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

[Tuhan]

I've been with the forums for a long time, trust me,...and I noticed in in the S2 era we would have posters such as: Breath of Life, Discombob, Pyro, Utter, and Jezz (Wtf happened to him) and a buncha other old Vets who would share their good times in S2. Discombob and Jezz would post these Videos, Otter and the other [S3] gang would ragg on SNOMAN (a lot), breath of life would be called a fruit a lot of times, mobscene is nowhere to be seen as much, dakilla and others once in awhile would pop in and show their face, and the infamous AL GIORDINO! What happened to his monster tips and tactics that he'd always give in S2?

Now, on the forums...I dont see much of the old school people posting as much. I miss Jezz's videos, Otters stories about pwning the whole team in S2, and what not.

You think S2 was full of complainers with the m14's and laggers? Look at all the new people joining the forums and constantly and I mean constantly complain about the same exact thing. There would be variations of "OMG ****ING DISCONNECTS!" or "RANK IS ****ED BECAUSE OF DISCONNECTS," "F90 takes no skill whatsoever," "M16 is likke a regular auto rifle." You get the point?

Honestly, S3 is like S2 but on steriods.

Now don't get me wrong...S3 is not all bad. The new weapon attachments are handy, vehicles add a new element, small features such as showing people logging, and messaging in-game are all nice.

There was a sense of feeling in the air in S2 that I enjoyed. S3 is not delivering it. I didn't mind camping in S2 because you would end up finding the person...but S3 i can not take anymore.

Even though SOCOM 3 has all the added elements the people "wanted," it didn't get what it really needed. All that stuff doesn't just deliver much content. We all know content is what REALLY counts.

Overall, SOCOM 2's gameplay and atmosphere was much more enjoyable and challenging.

SOCOM 3 has all the weapons and arsenal, but doesn't really know how to use it.

SOCOM 2 has less weapons and arsenal, but is a master at using them.

-Stank ya
Tuhan a.k.a Tha Guy

[CooKiE:MonstER]

This Thread reminds me of the South Park episode were the kids go into forth grade. And then make a time machine to go back to 3rd grade because they missed it so much...But in the end, they realized 3rd grade sucked, and that they just missed it because they were afraid of change...
So is everyone just afraid of change?

P.S. This Game SUCKS!

[Randazzinator]

Problems with Socom 3 is just that the build up for "no lag", "new ranking system", "less cheaters" was just way too big of a build up. I don't know about any of you but the most lag i've ever seen on an online game has come in matches on S3 for me. That right there just pisses me off just because I was under the impression the lag would be almost non existent, yet I played S2 forever and yes it lagged like crazy, but i've seen far worse lag on S3 then 2. The Ranking system on 3 is horrible compared to 2 and 2's was horrible. On 3, if your in the higher ranks like the 1-4 stars, thats basically the only people you can play against to keep from hitting butterstick in 3 days. Somehow the system is just worse then S2. Obviously theres plenty of cheaters on S2 but its so much more apparent on 3 just because you can see unbelieveable stats like 4000wins 0 losses and a 515/1 kill death ratio. I never saw stats like that on 2, I just always said hey that guy with 5000kills and 5000deaths just ranked up to number 1. He did not necessarily cheat the people, he cheated the system. IDK its weird but I just see it different when I know some *** is playing vs. himself to make his stats uber on S3, when on S2 im sure this guy thats number 1 is really poop and just ranked up like my little brother.

And all yah, small maps are only suppressin, wheres the fun in that? it keeps small maps from getting there own individuality and makes some of it pointless, same with big maps having all game types. No map really has its main point, its stupid but it just doesn't feel right.

[Jack Ryan]

i like s3 and still play s2... though i do spend more time playing s2.

[njreese]

is Thread reminds me of the South Park episode were the kids go into forth grade. And then make a time machine to go back to 3rd grade because they missed it so much...But in the end, they realized 3rd grade sucked, and that they just missed it because they were afraid of change...
So is everyone just afraid of change?

Actually I'm just the opposite. I was getting tired of the lag on Socom 2 and I was so ready for Socom 3 to come out. I played the Beta, and that was basically a joke because there were so many glitches in the game, but it was only the Beta so I didn't really complain too much. I went out and got Socom 3 the day it came out then and played with my Socom 2 clan. One of the guys in my clan hated it from the beginning, but I wanted to give it a chance. I kept trying to convince myself that it was better than Socom 2 but eventually I just gave in to the fact that it's not. I'm one of those people that hyped up Socom 3 and bragged about how much better it was going to be and I didn't want to admit I was wrong, but after I found myself not really interested in the game as much it's obvious the game isn't as fun.

[vincristine]

if they do make a socom 4 (considering socom is the highest selling online game for ps2 the possibility is looking good) it will probably be for ps3.. and from the rumours.. i heard that ps3 is going to have a kick asss online gaming system.. which quite possibly will eliminate all the laggin.. and most of the cheaters.. lets all just pray that this is really going to happen.. cuz i'd be in heaven if it did.

[Randazzinator]

Lag has nothing really to do with the game and everything to do with the players connection.... so that being the case we will always have lag.

[-envy]

I dunno why people say it's not as good as S2 or S1...Like Tuhan said, it's both of them plus more. I think the only reason why is because they are either blinded by the glitches or they are just obsessed with the past two. Some people just don't look past all the stupid crap.

The game is still in its early stages, and despite how too early they came out with it, it'll get better.

[mvpo.geo]

Well, I got my new(used) copy of Socom 2 and a network adapter TODAY! Gonna hook it all up tomorrow when I get some free time.

After not playing it for like 4 months and being on my Xbox 360 that has no decent shooters out for it, Im really excited and feel the addiction of socom 2 coming back .

Get at me on Socom 2 if you wanna play Im rocking my original name

Mvpo

:D F*** SOCOM 3!

[04soldier]

Have fun with all that lag :? And all the other inferior aspects of S2