Ars writes: "For one of Sony's biggest online franchises, SOCOM was direly mistreated with its most recent iteration, SOCOM: Confrontation. A horrendous launch and slow patch support made Slant Six's take on the series a catastrophic miss for Sony. Now, months after its release, the sizable 1.30 patch, the patch that would remedy everything that made the game's launch so detestable, has been pushed out. And while it does include a number of new features, it still isn't enough to make Confrontation a contender alongside its peers.
The half-gig patch brings in a number of the features that were supposed to be available at launch. Trophy support and expanded presence data for the XMB have been added, alongside a number of control tweaks, including new lefty-friendly configurations, the dive-to-prone maneuver, and d-pad leaning. Gameplay-wise, there have been a few modest, fan-requested tweaks here and there-ranked rooms no longer support rocket launchers, for example-while other issues remain intact, such as the relatively useless knife attack."
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.
/6!
I havnt played Socom since (i think) the Ps1 days and if i remeber i liked it
I dont really wanna fork out £40 buyin it and not liking it ive heard mixed things about it (i tend to stay away from reveiews)
Thanks