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Interview by Greg 'EvilGreg' Gueths
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Soldier-of-Fortune.com
news staffer EvilGreg took a few moments out of Raven's Project Administrator,
Kenn Hoekstra's ever-busy day
to answer a few questions he had about the imminent Soldier of Fortune
Gold Edition.
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EvilGreg: Let's talk a little bit about the levels. SoF Gold is expected
to have 15-20 new levels included with it. In what way will the environments
differ from that of current levels, and will there be any new features in
them?
Kenn: All of the new levels are multiplayer in nature, similar in textures,
look and feel to the original DM levels in the game. There are some new
environments, including a hangar bay with a huge cargo plane and an arctic
base with a submarine in the center of it...some really interesting stuff
going on there. New features for the levels revolve around supporting the
Gold Pack's two new game types. There are seven Control maps and eleven
Conquer The Bunker maps.
EvilGreg: There will be new character models in SoF Gold. How many can
we expect and who will they be?
Kenn: There aren't really new character models...just a new DM team composed
of six players with six new skins. The skins are based on the appearances
of five Raven employees. Their faces and body types inspired the look of
the characters. You can choose from "Assault," "Brick," "Cobra," "Commando,"
"Jersey," or "Widowmaker,"
EvilGreg: We've heard that there will be new team-play modes. Can you
tell me what they are, and what will they add to the SoF multiplayer experience?
Kenn: The two new game types are Control and Conquer the Bunker. I think
their descriptions are adequate to describe how they will enhance the Soldier
of Fortune experience... =): Control is a new team deathmatch mode for Soldier
of Fortune Gold. The object of Control is to touch the flags that are on
the map in order to turn them to your team's color. Each team gains points
for any flag under their control, and owning all of the flags on a map gives
bonus points to the controlling team. The opposing team can steal flags
from your control by touching them. You can watch the flag indicator on
your screen while you play to see which team is controlling the flags. Conquer
the Bunker is a "king of the hill" style game that can be played in teams
or as a free-for-all deathmatch extravaganza. In Conquer the Bunker, there
is one scoring zone on the map that gives you points for as long as you
stay in the scoring zone. The scoring zone is marked with a special "Soldier
of Fortune" texture for easy recognition.
EvilGreg: Rich 'The Fatal' Whitehouse has been working on a bot for SoF
that is going to be incorporated into SoF Gold. What exactly is the bot
for?
Kenn: The bot is only available for standard, free for all deathmatch.
It wasn't designed with team games in mind, so it will be unavailable for
those game modes. The bot is quite challenging, though, and good practice
for honing your m4d ph4t sk1llz in Deathmatch.
EvilGreg: SoF Gold is going to ship with a newer version(1.06) and will
have improved Artificial Intelligence. How will this effect the single player
aspect of the game?
Kenn: The enemies in the single player game will react more quickly to
your actions. It eliminates a lot of the standing around that some enemies
did in the original game when you shot their counterparts. In addition,
there are a number of other minor tweaks and enhancements to the AI that
will work to make the enemies in the game feel smarter as a whole. The new
A.I. will definitely make all difficulty levels of the game more challenging.
EvilGreg: Seeing as how Soldier of Fortune will be upgraded to 1.06,
will current SoF owners have to uninstall the game first, and then reinstall
the game in order to update? Or will they be able to update straight from
version 1.05?
Kenn: The 1.06 patch will install over any version of the game that you
have...1.03, 1.04 or 1.05. No uninstalling necessary...
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