Now, recently I bought
Return To Castle Wolfenstein for the Xbox and was floored by how well
the game looked on the Xbox. Surprisingly, many of the graphics ( like
water surfaces ) were very much improved on the Xbox version compared to
the original. When I heard of another Quake3 engine game coming to the
Xbox...I was ready.
So, I am a huge fan of the
Soldier of Fortune games ( both 1 and 2 ) for the PC. Top notch game
with great graphics, good game play and really fun multiplayer. Soldier
of Fortune II on the PC was visually stunning, so when I heard they were
porting it to the Xbox, I was jazzed and made sure I pre-ordered myself
a copy.
Now, I have read all the
GLOWING reviews from rags like Official Xbox Magazine who gave it a
super shiny preview and then gave it a great review with an overall
rating of 8.5 out of 10. So when I popped this baby in...I was really
excited, I fired up the first mission only to be met with
really...really bad graphics and terrible sound. How bad were the
graphics? Well, in the first 60 seconds of the game, I took cover behind
a big silver looking crate to shoot an incoming enemy only to find out
the "silver crate" was this....
Yes, ladies and
gentlemen...the "crate" I was taking cover behind was actually
supposed to be a CAR...as in, a VEHICLE. Take a good long look at this
bad boy here. We are talking 8bit Donkey Kong Jr. graphics here baby.
If you are astounded by the
ass-like quality of those graphics....it only gets worse. The game play
is bad, sounds are bad, not one single on line server to connect
to...nothing, nada, zip. Thanks to reviews from the Official Xbox
Magazine and others that gave it "Highest Awards", I am stuck
with a $49.99 terrible game. My friends at Raven that made the original
PC versions of these games need to march right over to the guys that
made this port and kick them in the baby nuts. REALLY.
Whatever you do....do not
buy this game until it is in the $10 rack...and even then it isn't a very
good deal at all.
My suggestion? I think
everyone ought to site down and write a 2 minute e-mail to the people at
Official
Xbox Magazine and tell them what they think of reviews that
are full of dog crap. After all, if your reviews have no
credibility...then what good is your magazine? How many times does it
take for you to buy a shitty $50 game because a lame reviewer gave it an
8.5 out of 10 before you decide to never take that reviewers word again?
Not many times, that's for sure.
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