Customer Reviews
SOF dissapointment 
2008-07-14
This game is a complete dissapointment. Sof Payback is a downgrade from Sof Double Helix. The landscape/body modeling, and the variety of weapons are the only positive gains. The story line is uncreative and very generic. Gameplay lasts about 4.5 hours on normal. Activsion was obviously trying to sell the name and hope that us Sof Veterans would blindly go out and buy the game. If you have to play this RENT IT, don't waste your money buying it. Listed below are the negatives that I discovered while playing.
1. No Random Mission Generator
2. Unbalanced enemy AI
3. Faulty Partical Physics "bullets hitting you while your behind solid cover"
4. Very toned down gore. "blood spray and detachable limbs is the full extent"
5. Short ultra linear missions
6. Sniper rifles with no missions that would deem one worthwile
7. Clanky controls
8. Questionable Replay Value
Underrated - This game rocks ! 
2008-06-04
This game has been trashed by the Video game reviews, and even players for various reasons. Let me start off by saying a) I have no interest in online play (I'm not 13, and able to play excessively) - So a 1 player campaign is preferrable b.) I've finished COD4 and I PREFER Soldier of Fortune..why? Because I get to actually see damage occur to my victims, for one, adds alot of realism, than to watch them just fall down in COD4...also, I get to use a SNIPER rifle , or any weapon...where COD4 , outside of an early "Sniper Mission", I just mow down excessive number of soldiers with an automatic weapon all game with COD4... The AI has been questioned, but its not SO bad.., alot like Castle of Wolfenstein (old days)..
Actually COD4 would tee me off as my own computer mates would get in my way..and COD4 AI isnt flawless by any means...
So if you want to have fun, and some "realism" to your enemies damage, pick it up. It was $39 , and I think well worth it. I love this game.
Soldier of Fortune PS3 Review 
2008-04-25
what can i say about soldier of fortune payback for the ps3? its pretty, its bloody, and its fun. but its not all good. heres my review
good: beutiful and shiny enviorments
it is VERY bloody
great powerful guns
bad: enemies are hard to kill
not a wide variety of guns
enemies pop out of nowher behind you
bad aiming
some levels are EXTREMELY hard
overall: this gam could have turned out good, but it is just an average FPS on ps3. 3/5
wow this is bad 2008-03-02
the best thing about this game is that I rented it and didn't buy it. It was probably the wrong game to play after Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, which is a game so much better it pains me to mention the two in the same sentence.
Save your $ 
2008-01-24
The controls are difficult at best and the game won't move past a
mission (PS3) you just die for no reason , unless this disc I got
is causing the problem. Ghost Recon, COD 4 and other games similar
more believable and no problems with other similar games . They
must of had there rookies make this one and you will see the price
difference from other similar and better quality games also.
over the top shooter 
2007-12-31
Soldier of Fortune Payback is the long-awaited third installment of the Soldier of Fortune video game series. The saga continues with the organization know as The Shop where players take on the role of a hired mercenary. Players will experience all the thrills and dangers of authentic mercenary combat blasting their way through high intensity combat situations in the world's most dangerous hotspots in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe. Using any means necessary, players will need to uncover a complex plot and defeat an extremist organization determined to throw the world into global conflict. Failure is not an option. Compelling new storyline- When a routine escort mission goes horribly wrong, players find themselves battling an insidious enemy that knows no boundaries. As mercenary Thomas Mason, players will need to uncover and terminate an extremist plot aimed at throwing the world into global chaos.
Good Game .... Nice one .... 2007-12-27
Soldier Of Foutune PayBack is very entertainment game its straight forward game .... shoot to kill .... it had a nice graphics .... easy control .. you will like it ...
Not the FPS to get for the PS3 2007-11-30
This is a very basic FPS with very long load times and ALOT of unlockable weapons that open as you complete missions. The problem is that while the controls aren't broken they are just so basic as are the environments that you can help but stave off the yawns as you split apart the bodies of your foes with some fairly cool and powerful weapons. SOF Payback is also following on the heels of COD4 which has set a new standard for FPS gaming. The graphics are mediocre the gameplay is nothing more than shooting one villian after another with occasional demoltion missions. Boring generic and too late to the party this game is almost guaranteed to disappoint in practically every facet, my advice is try out every other NEXT GEN FPS before you give this one a shot as I suspect it might be the bottom of the barrel.
-5 Stars 2007-11-29
"SOLDIER OF FORTUNE 3!!!!" My first response. Little did I know what I was in for. Remember all those first person shooters released since the nineties? The ones released, just to release something?
The ones that you would play for hours and still feel like you did when you first started it, "Maybe it will get better." Low and behold, all is well and done, yet... It remained HORRIBLE. Well, that is this game.
The first two were wonderfully done. Distasteful, gruesome and well, straight out gory. Yet there was something satisfying about them.
From cheesy graphics, to stick movements. Ai? What's that? Crummy gaming 101. In a bubble, I'd rather spend $60 on Duke Nukem 3d. Rather than have blown it on this peace.
For online gamers, expect no more than 30 people at a time playing this Title. Spend your money wisely Call of Duty 4 is just a few clicks away. May the pre-SOF3 series RIP.
