Excluding the Melee Attacks

[Jimdalf]

Play SOCOM 2 single player... Run about on some of the levels, and I am sure at some stage you will run straight into a terrorist and he will bat you to death... how annoying is that??? And you think running around in circles shooting is stupid??? well, on these big open maps, run out and meet a guy, who will then charge 30 metres at you, gun blazing, and tapping X madly, and the second he is within range, BAM!!! You are dead, simply because you aimed and he didn't he just pressedf a button

THAT is why there is no melee... if you want it that bad, play a beat 'em up, or splinter cell... you see, SOCOM is a game, and no matter how realistic they want it to be, they have to dumb down some things for gameplay purposes

[*Big Boss*]

but really, who aims for 20 seconds, really, I put my crosshairs up and unload my clip into his head. Ill put the sucker down faster than he can consider ducking for cover. Melee attacks will take a lot of skill, Sure its just one button press, but really, you gotta get in range to use it, and you can get blasted a lot easier tryin to run up on a guy.

in close quarters combat, like the hut in desert glory where the hostages wait, melee attacks will force the player to use caution and to watch their baqs, if you think about it, melee attacks would make the game online even better.

[-[INCOGNITO]-]

you dont have to unload a clip on them anymore... its more like socom 1 where a person will die in more or less 1-5 shots or atleast the beta is and the people i have played with

[$ick$niper13]

i see a lot of people on hear complainin about the melee attacks about runnin around a corner and your dead with 1 press of the button how is this any different from 12 gauge pumps it would take the same stealthy stategy to use the melee weapons as the pump u would have to be sneaky and get close to them to kill them i think it would actually be fun and challenging and for the guy that somethin about a guy chargin you from 30 ft or somethin try shootin them wouldnt that be the same thing as a guy rushin at you with a pump if you dont get him in time you deserve to die and he deserves the kill i think knife attacks would be awesome like the one cutscene in socom 2 and i would make taunts for every time i killed someone with it ...FUN!!!! stop complaining and think about it please

[KS_boba]

how about the only way to melee someone is so that they are totally unaware of you (snipers). If you manage to sneak up on them without noticing then u can knife them or something. But if u make alot of noise then you are unable to use a melee no matter what. I think melee should be like a special action where certain requirements must be fulfilled in order to excute a melee. And a knife or something shouldnt be available like you can keep switchin to your knife, it only becomes available if you manage to sneak up on someone without being seen or heard.

[Imabroom]

The difference between this and a shotgun is that when you mash X at the right time, you can't miss. Shotguns can always miss or even partially hurt someone, but if you hit X on a person when you are close, they aren't escaping from that. I have walked into a terrorist on single player and shot him in the head right on sight, but he still bats me with his rifle before he dies. It is a very unfair advantage that neither side should have and would dumb down the gameplay. If you were to add in a melee more like Halo's (say it isn't so! but their melee actually works) and make it a certain button that you could always hit, then I would actually like to have melee. Shoot they could even include a little pocket knife you could stab people with, as long as it isn't autoaim like it is in the singleplayer. The system woudl work pretty well, a headhit with a melee would kill them, while a body or appendage hit would take off like proportionally to some average gun and maybe push then back some. Of course this won't be in socom 3, but I'm just brainstorming lol.

If you don't wana read that long post....I don't think context sensitive melee should be in socom 3!

[$ick$niper13]

it be fun if anyone played any of the james bond games that u could punch people that used to be fun as hell but it wouldnt happen because the pistol has infinite ammo but it would still be kinda fun

[Subject 17]

i forget who said this before, but i agree with him in you sneaking up behind him and stay there for about 3 seconds, then the icon should pop up.

and i actually have killed terrorists and had them pop up and rifle butt me.

i also hope that in s3 they ptu a name over any terr leaders head. i hate how in urban sweep i always accidentially killed lucimar.