Soldier of Fortune 2 Test

the only one i seriously HATE is how they do recoil. they dont model shit they just make bullets go off in insane directions if you're tagged as not aiming well. how would you model recoil, you ask? operation flashpoint. it tracks the position of your gun, and if you're running and fire, the bullet goes out where its pointing, when you run you are jerking your gun all over. unlike in rogue spear or rainbow six, when you run the reticule goes wild telling you that you're not aiming well. and if you fire it just randomly sprays the bullets hitting the floor, wall, roof, etc. so many times ive come around a corner and tried to aim at someone RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME and fired a burst and hit the fucking floor and ceiling and shit. when you fire a weapon in op flash your gun "jumps". you auto level it again but if you were to fire before you did, you would fire up. no firing at the fucking wall next to you or anything. your gun isnt just hooked to your body in a series of animations that its been run though, its like a real object.

is this the game that'll let me do all of
- walk
- run
- crouch
- prone
- climb
- jump

Impressions from a hardened tac-simmer (Ghost Recon, SWAT 3):

This game is definitely more Q3 than CS, if one were to make a comparison. The movement is a lot more aggressive than Q3: UT, but I found it pretty enjoyable regardless. The weapon feel is good, although the bullets sure do take their time getting from place to the next (sort of like how Max Payne's bullets were just SLOOWWW). I like how Raven balanced the M4's M203 by making it slow and deliberate: less spamming is good.

This game is FUN and I'm especially impressed how well it plays given they weren't even going to do a multiplayer mode initially. Although it's not a game I could play for months on end, it'll definitely be pretty enjoyable when it's first released. I'm sold.

Btw, I'd like to thank Shack/SpeakEasy for getting servers up in time for the demo's release. Having all those servers up was a godsend.

initial impression....garbage.

upon launching i have to turn my monitor on/off just to get it to display...map load times way too long, once in the game it crashed...i started it over...crashed again...

deleted.

Argh...just as someone comes up to me when I have a couple of the best weapons, the game crashes with some kind of exception...it seems like this has almost less blood and guts than sof 1.

Thoughts:

*Movement seems really slow and awkward.

*No text box showing the text you are typing in messages.

*Weapons are AWESOME, but sometimes the kills feel really random because I can't tell the spread of my shots nor where a lot of my bullets are going.

*Lack of way to open/close doors (Action button needed).

*The grenades toss really awkward and laggy. They also seem rather... LARGE... compared to the other weapons and the player's hand.

*The map is fun and the plethora of weapons is enjoyable.

*The shotgun damage is neat! :D

I will definitely be playing more of this test, but those are my initial impressions.

Certainly NOT a bad test at all! Can't wait for the game! I hope the player movement is a bit faster though and easier to manage.

I've DLed from 3 different places and everytime I click NEXT on the install window it sends me back to my desktop , ending the set-up.I'm pissed.

I'm running on...
Athlon XP 1600+
512 MB DDR PC 2100 RAM
GeForce 3 Ti-500 Latest Drivers

and in large fight scenes on 800x600x16 my FPS drops to 20, but on 1600x1200x32xMAXdetails in large fight scenes, its still 20, and in other areas its around 125. Anyone seeing the same thing? It shouldn't be dropping to 20 FPS that's for sure, my system can easily handle that stuff. JK II I get 125+ everywhere, even in overcrowded areas.

All you people complaining of slow movement realise auto-run should be ON for the mptest.. right? ;)

This "test" has proven to be quite fun indeed! The movement is slow but it doesn't take long to get used to it, and the guns are fantastic. I am very glad that the sniper rifle does the limited damage that it does! I'm sick of all these games with lame camper snipers with no skills raking up frags and shit. When I started playing this, I didn't think the weapons were very balanced, but after playing for an hour, you realize that a lot of the weapons are pretty well balanced as they are. The grenades really do spice things up... they make a great addition to the multiplayer experience by adding some mayhem to the recipe (it also helps to keep you a little bit more on your toes). I sincerely hope the sniper doesn't get changed or made more powerful, because it will just turn into another lame sniper fest game (for you people who like to do nothing but find a good hiding spot with good visibility to snipe people, you have enough OTHER games where you can do that). Can we at least keep ONE company game of this type of genre free from being a sniper game? JUST ONE GAME DAMNIT! DIBS ON SOLDIER OF FORTUNE 2! The game is so much funner with everyone on the move. And besides, you can still snipe kill a lot of people, but this time it's not an easy llama way to rack up frags.

Also I expected more gore and blood and body parts from a Soldier of Fortune title, but I guess this is a beta test, and Raven got lots of flak for the violence factor in SoF anyway so maybe they had to turn it down. I'm not sure, but at least I still got to blow people's heads off :D

Oh and also, single player should be TEH WIN.

I HAVE ESCAPE WITH THE BRIEFCASE! WHAT HAPPEN!!!

My thoughts:
It reminds me alot of Q3:UT . Like the different weapon/armor/equip combos and no dumb $$ rewards.
I dig the level but it feels very uncomplete. I bet it will show up in the game 10x better. I like the snatch the suitcase scenario, feels like im "in" the game.

Good
1. Love the alternate fire.
2. There are alot of little things that are neat (like shooting something metal and having it burn hot for a split sec.)
3. Great looking models and animations (especially the guns).
4. Climbing ladders is easy.

Bad/suggestions
1.I think it should be as bloody as the first (shot off arms sliding down slopes leaving a blood trail type stuff, ok im sick :))
2.The graphics above their heads should be nice and sharp.

theres probably more but im going to go back and play some more...

There is just something pleasing about how much damage a guy can take, and the guns feel realy solid. SP is gonna be a blast.

I think this is fun. The sounds are awesome, its fast paced, fast gfx.. I am just not sure that it'll hold up against the strong titles that come out soon (UT and such). I like it because it just runs great and does look very good. Larger levels are needed.

great FPS. much higher than JK2, higher res runs smoother too. probably due to a lower polycount, i hope its higher in single player...are there console commands to increase the polycounts of the maps, didnt quake3 have this for geforce256 users (which were hot when it came out)?

if raven is listening, mess with fixing the lag, characters run kinda lame, they should crouch more (im an professional anatomy and life artist, maybe my opinion is a little valid)...gun models are smooth.

This thing crashed on me too, when i joined an online server, but when i host a local one its fine

I played some more and offer this...

1. Throwing Knifes need to be stronger or able to throw longer ;-)
2. Busy Redial for busy servers
3. Do something with that sniper rifle, its weak as poo
4. The models run funny

Vanilla Deathmatch was fun for this map...

I'm having a serious problem with the SOF2 test. When I connect to a server, it says "awaitng gamestate", and sits there forever. It never connects to the server - so, I can't seem to even play the damn game. Am I an idiot or is there a way to fix this?

My very early thoughts:

The movement is just too slow for standard DM. Please allow server admins to set different movement speeds in the full version. I realize that's probably a lot of work, but the movement speed alone will be caue for a lot of people to NOT buy this. The most appealing thing about SoF Dm was the speed.

Other than that, I need to play more. I plan on buying this for the SP anyway, and I'm just hoping that MP will be the icing on the cake.

Downloading now
no wait
200k

wow

Well at least I still have Medal of Honor...

What was the point of them using the Quake3 engine when they just wanted to make a Counterstrike ripoff? They made it feel and sound like the Lithtech engine(which hasn't yet made a game I enjoy). It was barely better than that Die Hard FPS that just released a demo. Barely.

I still have Medal of Honor...whew.

I don't like multi very much HOWEVER I do find SOF2's multi "not bad" - it was about 70% as good as Q3 UT2 - which is quite good :)


Still, single player is what I care about - release a single player demo also - because a mp won't sell it to me.

much to my disapointment, sof 2 is really really bland. there are a bunch of bugs that really seem to screw up the gameplay for me, and the fafct that the ping button doesn't work in the server list really sucks. Another disapointment is the model movement. i really can't stand that the character feet don't hit the right spot. it gives that sliding effect that i've deffinately come to hate. its deffinately possible to get by this however, check out the chaser preview movie to see chacter leg movement at its best. Considering i don't plan on buying this game i'm not going to take the time to report the bugs i've encountered while playing this horrible little test, but i have to say, the fact that when i move forward and right (or left) while crouching, my computer likes to bleep like mad. i hope some people enjoy this game so raven doesn't take a big beyotch-slap from activision.

The netcode seems to be less than optimal, which strikes me as strange for a Q3/TA based game, "test" or not. It might be fun over a LAN, but ven on my T3 with a 40 ping there's so much warping that shooting/getting shot seems more luck then anything. I suppose things will get better in a few days when all the idiots hosting off of their PII300Mhz rigs non-dedicated get bored. I wish there was some way to tell if a game was dedicated or not before you join? (Or is there, and I don't know about it?)


All in all, it's fun but a bit disappointing. Just not as gory and balls out as I hoped. Maybe single player and/or a different map will change my mind.

does the shotgun sound very powerful? is it very powerful?

I judge games partially on their shotgun, but I can't download it at work :/

Help us SoF 2 single player.... you're our only hope! *bzzzzt*

SoF2 test up at haiku's house of death!

run console: connect mp3.uglypeoplemachine.com

GO!

every single q3 engine game after a while of running smooth i get the PJ and lose connection to the server.

WTF

Lol, SOF2 test under all seeing eye is basically 100% red. Havent seen that before.

Anybody know that the version number of the SoF2 demo is? Apparently it's necessary for a server cfg to have that in order to be registered.

I am trying to run a server remotely using a .bat file since I can't launch the game and set dedicated over a terminal connection. Everytime I launch it the console wont get past "checking version..." is it not possible to launch the server through a .bat?


please help :(

What's with all this SoF2 hatin'? This game's fun as hell y'all!

So uhh, how big is the file? :)

well steve0, it works fine on my home machine/connection

it wouldnt have anything to do with my work's firewall would it?

is there a way to disable the "visual kickback" ie the shaking of your screen when firing a gun?

:/ it gives me a headache.

played a few rounds. map way too dark. uninstalled.

THANK YOU FOR THE FILESHACK !!!!!!! OMG OMG OMG how awesome this fileshack is.

I just came to shacknews, saw SOF2 demo and 500 comments and thought bummer, you're gonna have to wait LONG TIME. Nope, instant 150 KB/s.

Thanks Steve, this ROCKS.