Monday, April 22, 2002

SoF II MP Test Quick Look -- 12:18 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

I decided to fire up the Solider of Fortune II multiplayer test (story) and give it a spin this morning. The only bug I noticed (which is somewhat annoying) is that you can't actually sort the servers in the server browser by ping time. It rearranges the order, but doesn't actually put them in order. I played a little infiltration mode (think Unreal Tournament's assault mode or CounterStrike). The graphics were very smooth even cranked up with eight players. I had a 100ms ping but noticed no lagginess. The sounds are very nice and crisp as well. Basically it looks like if you liked the original SoF, you are going to like SoF II even more.

The only gameplay gripe I had is one that I quite often have with shooters. There is very little feedback (especially aurally) indicating I've been hit. I think it would just require some getting used to. I'm not a big fan of the whole CounterStrike thing, so infiltration mode doesn't do much for me. But I would think that CS fans would find it very pleasing.

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