Evil Avatar writes: "Well, it's official - the season of gaming officially began yesterday (at least for me) with the release of SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation for the PS3. This game continues a franchise dating back to who knows when for Sony, and continues to ramp up the game to current-generation levels. The game is a over-the-shoulder FPS (guess that's an oxymoron...well, has first-person view through the scope ) pitting a team of military professionals against mercenaries in an all out war right in your own living room.
The Good
The game is simply gorgeous. The level design and detail exude time and dedication needed to create them, both in their scope (some of the levels are BIG) and the level of detail all over the place. Textures are crisp, and colors pop off the screen. Dynamic lighting is great, and there are different times of day to fight in which makes a big difference in your overall gameplay - or at least it did for me. Fighting at night is much more challenging as shadows creep into areas that were visible before, and ambushs all the more prevalent. Finally, the physics of the game are spot on with nice ragdoll characters to shoot and blow up. One special moment last night that stands out was me catching someone climbing up a ladder with a grenade launcher round. As he died, the foot of the character got caught in one of the rungs of the ladder, and he proceeded to dangle upside down for a few minutes of the game. Oh how I wish the in-game screenshot capability was in (more on that in a second)."
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.
Yeah I agree with the firmware update. It has so far taken me about 3 hours to download it alone.
the game didnt look that sharp in the beta. Have the visuals been upgraded quite a bit?
i hope i dont play against ppl who spray and pray.
30 minutes to install. Gave me enough time to take a dump and read the manual . but socom is back so i forgive
Screw Socom, I just spent over an hour getting dropped out of rooms every time I readied up after I spent most the day trying to connect to the damn game. If you actually get to play its great. But right now its one of the most unfinished pieces of crap I've ever played.
Sorry for the rant but I'm pissed off and it needed to be said.