Why Socom 3 is Unaddictive, Not Fun, and Just not the same!!

[amartin956]

i deffinatly have to agree with you 100% mvpo this game didnt have the same appeal as socom two....


Many well, all of my friends played s2, there was probally 30 of us all playiing together all the time, when we herd about s3 we were estatic and we couldnt wait. when it was released we were horribly dissapointed to find the verification process, but many of us got past it, and we began to play but it just wasnt the same, on s2 we would play for hours on end always clan warring and always having fun but that sheer enjoyment was gone from s3, what was it i dont know, but i think the waiting the waiting and the waiting was a major factor and the verification process

[Erg]

Originally Posted by RulerJD

Anyway, the 2nd thing, and this is by far the part of the game that i hate the most...is the hit detection.

wow, go back and play a game of S2 then immidiately come back and play S3. Youll notice a dramatic improvement in hit detection.

Ive found it so good you can nick the guys head and he'll go down. In S2 id pump 4 bullets, point blank, barrel touching his head with a mark 23 and he wouldnt go down.

[Kramboid]

Oh jeez, I totally agree with you, mvpo.geo, about Socom 3 and it's lack of long lasting appeal; I had more fun getting hyped about it than actually playing the game. Socom II made me stay up all night every school night, all year. Socom 3 made me stay up the same amount for a week or two. I haven't played Socom 3 for about a month and a half now, and I'm not missing anything. I love everything about the game, but I have no desire to play it, and I have no idea why. For some god-forsaken reason, I have more fun playing dumb addictinggames.com games than playing Socom 3. (Play N-Game, it's amazing!) Socom II had so much more in such a smaller package. Bad hit detection, crazy glitchers, server lag, and little kids somehow made #2 the best one. I've never played Socom I, but I can just feel that somehow it's better than the third one. Socom 3 did something wrong, maybe it's because they went to "3" instead of "III"? I don't think anyone knows exactly what Zipper did wrong, but it's just not the same in #3, it feels good to play it but you don't need more. I needed Socom II every night. I don't know, I just have no desire to go log on and play with my clan buddies, I bought a router so I can be on all the time now, but I've only used it about 5 times with Socom 3. It's just not the same feeling, not the same crazy addiction.

[myg0t!!]

i just came back from socom2. wow socom3 blows so much balls.

this is the fun of socom3

- every terrorist uses an f90
- sniping takes no skill
- campers
- too many glitchers (a guy named unspeakable can 1shot boot rooms which he has done, wait till that glitch gets leeked)
- teamkilling is way to easy
- too many people with standby ( i can get almost 3 mins so sdfu if you think thats bs)
- nade are unrealistic (i can be behind a wall and a nade comes 50 feet away from it and i die)
- way to much lag ( i came behind someone who was prone, and shot him in the head with 2 clips before he noticed, and he got up pulled his pistol and killed me in 1 shot, i have this on my computer and will upload it soon)
- m16 takes no skill like it did in socom2, also attaching a highscope on it makes it a 3 shot burst sr-25
- ranks are so screwed up, someone with 120 games has a 4 star admrial, i can go 20-0 and my rating goes down by 100
- people still can sky walk

and yes i am going back to socom2

the only thing thats cool about socom3 is when you loading it up and it says you got disconected, all you do is wait it then it brings you to the user agreement blah blah blah.

[OME6A]

MyGot, you nailed it.

There're three types of Socom players right now:
Those who know Socom 3 is garbage
Those who know Socom 3 is garbage, but are too fanboy to admit it
Those who just don't know any better

[njreese]

Those who know Socom 3 is garbage, but are too fanboy to admit it

That's what I think everytime someone say it is better than Socom 2. It's not a horrible game, it just doesn't live up to the other Socom games.

People can point out things that they improved on between 2 and 3 and talk about what they like or don't like, but when it comes down to it, the game just isn't as fun and addictive as Socom II was.

I think if you were a good sniper in Socom II, you probably wouldn't like Socom 3 as much just because now anybody can snipe, but before it was actually difficult.

Think about it this way, what was the one map that everyone skipped on Socom 2? Shadow Falls. Now basically every map is Shadow Falls, only with more draws.

[OME6A]

Right. Socom 3 would be hands down the most awesomest Socom evar if not for the countless bugs, errors and glitches. I'd like to see someone who knows their stuff, make a list of all of each title's bugs & glitches. I'd bet my next paycheck that Socom 3's is twice as long.

I only play it still because I needed a break after playing Socom 2 for a year and a half.

[M3ATPLOW]

I get some of the logic behind not liking the Larger maps..... but the hit detection IMO is vastly improved in this one. In socom 2 there were tons of bullet sponges, taking like 10 shots to go down, now even the laggiest IMO go down with 3 shots. As for saying that every Terrorists use f-90....well how is it different from everyone in S2 using the awful m-14 (lag creator). I know that the seals dont get this gun, but their are ways to counter this gun on the larger maps, and the seals have the Mark 48 which is better that the RPK. I too miss some maps Night Stalker, xroads, Requim, and Ruins, Foxhunt but these maps are different, and I bet after playing them a billion times people will love them. I seem to remember on the Sony forums when Socom 2 first came out, and people were complaining about tose maps ( foxhunt too big, Fishhook, laggy and terrorist oriented ect). Change happens , and somtimes it takes a while to get used to those changes before you love them. Not a fanboy, just stating my opinions.

[Dayderflay]

i think you're just attached to socom 2 and dont want to leave it behind for a newer one.... its almost like you feel like you're cheating on your significant other and feel guilty about it:P

[myg0t!!]

i dont think every terrorist used a freaking m14 in s2. and socom3 they are way to many sponges. they are worst then sponges, its like everytime i shoot its me throwing tic tacs at a sumo wrestler. i kill them but a nice little leg shot kills me.