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[Bond007]

Id pickup Socom in a heartbeat.
My first console online game. Got cable internet and my Network adapter/Socom the same day. Super addicted through Socom 3.

 

[StueyDuck]

I remember that SOCOM was pretty hot back in the day until that last one dropped on PS3. It was horrible. Now they are around here praying that MS doesn't buy Activision/Blizzard and steal COD. From my understanding the last SOCOM was not made the the developer who made the previous 2 right? I think if done right it could have been bigger for them or were they too focused on the single player experience to understand what they had?

Well they didn't really screw it up...

Someone attacked their psn network.

Even MAG was great, it was just a victim of its time.

They can easily bring the IP back. But it's a shame they closed down the studio

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Yeah, that's an oversimplification of the series. One is grounded, the other is high action they play dramatically different from each other. And speaking of "zombies", it's just TLOU.

But your earlier argument was SOCOM 2 and 3 were that radically different given they're both from the same series yet Uncharted/TLOU isn't?

Uncharted 3 - Releases Nov 2011
The Last of Us - Releases June 2013
Uncharted 4 - Releases May 2016

It looks like Naughty Dog didn't take a sharp turn from Uncharted. They spun up a 2nd team to work on TLoU. That's different than the swerve Zipper took with SOCOM 3.

 

[REDRZA MWS]

I literally am dying for a tactical 3rd person shooter. I miss SOCOM more than any other series. I’m sick and tired of the fps, twitch ttk, keep respawning nonsense over and over.

The industry needs a new SOCOM.

 

[Roufianos]

I literally am dying for a tactical 3rd person shooter. I miss SOCOM more than any other series. I’m sick and tired of the fps, twitch ttk, keep respawning nonsense over and over.

The industry needs a new SOCOM.

Play it on an emulator dude, it still holds up

 

[KURDISTAN YPG]

MISS THIS GAME, but yeah socom 4 with all the xp point added to it, DOA.

 

[RavageX]

Socom was alright but they had struck real gold with Warhawk. It’s a shame they never continued it, a direct sequel with a decent budget behind it and some good marketing would have sent sales through the roof.

Yeah Warhawk was great. Starhawk not so much.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Take a look at the revive project, you don't see too many players but they're there all you need is one good room.

 

[iamvin22]

I worked on all 3. Tell me how Sony, fucked up.

 

[Rockman33]

Nothing will ever be COD except COD. Has to much brand loyalty from 10’s of millions of players at this point.

 

[SHA]

 

[TGO]

If it was as popular as it was on PS2 it would been up there, but alas

 

[Games of Today]

For anyone on PC, the original Insurgency has a new third person mod with longer TTK that attempts to emulate SOCOM gameplay. I haven't tried it yet but it's pretty cool.

 

[ozz ex machina]

For anyone on PC, the original Insurgency has a new third person mod with longer TTK that attempts to emulate SOCOM gameplay. I haven't tried it yet but it's pretty cool.

What's it called? I've played a few tps insurg mods but it never felt quite right.

I think the reality is S2 magic can never be recaptured. It wasn't great because of the mechanics. It was great because of the clan matches, the communities. Man it was a good time.

 

[Antwix]

I literally am dying for a tactical 3rd person shooter. I miss SOCOM more than any other series. I’m sick and tired of the fps, twitch ttk, keep respawning nonsense over and over.

The industry needs a new SOCOM.

Socom would be the only game that would make me buy a PS5. I must've put thousands of hours into that series. But I don't think I'd be as into it cuz the people I played with made it what it was.

Now that I think about it, are organized clans/clan matches even a thing in any game nowadays? Counterstrike and R6 are like the only games to kinda still have something like that still. And those seem only for people who wanna be "pro gamers". Everything nowadays is just boring matchmaking.

 

[ozz ex machina]

Now that I think about it, are organized clans/clan matches even a thing in any game nowadays? Counterstrike and R6 are like the only games to kinda still have something like that still. And those seem only for people who wanna be "pro gamers". Everything nowadays is just boring matchmaking.

Matchmaking pretty much killed all that. CS still has faceit tournaments you can enter with a 5 man and there are leagues but it's very competitive. In pretty much every normal shooter now its a thing of the past which is a shame.

 

[FoxMcChief]

I was never high on Socom. I preferred Killzone. And back in the day, I preferred the Tom Clancy games for my online gaming. Feels like ages ago. Now I only play Fortnite online. How times have changed. Maybe I’ll give CoD a shot again this fall, since it won’t cost anything extra out of my pocket.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Socom would be the only game that would make me buy a PS5. I must've put thousands of hours into that series. But I don't think I'd be as into it cuz the people I played with made it what it was.

Now that I think about it, are organized clans/clan matches even a thing in any game nowadays? Counterstrike and R6 are like the only games to kinda still have something like that still. And those seem only for people who wanna be "pro gamers". Everything nowadays is just boring matchmaking.

This is a big question I would have. Is there a lobby system like old school SOCOM or would it be matchmaking hidden SBMM type doodoo?

Also how would MTX be handled, would they be cosmetic only or would there be P2W aspects like Last of Us.

 

[Antwix]

This is a big question I would have. Is there a lobby system like old school SOCOM or would it be matchmaking hidden SBMM type doodoo?

Also how would MTX be handled, would they be cosmetic only or would there be P2W aspects like Last of Us.

If a new SOCOM came out it would 100% be exclusive matchmaking. Whoever the dev is and sony would try to replicate CoD just like they tried with SOCOM 4. I imagine there would be absolutely nothing original in it. Just a straight dupe of CoD in 3rd person. P2W in a competitive shooter would be a death sentence.

I was never high on Socom. I preferred Killzone. And back in the day, I preferred the Tom Clancy games for my online gaming. Feels like ages ago. Now I only play Fortnite online. How times have changed. Maybe I’ll give CoD a shot again this fall, since it won’t cost anything extra out of my pocket.

Ha, I vaguely remember when Killzone 2 came out and everyone playing socom 2 at the time was like "f this, i'm switching to killzone". They were all back in like a month.

 

[StueyDuck]

Yeah Warhawk was great. Starhawk not so much.

Starhawk had promise, it's a shame they shat the SP bed because it would of made for a better campaign then MP.

Warhawk was vastly superior though, one of the few games I genuinely think of often and miss. Warhawk, timesplitters and motorstorm mostly

 

[Trogdor1123]

Was the ps3 so I’m really that bad? I don’t recall.

I remember playing for a bit and liked it

 

[Games of Today]

What's it called? I've played a few tps insurg mods but it never felt quite right.

I think the reality is S2 magic can never be recaptured. It wasn't great because of the mechanics. It was great because of the clan matches, the communities. Man it was a good time.

It's called the revolution mod I believe. I definitely want to try it at some point.

I wasn't really into war games when S2 was popular. I was a full blown sports games kid. But by the time Confrontation came around on PS3 I played that a decent amount.

 

[FMX]

I worked on all 3. Tell me how Sony, fucked up.

Tell us more dude!! Don't do us like this!!

 

[Randall365]

The way to beat COD would be to have actual armies in there with the proper weapons, uniforms etc and name the countries. Shitloads of people would love. to play US v China or US v Russia (on both sides, let’s face it). Would be ballsy for anyone to try it though.

 

[bumpkin]

If SOCOM existed before COD did, I’d basically consider COD the NBA Jam version of SOCOM; faster, more bombastic, and really dumbed down.

 

[EverydayBeast]

VR is in position to host a SOCOM, Firewall had it's moment with Socom and everyone looked to socom for the bundled headset not saying I want a VR Socom. Socom 4 was a desperate attempt to keep ps move alive and went against COD.

 

[iamvin22]

Tell us more dude!! Don't do us like this!!

You can ask me anything, I'm just wondering how Sony fvcked up socom?!?

 

[april6e]

Nope. Call of Duty 4 blew up because it spit in the face of all the generic Medal of Honor and BF2 clones and made something completely fresh, modern, more arcadey and appealing to casual gamers. Anybody could hop on and be getting killstreaks and enjoying themselves unlike all the other shooters in the genre at the time.