Soldier of Fortune: Payback
Soldier of Fortune: Payback is a first-person shooter video game and the third installment of the Soldier of Fortune franchise, following Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix. It is the first game of the series released for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game was released on November 13, 2007. The game involves a revenge plot against a worldwide terrorist organization.
| Soldier of Fortune: Payback | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Cauldron HQ |
| Publisher(s) | Activision |
| Producer(s) | Jozef Hudec |
| Designer(s) | Martin Hornák |
| Programmer(s) | Marián Suran |
| Artist(s) | Ľuboš Lednár |
| Composer(s) | Juraj Karkuš |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 |
| Release | Microsoft WindowsXbox 360PlayStation 3 |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Unlike the previous two Soldier of Fortune games, which were developed by Raven Software using the id Tech 2 and id Tech 3 engines developed by id Software, Payback was developed by Cauldron HQ.
The game was met with tepid, mostly negative reviews, with many saying the game looked pretty but the gameplay was uninspired. Like the other two games in the series, Payback had great character modelling and gore effects. Owing to the level of violence, the Office of Film and Literature Classification of Australia refused to classify the game. After the game was effectively banned in Australia, a modified version was released on April 23, 2008, that removed radical violence and dismemberment.