This is from blkymik from the SCEA SOCOM 2 forums:
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Hi... just got back from E3.... friggin madhouse there. I really only wanted to check out Socom III, and the PS3 and Xbox 360. And that is all I did today.
Well, the PS3 was behind supposedly behind glass after waiting in a huge, huge line... so I skipped it. I'm getting too old for these conventions. I did see the Xbox 360 (also behind glass) but got to play a little on the Mac version using the new Xbox 360 controller. The controller is really a big improvement and feels great. I played Top Spin 2 (working title)... it was fine... Textures are getting better... blah, blah, blah.
On to Socom III...
I'll first state that this will DEFINITELY hook Socom 1 and Socom 2 players... I wouldn't worry about that at all. It is still Socom and still feels like Socom (good and BAD). The vehicles seem to integrate without much distraction and the gameplay feels very similar (although the map I played on was HUGE feeling... but they all feel huge when you don't know them, don't they?)
I was lazy and tired today so I just played for 1/2 hour or so mostly as a seal. I used the M8 and M4A1. The M8 seems to pack more punch, but it was very difficult to tell how accurate the weapons are. They changed up the control scheme O is now your weapons menu and I didn't find the quick switch button... if there is one... I'm sure there is. Everything else felt similar... Including the lag/poor hit detection we've all come to love.
The game was set up in a LAN environment and it was 16x16. The on screen display is a little different. YOU CAN INVITE FRIENDS and SEND CLAN INVITES directly from the menu while you are IN GAME. B-E-A-utiful!!! You can also set up your taunts there.
I asked some questions to the creative director of the game and got some interesting answers:
I asked if the hit detection system has changed or not. He said that the damage variables have changed... He said that they were higher in Socom 1 then in Socom 2 and that Socom 3 is somewhere in the middle of the two (to tell you the truth, it felt EXACTLY like Socom II to me... if not harder to kill someone).
I asked if you can customize the game setup... He said FOR SURE... VERY, VERY much. He said almost everything is customizeable, including weapons choices, VEHICLES ON OR OFF, and he even said you can pick to play in a SMALLER portion of the map if you want to contain the battles to Socom 1/2 size.
He said that there will be 12 new maps and that there is no announcement as to what old maps MAY or MAY NOT be in the game.
I've also asked if he's seen the Wish List on the SCEA message boards, and he said that he has.
I can't remember what else... I also shot some video, I'll take a look and see if it is worth posting online for you guys to check out. I know I got the Friend/Clan invite menu, the HUGE select screen with 32 names, the weapons select menu, the booth itself, and lots of gameplay.
I'll be going back again tomorrow.
If you have any specific questions you'd like me to ask tommorow, post them here in red and I'll ask and report back tomorrow.
I'm going to bring the Wish List and go down the list and see what they've have and have not done too... that'll drive him nuts!
Oh yeah... check this thread later and I'll link to video if it seems like something worth seeing (that you haven't already seen similar stuff).
Actually I barely saw any lag at all, the guy's playing suck so obviously they can't get kills so they can blame it on lag
But when people took shots they died and dropped instantly, no 1-3 second delay at all.
Also did you see R2 said toggle thermal goggles!!! Maybe that is replacing night vision. Also I saw Suppressor 1 and suppressor 2, I wonder what the differences between the two are.
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Primary Weapon weapon here Primary Weapon's silencers/bi-pods/scopes/lasers/flashlights/launchers attchment here Primary Weapon's silencers/bi-pods/scopes/lasers/flashlights/launchers attachment here
there is two slots so you can switch it around^^ And to the right of the above stuff
Secondary Weapon weapon here Secondary Weapon's silencers/??flashlight/lasers?? attachment here
then next to that
Grenades Selection nades here
under that is...
2x Ammo ammo here
It's a bit sketchy, but maybe I can take a screenshot of that part of the vid and post it here.
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