Additionally the gameplay is rather linear, yet still slightly confusing. You pick your mission, your team, and your weapons and you are given objectives. As you move through the mission you must be prepared for interruption and sudden combat with other BoS competitors. The competition pretty much comes without warning, though it will always occur at the same point on the map. It seems disjointed and confusing to have the game play in this fashion. It almost seems like it might have been a better idea to organize the game in such a way that the BoS portions occur separately from the mission, either before or after, as some sort of addition, furthering the storyline or increasing your character. The game tries to interweave the missions and BoS competitions with some dialogue and text, but if you’re like me, you skip all that and go straight for the action anyway. You may also find yourself becoming a little bored moving through the maps because the game plays on a fairly straight line. There is only one correct path, it isn’t that difficult to find, and most of the time it’s your only choice.

There are some aspects of the game that really do standout and add a unique twist though. For one, the mercenary aspect of the game where each bullet costs money and how you kill an enemy determines how much money you earn can be enjoyable. Working toward killing the enemies with headshots will earn you a ton of cash, and the headshot box is pretty big. It’s pretty easy to tag most of the enemies on the fly with just about any weapon. If you’re lucky enough to sport the Sniper Rifle (hint: buy the sniper rifle more than you might normally in an FPS, it’s really handy and not that cumbersome) with zoom and even double zoom you should easily be able to pop the enemies, even behind their shields and other objects.

Another aspect of the game that is different than some FPS games is that after you choose your weapons you are stuck with them for the entire level. You can’t pick up the enemies' weapons, and you won’t find a weapon on the map to use. Taking this even further there really are no health packs. You occasionally will run into refill stations for ammo, armor, and grenades but they won’t increase your health. A good tactic during the game is to get a mercenary engineer at the start because they can fix your damaged armor during the game and save you some cash.

BoS does bring some unique twists to the typical FPS game by adding the Hollywood flair from the movies. However the game falls short, as so many FPS games do, when examining the gameplay and graphics. It really is not easy to balance the two and create a winning combination. Although BoS shows some promise, it will need to work on the small stuff and basic issues before it can try and stand among the greats.

In The End, This Game Hath Been Rated: 75%.  Bet on Soldier: Bloodsport borrows from the Hollywood movies The Running Man and Bloodsport and then blends them with the characteristics of a traditional first person shooter. The result is a bit like most Hollywood movies, fair to good at best.

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