Today, I wanted to give you the first glimpse of SOCOM Awards and PSN Trophies.
This is a very big addition to the game and one we are really excited about. In-game, you can see all of the SOCOM Awards by going to Records and then Awards from the main menu. We have three different types; performance, service and weapons.
This is one of my favorite awards. As you can see, we display both the progress towards achieving each part of the award as well as what type of PSN trophy the award will unlock (Bronze, Silver or Gold) shown by an icon. Awards which have multiple criteria will show you progress for each criteria. It takes 8 full working days under controlled conditions for SCEA QA to collect all of the trophies in the game. SOCOM: Confrontation is not going to be one of those "easy trophies" games.
One more note, you can only collect trophies by playing in ranked games. We want the trophies in SOCOM: Confrontation to really mean something.
We will have more details regarding the SOCOM: Confrontation trophies in a PlayStation.blog post. We will link it here once it goes live.
Regards,
Seth Luisi
Director of Development
Sony Computer Entertainment America
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.
I really like this game i got it the week it came out not really intentional i just wanted to buy a game adn it happened to be there.
But i think this game really can be a great game if they keep patching it and adding updates and of coruse new maps.
If you are going to get a version get the official headset version i did and i think it's great.
I just don't trust it.
I really wish this game had a demo...I played a lot of offline Socom 1 back in the day...but didn't bother after that for whatever reason...
I love the Gears 2 and now Socom achievement/trophy approach...as there are stats for progress towards certain awards...would be nice in Wipeout HD, as I have no idea how many opponents I have killed online in races, yet there is an award for 50 kills...so where am I?...a lot of other titles could use this option too...Killzone 2 is rumored to have a similar system built into the stats though, which will be great...as you'll never have trouble knowing what exactly you need to do to get a certain trophy...
You can only collect trophies by playing in ranked games? I don't mind, just hope they add more ranked matches so you're not waiting forever...
First let me say that This is the very first socom game i have ever played because during my PS2 gaming days i wasnt into online gaming at all i was more into action adventure single player games, but now im pretty much all about onling gaming. I bought Socom confrontation the day it came out because of the headset and hated it because it was very laggy at the time. Ever since the last patch the game plays really smooth and it doesnt take long at all to get into a match, this game is very very realistic and very fun
if you have a solid surrond sound system its the best sounding shooter out there. I also have Gears 2 and i use to love playing Gears 2 online but Socom is just much more intense, much more team oriented and fun. again, this is my first socom game so im not saying this because im a socom fanboy, im saying this a multiplayer shooter fanboy and i can vouch for this game. its awesome