It was set in Gracanica, a Serbian enclave. First, you have New York, just as an intro Than you have Uganda, and then, Serbia, Kosovo, where you fight the Serbian militants (when I first remember the line 'the Serbs attacked on Kosovo again I was like why would Serbian people attack themselves? You know why? Because American people don't know anything about Serbia, or their people. And that's about it You are John Mullins, a free-based mercenary who tries to stop nuclear war whoa! And you have missions on very interesting locations in the world. Well, the game play could be more better, AI was nothing special, it was only fun because you can tear your opponent apart with your weapon.
The second game 'Soldier of Fortune: Double Helix' (2002) was far more better, while the third one 'The Payback' was extremely bad. This game was only the nice try in attempt to give us a fine blood-carnage action, with high-voltage elements and to show those good old cliché of Americans fighting justice all over the world.