Has Slant Six delivered a hit with the long anticipated SOCOM Confrontation? Or have they created a huge mess?
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.
These are the scores Sony and Slant Six would get, but they f*cked that up. I'm kinda mad at them.
after the patch comes out it should get re-reviewed because right now (as one of the most hardcore socom fans) i give it a 6.5/10, but, it has potential to be a 9.8/10 to a true socom fan. and thats all their is to say.... lets hope for the best.
I'm guessing they'll patch and fix the server issues by the time it reaches Europe, so the reviews will be kinder.
However, a game should be reviewed as is when it reaches the consumer and if a patch isn't available at time of review, then the score should stand.
im a big socom franchise fan. played socom 2&3 till my eyes bleed :D
but after reading some reviews and some post's at forums i'm at the fence trying to decide. since i'm from europe i'll just wait for it's release here and read some local reviews, since the game is gonna patched in the near future.
but i still think the devs screwed this, it's a good franchise with a die-hard community. i understand that competition is high and everyo wants to launch before christmas and on a perfect date but this should have seen the light of day in this state of unfinished product
I haven't had too many problems and am a first time socom player and love this game. My 360 is catching some dust right now because of this game. With a patch it can only get better, but as it stands it is one of the best team shooters on any console out right now. Kudos and bring out some new maps soon, I'll buy them!!!!!