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With the release of the public beta today, I figured it would be a good idea to gather initial and lasting impressions of the Beta for others who may be on the fence about buying this game.
The beta is still downloading for me, so I'll report back in a couple of hours! | 
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Originally Posted by Cylon  The beta is still downloading for me, so I'll report back in a couple of hours! | Same here... mine's around 20% complete, as I already posted in the other Socom-related thread. ______________________ Introduce a little anarchy, you upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos! | |
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Rep Power: 8 | Alright, I played about half a game, but unfortunately I have to start getting ready for work. 
The graphics are alright, definitely nothing special, and I relly cannot comment on the gameplay thus far because: - The gameplay is extremely choppy/slow moving to me. It's nothing like we've been seeing in the videos.
- The in-game sound went mute on me all of a sudden.
I'm not too concerned because it was just released 45 minutes ago, and I'm sure the servers are flooded. We'll probably have to wait a couple of days until things get under control. | |
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Originally Posted by Cylon Alright, I played about half a game, but unfortunately I have to start getting ready for work.
The graphics are alright, definitely nothing special, and I relly cannot comment on the gameplay thus far because: - The gameplay is extremely choppy/slow moving to me. It's nothing like we've been seeing in the videos.
- The in-game sound went mute on me all of a sudden.
I'm not too concerned because it was just released 45 minutes ago, and I'm sure the servers are flooded. We'll probably have to wait a couple of days until things get under control. | Which is exactly why /6 fails. They should have listened to the hundreds of ppl that told them to release the dl a few days early so the servers wouldnt be crap. Makes sense though since they ignord every other suggestion oh well. | 
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Originally Posted by The Ghost808 Which is exactly why /6 fails. | They failed because the servers are laggy with network congestion? How is that their fault, exactly? ______________________ Introduce a little anarchy, you upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos! | |
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Originally Posted by The Ghost808 Which is exactly why /6 fails. They should have listened to the hundreds of ppl that told them to release the dl a few days early so the servers wouldnt be crap. Makes sense though since they ignord every other suggestion oh well. | That would have been a great thing to do, but I'm sure there was some reason why they didn't.
I don't know about anyone else, but I can't play the Beta right now. I just had to get up and shut it off because it was lagging like none other.
Maybe that's what I get. Fast download = initial laggy experience.
I hope for everyone else's sake the beta runs flawlessly. | |
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Rep Power: 19 | The intro music is classic Socom... almost with a little bit of MGS-type music mixed in with it.
Well, even the weapon modification screens seem kinda laggy, to be honest. But there is a very long list of choices that you're able to scroll through here in the beta.
Still customizing my character for now... I'll hop in a room to test the gameplay just as soon as I can. ______________________ Introduce a little anarchy, you upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos! | |
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Sadly it's the name of the game with the PSN: The first week of anything and you can bet your azz there's going to be online problems. ______________________ • bury me at sea where no murdered ghost can haunt me | |
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Originally Posted by OME6A It's not Slant 6's fault, it's ours for relying on a FREE online service that suffers problems with 99% of launches.
Sadly it's the name of the game with the PSN: The first week of anything and you can bet your azz there's going to be online problems. | At least PSN didn't completely crash because of a trailer. Or didn't work properly for almost a month after christmas.
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Rep Power: 6 | I think I might be dyslexic. I entered part of my code backwards. And it said it wasn't valid. So I went ape ****. And then realized how dumb I was.
How long did it take you guys to download it? ______________________ I GOT SLAVES FROM THE MAYFLOWER
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Originally Posted by jar I can't join any games. Everytime it just shows the yellow flower thing spinning forever. | Word on the street is that's a somewhat common problem. ______________________ People tell me not to share my thoughts
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Originally Posted by Negative Creep The intro music is classic Socom... almost with a little bit of MGS-type music mixed in with it. |
Thanks for the excuse for me to lock up shop an hour early and go home. 
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Rep Power: 19 | The rooms are really, really laggy... but I guess that's to be expected on the first real day of the beta.
People online have been suggesting that if you lose sound during the beta, you should probably reset your console... others have said that it fixes the problem.
It's almost insane how much bigger Crossroads is now...  ______________________ Introduce a little anarchy, you upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos! | |
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Rep Power: 0 | I just played a few rounds, seems pretty good! Wasn't THAT laggy, just a bit choppy once in a while, mostly at the very beginning but I think it'll smooth out soon enough. I smell a hit! | |
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