CrispyGamer writes: "Remember the dot-com bubble? When every man, woman and child was investing in the future of this crazy series of tubes Al Gore dubbed the Internet? That's the era of PC gaming that Sony's SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation seems to have come from. In those halcyon days of computing, it seemed like every PC game was unfinished -- arriving with a little note regarding missing features or hungrily downloading a giant patch on day one to get you to the start screen. It made people hate PC gaming so much that many turned to consoles. Enter PlayStation 3 and this iteration of SOCOM: a game so perfectly broken and lacking in content that it might just send PS3 gamers happily scurrying back to their PCs".
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.
come scurrying back to their Ps3 to play Little Big Planet and Resistance 2.
so harsh on this game...really once the servers were up and working i started to enjoy the game for what it is. The online when working is addictive and makes you use team work as a key element to winning not run and gun. The reviewer are grading it on its server problems not the game play itself. I think after they patch everything in they should re review it..so not to discourage any one who is willing to get it a later date.
what is a crispy gamer?
played for 3 hours this afternoon, I had a blast. I really wish they would have finished the product before shipping it. However, it is only going to get better from here.
My only gripe with the gameplay is the f*cking scope glitch when you are prone. Completely inaccurate.