Soldier of Fortune 2 Interview

WeÂ’ve added features that allow you to crawl and go prone, carry bodies out of the way so patrolling guards donÂ’t see them,

OMFG. That is a step in the right direction. I still want to be able to spit and perhaps even go pee pee on the corpse.

I know this isn't practical but what would also be great is if there were incentives for efficiently killing your enemy. For example, you don't want to start shooting up the legs or arms too much because if you try and drag the body out of the way, the arm or leg might come off, leaving an even bigger mess.

Hi, I am really fucked in the head I think.

"The time it takes to complete Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force is often talked about. The recently released Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast isn't very lengthy either. Will Soldier of Fortune 2 be another 10 hour game"

Oh god. Whats up with this typical shack crying that games are too short now even JK2? Complete utter BS. Jk2 is not short. If you think Deus Ex was a short game (which it wasnt of course) then you need to find a new hobby or u need to play FF games on the ps2.

I doubt that the interviewer actually finished JK2. Do you own research before saying thats that arent true.

I wonder why JK2 doesnt have any copy protection?

CD Key protection is SO much better than, for example, SafeDisc2 which is so fouled up it won't even run properly on several varieties of CD_ROM drives, especially under win2k. It's like playing the lottery when you buy a SafeDisc2 "protected" game - will it run on my machine or will my drive not even recognize the CD in it and just keep spinning it around and around?"

CD Keys, especially like the one Quake3 has used are not only pretty effective, but I've never heard of any/many problems with them. Although part of this might be due to id software having pretty reliable servers that are up 24-7-365 to verify the CDKeys when people go online to play.

I was wondering where did this facination about a game taking only 6 hrs or less = crap comes about?

I could understand if you sit there and beat the game in one sitting I would be pissed, but for the PC you got auto-save, save anywhere so that takes all the challenge out I would think.

I mean Castlevania is beloved by all for the GBA but it takes less then 5 hrs to beat if you go about it normally. Super Metroid was about 5-7 hrs, etc...

Since when is a CD-KEY copy protection?

This design team has the right premise - sometimes things need to be added for the FUN aspect over the REALISM aspect. You can make a game super-realistic, but if it isn't any fun, no one wants to play it.

Akimbo guns being the perfect time when fun should be greater than realism. Last time I had any akimbo fun in an FPS was ActionHalfLife.

the more i hear about raven and SOF2 just makes me want to play this game more and more.

re: length of JK2

I'd just like to vouch for the game not seeming short so far (haven't beaten it yet)... it's at least on par with RTCW and that was long enough for me (if not as hard as JK2, which isn't a bad thing mind you), and the multiplayer is fun as hell, so I got my money's worth.

Thanks Raven!

if i were Kenn and another interviewer asked me this:
"What is the premise of Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix?"

i would hang myself...if you are the first person to interview someone about a game, ok, ask that question but when 10,000 interviews have come out that all ask that and there is a website telling all about the game, is it really necessary to ask that?...if your question isn't going to lead to new information, don't bother asking it...

Everything you could want to know about SOFII MP:
http://www.evilavatar.com/redirected.asp?fromurl=http%3A//www.evilavatar.com/EA/Reviews/M37504/

You were pretty harsh in that interview. I understand that you want to get the real answers about the game, but there's no need to insult their previous games to do it:

Shack: The time it takes to complete Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force is often talked about. The recently released Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast isn't very lengthy either. Will Soldier of Fortune 2 be another 10 hour game?

Geez... harsh man. And JK2 is a pretty lengthy game so I don't know how you could say that it's short. It's at least 20 hours if you're actually trying to enjoy it and not just rush all the way through. You could've said "How long will the single player campaign be, in number of hours?" or something along those lines and would've gotten the same answer without bothering them. And you know, bothered developers don't answer interview requests :).

Anyway, thanks for the interview... a few new things there.
BigImp.

I really enjoyed the demo.
http://www.shacknews.com/funkadelic.x?comments=19584

The Random Mission Generator levels aren’t quite as intricate as the single player levels built in the game editor. Their appeal lies mainly in the fact that the terrain we can generate can be as large as the real-world equivalent of six miles by six miles square. The technology generates random terrain and “seeds” the map with enemies, trees, obstacles, buildings and a variety of pre-made objects like machinegun nests, wall segments, towers, etc. Players can choose the terrain type (jungle, desert, etc.), the time of day or night, the weather (snow, fog, rain), the enemy set, the “seed level” of enemies and environmental obstacles and, most importantly, the player can choose from a variety of mission objectives…rescue, demolition, infiltration, etc.

OMFG that makes me giggle with anticipation :D
I cant wait for this mutha

nice interview Maarten!

Shack: The time it takes to complete Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force is often talked about. The recently released Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast isn't very lengthy either. Will Soldier of Fortune 2 be another 10 hour game?

Kenn: I havenÂ’t heard any complaints about the length of Jedi Outcast and itÂ’s certainly longer than ten hours. But I digress... Soldier 2 is a 2 CD game that spans 60 single player levels. There will be many, many hours of gameplay to be had by all. Once you throw in randomly generated single player missions and complete multiplayer, youÂ’ve got yourself one hefty FPS game

I agree on both counts, there wasn't much length to JKII (provided you didn't get stuck on a puzzle or saber battle), nor was there much length to Elite Forces. The reply tendered by Kenn, for me, smacks of primarily marketing, rather than informing, I guess that taints the rest of his replies. The responses from Doug Church and Warren Specter in this http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/19616 article, contrast quite strongly. It suppose would be a difficult rope to walk, that of marketing whilst still giving straight answers, he probably does want to sell his game, but I think there's more harm than good in denying a shortfall.

Anyway, I'll just just hope it's well produced, and satisfyingly long. If it's not, then C'est La Vie.

Good to see they aren't going with realism over gameplay.

Interesting comments about akimbo weapons...

curious to see how random terrain pans out in mp.

SIXTY single player levels? That sounds great...

YEAH! I'm looking forward to this. Of course, I'm itching to do some tweaking of the HUD (true and loyal 7-segment digits using the original as a base, 14-segment characters to replace the Courier parts, modern-style backlight, and maybe even a dot-matrix font to replace the OICW characters, though I can see that the HUD numbers are used there, so maybe I'd have to ask Raven about how to fix that part). Also, I can't wait to see some of the replacement/addon guns that modelers will come up with (personally, I'd like to see the AK-101 (http://world.guns.ru/assault/as05-e.htm) in the game).

Of course the timing of the release is perfect; by that time, I'll be stuck at home with no Internet connection and only my single-player games being the reason to turn my computer on. Christmas really is the wrong time for me since I head right back to class in a matter of weeks; during the summer, I have plenty of time for gaming.

Good job and thanks, Maarten. Thanks to Kenn, too. Good read. I'm very excited about this game.

I can't wait for this one. Loved the first one.

*waits for dognose to mess his pants*

Good stuff. I've been waiting for this one for a while now.

nice interview, look forward to the real game, when ever that is ?

I hope they remembered to add "fun" to this one.

GGTHNXBYE.

Fuck interviews, we need the game