay - 9 Originality - 8.5
Overall - 9 (90%)

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