Ok here is my take on fireteam Bravo. First off when you start up pick admiral right off the bat. The other levels are so easy, at least on admiral you get occasionally killed. DON"T GO ONLINE RIGHT AWAY. Wait untill about halfway in the game before you start because you will get owned by the people who know what they are doing. I went on right away and let's just say I got killed. Gameplay wise for single player is that sniper rifles are useless because most of the singleplayer maps aren't big enough to effectively use them. The lock on feature is what made this game what it is. It isn't crappy and it by far does not make this game any easier. I find it is easier to aim on free look mode and shoot then it is with the lock on. It all depends on your stance and how your moving when you are locked on to somebody. If you go after someone who isn't moving and are crouched and you are running at them standing they will take you out. Also changing weapons is harder than in socom 3 because you have to press left on the d-pad and then up or down, this prevents people from stopping and taking out an rpg in the middle of a firefight. Which is good. My favorite thing though is the crosstalk where you connect the usb cable and share information. This makes socom 3 campaign easier and it unlocks some multiplayer skins. For instance I love playing and that freaky Polish lady that has the hole in her throaght. People think I'm cheating because I play as her because they've never seen her before. Another example is in socom 3 during the first campiagn mission when you attack the convoy you get to use a mortar attack because I found a certain piece of intel from socom 3 campaign. It also works the other way by unlocking skins for FTB and makes the campaign in FTB easier. It doesn't need to be any easier but it is cool. Instant action becomes boring and repetative, and almost becomes a chore if you are trying to unlock the elite seal skin. I finished today and I think it was worth it. Multiplayer online is awesome because the maps are small and action packed. The only boring times is in the free for all gametype because you cant switch and watch other people so you could be stuck looking at your dead body for 4 minutes. This gets really bad if everyone doesn't have a mic and there is noone to talk to. On that same note the fact that this has voice chat is awesome. There is really no lag and the voices, depending on the person, tend to be crystal clear. The mic also doubles and a fairly good pair of headphones for music on the go.
As for the people everyone on that I've played with so far is fairly normal and aren't little kids because little kids won't have a psp, which can deffinantly have a good thing. (I take that back, after christmas there was a huge insurgence of little kids, god damn santa.) There is also lots of people on at one time, I believe about a half hour ago about 23000 people were on. That's pretty good. I'm all done for now if I think of anything else I'll edit it later.
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