I'll stick with Soldier of Fortune 2:Double Helix

User Rating: 5.5 | Soldier of Fortune: Payback X360
By raddhazard | Review Date:
This game was originally developed to be a budget title. Somewhere along the line Activision Value stepped up the graphics but forgot everything else.
The game does look good,with nice HDR lighting and good animations for enemies. However,the game suffers from bouts of slowdown,graphics issues such a pop up and the controls just don't feel right.Even adjusting the x and y axis to max,it still feels sluggish.
The game features 12 levels that are extremely liniar and just seen very short. Someone asked me if this was better than Black Site:Area 51. Well,it is,but not much better.FPS of today need more than just good graphics,the gameplay felt exactly the same as the original SoF,but that game was still better than this.

I really don't understand how people are saying this is such a good game. Maybe they're in denial after forking out $60 for this "budget" game that should've retailed for under $30.Even then,it's still not worth it.

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