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Reviewing the audio section of SOF Platinum should be fairly quick. Okay, all the women and children can come out now, I’m done ranting.

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If Raven Software needs any help in the weapons department, perhaps they should take a look at either _Rainbow Six or Half-Life: Counter-Strike because that is what real weapons look like. I can’t believe that with how great the characters looked in the game that the weapons weren’t also awesome. All of the weapons in the game come across as looking very fake and not one bit like they are supposed to look in real life.

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The last section to cover in the graphics is the modeling of the weapons and sadly I must inform you that they suck bigger than Pro Bass Fishing. I’d have to say that the last time I saw character models this nice was in Max Payne. Each person or group of people looks different from the last and the attention to detail is fine. Another thing that really stands out is the modeling of the characters in the game. I also enjoyed how each level was different from the last, so you never have the feeling of seeing it again but with a different maze. I loved all of the snow effects, not to mention the use of shadows and colors to really emphasize the frozen wasteland. My favorite mission, for the graphics, has to be the one that is in Russia. Once you’re done being sick from all the gore you can really appreciate the effort that went into building all the levels in the game. Before all my readers start sending me e-mails saying there is a parental control to turn this option off, let me state that I’m well aware of this but still could not understand why such carnage had to be shown in the first place. I didn’t find anything one bit useful about showing that kind of sickening destruction. First off, I really have to ask the folks over at Raven Software what exactly they were thinking when they decided to have graphics in the game be so disgustingly gory? Never in my reviewing career have I seen a game with such disturbing graphics of blown off heads and severed limbs. Please, someone hide the women and children because this isn’t going to be pretty. Oh, boy!!!! Now I get to do the graphics section of the review. Playing online is a snap because SOF now uses Gamespy which makes connecting and playing with friends quick and painless. Whether it is death match, capture the flag or control and conquer, there is something for everyone. No matter how you like to play online, SOF has a game mode for you.

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There’s nothing I love better than matching my wits and my trigger finger against a human opponent and SOF brings it all right in your face, 100% full tilt boogie. Probably the most fun I with SOF Platinum was playing online. Oh well, maybe the game designers can talk to the fine folks that released Max Payne or Operation Flashpoint. I’d also like to point out that if you increase the difficulty level, the computer AI doesn’t get smarter, they just throw more men and weapons at you. Some games have you hanging on the edge of your seat waiting for the next awful thing to happen, but when you’re playing SOF you’re just trying to kill the bad guys to get to the end of the mission. One thing that the game designers failed at was the storyline, it just never seemed to reach out and grab me.

Even the newest computer gamer can adjust and change the options with ease. One of the highlights of SOF has to be the main menu and how easy it is to change options in the game. All functions in the game are done using a combination of the mouse and keyboard, which you can alter to your preference. SOF Platinum is just like any other FPS with regards to the controls. Alright, let’s stop blabbing like schools girls and get to the review. The game also includes all of the Gold edition updates, which are basically new options for multiplayer.

I’ll briefly run down the new additions to the game from previous versions: SOF Platinum has five new multiplayer maps, the entire Brady Games Strategy guide on disc and a preview of SOFII: Double Helix. If that’s not enough killing and maiming for you, then you also can take your skills online at GameSpy and kick your friends' (or strangers') butts all over the place. SOF Platinum comes packed with 10 covert missions that take you through five different countries during 26 levels of play. Welcome to Soldier of Fortune Platinum, a bloody and violent first person shooter that has you assuming the role of John Mullins, a one man killing machine. Track and kill the terrorist organization responsible for the theft before they can carry out thermonuclear holocaust. Objective: Use any means necessary to find and secure four stolen nuclear devices.

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