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SOCOM 4 |OT|
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just finished the single player on hard and thought it was pretty good. some parts are very trial and error but overall thought it was fun. only had trouble on a couple missions where i would die multiple times. some of the checkpoints were messed up where i would spawn with enemies already shooting me from the next section but it seemed to be different every time i would die and restart at the checkpoint. going to move onto elite next and i expect it to be pretty brutal.
If you get stuck anywhere let me know and I'll try to remember what I did. It's all about the placement of your team, so I'm sure if you beat hard you can reuse the same strategies. Just make sure to constantly mark the targets. It's amazing how your teammates can be shooting at a specific target and never take them down, but the second you mark them they're dead.wallbc01 said:
There were 2 specific segments that I had absolutely no clue what the intended strategy was to succeed. One was because of a broken checkpoint that spawned me in the middle of a firefight with no cover but an exploding taxi in sight, and the other was on mission 13 where they funneled a bunch of the shotgun guys at you through a single doorway. I tried about 30 different placements of my teammates before I gave up and placed my team halfway across the map and trained the enemies out to them.
Giriath_89
Member
^The shotguns guys are definitely the most irritating enemy, the second being a lot of snipers.
MustacheBandit_
Member
i am fiending for some multiplayer! i almost came here to see if anybody wanted to play some co-op while PSN was down. Fuuuuuuuuuuuu
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Heh got 10 codes doing the g-mail trick LOL
Thanks!
Thanks!
MustacheBandit_
Member
GraveRobberX said:
Codes for the psn avatars? If so, care to shoot me one? I never was able to get that game to work on my Mac.
MustacheBandit_
Member
Greg said:
Awesome, thanks Greg!
hey guys i'm currently playing through the single-player right now on hard. I'm currently on mission 9 and i'm really thinking about lowering the difficulty to normal. Any incentive to just keeping it on hard? For those of you who have beaten single-player on hard already, what do unlock for multiplayer?
backbreaker65
Banned
GraveRobberX said:
May I have one of those codes please.
MustacheBandit_
Member
My bluetooth earpiece has been dead for the past year. I think I will go out and buy one tomorrow or monday because I can tell that communication is pretty necessary in this game.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Sent all 10 codes out so far, if you need 1 PM me, will get ya
King if ya need let me know bro
If you haven't noticed that huge ass "PSN Down" thread means NO PSN lol, have to wait
I'm here to help GAF, did so with KZ3 codes almost 300 map pack codes/points, and 50+ inFamous 2 codes lol
Gonna go watch Jurassic Park on TNT for shits n' giggles, shoot me a PM, will get you code ASAP
King if ya need let me know bro
If you haven't noticed that huge ass "PSN Down" thread means NO PSN lol, have to wait
I'm here to help GAF, did so with KZ3 codes almost 300 map pack codes/points, and 50+ inFamous 2 codes lol
Gonna go watch Jurassic Park on TNT for shits n' giggles, shoot me a PM, will get you code ASAP
MustacheBandit_
Member
Jburton said:
i would have done that but I just got a new entertainment system with 5.1 and I have a nice set of cans without a mic. figured the earpiece just made sense for me.
MustacheBandit_
Member
GraveRobberX said:
Greg hooked me up, thanks for checking on me anyhow GraveRobberX!
Miggytronz
Member
Ill take one!
Single player: Overall an average experience. Not amazing but not poor. The story is average and in comparison to some stories in games nowadays very mild. I felt that my AI squad did a good job and as the game progresses you have better control of your squad by learning how to use them.dojokun said:
Multiplayer: Haven't got a lot of time with it but so far it is very enjoyable. I feel like they have made changes just from beta that are improving the agem and form the way it sounds, they plan on making as many changes as necessary to make the game right.
If you have any interest in the game at all I would say it is worth it. This is a game that if you are into multiplayer, you will get your moneys worth out of. With them, already talking about adding stuff in multiplayer I cannot wait to see how well they support the game.
MustacheBandit_
Member
single player was way more fun then i expected... most likely because i expected a shitty game based off the reviews. I enjoyed single player campaign better then Killzone 3 and Black Ops (just comparing them since they are some of the newer shooters that I have played). Multiplayer is nothing short of awesome!dojokun said:
The SP is like any other SP game except harder than most and requires you to use your squads at times since they can make it a lot easier on you. I'd give SP a 7.5/10.dojokun said:
Coop is very fun and difficult. My friend and I played it with just the two of us and it brought back crazy Splinter Cell moments where we laugh hysterically and had to cooperate a lot. There's not too many coop maps (6?) but the different options make it different enough to keep playing. With more maps coming in the future, it will be a fun distraction from MP. With that said...
MP is where it's at without a doubt just like previous SOCOMs. They did make some changes to make it more mainstream, but it's still the most tactical shooter out there. A team that works together can steamroll the other team map after map. It's the one game out there that makes clans feel important. The maps are good (Zipper's layouts are still the best) and you can play them over and over again without getting sick of them since every round plays differently which is why I could play the beta nonstop. I'd give it a 9/10.
With a series like SOCOM that's for the hardcore, never believe the reviews. It seems like all the reviews just wanted to BLAZE through the SP on an easy difficulty so they could move on to the next thing. They never even wanted to give the game a chance when the MP is what the review should be based off of after some serious playtime. They knew what they were going to give S4 before they even played it unfortunately. If it was an easy game that was like COD, then they'd try it but then just give it a lower score saying it copied COD. There was no way to please people who didn't want to give it a chance to begin with.
MustacheBandit_
Member
Raoh said:
get ready for 13, its challenging
KingOfKong said:
LOL, soon as you said that i started mission 13. and died. often. then.. i died some more. even ended up getting my check point getting loaded in the middle of gun fight with my back turned to the bullets. so of course.. i died some more again. it was late so i stopped playing, about to start up now.
I have to say, i love this map. it would be great for MAG. so many choke points, so many blind spots, so many places to to just have an all out war. The mission 13 map is ripe for 128 players vs 128 players.
Is this map a part of the multiplayer socom 4 maps? and if so how large is it compared to offline and online?
Its the type of map that makes you scared to turn the corner.
The more i'm playing this the more i cant believe how badly reviewers actually are. As much as i love it I can understand why some people would rate it from 7.5 to 9 but anything below a 7 is just outrages.
This is the best shooter since battlefield bad company 2.
Don't think it's part of the base maps. There's flythroughs of all of them over at socom.com (Abandoned is GS preorder only at the moment).Raoh said:
Confrontation was practically down for quite some time after release, and it still hung on during other major releases while managing to get a number of patches and a significant DLC release.W1SSY said:
I don't doubt that it had an effect for some people contemplating purchase, but I'm sure the game will have legs online considering the community.
Reckless Onion
Member
i didnt even get to play it online yet, my copy arrived the day it went offline.
Loved the beta and cant friggin wait anymore, cant come at a worse time!
Loved the beta and cant friggin wait anymore, cant come at a worse time!
MustacheBandit_
Member
well i guess i shouldn't have been so quick to get my new bluetooth mic. oh well, maybe its time for me to try to beat this on elite. anybody know if beating it on elite unlocks anything?
MustacheBandit_
Member
mr stroke said:
thats the one that I got but I cannot try it out yet (obviously). I had $38 Amazon credit from selling them some old DS games of mine so I used it on that mic. As soon as PSN is back online hopefully one of you guys will do a co-op map with me so we can unlock the blue multiplayer guy.
MustacheBandit_
Member
Killthee said:
it says you can use it while it is docked/charging (switching output to your television speakers while its docked). have you tried that and does it work well? i imagine you have to use your controller cord since the one they provide is like 6 inches.
How is that different from the 'official' one that was bundled with Confrontation?
If it's similar, the quality is great - especially for the games that support the HQ mode. I usually have headphones on, so I use it with desktop mode and I've never had anyone mention issues with my audio quality.
If it's similar, the quality is great - especially for the games that support the HQ mode. I usually have headphones on, so I use it with desktop mode and I've never had anyone mention issues with my audio quality.