Socom 3 online vs. socom 2 online

[Dboyz-x.etown]

Alright. Looking back now, the maps and weapons were better in socom 2, the options were better in socom 3, and the gameplay was the best in socom 1.

But the times You've had is what really makes one game better than another. That's why I feel socom 2 was the best at its prime. But a lot of people here from the beginning played socom 1 first, and they feel that was the best because that's what they started with. Socom 3 noobies and the people who stayed out of ensigns and other rank specific rooms in socom 2, that mostly played the most common/popular maps with the average person, really missed out on a lot of good times in socom 2.

[[Vv] JEBBY X [187]Gunnz X]

Socom 2 is and always will be the best its got all the good maps.
Socom 3 is good gameplay is good. but i just don't like the maps there just to big. but with Socom 2 the maps were not to big and not to small.

[FLAW]

I prefer socom 2, but here are some of my arguments for both:

Pro-socom2:

-The gameplay is a bit more arcadish than S3, but this is the only game where I've actually considered that to be a good thing. I like the fast pace, quick diving, hectic battles...it's intense and fun. Also, it seperates skill levels, and a skilled player can be a big difference maker, which is the way I think it should be.

-The maps in S2 are brilliant. Perfectly sized and balanced, and very accessible, allowing you to move from one part of the map to another quickly. Every nook and cranny has signifigance. In S3, the large maps are cool, but they take too long to play. And when they are shrunken to small maps, they are not well-designed for fast, smooth, yet tactical gameplay.

-The guns, IMO, are much better in S2. You can really feel the differences in each gun, and they have kind of a "heavier" feel than the guns in S3 (the guns feel like toys to me in S3). And sometimes in S3, my gun jams up or something and I can't shoot.

-The games are much shorter on average.

Pro-socom3:

-It's definitely more of a team game, which I like. You have to work together to be successful.

-The attachments and options for each gun is pretty cool. Too bad they completely messed up the guns, IMO at least.

-Being able to throw grenades on the run is nice.

-This has more to do with it being the current game, but the people on S3 are cooler overall. Too much b*tching and big egos and annoying folks on S2.

-Code 9 really messed up S2 online. Now if anyone is doing good, everyone says he code 9's or uses tags or something like that, whatever that is. Fortunately, I've seen a steep decline in code 9 users lately. But there is just a lot more shady stuff in S2 than in S3.

[A63NT 47]

I've always preferred S2 over S3. Now S2 can only be good as long as your playing with people you know so as to avoid having the cheats in your games.
Pretty much every time I've ventured off into a room by myself, sooner or later we get a guy with 10,000 kills and an unlimited supply of glow sticks. Thats the advantage S3 has for now anyway. Only a matter of time I suppose.