Revisiting Soldier of Fortune - An Updated Review

[@Gggmanlives]

Hey guys, you can download the SOF Community Edition here: www.moddb.com/games/soldier-of-fortune/downloads/soldier-of-fortune-community-edition-v62

[@Nonebit]

What the hell? Is this one even legal to download

[@Nonebit]

@@rezganger then why the hell is it called full version on moddb

[@Ultranist]

@@rezganger mod with the full game😉

[@Nonebit]

@@Ultranist then what's the point of getting the game legit from steam or gog Edit: oh i get it now, don't need to reply

[@SnakEyes23]

My cousin Jeff Degenhardt worked at Raven software for 15 years as one of the leads on the art team. He worked on all the cod games “multiplayer maps”, X-men legends, ultimate alliance, Wolverine, wolfenstein 2009, singularity, etc. Now works for Hangar13 “Mafia series”. I’m gonna share this video with him mate 👌. He’s going to love this.

[@ptrcrispy]

The OG Captain Price, back when he was John Mullins

[@Sholvacri]

Yeah, I've always said that to my friends but they look at me funny (as most haven't even played SOF anyway, lol). Price's totally based on good old John's appearance, which was based on a real person too, he was actually that person. Fun thing is in multiplayer the John Mullins skin was used mostly by new players who didn't know how to switch, or really good players who wanted to take the piss and make other players angry and wonder "who is it, omg how's he so good?" , hah yeah, good times.

[@purebaldness]

I knew there'd be a comment pointing out that this was the OG captain price and that John mullins was based on a real person of the same name. Good.

[@pieterandjuanchronicles9849]

Captain Price was based on real SAS operator John Mcaleese

[@1231231232972]

yeah , good old Black water employee, killing people all over the globe

[@iHawke]

@Starscream91 Captain Price was in the first game too

[@BobsRevenge]

I remember my dad wouldn't let me get Blood when I was a kid, but he was as excited as me to get SOF because it looked so badass

[@juicynightplayer6620]

"Sorry son blood isnt badasss enough"

[@Noperare]

"In this house, we have standards. No weak games allowed"

[@HonsHon]

I kind of understand because it would feel weird getting your kid a game with Blood in the title (even though Soldier of Fortune is just as violent haha).

[@activesmoker4509]

remember playing this game on my brother's dreamcast when I was like 8yrs old. I would just dismember the enemies for hours straight 😂

[@RetroDeathReviews666]

My dad got me Blood when I was in pre school but had trouble getting me Twisted Metal 2 lol

[@torsotwister1500]

I do think youre overstating how common these sort of damage engines are in games, we dont see that many games with character animations and dismemberment this interactive. Theres a guy who does really good videos on the topic if you look up gore reviews on KZbin and he goes into depth on what these games did right and the few modern games that do as good of a job, like red dead 2

[@tobiasgerhardt7604]

Killing Floor 2

[@auzkahglt]

do you mean "random madness"?

[@halowillneverbegoodagain1868]

Good ol' Valentin the Mad

[@KdosdaHegen]

@LESTERAMA Maximum Action also has great gore and dismemberment.

[@xONYXo1]

Haven’t played it, but from watching gameplay on KZbin, The Last Of Us 2 has some incredible, absolutely grotesque, gore. And I mean that in the best way possible

[@wesleysobik9137]

Raven software also made some of the star wars dark forces games, they're one of my favorite studios besides pandemic

[@SteveTpenn]

As well as Marvel : Ultimate Alliance and Singularity. They are based in Middleton, WI which is a suburb of Madison ( where I live). It's a shame they only get to help with COD games these days.

[@matman000000]

Also SW Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy, which still have probably the best lightsaber combat of all time.

[@joshstanton267]

@@matman000000 oh yeah that sabre combat was super damn intuitive. So solid.

[@SHGames97]

Pandemic was underrated

[@bobzmuda3940]

DESTROY ALL HUMANS

[@mysticalacer94]

SoF: Double Helix was one of my first fps games i had on a broken down desktop pc. Them memories^^

[@PsychomachineryEBM]

Badass game too, I loved dismembering the enemies with the shotgun lol

[@ZebramanHouwen]

The multiplayer. ♡

[@bagusprayogo7025]

@@PsychomachineryEBM Yea, I remember my dad freaked out saw me not just blasting enemies with shotgun, but cutting them into pieces with a knife cuz it was the 1st time I saw detailed gore in a video game (other than MK I), and yea I was 8 years old atm, after that my dad hide that game from the desktop

[@Pelleministeri]

I miss you guys, the community was amazing.

[@johncormier]

Such an amazing game.

[@Andres33AU]

Soldier of Fortune 1 is hands down the best of the series! I remember that after Half-Life and after Rainbow Six, I felt like games were heading into two directions: story-rich shooters with puzzle elements (Half-Life) or tactical shooters (Rainbow Six) but Soldier of Fortune was a fast-paced run-and-gun, basically Doom with terrorists! Soldier of Fortune 1 is the R rated action movie Soldier of Fortune 2 is the more serious "Tom Clancy" thriller, which is not bad, but not as good as 1 Soldier of Fortune 3 is the terrible direct to video "Asylum-esque" rip-off, lol

[@Trikipum]

simply was quake with humans and dismembering...i played this game online sooo much back in the day.. when i had a 64kb connection....how things have changed, now the least you can get in my area is 600mb...

[@edstar83]

Part 2 was good too.

[@notastegaming7614]

"Excuse me Mister Hussein, I need the general alive..." -John F. Mullins

[@chaircheck2424]

Obama chuckled. "You mean the Chaos General?"

[@zorgapb4691]

INTRUDER!

[@eldavid8774]

I also think soldier of fortune was controversial because people tend to react more to violence when its more realistic, like how people flinch during the torture scene in gta v but laugh when doom guy bonks a demon in the head And it caves in

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

David Orozco Demon is not human tho

[@eldavid8774]

İskender Çağlar exactly my dude , another reason why its less serious violence, thats why i use doom as an example of non realistic violence

[@Hugh_Morris]

@@eldavid8774 wait, killing demons isn't realistic?!

[@cor.tenebrarum]

That's why Manhunt had such a heat. Realistic violence is far better than fantasy violence. Man I really want new Manhunt with dedicated gore and dismemberment system on RAGE engine.

[@laylover7621]

True. Comical violence is comical, gritty dark violence can make me quite uncomfortable

[@Gruntvc]

I miss games like this, especially FPS ones from the late 1990s to early 2000s.

[@jalliboy]

buy them on gog or download them ???

[@mattc2306]

I remember reading about Soldier of Fortune in a magazine once and I managed to try this out along with its sequel Double Helix on the original Xbox.

[@halowillneverbegoodagain1868]

@Adam Demeter I disagree. In fact i liked some changes such as making those dumbass stealth sections easier.

[@mattc2306]

@Adam Demeter I thought it played fine. I'm not particularly PC gamer, so I'm generally not as concerned with FOV or aim assists, or even ports for that matter. I just mostly played games that I saw and read about in gaming magazines.

[@lonew0lfclaw859]

After watching this video i learned that : I am a chad gamer and a true FPS fan cuz not only have i played SOF but Quake 2 and that star wars jedi outcast game as well. Loved them too. Also i think theres no better heavy machine gun any game since SOF. It looks awesome, it sounds crazy fucking good, the damage is great and it fires a phosphorous grenade as secondary fire! And Oh Gman not to overstep my boundaries here or smthin but the enemies exploding wen u shoot them with a microwave gun doesn't hapn at random but happens wen u use the secondary fire on that weapon. It fires a ball of plasma that comically inflates the enemies up and then gibs them. Video was fucking entertaining as always. Keep up the good work.

[@apietotheface]

"It just hits you on the nostalgia spot " Got me so good, best way to describe the game.

[@Kalivier]

2:58 "And it's a really early example of the kind of damage modeling we really now take for granted in shooters" No, we don't, because no other game has really reached that amount of details in 20 years. At least, as far as I know.

[@jose131991]

Last of us 2?

[@h4724-q6j]

Doom Eternal isn't quite as vivid but it does have it.

[@arnox4554]

UT2004's Ballistic Weapons. Kind of an older example though, I'll give you that.

[@EvilScrooge]

Still feels more brutal and violent than any modern shooter out there, where any brutality against another human being you can see is limited to some mild cutscenes. I don't get this comparison to puppies fighting, considering how super-tame games are nowadays. All gory games are limited usually to demons or zombies. Some won't even give you any wound decals not to mention a full model of an exit wound or a functional dismemberment. Soldier of Fortune 2 has it all nailed! Current games look like kittens in comparison.

[@Gruntvc]

Gotta reach that wider audience and get with the times. Death of any good game/franchise now.

[@_..--]

@John Chaser RDR2 and TLoU2 has some weaksauce animations tbh. RDR2 has nothing on this game, The Last Straight one of US 2 was the least inspired 20fps slideshow I've had the displeasure of viewing in a long while.

[@EvilScrooge]

@John Chaser Those are hardly First person Shooters But ignoring that, can you shoot the bits off of people? Can they react to pain? All the gameplays seem very weak and lack of squirting blood. Maybe some executions feel nasty (in concussion kinda way), but those are mostly just people getting punched. And I do count only violence caused by player to others, outside any cutscenes or finishing animations (to avoid counting in MK). all I can spot is just red decal where someone got shot. Characters in modern games don't react to being shot until they just die. kinda anticlimactic if you ask me. I'm yet to play Red Dead 2 myself so I don't know much outside of what I could quickly find.

[@_..--]

@John Chaser ok buddy get a valid criticism or frontal cortex.

[@EvilScrooge]

@John Chaser Sounds cool! Though I doubt they react to being mortally wounded by grasping for their guts or their stumps after loosing a limb. Rockstar does not do creepy dying in agony thing. Still, I need to investigate this game. I have never heard of that game having a good dismemberment system. I know Shadow Warrior 2 had a detailed procedural gore system but that one felt like cutting a paper doll full of red water. Was hardly violent that one. Violence is a complicated thing...

[@cartwright8920]

"There's the slug thrower, which is the nickname ya mum gave me" LOL, and theat belch at 14:02! Anyway, this is a great game, and I saw your review of it a while ago, so I got the PS2 version based on that, and this revisiting makes me wanna put it back on and give it another go.

[@richardgauz8907]

Most all don't play the single player but the MP, there are mappers who are still releasing maps for SoF. Basically, you'll need the Platinum version which is the original plus Gold Patch and Platinum patch and then SoFPlus Client that allows you to see and join servers or run servers with the Server version There is a patch for GoG version and a patch for the none GoG version at: sof1.megalag.org/ Map packs and more info at www.sof1.org/ The community edition has platinum and SoFPlus. I am currently running 4 servers, not many people right now and we all were hoping to get more. A month or so ago we had many games every day. Some new and old players are supposed to get ON on Aug 28th. THe MP speed and feel I like better than SoF2 and even RTCW.

[@MartinChir]

I remember they enlisted a true soldier of fortune as a technical adviser, too bad it’s been delisted now

[@2Eliishere]

@Starscream91 no the solider of Fortune was delisted from the games credits.

[@HonsHon]

@@2Eliishere No, it was delisted from the list to delist the credits.

[@MartinChir]

@Starscream91 yeah my bad it's been on no platform for years, gman mentions it's gog at the end so just ignore me

[@HansDampf1911]

John Mullins actually looked exactly like in the game back then though.

[@HansDampf1911]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHy1ZJ-tiLKapKM

[@Railgun_Enjoyer]

"You killed muh friend." "YOU KILLED MAH BRODAH~!!!"

[@hoze1235]

understandable have a nice day

[@alexandermccabe556]

"you fucked up my face"

[@ringard5172]

Halo 3 Brut when you kill one of his packmates: "HE WAS MY LOVER!!!"

[@hiddengemgamers9376]

You should totally review Singularity. It was Raven Software's last game before they were restructured as a Call Of Duty Support team. I reviewed it on my channel, and I even managed to interview a developer who worked on it.

[@Gruntvc]

Unlike Gearbox with ACM, Raven actually tried to make Singularity good despite the short dev time.

[@bovinleephann]

He did, a long time ago

[@charlesdavis4887]

Activision pretty much killed Singularity. Basically didn't promote the game at all because by then, C.O.D. had become their main focus.

[@alejandroaguilar4693]

I had a great time playing Singularity but I think the comparisons to Bioshock may be the reason it didn't get more recognition in its time.

[@ultgamercw6759]

Gmanlives: "When you say raven software most people think of cod". Me: "where's my singularity sequel?"

[@Broformist]

Shit even that wolverine game was not too bad.

[@HonsHon]

It is sad that Activi$ion kind of swallowed them up and only allows them to make COD games when they obviously have some good imagination.

[@LLCool254]

X-Men Legends 1-2

[@Schregger]

@@HonsHon Well, its not surprising, Blood 2, Singularity, Alpha Protocol (personal favorite) all were games that were rough and unfinished, or just not supported, because it wasnt making enough in profits. Then companies like Activision say they need to lay off workers due to downturns, while giving multi-million raises and benefits as "Employment retention incentive packages" to their worthless as fuck "high level managers".

[@robertharris6092]

Jedi knight: jedi academy.

[@lordterra1377]

Raven games had this extra polish and quality to them that others simply lacked. I loved their Games!

[@GamingTohru698]

The shotgun was my favorite of the weapons, it sounded super badass.

[@QueenSydon]

I loved that thing. And there was even dedicated buttons to flip the gun in your hands like a badass.

[@Muppio]

'Kingpin' & 'Soldier of Fortune', perfect.

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

Largentina TM "But no game is perfect" I disagree

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

Largentina TM I wasn't just talking about these games...like for me, half life, cs 1.6, mw 2005, super mario(nes)are perfect for me.

[@ormordechay]

I think those two games should be remastered along with hidden and dangerous

[@SVTDI]

The first Soldier of fortune was a huge part of my childhood, i love the game.

[@Frank074]

Would love a remaster

[@SVTDI]

@@Frank074 Me too, such a fun game

[@Silver_Warden]

Absolutely one of my most favorite FPS ever made. It's a shame it doesn't get talked about as much as other games in this genre, even though it deserves the attention like few other. Thank you for making this video!

[@InnuendoXP]

Going to a strip club and reading a magazine sounds like an absolute Chad move

[@Mabooltube]

Reading that PC World in the club

[@roughdude6575]

or a nerd one

[@Enclavefakesoldier]

Just step in the place, pull out a copy of philosopher today and read about plato and socrates. baller AF

[@InnuendoXP]

@Conrad Kujur mainly cringey boomer old boys do shit like that in business. It's chad to do as an individual, but when you're doing it to try and prove something to others, it's still virgin as fuck

[@ReplyequalsNerd]

I go to tha club in a full tux to read The New Yorker to let them bitches kno I dont care

[@diggadirt393]

I had the ps2 version lol it was still good and "gory"

[@pumpy_jack]

unreal tournament also had the "shoot the guy forever" mechanic, but only with the minigun

[@PrekiFromPoland]

Until you run out of ammo or the body explodes into gibs.

[@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

Bro don’t even call your self a gamer unless you’ve played Gal Gun VR

[@Quickdrawingartist]

Okay, guess I'm not calling myself a gamer anymore.

[@anirvana]

oof don't have a VR headset/VR capable PC, guess I'm not a gamer now :/

[@HonsHon]

Requirements to be a gamer: -Play games- (Not Anymore) Play Gal Gun VR Holy shit you unlocked it.

[@vikingvanguard1924]

Have you played chimparty? Yea didn't think so, you my sir is the fake gamer here!

[@Frank074]

Damn, been a gamer since the early 90's. Until now apparently, RIP

[@GoldSrc_]

When you said "gun porn", it reminded me of Black.

[@GoldSrc_]

@@metanumia He already did, but that video is pretty old and he didn't knew how to fix the black sky with PCSX2 back then. Hopefully he reviews it again though, there are some widescreen and 60FPS patches for it and it makes it look glorious, too bad my PC kinda struggles with it.

[@cloroxusthestainlessone4324]

Gun porn is the customisation in Army of Two: The Fortieth Day. That was the best in the series for me

[@thelastminuteman7513]

Yeah that Mac-10 was definitely the best sounding suppressed firearm in a videogame.

[@Uncle_Wolfy]

I guess it was closest to sounding like supressed weapong IRL

[@antondavidovic3996]

The heavy machine gun literally sounds like the drums in Bleed by Meshuggah

[@catburglar82]

@DamageCase563 Show a little respect, son. They got the whole weird time signature and djent thing going, before it was cool and every third metal band started doing it. They're not necessarily my favorite band either but their influence is still heard throughout metal all the time.

[@catburglar82]

@DamageCase563 Alrighty, then. I'll just dismiss what you're saying. You're either ignorant or an edgelord suffering from elitism syndrome. You should have responded with OK boomer, that would have at least got a chuckle out of me.

[@krelakuma]

The best reviewer on KZbin! Played this back in the day on the dreamcast which lets just say wasn't a great port but I absolutely loved it and still have it in my collection!

[@antongolovko6844]

I recently tried to bring up childhood memories and play this masterpiece again. Unfortunatelly framerate turned out to be very low in open areas. My PC is not high-end, but it definetly should not have problems with graphics from 2000. Well done gog. Upd: so i found the way to fix it. Go to \Base\. Create or edit autoexec.cfg. Add gl_dynamic 0 and save. And run Compatibility mode (Windows 7) Hope it helps.

[@richardgauz8907]

gl_dynamic 0 also disables flag light gl_dlightintensity. If you ever get on a server or the forums, there is help still, not many players, scroll up for links to patches needed to see and join servers and map packs ;) For "newer" OSs, all that stops installation/ loading is ref_gl.dll

[@BFKAnthony817]

Hey guys, just a little FYI; If you are planning to play the Dreamcast version, make sure you play it from a GDEMU. As it DRASTICALLY cuts down on loading times! It brings it down from a 2.5 min load per levels to 10 seconds flat! MUCH BETTER! Also, it doesn't hurt to play on an overclocked Dreamcast as it makes some sections which have slight slowdown smooth like butter. Furthermore playing in 480P on VGA is recommended as well. It makes the game way better and how everybody should play it if on the Dreamcast.

[@CMONCMON007]

I still can remember vividly playing the demo of SoF back in the day and what a impact it made on my younger self....big fan of Raven Software

[@DaDoom1]

When I hear Raven software, the first game that comes to mind is Jedi Knight II myself

[@CantankerousDave]

That, and Return to Castle Wolfenstein.

[@jamstonjulian6947]

@@CantankerousDave They didn't make RTCW

[@jose131991]

Heretic. I’m old 😂

[@Enclavefakesoldier]

Definitely Jedi Knight II for me. that game had it all

[@Jaydogg222]

"I kinda wonder how good his 3rd base game is..." These are the comments I come to your reviews to hear.

[@redditmanllegnisthebirdofh9887]

I can’t believe it’s been so long since the first soldier of fortune review, you’re still my gold standard reviewer tho keep it up brotha!

[@AvalancheReviews]

Me and a buddy used to bootleg Dreamcast games, and that was how I first played this game. Even though it had like 10 min load times, I loved it. That first level in the subway got played like 40 times that year.

[@ornamental-hermit]

"see civilians being gunned down by the enemy" ... *while gunning down a civlian* Well played, sir.

[@Elyseon]

Guess the military do that too.

[@ornamental-hermit]

@@Mad_Dog_of_the_Regime The woman in the back, to the left, looks like a civvie? I might totally be wrong.

[@ornamental-hermit]

@@Mad_Dog_of_the_Regime that's okay. *Sniff*

[@juanitoincognito5048]

That Time Splitters clip sent me into a nostalgia hole, thanks.

[@alexanderdemontfort3022]

Ah the naive 90's when big baddies were Neo-Nazis who stole nukes...

[@stuffums]

And Kosovo as an active warzone, and the Russian Mafya as the biggest criminal empire

[@MrDemomanman]

Neo nazis being the bad guys is more relevant today than ever

[@Mcdonaldsslopper]

@@MrDemomanman 90 day communist insurrections all across america which killed 30 people and caused multiple billion in property damage.

[@Azoth86730]

@@Mcdonaldsslopper Commies waah commies waah. Soviets are no more, wake up.

[@ReplyequalsNerd]

I'm gay also communism will win

[@HarryH987]

The HMG and its shooting was the best thing ever. The sound while holding down mouse1 as the screen started to shake. Pure awesomeness.

[@salokin3087]

Funny you mentioned Escape from New York as Raven made a similar game in Take No Prisoners

[@Gruntvc]

We never did get an official game. There was one in development for the original Xbox but it was cancelled.

[@UVtec]

Fun fact: SoF was my first game that took 1GB (give or take) on my HDD. That was ... a lot ... back then.

[@Gizzor]

when someone says raven my first thought if wolfenstein 2009 the best wolf game

[@smjsuperscott]

Interesting opinion, you ever see the game dungeon for Wolfenstein? One of my fave game reviews of all time.

[@BosSupes]

*Return to Castle Wolfenstein

[@bovinleephann]

Wolf09 is so underrated it hurts.

[@jacob4189]

Scott Jones I see you too are a man of culture

[@smjsuperscott]

@@BosSupes yeah, that's my feel as well

[@syntheticpulse5857]

I have been with you since you had just a few hundred subs, and I always knew you deserved an audience and I'm glad you have one now.

[@teddyharvester]

Mullins reloaded a shotgun next to a woman once. Word is, she's still screaming in delight.

[@mdo33ts]

Played SOF allllllllll the time! Clans, capture the flag, so much fun! Met some cool guys and nothing but fond memories.

[@NinjazNeverDie]

You should also take a longer look at Singularity, hell why not all Soldier of Fortune games if your already going down memory lane. For those who don't know Singularity was the last Raven Software game, before they where sent to the CoD gulags from which there is no escape.

[@merces47letifer4]

I loved Singularity. Basically Bioshock in the USSR. Great game.

[@SingleCab22R]

Singularity really hit home for me.

[@_..--]

He already reviewed all SOF games, and singularity. So your wish is granted. Watch his SOF2 video to get rage baited.. then his follow up SOF2 video after we yelled at him for years saying he was wrong lmao.

[@NinjazNeverDie]

@@_..-- I meant a longer look at these games, like this one. I've already watched the old videos.

[@_..--]

@@NinjazNeverDie I don't think that's valid for the SoF games, he did two videos on SoF2 and do you really want to be reminded of SoF3?

[@PCGamingVideos]

You forgot to mention the Raptor SMG see through magazine. Where you can see how many bullet you still have. This was an amazing first back then.

[@asais1024]

Gman why is this unlisted? It only appears on the Raven software playlist but not on your actual channel.

[@MrFlame133]

It’s out now

[@Gggmanlives]

I hadn't made it public at that point.

[@Eriecartel]

when i saw the raven software logo on the COD trailer i got a hit of nostalgia from SOF days. Good times, must of sparked something in you too.

[@cpt.shmitt7387]

Eriecartel Shame they've become Activision's bitch...

[@Eriecartel]

Cpt. Shmitt i never said id buy the new game 😂 even if that may be true hopefully itll be an ok game

[@ChAn-dv9to]

You should check out Cold Fear! Underrated survival-horror game that got the spotlight taken away from it by RE4

[@PatrickGilland]

I'm surprised you did not mention the customizable difficulty options, including the sound meter that can spawn waves of enemies if you make too much noise. Also, I always enjoyed seeing the remaining bullets in the SMG's magazine and how it reflects how much you used up.

[@pbandjaymes2844]

If I remember correctly Medal of Honor had a somewhat similar damage system as well (minus all the gore)

[@Gruntvc]

Location based damage/reactions. Goldeneye 64 and Perfect Dark did too.

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

Genome Soldat What about dead island?

[@DukeoftheAges]

@@IskenderCaglarM41B441 They are talking about games that came out around the same time as soldier of fortune or before. Dead island is long after.

[@CR0NO-NL]

Load of bull , moh's dismemberment did not even come close to sof 1 back in the Day. Just download and see 4 yoursellf

[@cambreaKer]

@Lassi Kinnunen there is beta footage of moh 1999 where you can clearly see dismemberment mechanics kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYbaoGavrrxsr8k

[@grumpyoldwizard]

This was fun when it came out. I miss the jumps/revolutions we got back there in systems and games. The changes were incredible. We went from Pong/Atari, to the NES, to the Genesis/SNES, etc. Big, Big changes. Now we have endless sequels and no changes in hardware/software for 8-10 years. It’s nothing like we used to experience.

[@Gruntvc]

Agreed, the new Xbox and PlayStation feel like just minor upgrades rather than massive leaps forward.

[@ColdHardTruthNews]

Revolutions in video games doesn't come from hardware and software, but rather in terms of design, concept, innovation, etc.

[@wtfisjuice5207]

The model destruction is wayyy more underrated than you made it out to be

[@michaelb9537]

He’s playing a censored Australian version. Check out a different video of this game- it looks like he hasn’t experienced the actual model destruction. He’s comparing it to perfect dark.

[@ncr1strecon528]

I remember picking up a 3 pack. SoF, Kingpin and Spec Ops. Good times. Love your channel. Perfect nostalgia hit of my peak PC gaming era.

[@mikiryates6075]

I just got Kingpin on GOG. Hear good things and that it’s like pulp fiction

[@wedgeGTX]

In my opinion after ID Software, Raven is the best developer studio for FPS games.Such a shame Woflenstein and Singularity wasn't that successful and they are making Call of Duty games

[@chrism1518]

wedgeGTX Nah, Monolith is number 2 just because of Blood alone. They only don’t surpass ID because, well, ID making fucking Doom.

[@wedgeGTX]

@@chrism1518 yeah Monolith with Blood and F. E. A. R. is on the top too, but for me Raven is like a little brother of ID, back in the day they were working closely together as they were used IDtech engines plus ID license too.

[@Elyseon]

A pity New Colossus was such a waste of potential. Badly optimized, too short, with some really fucking annoying characters. It didn't help that your ammo carrying capacity was too fucking low.

[@wedgeGTX]

@@Elyseon New Colossus was made by Machine Games. I really liked the New Order and Old Blood, but after they just ruined it

[@ahums16]

The moment you said you highly recommended this game early in the video, I paused, and looked it up on Steam. Then came back and clicked the moddb link you shared. Thank you so much. :) Can't wait to give this a go! Love your reviews.

[@mabs9503]

"When you say Raven software most people are going to think of the Call of Duty games but chadgamers are also going to remember they worked on some of the best first person shooters ever made."

[@VoytekPavlik]

Remember this game and loved it. 1. Shotgun blast that rips limbs off. 2. Straight to action kind of stuff. 3. Immersive intro that just gets you into "Alright, we're on! Get ready!" state. Will get it on gog to bring back memories. Hopefully it will run on my low budget laptop.

[@Chaosoniclov]

Making me want to go out and get this

[@XxgoodbudsxX]

They are all on GOG

[@highonheroin5352]

Lol you can’t “go out” and get it

[@jaszczomb1927]

Every time I visit my parents' house, I ALWAYS play first Soldier of Fortune on my old PC in my free time. IT never gets and never will get old.

[@wadelockard5592]

why cant ya just take that pc home? lol

[@midge_gender_solek3314]

I love how blatantly politically incorrect this game is.

[@bamb0ostick]

I know, nowadays Neo Nazis are considered people too, lol

[@bamb0ostick]

@@OCTO358 Sabre and his gang in the subway station are white supremacists (aka the skinheads he mentioned).

[@Andres33AU]

But John Mullins kills them all equally, because they are bad people who are in his way, lol

[@budddwyer8867]

legitimately brightens my day when i see you’ve uploaded

[@PassportBrosBusinessClass]

I loved this game. BEFORE THEY PATCHED IT. I can tell based on the minimizing of gore that you are playing the patched version or SOF GOLD. A small caliber handgun blew people’s brains out. Much more graphic than blowing their head entirely off. A shotgun blast exposed intestines and a Desert Eagle wound amputated body parts. The patch ruined the AI and also messed up amputations. I also find it interesting that this games main antagonist were a white supremacist Afrikaner group. Nowadays they try to make the antagonist completely benign. When a special forces soldier killed you they actually don’t want you to suffer because you make a lot of noise moaning and screaming. In real life they shoot you dead on the spot instead of letting you linger, suffer and warn other people that you’ve been killed.

[@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge]

"Games today are just too political and virtue signaling to left wingers!!!" *John Mullins blasting a neo-nazi's head clean off with a desert eagle in the distance*

[@ostegonation]

I remember playing SoF2 when I was a kid... When they first introduce the OICW at the test range I somehow glitched it out to keep the gun. Then I fired the grenades into the briefing room, and yea all of those assholes giving you briefings between missions were fully modeled. The crazy part is that the game knew that the characters were dead so it didn't initiate their voice overs... So it was the funniest/most disturbing damn thing to see John having a conversation with a bunch of mangled bodies around a table.

[@piotrek6511]

I'd like a remake of this game with modern graphics and shit

[@ther0n1nnamed47]

completely agree... fantastic FPS. personally loved the sequel (payback is dead to me son) but i would play the first over the second anyday.

[@mikiryates6075]

Shooting and rag doll mechanics in F.e.a.r 1 are amazing. And it also has gore

[@mikiryates6075]

Also I heard that raven soft didn’t make payback

[@lucasbober1729]

What’s the name of the game at 1:31?

[@Hybrack12]

TimeSplitters: Future Perfect

[@C4rter2000]

I'll always love when you talk about shotguns in games. It's also my favorite in-game weapon and the one from SOF is truly one of the best if not the best of all time.

[@cor.tenebrarum]

It shares 1st place with F.E.A.R. shotgun.

[@C4rter2000]

@@cor.tenebrarum omg yes, so true, F.E.A.R. shotgun is awesome as well.

[@Rimland23]

How is it possible that among all the (totally justified) praise for the heavy MG you fail to mention it has a goddamn WP grenade launcher as alt fire?! (Also, what´s the game shown at 1:29 please?)

[@aviator8744]

Yeah, I wonder that game too

[@frostszjams9418]

call of duty

[@Hybrack12]

TimeSplitters: Future Perfect

[@aviator8744]

@@Hybrack12 Ahh thats why I never played it, it's a console exclusive

[@Rimland23]

@@Hybrack12 Ah, ok, cheers. Thought it was a console-exclusive based on the cursor movement..

[@eziostone1109]

I love this channel, GmanLives shows me tons of good games that my low end pc can run. Thanks man :D

[@Chreeeis]

*”it would be like going to a strip club and just reading a magazine”* I’ve never heard analogies used more aptly than this dude does

[@FishSnot]

am always on the search of older games i haven't played, thanks

[@HellGamingPlus]

I know you're probably sick of randos like me recommending games by now but please hear me out on this: There's a game called Roboquest, just hit early access on steam, and for the limited content it's got atm I think it's really decent and has the chance to be something excellent; it's a lot like gunfire reborn without the grindy out of run levelling and as I genuinely think your video on gunfire reborn helped make that game the success it is I feel that roboquest may also deserve that chance as an arguably somewhat rival to it. I bought it on a whim the other day because it looked fun and have just really enjoyed the gunplay of it and all that and I think you might too and I guess recommending it to go under your scrutiny is my way of seeing if I can help the devs out a bit, you could hate it so that coud backfire but....well just know I, some rando on the internet, think it might be worth a try :)

[@piotrek6511]

Soldier of Fortune was my first game i ever played on my PC. Its my childhood

[@Diavolo989]

The game that introduced me to dismemberment , such fond memories

[@latrade2159]

What a coincidence! I was just watching your old video, just yesterday, how funny is that?

[@nilsrodas6967]

I remember playing this back in 99' on my dreamcast. I was 6 years old and was completely terrified at the gib system, couldn't ended back then.

[@jellymop]

Man I remember living this game back in the day when I was a kid. I had a few games for PS2 but most I rented from the nearby Hollywood Video. We would ride our bikes like 3 miles to the Tanasbourne shopping center to look at games to rent. Didn’t cost that much. Tanasbourne is like a giant strip mall, with shopping islands and apartments interspersed for like a couple square miles. I remember renting this game for multiple weeks, playing something else for a few months and then heading back down to Tanasbourne with my friends to rent it again, and then get Jack in the Box and skate around there a bit. The 4 player on my PS2 was the key to the fun here. Similar to Time Splitters 1 and 2

[@davidalexander_93]

I remember my dad buying this game for me as a kid, he obviously didn't know how gory it was haha! But it was one of my favourite games, and still one of my favourite FPS games of all time. Great memoreis with this game.

[@HairyHog77]

Quick use items were in the Build engine trilogy weren't they? Granted not quick throwing grenades but binding other inventory items to their own keys was a thing.

[@_YODA_69]

This was the first review of yours that I had watched all the way back when you had 13k subs, and when you were gggmanlives

[@reprobaterenegade2594]

I liked the MAC when it appeared in Escape from NY, since then, it's an icon to me

[@Itstwistedroots]

Holy crap. I didn't even noticed I watched a 19 minute long video. lol I was hooked by watching you mow these guys down. Awesome video as usual.

[@ebonhawken574]

Been watching ya since the early days man! Never thought you would get this big! Congrats man, you deserve it!

[@cptmachine]

I remember this game so well. In hindsight the character is a Proto type of what we know as Captain Price.

[@ninjagengar944]

I've been hearing so much about this game for years and have been sleeping on it. But since watching you're video makes me want to play it and enjoy the ride. Thanks G.

[@DamonLaRiche]

@GmanLives this was one of the best videos I've seen in a long time! You're fucking hilarious dude!!! I hope this game series gets remastered because it's one of my all time favorites.

[@pranavtripathi2890]

This brings back so many memories. Thank you for making this video! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@kaingmc0]

They should remake this. This was one of my favorite games back then.

[@jupyder4838]

I remember being 17 when this game came out and I had just purchased a Geforce 4 ti 4200 that I overclocked to a 4600 in anticipation for this game - it was an incredible experience and the gore system was unlike anything we had before it. Cool stuff!

[@kaijucapuchin734]

Raven is my all time favorite developer. It's sad to see Activision delegate them to Call of Duty support. It would be a dream come true to see a sequel to Singularity.

[@failwiz]

Yeah, man, when I first played it, i was blown away.

[@brokkenskull]

Man, the more I watch these videos the more I realize how well made games were back then compared to nowadays.

[@Undead25_]

I fucking love the burp cuts they always catch me off guard