Although SOCOM: Special Forces won’t set the third person shooter world alight, it is quite a good title to play through. The storyline does throw you in without much back story and can make you wonder what is going on, but as you progress you do begin to connect with the characters. Though not without flaws, the gameplay is pretty good and made even more interesting and enjoyable by the inclusion of PlayStation Move controls.
The graphics are generally good, and although some characters look like they are wearing a Bo’ Selecta! mask, the majority of the graphics are very well executed. It is a shame that we couldn’t play through the multiplayer aspect, as this may have increased the score, but as a single player campaign, it is quite enjoyable and a makes decent attempt at taking on other third-person shooters. If you are a fan of the series, then you shouldn’t be disappointed.
"The SOCOM franchise is a long and storied one, and today we're very happy to announce that we're revisiting its past and bringing back what is perhaps the series' most popular mode, "Demolition". Existing owners of SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs will be able to download the Demolition Pack for $9.99 with today's PlayStation Store publish, which brings with it not only the Demolition competitive multiplayer game type but new maps, weapons and character skins as well. " -socom.com
Wtf....why do NEW players get rewarded and not the ones that have stuck around even with all the hate around it? The game is even getting a price drop because of it? Give me a break.
This is where DLC starts to get irritating. Should of be in the game to begin with...
That is kind of a slap in the face. They wait a year to release demo...and those who got the game early has to pay but new users get it free? They are seriously better off just porting all the old maps to confrontation. Those who are left on sc would buy every dlc for it.
Fuck zipper for screwing this game up, I got rid of this tps/fps inbred piece of crap two weeks after I got it. Was indenial about it sucking at first but there's no hope for this, its just not as good as other offerings. So they split the fanbase and now they wanna bring back demolition, this won't save the game.
After the disappointing "SOCOM: Confrontation" Sony tried to make the new "SOCOM: Special Forces" more attractive with the new developer team Zipper Interactive, a new story and by using the PlayStation Move motion controller.
Socom 4 is the latest game to hit the market from the developers Zipper Interactive the developers previous outings include the cult favorite Crimson Skies, also the cult game MAG and all the other Socom games as well.
I recommend this game. Have put a lot of time into it.
To get the best out of the single player, play it on hard difficulty or above.
Also, online co-op on hard difficulty is excellent, especially when you find players that are up for the challenge. Had some great games the other night with a great co-op team.
i just want to play this game online, the story mode was good, but i want to play some classic modes
I wonder how the online modes fare?
I may get disagrees from the SOCOM purists, but I really like this game. The beta was enough for me to make my decision. Hell, I sold BLOps for this game. I was getting tired of the same people using the same tactics in every game (or the bastards who would turn objective-based modes into prolonged TDM games accompanied with the cheap killstreaks:Naplam, R.Thunder, C.Gunner).
This game changed almost everything up from that tired formula for me (but according to die-hard SOCOM fans, its almost a TPS version of CoD.). I just wish/hope that Zipper keeps supporting this game and the people I've been reading on the Official SOCOM forums are just the usual few (you know, "That guy") who always will bash a new game because its not exactly the same as past installments.
We will be updating the review, and maybe even writing a whole new multiplayer feature when the PSN servers are back up. It's a real shame for Zipper to release this game, one that is hugely online-focussed, and then this happens! :-(