SoF 2 Development Update

by Maarten Goldstein, Jan 02, 2002 8:29am PST

XGR has received a Soldier of Fortune 2 development update along with more tasty gore screenshots from the game, which is nearing completion at Raven. Here's a snip from the update

Soldier of Fortune II is progressing well. We're working on finishing up our beta build for QA to beat on after the New Year and then we'll enter the home stretch, driving towards Gold. At this point the game is pretty much feature- complete. We've entered (and passed) what we call the "feature freeze" stage of development where nothing new gets implemented. Everyone is focused on polishing and tweaking what's there and on making the game as solid as humanly possible ...

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By: Original G x Show Full Post

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so whats this make...5 or 6 games that raven has started and completed in the time that it has taken 3drealms to make part of DNF?

amazing

Jan 02, 2002 9:50am PST

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- who knows they might even get quake4 out : Turd Ferguson
- 20 Raven is the sheeeiiitttt! : erebus

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Remember those renders that were first released? The ones of the face and the various expressions?

That looked amazing. These shots (although of course not renders) have what appears to be roughly half the polygon count of the renders, not to mention maybe a quarter of the texture quality.

What the hell? Why even release those, stoking the entire SoF (hell, the entire fps) community when the final product looks (as far as I can tell, at least) nothing like that?

That really bakes my muffins.

Jan 02, 2002 1:21pm PST

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Remember those renders that were first released? The ones of the face and the various expressions? Th... : wunderbred
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  i disagree, old http://pcmedia.ign.com/media/news/image/sof14.jpg http://pcmedia.ign.com/media/news/... : Turd Ferguson
  - I suppose we really won't be able to tell until it's released. : wunderbred

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so many good FPS games coming....

Jan 02, 2002 2:37pm PST

so many good FPS games coming.... : Magneeto

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Ahhh yes. Dont dissapoint us Raven. Now...if only this would make it out say around 2-3 weeks after MOH it would be quite nice.

Jan 02, 2002 8:48am PST

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Ahhh yes. Dont dissapoint us Raven. Now...if only this would make it out say around 2-3 weeks after MOH i... : pimpium
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  I'd say closer to a month. : Sniper21
  - I wouldn't expect this until February or March. Crunch time is commonly two to three months. : nomaad
- I think this game is supposed to be out on Feburary 11. This game will be on 2 cds (I believe). I can't ... : Cheesedog_3:16
- Raven and Disapoint? : rosewood

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Oh baby, I can taste the lackluster sales already !

Jan 02, 2002 12:40pm PST

Oh baby, I can taste the lackluster sales already ! : NukeDukem

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Cool! The knives stick in the body! I guess its in the place where you throw it too :)

Jan 02, 2002 9:17am PST

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Cool! The knives stick in the body! I guess its in the place where you throw it too :) : moshman
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- per pixel hit detection, i would hope so. : Turd Ferguson
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  Didn't it do that in the first game? : Dimmona
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    you coudlnt throw your knife in the first one i think : -=kodiak=-
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      you could throw it, and the knife would stick in the body, but a bit less accurate (per-poly hit detecti... : the archvile
      
      oh yea now i remember ;) : -=kodiak=-

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I liked sof, except for the last bad guy...

will probably pick up sof2...

Jan 02, 2002 8:44am PST

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I liked sof, except for the last bad guy... will probably pick up sof2... : Torias
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  not suppposed to be anymore bad guys like that in sof2. : Turd Ferguson
  - so what now? You snipe the kingpin and clear the facility of his hoodlums? : the archvile

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Intriguing...

Jan 02, 2002 8:31am PST

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Intriguing... : Nighteyes
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  I sense a serious government intervention and this game in the future...Although they will still use Doo... : Nighteyes
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    I dunno, I think raven are being VERY smart with their passworded violence lock out features... they ... : Torias
    - thats because they were required to becuase of the extreme gore, i could be wrong but i thought that was... : Turd Ferguson

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when did development of this game start?

Jan 02, 2002 9:07am PST

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when did development of this game start? : vestax
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- it was first mentioned in april 2000 and officially announced a year later : Maarten Goldstein

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Hmmmm..... any word on whether or not Loki is going to able to pick this one up for Linux eventually?

Jan 02, 2002 8:43am PST

Hmmmm..... any word on whether or not Loki is going to able to pick this one up for Linux eventually? : BorderlineBass

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For Dognose

Jan 02, 2002 8:30am PST

For Dognose : fat mike

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