SOCOM: Special Forces Multiplayer Beta Impressions

Daniel Williams Writes: The SOCOM series has always been best known for its genre-defining competitive multiplayer, and the upcoming PS3 exclusive, SOCOM: Special Forces, has set itself up to be the ultimate SOCOM experience.

[BlueRevolvuR]

After just playing the beta, I was a little disappointed. I'm gonna keep playing it some more, but so far, I'm not liking the changes. Imo, they should've had the 5 player co-op feature as a part of the beta.

[flankhim]

The aiming is all messed up cuz Sony wants them to use that dildo glow stick to aim.

[BattleAxe]

The writer of the article is a noob.

Proof:
"What I appreciate the most about SOCOM: Special Forces, is that it broadens out to a wider audience. With game modes that can have standard SOCOM settings, as well as the option to have less challenging rules, makes the game accessible to hardcore gamers and fans of the franchise, as well as people who are not as experienced in squad-based multiplayer shooters. Controls in the game goes for the same intention; many of the buttons have your bog-standard configurations to most other PS3 shooters; L1 aims/readies your weapon and R1 to shoot, Square to reload, R2 to throw grenades etc."

"Of course the highlight of SOCOM: Special Forces control configurations is its Playstation Move compatibility. "

This franchise has been completely ruined :(

[damnyouretall]

stick sensitivity is garbage. turned all the way up and its still slow as hell. only complaint, it has potential though.

[soundslike]

The sensitivity alters in between camera moving, aiming, and then the r3 sight/scope..

they should all feel similar but they don't, its like no matter what sensitivity you set it at, all three of those aiming modes choose a random setting.

I'm mostly having fun though, its taking some adjustment time to get used to things that were not "design choices" eg the sensitivity differences

[sickbird]

its the deadzone and acceleration.

[damnyouretall]

yeah i had to switch to my move, it aims faster. its not bad when you get it set up right

[ion666]

Horrible and awful. No redeeming quality . They didn't add they took away in the form of features and graphics and a hand gun.I'm going back to every other shooter.especially confrontation where they know how to do sound effects.how every one complained about confrontation and it ends up being the best socom on ps3.if only they gave slant 6 more money to do a full game it would be a million times better than socom 4 the end zipper eat ballzac

[hardcorehippiez]

not going to happen , slant 6 has folded and zipper now runs their servers . thimk more maps are coming from them to keep old time socom fans happy.

[Ray186]

Slant 6 Hasn't folded. They are making the new Resident Evil.

Slant 6 Ruining Beloved Franchises one at a time.

[InTheZoneAC]

Socom 4 online is trash.
-The graphics are ok, although not nearly as good as Confrontation.
-The maps are garbage. Socom has always had the best map layout, NOT anymore.
-The gun sounds are horrible. They all sound the same. In every Socom each gun had an authentic distinctive sound, now it's all muffled and sounds like a bunch of paintball guns going off with no sense of direction since it does echo.
-Removed Socom's game modes for some 3 mode BS that works only in respawn minus Suppression.
-No more player customization
-No more gun customization(new weapon system is not customization)
-Garbage controller layout, no custom controller layout
=HORRIBLE gun accuracy, videos prove the system is flawed. Stand in a spot about 10 feet from a wall, put gun on single shot and your supposed best trained soldiers will shoot all over the place.

this isn't socom 4, this is MAG of Duty with some stupid ass OTS camera view. They screwed everything up. Then some of you brilliant ones will say they're fixing the camera.

Ask yourself this. WTF were they thinking to remove all the key features and classic cam in the first place? What smart guy signed off on the current state and no one said, "you know what, no one will notice all core aspects missing, they'll see the new look and be all over it because we say so".

This game has a current gen budget but apparently only saw 10% of it.

Quality and quantity is lacking in this game, simply horrible.

Almost forgot. This is a 3rd person shooter with highly trained soldiers. If they always run around aiming down the sights before they fire their gun, why in the hell do we have to press L1 to have laser point accuracy?

Does pressing L1 open our players' eyes so they can see or what? They can't aim down the sights any closer than what they were doing before L1 so again, what's the point. This isn't a FPS where pressing L1 makes sense.

[Trroy]

"The graphics are ok, although not nearly as good as Confrontation. "

LoL, I stopped reading there, because I knew the rest of your post was a waste of time. I kinda think some new eyeglasses might fix a lot of the problems (i.e. you getting killed by "newbs") you're having.

[ksoto]

Seriously what are these guys looking at confrontation looks like shit smh and they have the nerve to say the graphics in this game are ok smh but not better than confrontation lol smh

[InTheZoneAC]

wow your hate against /6 has you delusional as ****

SC:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Socom 4 is based off the MAG engine and everyone including their moms know the graphics aren't all that good so again, wtf is your problem. Go on the S4 beta forums and post what you think. Majority of the players know what's screwed up, all you kids looking for the next bs to play keep putting negatives on these comments telling the truth. Just because you're blind doesn't mean the game doesn't suck.

[Trroy]

I don't hate /6 at all. I liked Confrontation fine, after about 6 months of patches.

But claiming it looks better than SOCOM 4... lol. Come on. At least take that BS out of your statement, if you expect people to take you seriously. If you believe that, you are seriously blind, out you're just outright full of it.

[JackBNimble]

@In thezoneac

Go back to the socom forums and cry like a baby.

[InTheZoneAC]

go play Call of Duty game, better yet go play Socom 4 because you suck at any normal Socom game.

No shooter has changed like Socom 4 did to the series, it was perfect before and now it's trash.

I'll keep playing Confrontation. And all you kids crying about SC, you probably never stuck around long enough to see it turn into a solid game, probably sold it after the first week.

all you punks disagreeing with my original post, go ahead and post a valid argument against each one of mine. We'll see who knows what they're talking about, but I'm not expecting an intelligent response because you can't argue what I stated, they are facts.

[JackBNimble]

about 90% of what you said was not fact but opinion.

"-No more player customization
-No more gun customization(new weapon system is not customization):"

These are the only facts you gave, now go back to your socom forums with the rest of the crying bitches.

[GunofthePatriots]

this game is garrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrbageeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[sickbird]

Socom has turned into a cover shooter, good job Zipper!

[pixelsword]

Hmmm... I don't know if I agree with your angst or not: if they are trying to emulate realism, and soldiers indeed use cover, then they are just adapting their engine to simulate actions closer to reality.

[Trroy]

Lol wolfam1. You didn't take cover in the older SOCOM games?

It may not have had a pop-up HUD thing to tell you to lean, but the lean button was there, I guarantee, and so was cover. I'm guessing you just ran around getting shot, most of the time, and maybe that's why you don't "get it".

[iNMyFiN4LH0uR]

I can assure people here that most people are happy with this SOCOM. Putting in 4 to 6 hours into the beta gives you an idea of what Zipper direction for the game was. They've basically made the gameplay accessible and that COD/MAG influence is very apparent, this is a good thing cause we'll be playing with larger communities rather than the bitter nostalgic haters that are still wishing upon that magical tactical fps that never comes. However, the game is still SOCOM at heart cause how the maps are strucutred in conjunction with the cover system, the third person view, and the guns. You have to approach every enemy or objective cautiously. The map has so much cover, cranes, boxes, warehouses (Port Authority) or dense bushes and old ruins (Battery) that the enemy can instantly get into cover even though u got the first shot. The guns get inaccurate the longer you hold R1 (reminiscent of Halo Reach's bloom effect) thus you have to pace your shots and the third person view gives you a lot more options whether your trying to kill someone or getting cover then retaliate. On top of that, the game features its fairshare of mutliplayer options with regards to the mods on guns, alot of the perks and customization options from COD are present in the form of Mods. Lastly, the most impressive thing is the seamless transition between screens, menus, and games especially after experiencing Black Ops. Alot of people don't see this but the stability of the game is brilliant, which only adds to the game list of pros considering its also the beta. All in all, it stands up to COD and most likley will be successful with or without the haters that plague every competitive franchise. Props to Zipper Interactive.

[younglj01]

I'm loving tha Socom 4 beta.My only problem is tha assholes players.I ran into tha most racist ppl today.I really wish i could mute them all...