If you have picked up a copy of SOCOM over the past couple of years, odds are you've come face to face with Rob Roy (pictured at right). As a former Navy SEAL with 25 years in the Teams, Roy has appeared on nearly every SOCOM cover to date. And, besides training current operators in close quarters combat, Roy also serves as Sony's main consultant on the SOCOM franchise.
The latest title in the series, US Navy SEALs: Confrontation, landed on shelves this week. And Roy was on hand throughout development to insure every reference to the Navy SEALs are spot on. Hit the jump to read what Roy had to say about stalking the SOCOM Confrontation dev squad from Slant Six, snipers using games to perfect their craft and, of course, his opinion on Charlie Sheen's ability to accurately portray a Navy SEAL.
Last year I wrote an article titled, The State of SOCOM. I discussed my
love and history for the beloved third person shooter that helped pioneer
online multiplayer on consoles. It has been six years since we last had a
new SOCOM game.
Baffles me as to why they have not done anything with this franchise. Seeing as how it was #1 on the official PlayStation poll.
With all the trash put up weekly on the App Store why has nobody done a clone of this yet. I've been playing Defiance as my go to 3rd person since 2013 but still nothing like that old school Socom/Socom 2 up all night gameplay.
the only game on that list that's like socom is wild land if you want socom type games then you will have to invest in a PC
RAINBOW SIX: is the closest you'll get to Socom.
Also, in response to @lookatthisi
They let go the creators, and I think socom is a game that's hard to clone even the creators had a hard time making Socom 2, Socom 3.
JM:
"Would you purchase a game you can’t play for a single penny? Video game retailer GameStop seems to think that it is worth trying to sell to this market."
Depends the situation. Usually if they have a trade in X and get Y bonus for preowned purchases, a store will let you have the excess credit if you make 1 purchase and 1 cent is cheap enough where I wouldn't have to bother returning it or eating the cost out of laziness.
Stan replied passionately, sadness creasing his face, “they’re shutting us down. Offline, man, off-fucking-line. I dedicated my life to this, and it’s just ending. This is the last battle.” - PSLS
MAG will be missed, my all-time favorite shooter. They're shutting servers down in January.
Is last gen move on theirs better games out.
the real mcoy.