Let's be real here, the infancy of multiplayer on console was in actuality the prime for PC. It's funny because while some were just getting it wet for the first time on socom the rest of us were busy pounding the likes of BF2, counter strike, ghost recon, planet side, raven shield, etc. Socom was a fun game, not competitive, not tactical, not realistic, just a fun third person game.
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Colin Moriarty: SOCOM is Coming Back
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Let's be real here, the infancy of multiplayer on console was in actuality the prime for PC. It's funny because while some were just getting it wet for the first time on socom the rest of us were busy pounding the likes of BF2, counter strike, ghost recon, planet side, raven shield, etc. Socom was a fun game, not competitive, not tactical, not realistic, just a fun third person game.
Topher
Gold Member
Ryan still has the IGN leash on him. Colin doesn’t.
And Colin’s response wasn’t a meltdown. You just didn’t like what he had to say. That’s fine too.
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Twinblade
Member
All the games you named, are not even competitive nor tactical for the most part.
NewYork214
Member
I was young when it was out, like 10. No clue if it was big back then or holds up at all. But your post reminded me that AvP2 was my first online gaming experience. Fucking loved that game. Would love to replay the story again. Can't believe game is over 20 years old. Jesus
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
I’ve wanted a new one or a socom 2 remake since rainbow six siege came out. If Siege can find that level of crazy success as a slower tactical shooter, then socom could too.
The reason socom 4 bombed was it launched literally during the 2-3 months PSN was ddosed so you couldn’t play it online at all. By then the new CoD etc came out and it never got a chance . The beta was a blast.
IMO launching it as a free to play , battle pass, focus on very hardcore competitive shooter would do well. In this day and age content creators would carry a game like that easily if done right .
The reason socom 4 bombed was it launched literally during the 2-3 months PSN was ddosed so you couldn’t play it online at all. By then the new CoD etc came out and it never got a chance . The beta was a blast.
IMO launching it as a free to play , battle pass, focus on very hardcore competitive shooter would do well. In this day and age content creators would carry a game like that easily if done right .
Counter Strike is literally THE competitive/tactical FPS. But yeah, otherwise you aren't wrong.
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SpongebobSquaredance
Unconfirmed Member
the only thing you seem to play are metacritic scores. It's hard to have an opinion of your own I guess.
Hollowpoint5557
A Fucking Idiot
Sick burn edge-lord. I had my say and I'm done wasting effort on any other replies.
actually, this would be fun to apply to any series/game
street fighter 2 is total trash, I averaged the arcade,snes,genesis, ps1, saturn, c64, amstrad, zx spectrum, master system, gameboy, chinese nes knock offs, amiga, and atari st games and the average rating was only a 56 on metacritic,
Apeopleman
Member
Socom is being developed by Guerilla Games as we speak. There is a lot of evidence, such as Rainbow 6 devs being hired and working in “unannounced project“ at Guerilla Games.
there was also a slant six developer who got hired at Guerilla. they worked on socom confrontation
get hype boys, you heard it here first
there was also a slant six developer who got hired at Guerilla. they worked on socom confrontation
get hype boys, you heard it here first
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SpongebobSquaredance
Unconfirmed Member
Finally. No more clown that demands others to look up some approximate aggregate numbers on a website.
"hey guys, look the series has an average Metascore of X. Stop being excited for a new one. The series is trash, my Metacritic told me!"
you are such a meme.
UltimaKilo
Gold Member
Please, don’t play with my heart! I’ll go buy a PS5 tomorrow!
So your 'objectivity' claim rests on such easy targets like Driveclub, No man's Sky and Order 1886?
AmuroChan
Member
I never said he was objective. Everyone has their biases, but god-tier fanboy he is not. He also didn't like Ghost of Tsushima and thinks Rift Apart is overrated. Are those easy targets? Also, his criticism of NMS happened when it was first revealed and everyone lost their mind, including his own employer giving it the game of the show. On that week's podcast he said NMS would never deliver the scope it promised. This was still during the time when most people were euphoric over NMS.
HTK
Banned
Funny because SOCOM was inspired quite a bit by Counter-Strike and to say it wasn't competitive or tactical is a ridiculous statement.
Game modes like Breach, Extraction, and Escort were designed in a way where if you're not playing like a team you're guaranteed to lose. It's one of the rare communities where games were played more from a team perspective than just run and gun, although it did allow for that as well but in some of these game modes way less effective. Not to mention it wasn't respawn so you were punished severely for dying and having to wait 5 minutes for the round to end if it comes to a draw.
Clearly you haven't played the game or much of it to understand what made it great.
Apeopleman
Member
Just so everyones knows, it used to be socombattles before it was gamebattles.com
Antwix
Member
Not tactical? Ehhhh I beg to differ. But not competitive? I 100% disagree. Did you even play the game?
GameBattles.com SOCOM II: US Navy SEALs
GameBattles is gaming competition, game ladders, game tournaments and leagues for serious computer and console gamers with PC, PS2, Xbox, or Game Cube.
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Twinblade
Member
Game battles died a long time ago sadly. R.I.P.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
