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1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Sorry BigMike, but you obviously do not know what a good war game is. I am a SOCOM 2 player, and I rented this thinking it may have been better. Boy was I wrong! Here, let me go through the game for you:

Graphics: 2.5/5 The graphics are blocky, cheap, and overall very bad. For a war game, I'd expect a game with better graphics than this. And I also hated this: the WHOLE GAME all you SEE is beige. Beige uniforms, beige sand, beige buildings, EVERYTHING is beige. Ahh.. drived me nuts.

Sound: 3/5 The sound is not TOO bad. Good: when there are guys talking over the com-link, it sounds pretty good, but it's also very quiet when compared to whats going on around you. Bad: every guy you kill makes similar noises over and over again: Ahh! Augh! Ow! and wow is it annoying.

Control: 3/5 Can't get much easier to control. X to get in/on/behind something, R1 to shoot, O to prone, crouch, or stand, and X to jump when in the middle of nowhere. ( which is where you are most of the time anyways. ) Very easy controls, but also pretty clunky and unresponsive at times. ( the menu. )

Fun: 2/5 This game is just NOT fun. One shot kills anyone, there is no recoil, and the game is just overall repetetive, repetetive, REPETETIVE... If you like first person shooters, I might tell you to buy this game, if it was good. If you like 3rd person shooters, buy SOCOM 1, 2, or wait for 3.

this game is SHORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: July 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for $50.00 it was really exiting and really made you feal like you were in somalia (africa) but when i played it i fond out that on the 2nd day i beat it beacuse thier was no more campain and the instant action was only for the missions i had already beat. the multiplayer mode was for areas that wernt even in somalie it looked like i was fightng in a place that didn't exist on earth. if you are going to by this you are wasting your money and time. thier are plenty of other things that you can spend the 50 bucks on. DON'T BUY!!!!!

Yeah, um....not so great, actually....

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: August 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game on a whim from Costco (only $40!), mostly based on the fact that I LOVED the movie and I had a wild hair...anyway overall it's better than a stick in the eye...but really not all that great. It's not all that challenging, and the bots aren't very realistic - like if you're crawling along on the ground, they see you just as quickly as if you're running around like a chicken...also the screaming "DIEEEEEE!!" gets really old after you've killed 400 of the buggers.

Anyway I've spent a few hours playin' and it was better than, say, mowing the lawn or whatever, but pretty disappointing actually. I'd rather play Counterstrike.

Not horrible but not good

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: September 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

this game is ok at best barely a rental that will keep your intrest, do not spend fifty buck on this game unless you play online you would be retarded if you did not plan to play it online. Anyway the graphics are ok and tha AI is less that naverage well to cut to the chase everything about this game is either ok or mediocore. It just isn't very impressive. THe biggest plus is online and even that will not blow you away.This game is not worth much.

a good game but way to short

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: August 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

the game was fun but its really to bad that i beat the games in just over 1 day. Its a waste of money esspecially if u dont have online.

Not as BAD as they say; but no too GOOD either.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: August 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

While everybody is complaining about the single player mode, I find it quite decent. The missions are exactly like the PC version. Graphics is upgraded a bit but not as nice as the really good shooters for the PS2. The game is a good blend of sniping and close quarters battle with lots of targets to shoot at. It also has some points where you mount machine guns on Blackhawks and Humvee's. Problem is, sniping was fun in the PC because of the mouse interface but this time it may be a bit harder (some people might not like this).

What's new now (compared to the PC version) is that you can command your squad mates. No more health packs and extra ammo packs lying around the map. This time, you must call your squad mates to heal you or give you ammo. If they die, the less times you can heal and replenish your ammo. Also new is the upgrade system. You can upgrade skills and weapons through 'stars' that you earn through missions. Better performance gives you more 'stars'. And it's not that easy to execute a perfect mission.

I guess what sets this game apart from the others is the vast environment. I don't care if they say that the buildings are blocky and repititive and the textures are bland. I like the fact that the maps are really large.

Pros:
Same gameplay from the PC version.
Large maps.
Upgrade system.
Squad commands (not as good as Brothers in Arms but a welcome addition to the series)

Cons:
Dated graphics (better than the PC version but not at par).
Long range firefights are more difficult compared to the mouse-controlled PC version.
Nothing really uniqe and revolutionary in this game that will definitely set it apart from the rest.

I guess people give this a low rating because they expected so much from the game. By far, I think this game is just AVERAGE.

Ok, average FPS for PS2

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: August 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Heck of alot better than the Xbox version.

/PS2 fan boy ;P

Help!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

For those of you who already have this game, can you tell me if it's worth the money. I can go online with it but, I don't know if it's worth $50. So, should I buy or wait for Socom 3?

Combat Based

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: October 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Some of these gamers think this game was just for shoot'em up action, well in some aspects it is. The other part is it also makes you utilize all of your resources to accomplish the mission. There is no medit packs just your comrades to help you get you back on your feet. There is no "power ups" or ammo caches. There you have to use your battle buddies and they will give you some of their ammo so you can keep killing throughout the game. I think some people are just judging this game like its DOOM or something, dont do that. It just gives you at least somewhat of the aspect that once your in COMBAT your soldiers is the only thing that will keep you alive. But after said that. I too did accomplish the missions in a day but it didnt matter to me. I also liked the weaponry and the Blackhawk rides shooting n moving that was pretty cool. At times i did get a little impatient and my teammates killed more than i did but hey if they seem them before me Kudos to them I hope this kinda helped you out on understanding the concept of this game.

Really Fun being Delta and Rangers.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The games single player is cool and you can do co-op and go 4 player. When you go online though, it's awsome. You get to choose to be an Assualt soldier, Medic, Machine Gunner, or a Sniper. All the guys have different stuff and equipment. 32 players is like a huge battle. If you get shot down, in other games, they would mark you as dead, even if you got shot in the foot. In online, you can be saved by a medic and put right back where you were shot. But they keep the life savings realistic. If you get shot in the head, your autimatically dead. I heard you can also fly on Black Hawks! But I have yet to see one online, but, I just got the game. The life saving online brings the message clearer "LEAVE NO MAN BEHIND". Overall, I think this is a really good game.

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