Public Beta Impressions

[Cylon]

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!

[Negative Creep]

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.

[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.

[The Ghost808]

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.

[Negative Creep]

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?

[Cylon]

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.

[Negative Creep]

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.

[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.

[zero2000]

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.

:P






(Just joking around, don't get butt hurt)

[kevinXcore]

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?