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VIRTUALISATION Soldier of Fortune Payback fights its way back onto retail shelves
VIRTUALISATION Soldier of Fortune Payback fights its way back onto retail shelves | Soldier of Fortune Payback fights its way back onto retail shelves |
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| by Mike Bantick | |
| Thursday, 22 November 2007 | |
  
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In Australia where no rating exists for content deemed above the MA 15+ rating, means that video games that fall into this non classified realm are effectively banned from commercial sale. Both the original and follow up (Double Helix) pushed the rating system to the extreme. With content such as exploding skulls and dismemberment being par for the course in a SoF game. With the advancement of technology, comes further flexibility on the gore scale which Payback looks to be exploiting. Hence the initial banning of the game by the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) in Australia. Emergeing from the coding dungeons, distributor Activision has presented a revised version of Payback to the OFLC. The result is a MA 15+ rating and a big, collective Activision sigh. More information about Soldier of Fortune Payback follows. Soldier of Fortune Payback thrusts players into adrenaline-pumping mercenary combat action after a routine escort mission goes horribly wrong. The game evolves the signature gameplay of its predecessors with refined controls, tension-packed warzones, and an enemy damage system that may be shocking even to experienced FPS players. Players are armed with an impressive arsenal of more than 30 weapons, including sub-machine guns, assault rifles, and projectile explosives, as they hunt down an insidious enemy that respects neither laws, nations, nor armies. The game also offers individual and team based online modes including: Death Match, Team Death Match, Elimination, Team Elimination, Capture the Flag and Demolition. FEATURES: • Next-Gen – Built to harness the power of next generation consoles, Soldier of Fortune Payback features the most outrageous modeling system of any of the previous Soldier of Fortune installments allowing for shocking damage. Enemies not only react to the specific area in which they’ve been hit but also to the power of the weapon they’ve been hit with. Players will need to make sure they’ve finished their opponents off as they will continue to fight until a lethal blow has been delivered. • Weapons – Players will have at their fingertips one of the most lethal arsenals of weapons ever assembled with over 30 weapons including sub?machine guns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, projectile explosives, weapon attachments and cutting?edge tactical weapons. • Multiplayer – Your favorite individual and team based online modes to play including: Death Match, Team Death Match, Elimination, Team Elimination, Capture the Flag and Demolition. Players may choose from many options and server settings to play the game the way they want to and can choose between playing online or over a local network. • Missions – Players will find themselves thrown into authentic mercenary situations in real world hotspots around the globe and will find themselves in high intensity combat situations with enemies virtually around every corner including terrorists, mobsters, insurgents and enemy soldiers. Players will need to survive an ambush and rescue a diplomat, infiltrate a terrorist operation, go on a search and destroy mission and much more. • Story – Compelling new storyline that adds to the Soldier of Fortune legacy. Thomas Mason works as a freelancer for a mercenary group called “The Shop.” When a routine escort mission goes horribly wrong, he finds himself deeply entrenched in an underworld struggle he can only begin to understand. Thomas Mason and his handler Cassandra Decker must uncover an extremist plot aimed at throwing the world into global chaos an creating a world full of militaristic conflicts where mercenaries will be in high demand. Keep a watchful eye out for Soldier of Fortune Payback early 2008 for Xbox 360, (AU$79.95), PC (AU49.95) and PS3 (AU$89.95) |
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