Now that SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALS has been out for a few months and has seen a few patches, Sneaky Universe decided to finally review it.
Sneaky Universe writes: "SOCOM 4 is the latest sequel in the popular Sony exclusive shooter franchise. It marks the return of the original series developer, Zipper Interactive and promises to bring the series into the current generation properly. There are many new features included like a more focused single player story, a co-op mode to enjoy with friends, and the main draw - the competitive online multiplayer modes.
Does it do the series justice or continue to push it further back?"
Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "Gaming’s past is full of wonderful memories, many of which include some of our favorite moments in all of video games and helped shape our current gaming habits. And, thanks to the awesomeness that is the PlayStation, many of these memories can be found in Sony’s franchises. But what happens when a great franchise or IP just disappears? While sometimes its just forgotten, never to be heard from again that’s not something that we here at Link-Cable can bear the thought of. So for this week’s Top 10 we are taking a look at the Top 10 Forgotten Sony Franchises and also crossing our fingers that someone with the power to bring these back just happens to stumble across this list."
Don’t forget Dark Cloud, Rogue Galaxy, Legend of Dragoon, Freedom Wars, Invisimals, Lemmings, Modnation Racers, Pursuit Force, Resistance, Siren, Soul Sacrifice, Mark of Kri, & Wild Arms
To be fair, many of those are not forgotten. They just ran their course while others were not given the respect they deserved to garner a continuation. Games that are one-offs probably had no intention of making them into series but I do wish they would rethink that. Some deserve to be given a follow-up.
Agreed. Maybe Sony can contract Bluepoint to remaster Heavenly Sword, see people's reaction to the game and decide wether to give the go for a sequel.
Also Lair can be remastered es as a PSVR game and take it from there.
Legacy of Kain would fit right in there, although sony has no rights to that IP as far as I'm aware.
Ah later instalments were not sony exclusive, so dont mind me sir :p
To be fair, Wild Arms did run its course, was effectively run into the ground, going by example of last entry using characters from all games. Being an STG title on the PSP.
Could always revive the western/steampunk setting.
I know right! I'm still waiting for someone at Sony to make the Getaway 3 lol
I always wondered what the PlayStation 3 version was going to be like.
Finally someone mentioned Soul Sacrifice, Siren, Legend of Dragoon, and Freedom Wars. Those games are in desperate of a new installment. Especially with Folkore.
Lemmings was a franchise waaaaay before even the PS1 saw the light of day. Nobody's forgotten it.
I'm not sure single games would be considered franchises. If you want to say Heavenly Sword is one, I'd also put Enslaved on the list. Loco Roco is in the same boat as Patapon. But things like Tomba are certainly missed.
There was going to be a sequel to Enslaved. Unfortunately it never left the drawing board. Hopefully someday it will be realized.
How can you all something a franchise if it only has one installment?
At that point it’s just an IP. You can only call it a franchise when there’s multiple installments.
you should look up the definition of a franchise.
If there is more than just a game, say merchandise its already a franchise.
I understand what the Fallen is trying to say, simply saying how could you suggest a game with only one installment as a franchise in regards to a series in terms of multiple games.
Even though, yes franchise can be considered what you stated in this context that's not really what's being talked about.
Sly Cooper is not forgotten. They even making a TV show, I am hoping they Remake the first 3 games from scratch like Ratchet & Clank did.
@DJK1NG_Gaming I didn't mention the movie because probably got cancelled since Ratchet & Clank movie flop and Sony might not take another chance but Sly Cooper is having it own TV series.
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
You are looking at the view point I.e 3rd person view. Rainbow six siege is probably most like socom aside from H-Hour
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.
No way man. The devs at Trion made Defiance. I know different genres different games but this could have very easily turned into a war game rather than a kill the mutants/aliens games. Ghost recon actual gameplay is about the closest to the old Socom feel due to the squad format and team commands but it was still clunky at times. Using the wheel was cumbersome to command teammates and strategies on how you approcahed a scenario.
FFS you could control your teammates with a microphone in the ps2 days. You can't tell me that it is that hard when people throw up mods on the pc all the time that mirror the original games using random game engines. These are professionals with money/tech that most people don't have access to.
(Seth Luisi was the problem at zipper, he tried capturing ghost recon/cod fans with Socom by slowly turning the Socom series into Frankenstein GR/COD lite games)
Getting that feel, that rush being the last one alive, Rainbow Six is the closest I got to that feeling since Confrontation. And we all know that was a horrible Socom, but looking back at it, SC was a great game just had a horrible release.
I didn't play defiance, but ghost recon is and was trash.
A lot will defend Seth saying he was a puppet, but his inactions or actions didn't help. He helped ruin the franchise.
Sean @ FG: "Dear Sony, We need to talk about SOCOM."
to which one? You wouldn't like to be able to use the aim controller for socom? Using a dual shock is more believable?
And why can't VR be an option? I never said to make the game VR exclusive did I?
No to both. If Socom comes back it needs to come back in all of it's old school glory.
@Silly gameAr - so not giving people options is the way to go? I mean if you are so against the aim controller couldn't you just use a dual shock instead? Maybe I am asking too much to have choices to suit different play styles.
I agree liquid. Make it like old school socom. I wanna hide claymores in the grass again 😎
It's good to have options, but those options just wouldn't suit a game like Socom.
@Neonridr No to both.
Socom 4 allowed you to use the PS Move, it was trash and a waste of development time. They could do a VR firing range or something and I'm sure it would be alright, but if Socom is going to return then they need to stick to basics and provide what fans of the franchise liked. Pointless additions like aim controller and VR support will only bloat development costs and make a revival more risky.
SOCOM was easily the best franchise on PlayStation, it is sad what has happened to it. I do however have a bad taste in my mouth after SOCOM 4 coming out then PSN immediately hacked and offline for a month... Still to this day I do not trust Sony with my credit card information.
They did that with move on ps3, it was absolutely horrible. Then again all of socom 4 was a train wreck.
meh, would never hurt to give options. Move on PS3 was absolutely horrible because the camera sucked real bad. Fairpoint accuracy with the Aim Controller is picked up quite well.
No thanks, SOCOM 4 with move was the worst thing ever. The game was bad and that thing made it even worse.
SOCOM Confrontation was decent though.
Wasn't made by zipper it was a glitch mess and people hated on it until people didn't know what they had until it was gone. Then we got SOCOM 4. :(
Socom Confrontation was GREAT 6 months after the release of the game. Also, once they added the stupid Tilly that was when I quit. I tend to not complain about guns but the Tilly was a sniper rifle/shotgun. That gun was more broken than the IW-80 in Socom 2.
Confrontation was my first socom game and I loved it dearly...I would love a remaster of that if Sony aren't that bothered
@Liqu1d
Yeah, it was awful I remember in Blizzard you will have people camping with the Tilly and rushing with the TIlly, it was soo annoying.
That is THE worst idea for a Socom type game. You can have the option of course, but no one will use it because a controller will take you down so easily.
No, it won't. Even on Socom 4, the Move guys were owning the controller guys. It's much faster. Why would you think a controller is faster?
@WeAreLegion
HAHAH I really hope you are kidding I am sure the 20 people who were using it were owning with it lol ;)
Also, On VR I don't know how many 3rd person view games there are but I think that would be weird in VR having a guy right in front of you. If you make it 1st person you would be at an unfair advantage compared to the people who aren't.
Socom is for the hardcore/competitive gamer,focus on making a great mp game first then add the bullshit for people who want it
Yeah.....no.
OT: I'd be all for it! SOCOM is still one of those franchises that a "hidden gem" feel to it!
One of my favourite games on the ps2. Socom 1/2 got a lot of playtime by me. This one, madden football and ssx3 were my first foray into online console gaming
Yes, slant six did better than them last time. Socom 4 was horrible. confrontation was the last good socom. Well after patches .
Not just normal patches. Like a year and half worth of patches. After that it was pretty good.
Lol where you there during beta it was absolutely hilarious. GOD I miss that game.....i miss MAG too
Let's all write Sony that we want Mag 2! Let's make it happen!!! Come on people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes to this. It's time look how well battlegrounds is doing. 3rd person shooters are doing a comeback and it's the only game PS4 is missing to make my dream list complete since monster Hunter already is coming and we have crash and a few other classics coming back.
Mediocre game. I had to force myself to like it but it just didn't work out in the end. The game tried to be a mix of call of duty and uncharted. It didn't even feel like you played as special forces and basically didn't feel like a Socom game at all.
seems like a fair review. i agree with most of what they have said(especially the lobby system), but i would score the mp higher then them. i agree it doesn't do enough to separate itself and co-op became repetitive quicker than i would have liked, but i find the mp gameplay to be really solid. i would give it 7.5 or 8. they fact that they gave the replay such high scores, and it's all because of the mp shows that they underated it a bit.
i also think the overall score is badly done. anyone with any interest in this game wants it for the mp. they admit the competitive mp is well done, and can be a lot of fun to play. you don't lower the score for a game because it isn't want you wanted(SOCOM 2 HD remix), or because it borrows heavy from other games. your score should reflect how you recommend the game. if i knew nothing about SOCOM 4 and saw this i would be confused. mp has them coming back for more, but the game is avg at best?
Socom 4 is a good game. I got the first Socom when it came out and I see nothing wrong with this game. The single player was just as good as any Socom game and unlike other shooters out today, it actually used tactics which automatically elevates it above quick kill games like Call of Duty for me.
As far as the story goes, it wasn't deep but it wasn't horrible either. Just average. However, what Socom game has ever had a good story? There was pretty much NO story in the PS2 Socom games, much more bare-bones than this game.
If you look at Meta all of the Socoms are in the 80% range or less, even the fan-favorite Socom 2. Socom has never been a highly regarded franchise by the critics so everyone jumping on Socom 4 for low scores need to learn their history.