Do any other beta testers think Socom Lost its feel

HellsAssassins · 08-27-2005

I thought UBI soft was supposed to make Ghostrecon 3 not Zipper. Wow socom has taken everything that has made socom so fun away from the socom series. And lately when i have been playing the most beta testers taht I have seen online have been 75 out of ten thousand. I hope the beta is nothing like what the game will actually be like. They went way overboard with the realistic feel. Hopefully they will increase the run speed on the characters and fix the names over head so its not so confusing since the terr and seals look so much alike and nothing worse then sneaking up on a terr or seal and there name goes over there head and that hesitation gets you killed. But if you like a slow game like ghost recon and like to camp and just wait for someone to walk into you bullets this will be the game for you. I do how everlike the gun selection and accuarcy of the guns and balance if very nice. Just dont think they should call this game SOCOM because it sure isnt

bernard · 08-27-2005

Its called moving on. Personaly i like more realistic changes no more rushers campers but tactics. slower guys better than seals running 50mph and terrors looking more pro i think its a good change. and yeah your right about the names but doesn't the crosshairs turn red anymore.

HellsAssassins · 08-27-2005

Ya the cross hairs turn red but there the name pop up before you get your cross hairs on them.

Things that made socom
-Names over head
-Control able to move around jump and shoot

People call it pray and spray but run and gun takes skill and is fun. I dont spray at all i use burst shot when im running and gunning its still about the aim.

This game is going to be all camping i dont really see that much tactics comeing into play but where to hide. The fast past game design is all about socom series.

They have changed all these things that makes socom stand out. People say the game is evolving and im all for it as long as the key principles that the fans expect to see stay intact. On the beta boards on the socom 3 server most of the feedback is bad people arent happy with the new game because it doesnt resemble socom at all. If i want resistic new play thats copied from halo, battlefied, ghost recon id play those games. I just want socom Back

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Originally Posted by Flea

NO.... it just went back to socom 1 with more realism is going to be alot better............ can't wait to get the final version im bored of harvester......

You could run and gun on socom 1 the only thing that makes it like socom 1 is guns and how many hits it takes to drop a player i like that its everything else that is trashy

Flea · 08-27-2005

in socom one you couldnt go from side to side like in socom 2 ... and I think thats part of run and gun socom 2 is more like halo than socom 3 is going to be (just for the people to callsocom 3 - hacom 3) in real life you cant run in circles shooting and you cant do that in socom 1 and you are not going to do that in socom 3

so I think it did went back to socom 1 with more guns more teamwork and more realism.... i see socom 2 more like an arcade game...

HellsAssassins · 08-27-2005

You can definetly run side to side in socom one thats where the socom gameplay started, before the days of socome one codebreaker you would run in circles if people cant aim. The character movement and play isnt anything like socom one go play socom one again and then come back and tell me its the same not even close.

And i hate that if you jump you stop shooting thats not realistic.

Flea · 08-27-2005

yes I did play socom one and before I got the beta I played for about 3-4 days... play socom one then play the beta and youll see hat there is litte difeence in the movement... then put socom 2 and therre it it going right left right then circle and then to the other side is just way unrealistic been able "to turn on a dime" <-(zipper quote) and it has been fix

HellsAssassins · 08-27-2005

Most people like turning on a dime it called reflex skills and being able to aim fast. In real life you can turn on a dime too. Try turning look speed and dead look down in socom 1 and you will move about as fast as socom 2. And its not the movement speed that messed up socom 2 its the cheaters who use lag switches that make them move even faster and take a grip of hits.

speedman33 · 08-27-2005

really u guys have no idea waht the final product is like you all are making up stories about the game how its going to be so different, well you know what it is time for change im tired of all these small maps and zipper is going to take care of everything no need to worry, its just annoying hearing person after person after person say how bad its going to be, but you dont know that yet so stf^ i mean really either play the beta if you have it and look for glitches to be patched, if u see a r^ if there is any, shut it down get some people go in there and dont green up, and as for the final product, its going to be way different from just the beta that came out so no more, !OMG S3 IS GOING TO BE SO BAD!

Imabroom · 08-28-2005

It is true that you don't give us non-beta testers a good impression of the game because you naturally choose to talk about the negative things (since that is the main thing you are allowed to talk about I know...). In a way it would be best to keep to the saying: If you don't have anything good to say don't say anything at all. If anything, at least make it a less biased overview of the gameplay.

btw I think zipper made it so you can't jump and shoot so that people won't always be jumping and shooting constantly around the level. They had to keep all things equal now that they have toned down running, proning, etc. You have to give game developers the benefit of the doubt. They are trying as hard as they can.

HellsAssassins · 08-28-2005

Im not really trying to hate the game, I just couldnt believe how much they evolved the game in a direction more mainstream with other games. There are definately alot of postive things about socom three that i have said in other post I just dont see this game being at all like other socoms. If you like slow games and like to camp then this game will be the best of its kind.

Socom 3 has a great new server
Map Size is great
People Lag out alot more indicating to me that the lag switch problem that has ruined socom 2 will not be a problem
The Map is fun and all the different types of customization on guns and the maps is a great feature
There new servers in my opinion are going to handle the games with alot less lag which is going to be awesome.
Hit detection is great in this game along with the rate of fire of the different guns
The guns selection is very even on the seals and the terr.

Im not trying to say this game is bad im just saying its not like any
other socom. I see people complaining about things like one controller option or look speed these things wont be there in the final version im sure they will give you option. Im just shocked that the things that have made socom such a success are left out.

On the community site many of us have posted to zipper in the beta about issues we have and i hope they will fix alot of them. I just dont have the taste for slow game play and camping which is what it is, but if you like that you will love this game.