Sony Computer Entertainment America have this weekend publicly apologised for the issues gamers have experienced attempting to participate in the SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation public beta.
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.
so all these problems happen cuz u guys didnt have good enough servers to handle a beta well take note insomniac and guerrilla
If this was the actual game id\'d understand the complaints but its a beta TEST. Bugs, problems and glitches will obviously be there.
I like how people are reporting this, but when the Halo 3 Beta was crap it was front page news.
in defense of the article, this is not an attack on socom or sony
this is the message you read when you logon to socom: confrontation
patches come in the mornings and a big update expected around the time the qore subscribers get online with socom next week...
aside from some minor issues (i really think the beta is cutting it close, it should have been at the latest august, but in reality around spring)
i see people reporting the article but i dont see anything negative as its just a copy of the slant6 notice that you see when you log on
all and all, its turning out to be a great game...
i just hope they eventually bring back campaign mode in the future and either mirculously bring back boomer or a boomer like character like boomer
see what i mean with sony neglecting socom? socom is sony's master chief
This Beta is almost unplayable since it takes minutes to join a game. I think I will wait for it to be fixed before I get back into playing it