Shoot off limbs, heads, and everything else in Soldier of Fortune: Pay Back
The Soldier of Fortune series has always brought us two things: solid FPS shooter action, and the ability to shoot up your enemies into bite-sized pieces. And even with Soldier of Fortune: Pay Back (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) having a different developing team (that being Cauldron), we see both trademarks – with emphasis on the latter – are still intact, as we see in this gameplay video update. Be warned, this is not for the faint of heart.
As we can see in the video, they just don’t make video game enemies like they used to anymore. Whole limbs not only fall off with a few well-placed shots to a major connecting joint, they FLY off. Skulls can easily be popped with a well-placed shot of a high-caliber rifle. Being in the vicinity of a grenade blast tears people’s arms off their sockets. And yes, corpses can still be dismembered to a player’s content.
While it’s certainly a visceral display of what next-gen graphics can do, we can only wonder what will happen when it’s time for the game itself to be rated. After all, with titles such as Manhunt 2 (Wii, PSP) and BioShock coming under fire for violence, it’s certainly not far-fetched to see Soldier of Fortune: Pay Back in someone’s sights.
The Soldier of Fortune series has always brought us two things: solid FPS shooter action, and the ability to shoot up your enemies into bite-sized pieces. And even with Soldier of Fortune: Pay Back (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) having a different developing team (that being Cauldron), we see both trademarks – with emphasis on the latter – are still intact, as we see in this gameplay video update. Be warned, this is not for the faint of heart.
As we can see in the video, they just don’t make video game enemies like they used to anymore. Whole limbs not only fall off with a few well-placed shots to a major connecting joint, they FLY off. Skulls can easily be popped with a well-placed shot of a high-caliber rifle. Being in the vicinity of a grenade blast tears people’s arms off their sockets. And yes, corpses can still be dismembered to a player’s content.
While it’s certainly a visceral display of what next-gen graphics can do, we can only wonder what will happen when it’s time for the game itself to be rated. After all, with titles such as Manhunt 2 (Wii, PSP) and BioShock coming under fire for violence, it’s certainly not far-fetched to see Soldier of Fortune: Pay Back in someone’s sights.
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