After almost a year of waiting SlantSix developers finally were able to provide its consumers with what they promised on the Socom Confrontation Box art. The long awaited 1.5 patch released August 25, implemented a few new features including tournaments and calenders. Many players were not aware how exactly the huge tournament feature worked. Well here to inform us is none other then SCEA senior producer Mark Rogers.
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.
Fantastic, addictive title. The most recent 1.50 has this game screaming along. We've been having a blast with some of the best online team play and brutal gaming ever.
I might get back into this game. I'm playing mag now. What did they do to the FMAS?
I think Sony should implement some kind of tournament/league set up for the PSN that developers can make use of if they choose. Even if just a browser based one with a link from the XMB, it would help build a more community minded PSN and encourage people to get more involved. Maybe to start with just some webpages where clans can register to get involved with various tournaments or leagues with the results being posted on the page.
As it progressed it could maybe be fully integrated into the XMB, with notices and current champions of games ect being shown on the ticker bar at regular intervals.
Possibly also leading to medals or trophies being awarded to champions that could be displayed on peoples PSNid.
And obviously HOME would be a great place to integrate it as well.
Just a thought!