Soldier Front 2

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

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The verdict

Soldier Front 2 was a fun, free CoD-style shooter with varied modes, but the Steam version's servers were shut down in 2015 and it can't be played. Skip it.

Great for

Nobody on Steam today; nostalgic fans can look for the relaunched Special Force 2 versions instead.

Main risk

The servers are shut down, so the game won't launch and you get a network error.

What players love

Fun free-to-play CoD-style shooter

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“This is the poor man's call of duty. Fun as hell, Easy to pick up”
Steam review · 56.7 h played ↗

“It's like a free, lighter version of Call of Duty. If you enjoy fast paced and simple FPS. This game is for you!”
Steam review · 31.5 h played ↗

“This game was like a free Call of Duty, but in my opinion way better.”
Steam review · 320.8 h played ↗

Nostalgic, fondly remembered childhood game

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“This game really provided me with some really great friends that I will never forget”
Steam review · 54.2 h played ↗

“this game was my childhood favorite fps game”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗

Many game modes, maps and weapons

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“Lots of great weapons to choose from and so many maps to play on with so many different modes”
Steam review · 133.7 h played ↗

“SF2 has some of the best game modes I've ever seen in an FPS game, things that are whacky and fun.”
Steam review · 10.3 h played ↗

Mostly not pay-to-win

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“Its not pay to win, I havnt payed a penny and im ranked 600 somthing overall”
Steam review · 663.3 h played ↗

“the game is not pay-to-win, and there are very few hackers”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗

Good graphics and runs on low-end PCs

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“Optimized way better than most other f2p fps games currently, running on pretty low end rigs.”
Steam review · 34.3 h played ↗

“The graphics is amazing for a F2P and runs pretty decent on any pc .”
Steam review · 333.8 h played ↗

Unique Hero mode and fun party modes

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews

“a mix between a MOBA and a FPS is such a good idea that I am truly surprised no one thought of it sooner.”
Steam review · 14 h played ↗

“My favorite "party" mode is called Shatter.”
Steam review · 10.3 h played ↗

What players complain about

Servers shut down, game unplayable

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“DO NOT DOWNLOAD. GAME SERVERS WERE SHUT DOWN IN 2015.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

“This should be removed from steam, especially the paid DLC as it is false and misleading advertising!”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

“I don't understand why Steam hasn't removed this game yet :( It's been dead for 3 years now and nobody can play it :( It's just a tease”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

Pay-to-win and expensive items

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“Paying every single week just to have a good gun makes this game un-enjoyable.”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗

“You waste all of your money trying to get a good gun, and once you do, it expires in one week.”
Steam review · 51.8 h played ↗

Error 41105 / network error on launch

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“Code [41105] Failed to connect to server due to an unstable network connection.”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗

“Just install this game and had error networking (although my internet is fine) while open so I just uninstalled.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

Lag and red-ping players

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“Everyone who plays this game has dial up it seems. Everyone has red ping.”
Steam review · 5.6 h played ↗

“What is gamebreaking is lag. It seems that 9/10 players in the game have their connection rated as a little red dot”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗

Hackers and weak anti-cheat

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“open channels are filled with aimbotters and aeriagames does nothing on banning them”
Steam review · 11.7 h played ↗

“they let too many cheaters/hacks stay without banning them because its all about the money to them”
Steam review · 553.4 h played ↗

Poor hit detection and gunplay

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews

“Hit detection too is horrible. Aiming someone point blank isn't going to kill him/her.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗

“Hit registration is garbage and the game overall is a huge step down from the original game.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unknown

Minimum

OSWindows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (32bit/64bit)

ProcessorIntel Pentium 4 3.0Ghz or equivalent

Memory2 GB RAM

GraphicsNVDIA Geforce 6600 or equivalent

Recommended

OSWindows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (32bit/64bit)

ProcessorCore2 Duo E6600 or better

Memory2 GB RAM

GraphicsNVDIA Geforce 8600GT or better

OSWindows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (32bit/64bit)

ProcessorIntel Pentium 4 3.0Ghz or equivalent

Memory2 GB RAM

GraphicsNVDIA Geforce 6600 or equivalent

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