ARS: When you have a series of games as successful as SOCOM: US Navy SEALs, it's a double-edged sword. On one hand, generating buzz about each title you develop isn't too difficult, since you have a large fan base, but on the other hand, you'll be expected to deliver games that are consistently great. So far, the Fireteam Bravo games have been excellent on the PSP. However, with SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 arriving on store shelves and the PSN this week, it feels like the PSP series is starting to wear out its welcome.
The game manages to hit most of the right notes, but there's no passion in the performance. The mechanics are all there and just about as solid as ever, but there are some aspects that are starting to feel tired and worn, and there isn't enough fresh content to prop these areas up.
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.
Silconera writes: "PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe was just the beginning. Sony Computer Entertainment America is planning to re-release some first party titles into stores and sell them for a mere $9.99.
A script for an upcoming TV commercial has the news and mentions some of the titles. Hot Shots Golf, SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo, and Twisted Metal: Head On are shown in a video montage."
Eurogamer.it: I'm tired of the usual game-based political fiction and marines fucksters able to save the world simply on making massacres massacres.
