- Publisher: Activision Value
- Release Date: Nov 13, 2007
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 3

- Summary:
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- Developer: Cauldron Ltd.
- Genre(s): Action, Shooter, Shooter, First-Person, Modern, Modern, Arcade
- # of players: Up to 12
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 0 out of 35
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Mixed: 25 out of 35
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Negative: 10 out of 35
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Is Soldier of Fortune: Payback a bad game? No, not really. It's a rather enjoyable (if simple) and good looking shooter. It's just that there have been so many amazing playing and looking games in the past few months, that Payback can't compare in comparison.
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Soldier of Fortune: Payback has one thing going for it: excessive dismemberment. Everything else is standard stuff for a shooter. Yet, I must admit, that I get a guilty pleasure playing Payback. Though it's not a good game, it's still fun to see body parts fly.
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If you are a complete demented whack job, hey, this might be the game for you but for those looking for solid gameplay via both SP and MP, Soldier of Fortune: Payback is not worthy of a rent let alone a $60 purchase.
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The best thing Activision could have done is discounted the price making Payback closer to a budget title. At the current price point, I can’t recommend Solider of Fortune: Payback for anything more than a rental.
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It's very obvious Raven had nothing to do with this game, and longtime fans of the series will notice in the first 20 minutes this isn't close to what the first Soldier of Fortune was. Who knew that gratuitous violence could be made boring?
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This shooter is a painful exercise in pattern memorization plus frustrating trial-and-error gameplay.
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The essential problem with Soldier of Fortune: Payback is that it tries very hard to appear realistic while trotting out silly gameplay mechanisms. It’s hard to tell if it’s a serious shooter covering the military side of contemporary politics, or a parody.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 12
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Mixed: 4 out of 12
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Negative: 5 out of 12
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RichT.Nov 16, 2007
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JayNov 25, 2007
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TimWFeb 21, 2008
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BigDaddyDaveeMay 27, 2008
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ChadC.Nov 16, 2007
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