Pocket Gamer:
As an allegory for the life of a soldier, SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 is exceptionally effective.
Sporadically exciting disorientation, long periods of tedium punctuated by nagging doubts about your mission - war is a serious business. But accurately simulating the drudgery of the battlefield seems an odd remit for a game.
Of course, surrounding yourself with people you can trust takes the edge off things, and will help to find enjoyment in dour situations. But the insipid greys of your surroundings, nondescript eastern European melodrama, and the sense that you've been here many times before will eventually consume you.
6/10