Sony recently released new videos from their SOCOM Hell Week Season 2, which is a web reality series that promotes the SOCOM video games. SOCOM gamers were chosen to see if they can last a week of Navy Seal training. Check out two of the videos below and www.socomhellweek.com for more.
After almost 10 years of what numerous gamers proclaim has been the “greatest 3rd Person Shooter of all-time”, Sony has announced that the previous generations of the SOCOM servers will close on August 31, 2012.
What I do not get is why does Sony not just do an HD re-release of Socom 2 (which many socom loyalists say is the best) and just put the MP portion onto the PSN and see how that goes.
Thats exactly what I've been saying. Its a no brainer that a re-release of Socom 2 would top the charts on the Playstation Store. I would love for Sony Santi Monica, or maybe even Sucker Punch to try to make an authentic online Socom just release a bunch of maps from all the PS2 Socom games, then Sony could hire Bluepoint Studios (GoW1 & 2 remake) to remake all the campaigns from the PS2 Socoms. I loved all of the Socom games on PS2. Most of the people on my friends list I met back in the Socom 2/3 days :(
@ TechGear,
I think you're the dumbest thing I've ever heard of !
You damn Noob ! LMFAO
@TechGear
Not everybody is a slave to CoD, besides, with a brand new release every twelve months a HD remake would be a waste of time.
Why are they shutting servers down if Fans like it so much?
I think games should be supported alot longer. I currently play Dota and CS which are both over 10 years old and still supported. I would be furious if i couldnt play those 2 games.
@Tech Gear
This is where I'd use my "Reach through the computer screen and punch the troll in the face" Card.
Because Sony is stupid. They'd rather focus on shooters no one plays online like Killzone and resistance
They really should do a Legacy Version of Socom and make it HD with all the maps from all the console Socom Titles (new and old) I am glad to see that Socom 4 and Confrontation are not on that list. I just finished playing a few rounds of both earlier this morning. Really surprised to see how may folks still play Confrontation (It took Slant 6 several patches, but the game plays great) and also it is nice to see alot of folks still playing Socom 4. Really sucks that Zipper had to bite it, but there was such a negative presence on their forums...all the real fans were playing the game while the whiners and negative folks posted Zipper out of existance. Sad really. :.(
Socom 2 in HD sounds like something I would buy again. I rarely pay for rehashed games just because they are in HD, but Socom 2 would definitely get my money.
What they need to do is to make all of the Socom boards out of the new Socom engine and put it out free as DLC to Socom4; that will appease most Socom players plus get more sales to the Socom game.
Because you know they will botch the job.
all they would have to do is add HD texture packs and add in the Multi player element upgraded. kinda like the legend of zelda ocarina 64 HD update on emulators. its simple
Thinking about it, the announcement is coming oddly just before E3....so who knows. Sony obviously loves the HD collections to death, it is still possible.
@TechGear
COD isn't even what it used to be either, its just rehash after rehash that the COD zombies eat up every year like dumb asses.
Zipper should have done what activision did. Come out with a new game with the same gameplay with new maps every year. They would have made $$$millions!
If you look at that Playstation Blog Share program that never really took off, it's been in the top 15 since it first started.
Such a large demand, and Sony for some just turns on the blinders. I don't get it.
Such great childhood memories :(
Same here. Socom was my first foray into the online tactical shooter realm. I absolutely cannot believe that Sony isn't working to preserve the Socom brand with something other than the lame Socom 4.
Just dish out a remastered Socom 2 with full online support, Sony. 99% of your Socom fans would jump for joy if you did this. It's not that hard to see.
Yep Socom and now Metal Gear Online 2 (ps3) getting shut down this summer. The best third person TACTICAL shooters. Such a pity. Now we're stuck with all these lame games like COD (and BF3 is a great game, but not like socom and mgo).
The online game that made me start gaming online. SOCOM and SOCOM 2 were the best. Great memories, incredible fun... This game is missed.
It really is a sad day... the game that started the Online Multiplayer for Shooters in Consoles :(
I certainly wouldn't call it a hit... :/ It was fun and I knew a few people who played it a couple of times, but it wasn't a commercial hit. Great game though! The same goes for Unreal Tournament on Dreamcast/PS2.
No, not like SOCOM. When SOCOM 2 came out you could look at the numbers of people online. There were more people in SOCOM 2 than on all of Xbox Live. The numbers were ridiculous and that game ate the lives of numerous people.
Nothing has ever equated to victory like winning Enowapi as a SEAL.
@ Forza...not you again, your comparing 2010/11 XBL #'s to copies sold of a ps2/xbox/PC game.
He was clearly talking about the same timeframe back on the original xbox (not 360).
You love those facts, but you didn't even read what he said: "When SOCOM 2 came out..." That was 9 years ago.
Your comment is full of trollolololol.
Come back with 2003 numbers for XBL then compare.
It was actually Unreal Tournament. People played that more than Quake. That game was a blast. Cant play those fast paced shooters anymore though. Serious twitch fest. Socom 1 and 2 had people awake until 2am knowing they had school in the morning. I had to work at 730 and I would be up until 3am back in 2002/2003. Socom was definitely a console seller.
Morganfell-You're right up until you mentioned XBL to an extent. When Halo 2 went online, the game started to change because then Rainbow Six and Halo ruled online. BTW, Enowapi was the worst map next to Darkness Falls. Everyone knows Desert Glory was the #1 map. That's why they always included it redone with every Socom.
ha ha ha forza. you are comparing a current gen title to last gen? ha ha ha.
don't you peeps get it. socom 2 was more popular than all of live when socom 2 was out an the hot ps2 title. most peeps moved to s3 when it came out.
for people that claim to be on the ball there sure are some here slow on the uptake.
well forza since you like to cross platforms when comparing numbers, do ya wanna talk cross gen sales? see how that works?
I like how you act like Microsoft's little cheerleader in articles that have nothing to do with Microsoft...
Socom on PS2 opened me up to Shooters and Online Gaming in general. To this day I still consider Socom 2+3 two of the best online experiences I've ever had.
I still find myself bringing up the old PS2 days, going over a friends house to play for hours and hours on end, just because I had a crappy internet connection.
Primarily and Xbox gamer here but I did enjoy the shit out of the first two Socom games. The first one that came out was awesome and it was (i think, correct me if i'm wrong) the first PS2 game that came with a head set so you could use voice commands.
Sad times.
Socom 2 is still the most times I played online for me, I never came close when I plat COD. Now days just netflix for me...
hands down one of the best online experience on the ps2 era.
SO many hours ive wasted on Socom 2 :(
Never call it wasted when it's time well spent! I don't "waste" time eating fried chicken if i'm enjoying the hell out of it!!
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :( cries and buys another 12 pack of samual adams summer lager. DAMMMMMMMMMMMMUIT!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!
ofcourse they do, i mean could you imagine having to pay to play online and going without exclusive games? can you imagine not having a bluray playing game machine? can you imagine actually having reliable hardware?
i own both but xbox can play blu ray movie files through usb so why does it matter if it has a blu ray drive? 2nd most exclusives have sucked compared to multi plat, uncharted is over rated with its toy sounding guns...graphics are good but for the story you can just watch indiana jones...gears of war is over rated also lol just look at it. i agree on the pay to play thats why my online games are for ps3.
so might has well play it has long has i can! are the servers still wiht glitches and hackers?
I have 3 current 360s that are working (for Forza multiple screens)
Ive had two 360s fail. Samsung drive, and RROD.
I own two PS3s, a launch phat and a slim. So Im a gamer, not a fanboy.
Msft has abandoned the core gamer,
Msft doesnt care.
That game is suppose to be a slow paced rainbow six/swat style game. Socom did have a run and gun style to it believe it or not.
damm i almost got fired from my job taking so many days off to play this game.
classic is all i can say.
i broke at least 12 - 15 sony headsets lolol
Haha I remember going to walmart at like 3 in the morning just to get a new one lol. Damn things were so expensive for such a disposable item!
Finding out your headset broke was one of the worst feelings in the world.
"Can you hear me?"
---silence---
"Can anyone hear me?"
---silence---
"God damn it!"
F*** you Zipper... F*** you for thinking SOCOM + Call Of Duty = $$$, and brought us that garbage SOCOM 4
Not really. I mean, yeah, SOCOM 2 is the best in the series, but S3 wasn't THAT bad. At least SOCOM 3 & Combined Assault were still SOCOM games, unlike that CoD-style arcade bullshit SOCOM 4.
CLAPS
For sure
I hat that they forced us to play what they think we should play instead of what we kept asking for.
This is a sad day. If all thats left in the console shooter market is CoD and BF then I am done.
I can't play these new 12v12 respawn deathmatchs because there is little to no strategy. If I want to play a tactical shooter I guess I'll have to do it on a PC.
I all most always played in Canada West.A lot of the fun was chatting in the game lobby before playing a match.Some of the great characters I met were Funky,Duffman,Ace,Natural,Fat Bast@rd,Keyser Sosa,Lizardman,Psycho,and so many more.Sitting in a lobby chatting while a couple of clan members fanned out to find a clan challenge.Then heading to the challenge room,talking smack,then playing was a heck of a lot of fun.Very nice gaming memories.
There are many people who still play. FU Sony! ...Unless... they are prepping an HD announcement. hmmm
This is why I am pissed at Sony. Look how they handles Socom this gen. To me Socom is superior to Killzone, Resistance, uncharted. But they treated it like a step-child. This gen was made for Socom. They could have been what COD is now. They dropped the ball. All those studios but yet we haven't had a decent Socom game this gen.
its very sad the the online gaming scene peaked when Socom2 released......10years ago.
the fact that no other developer has integrated a lobby system like the Socom Series makes me sick that its all about money for all of these developers and publishers.
Video Games are dead.
Man socom had so many great things about it that were not gameplay related.
The chat rooms also including a chat box. Open lobbys open customization for the maps and order you want.
So many good things and then it was pissed on and left outside for to long and got baked and became S:4
Your last statement has to be the most ignorant comment I have read related to gaming.
Good thing Socom 2 and If I remember correctly socom 1 has LAN options as well. =)
so glad zipper is done. They slowly ruined a series that was slightly brought back to life by slant six.
its true the Socom4 was trash. but Confrontation was even worse.
anyone who thinks either is more than mediocre is a moron and there opinion doesnt matter because they are stupid
ahhhhh
let me ask you this, when did you quit playing after it came out? It's ok though, you had "fun" with whatever other shooter you were playing, right?
Really Slant six might have messed up and rushed the release of confrontation,but they stayed with the game working out the issues.Its plays great now and is 100 times better the S4.Its a real Socom game unlike S4.
MAG will be next. It's like a ghost town now. Can't even get a DOM game going much anymore at all. That is the best FPS I've ever played as far as game play. Nothing like DOM ever.
Well, SOCOM online community - goodbye....although I will STILL play the single player missions over and over and over....thank God for single player, and THANK GOD i did NOT pay for the "on line only" version called SOCOM Confrontation...this is the very reason NOT to buy on line only games.....kiss your money goodbye if you do!!
Confrontation isn't shutting down, just the PS2 and PSP titles. And it's a fun game that I enjoy multiple times a week. Not a GREAT game, but certainly worth a purchase if you're a SOCOM fan fed up with the current selection of shooters.
Yea, but Zipper is going out of business, so soon ALL SOCOM servers will go down...I have SOCOM 4, and it is pretty good....
This is a very, very sad announcement for the Socom community. I hope they (Sony) don't think that this will boost Socom 4 in any way by taking away the other options because it won't. Honestly, I haven't played any Socom for a while since 4 came out but the fact that the option to sit down for some good ol' SI/II will be gone is almost sickening. 10 years worth of usernames, clans, profiles and stats - my mid to late teenage years - gone in a instant with the flip of a switch...Tis a sad thing indeed.
I met the coolest people in Socom 1 & 2. Till this day I still play with them, but not Socom.
Well I'm glad they kept them up as long as they did. Take note EA this is how you please your fans.
If we had an even remotely acceptable current gen alternative then I would agree with you, but we don't. They've repeatedly butchered the SOCOM franchise after SOCOM 2, completely disregarding the direction the fans wanted, and trying out every gimmick they could cram in. Confrontation was the only time they made any attempt to follow the fan's advice, but they gave the project to a rookie developer who had a lot of their own backwards ideas they wanted to throw in on top.
sad day.
Socom fans should check out the current socom confrontation, flawed, so flawed, but as close to socom this gen as you will get. Socom 4 is a good game but not a socom game.
Socom fans should also check out Arma series on pc.
Sadly Konami is shutting down the metal gear online servers which is also a great tactical game.
Ghost Recon, socoms true competitor at one time is no more a good TTPS than SOCOM 4 is.
Honestly, the best we are going to get is Bad Company 2 which is a first person shooter but at least its not a run and gun.
Halo/Gears/CoD suck in my opinion sorry.
socom2 did have a run and gun style to it. One of the best ways to win on Fish Hook or Enowapi seals was to completely out rush the other teams camping tactics.
Your not wrong. But its not always camping. Your teams job is to defend bomb/vips/etc. Defend it. Where are you going? We need to cover this position and stop the assualt. Oh crap he's dead, now i'm all alone defending, thanks.
But using desert glory as an example.
As a seal, rush the left side, take over the broken wall, from there the building on the right or the tunnel/stairs that lead to the second floor where the VIP's could be found.
OR, rush the middle, take the first building, take position by the windows, rush the middle building, all floors for sniping positions. Take out the wood plank that leads to the roof in the building with the vips to prevent snipers from taking position on the roof.
Or, rush the right, take over that battered building on the right. move up and put pressure on the garage so the terrorist can't advance on you.
Flipside. Terrorist must rush to the vip's. This isn't camping, the seals want to rescue them, guard the vip's at all costs. cover the cell, the stairs and the tunnel, get a sniper on the roof to surpress seal advancement. further back around the broken down buildings, take position, on the look out for seals hiding in the middle building. For gods sake anchor down by the garage and start pressing on on the left side, you know the seals are in that building down the path, grenade it and move. MOOOOOVE.
(vip rescued)
wtf? who was covering the hostages? hello? oh crap i'm all alone......
(insert anxiousness and fear as you rush to the extraction point to at least stop one of the hostages from getting away)
firefight, strafe left and right LOL.
So yeah, there is running and gunning but its mostly with an objective.
You could kill every terrorist but one, but if you don't save those hostages, you don't win. The socom games have always been objective based not kill/death ratio based.
Most of the fights happen in key places, vip room, bomb room, vantage points, .
hold up yall.. I think I am about to cry....
I read the article and is doesn't say Socom 4 anywhere. It list all other Socom except 4. Well i have np with Socom like most people , but i only play Cassic mode which is nothing like the respawn mode. To me classic plays just like the old Socom.
I loved Socom. The original socom got me to buy a ps2 and broadband Internet connection. Socom 2 was imo the best and most addictive online game. I've played most of what people consider great online games, still there is nothing like socom. I had an amazing time with the game and will always remember the fun I had. Time to move on R.I.P
Amen to this article. Socom 1 was and still is the best tactical team based first person shooter.
One life per round, no one else will even attempt it because that means you have to have skill or die.
Such sad news...I know they've supported the servers long enough, but idk, I guess I thought I'd always be able to go back and play SII.
I hope someone gets some sort of kickstarter going to keep the servers up. I'd definitely donate to that
I really hope Sony are not so stupid that they don't release an HD version of the greatest tactical online shooter that started a lot of peoples online gaming on their PS2.
I love Socom, Socom 4 was a big fat moronic experiment to try to get COD players to play Socom. COD players...ARE the reason game developers are getting lazy nowadays, (D)isk (L)ocked (C)ontent "Give us Money", Sequals "Give us Money", and slap on the name of a great franchise then give us crap and still take our Money.
R.I.P. Socom. I will make sure to play some Socom 1 & 2 on my good ol' 60gb PS3 which Sony wants to forget exists, until it's final days.
Can I get one last Rah-Hee-Laa!?
Sad day. It obviously had to happen eventually, but I think everybody hoped they would pull their heads out of their collective asses and re-release the games for this generation before shutting the old ones down.
Those games still manage to get around 200 people on simultaneously on the weekends, probably a lot more in the next few months after this announcement. That's easily a few thousand unique players who are all going to have no real viable alternative once this shutdown happens. There really aren't any games this generation of consoles that can stand up to the level of interactivity, control, and detail of a game released a decade ago.
The entire gaming fanbase is being forced to bow down to the A.D.D. whims of the casual gaming market.
SOCOM is why many even have a PS3... But on topic, I believe the servers are closing only to re-open with fresh servers for an HD Collection or another SOCOM by SlantSix... if they are re-opening the servers as 'new', then it's because they know no one will play an HD Collection with hacked up, cheated on, lagged out servers... frsh game - fresh servers... end of story
Man this series really dropped the ball... it's a shame considering how many people went nuts for it!
Socom 1 & 2 gave me memories like I had with the Sega Dreamcast. Hopefully we get a Vita version.
SOCOM on ps2 was the best online games i have ever played they ruined my life but i never had such a good time playing a game ever. I still play with the same clan from the SOCOM 1 days US East 4- METAL =POA= -TA- -HH- RIP. best of the best On top of GB in socom on and off. dam I need to get them back on before they go down.
I still play SOCOM Combined Assault every day on PS2. It stupid that Sony dose not remake one of the PS2 SOCOM games. Every time i bought a Sony system it was for SOCOM. My PS2/PSP and PS3 i bought for SOCOM. The SOCOM games on PS3 are not real SOCOM games. That why i still playing on my PS2.
Just signed up to this website just to say how amazing SOCOM 2 was... Nothing has come close to the experience i had with this game.
WISHING FOR A SOCOM 2 HD REMAKE!
SONY ARE YOU LISTENING?
It's a sad day. I have such great memories that were built on those servers and game. Please Sony reconsider and build us a remake of our game!
SOCOM is the only reason why I am here typing on this blog, own 2 forums, was flown to Zipper to play SOCOM 4, called PAUL-AWOL- by guys who I have known for over 10 years of gaming, own a PS3 and sitting next to it is my original fat PS2 with the Hard Drive,, ohh can't forget about SOCOM 2 sitting in it.
I have never traded in a SOCOM game and own them all along with a signed copy of SOCOM 1 from the man himself, Seth.
Sony, don't remove what is left of great gaming, yes I am a fan and should matter.
SOCOM was my first and best online experience ever. When I first heard people talking in the game on the mic I was like, holy crap, this is awesome. Everyone was respectful and played with teamwork. This and Battlefield 1942 (original on PC) hold that title that can't be beat.
A Look Back at the Past SOCOM Games
One of the things that fails this entire series is lack of promotion by SCEE, since day 1 socom has had almost 0 advertising in the EU, most people don't even know it exists or think its an FPS.
Ok, why have I never played these games?
They sound right up my alley. The tactics, the stealth, the squad commands.
I'd always thought they were aimed more at online play, I never realised the single player was so substantial.
When the first game came out, Conflict Desert Storm came out too and I was really into it, at least for the first two games. Maybe thats why I never got into them.
Now I'm hoping this will be the next HD remake. To be honest I think the fanbase would go nuts over it if all the online features were intact.
"For years the SOCOM series has covered all of Sony's consoles and has since then solidified itself as one of the top contenders that it has on its side. The newest edition to the Fireteam series continues the trend of squad based tactics while also adding some new elements into the mix..." - Just Push Start