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Overall FPS tips

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Keep moving-This is standard for every FPS. Never stop moving. If you keep on moving, you'll throw your opponent or enemy off a little, making you harder to hit. Do this by strafing, jumping, running, backpedaling, and zig zagging. Always keep moving.

Weapon Choice-Know your weapons-their strengths and weaknesses. This is very useful for big or small battles.

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Soldier of Fortune: Platinum<PC>:

General Tips:

*Soldier of Fortune is a very fast-paced game. You will have to be able to act quickly, efficently, and deadly or you will be dead very soon.

*Remember to use C4 and Grenades as often as possible. In CTF, when you are running and have the flag, always throw a C4 in front of you to throw off your pursuer. C4 is very very useful for taking out close enemies in groups, on your tail, or just campers.

*Crouching can prove very useful. Do the regular strafing/zipping/jumping routine and throw in crouches once in a while. Enemies can't hit you as easy if you're low. Or high, so jump.

WEAPONS:

"Pig Sticker" Combat Knife-This is a very powerful weapon. Even though it is a melee/close range weapon, it will kill swiftly and silently. You can also throw with the secondary fire mode, and if you run over the knife you throw, you'll pick it right back up. Don't be afraid to whip this out and slash your opponents.

9mm "Black Panther" Pistol-This pistol can fire quickly and silently, but is not very powerful. In Single Player, it's alright, but in Multiplayer, you won't grow fond of it.

.44 Magnum "Silver Talon"-A powerful magum, this handgun is accurate and has a pretty high rate of fire, just like the 9mm Black Panther. It packs a pretty nasty punch for a handgun, so don't be afraid to use it.

Combat "B-42 Beserker" Shotgun-With incredible stopping power and a decent rate of fire, the Shotgun is a weapon to be feared by anyone. Lethal at close range, it will rip anything apart it hits, except at long range. Feel free to chip away at someone at long range and let them charge you, allowing you to pull out your Shotty and blow away. Another method used often is to hide around a corner when pursued closely by someone and then as they round the corner blast them.

"Eagle Eye" Sniper Rifle-A highly deadly and accurate weapon, the Sniper Rifle is perfect for picking off lazy or stationary targets. Although not recommended in regular combat, the Sniper can hold it's own for some time if used correctly. Always try to use the scope when firing for better accuracy.

"Raptor" Submachine gun-Sacrificing accuracy for a high rate of fire, the Rapor spits out bullets quite fast. As fun as it is to go trigger happy, try to aim for the chest or head and fire in bursts rather than always fully automatic mode or you'll use ammo far too quickly.

"Bulldog" T-31 Silenced SMG-Pretty much the same as the SMG except a little bit more powerful, the Bulldog is one of my favorites. Good for taking out unsuspected foes, it has a very high rate of fire and should be used like the Raptor.

"M-75 Guardian" heavy machine gun-A powerful weapon, the Guardian has a phosphorus grenade launcher coupled with a powerful machine gun. The grenades can be bounced off walls and around corners. Experiment with grenades to get better at using them.

M202A2 "Flash" Rocket Launcher-My favorite of them all. Using a four round clip and four firing tubes, the M202A2 Flash can place an incendiary rocket up to 750 meters away one round each second. The secondary fire mode of this rocket launcher can fire incredibly fast and fill an area full of highly explosive rockets. Be careful not to kill yourself..Try to aim at a group of enemies for the max amount of kills.

M343D Flamegun-Another short range powerhouse, the Flamegun has a regular fire mode that shoots a powerful flame continually, and a secondary fire mode that fires a flameball which will immediately kill on impact with a human and will light up the impacted area with flames for a few seconds, torching unexpecting, unaware, or lazy targets. Experiment with the secondary fire mode. It is like using an impact grenade-one that explodes immediately on impact.

H-24 "heavy hitter" Slugthrower-Another powerful weapon, the Slugthrower fires heavy slugs at the target. Its secondary fire mode fires two slugs, creating a blinding flashpak-like grenade that does minor damage, but stuns the target. This weapon has a slightly faster rate of fire than the Shotgun and is very deadly.

R-22 MPG(Microwave Pulse Gun)-The primary fire of this extremely deadly weapon is a lightning-bolt like attack which fries whatever it hits. It only takes a little bit of this bolt attack to kill the enemy. It is continuous like the flamethrower, and requires you to hold down the fire button if you wish to fire continually. The alternate fire mode consists of an incredibly high-powered shot which instantly kills whatever it hits. The MPG is a weapon to fear when being used against you, and a weapon you will use to strike fear in others.

C4 Plastique-Described earlier, C4 is a very powerful explosive which, after placed, will explode after a few seconds and has a large blast radius. When someone is chasing you, it's a good idea to look at the ground and drop the C4, hopefully catching your pursuer dead behind you.

HE-36 Frag(mentation) Grenades-Immensely powerful grenades, these babies will explode shortly after bouncing around. Good for tossing down halls or flushing out enemies(right into the business end of your Shotgun), Frag Grenades will prove very useful. Remember to not get caught in the blast.

Flash Pak/Flashbang Grenades-When these detonate(after about two or three seconds), they will blind whoever is looking at them-if you're looking away, you won't get blinded, if you do, your screen will go white for a few seconds. Useful in Capture the Flag games, they are used as a distraction and to stun and confuse enemies.