SOCOM: CONFRONTATION
Hey folks it’s your ole pal Brandon again with another review of a video game you most likely never played. That game being Socom Confrontation, this game is the fifth game in the Socom series and from what I have played the worst. I know that is me being unfair and honestly just making a harsh statement being that this is only the second Socom game I have played since the original on the Ps2. I have very sound reasons why I can’t stand this game.
First of all this game has no single player you are buying a game purely for the multiplayer. I know a lot of people who will do that some of which won’t touch a single player aspect of a game. I feel like that is robbing yourself of the full package you receive and being this game offers no single player to speak of I feel like the legs of it, well it has no legs.
The game starts you out with downloading a long installation for something that doesn’t play or look to incredible. I would love to know what the hell I am installing on my PS3 is it some type of military server that tracks how well you do? Maybe it is some type of government conspiracy secretly training us to be Navy Seals. Whatever the installation is you might as well go grab a beer, mow the lawn, and take your dog on a walk because the fucker is long. Once you finally get started with the game you get to create both your Seal and your Terrorist character. This basically dissolves to a semi-cool looking military guy and a person who grew up in the third world. The terrorist never look like they should be much of a threat to the Seal characters they look like they should be well hooligans. Once you picked out the way your avatar will look then you can choose his load out of weapons. The weapons aren’t half as cool as the Call of Duty franchise these are just the same boring crap. You know the ones shotguns, machine guns, snipers, pistols, and big ass assault rifles. You can buy better gear and other customizable things to go on your character or weapon. These things are purely a sad attempt to keep you playing and have no effect on how good you do.
The game looks below average, now I do understand that this is a fairly older game for the PS3 but it just doesn’t look half as good as any game made today. This game has a rated M for it which I have no clue why. The box says for blood which there is hardly any, it says language which I never heard anyone but the people talk unless the internet mongrels are what they are talking about. Last the box says violence; all I have to say to that last one is fucking duh. The game is about Navy Seals what in the hell did you think was going to be in the game, fluffy kittens on Sprinkle Mountain.
The game plays rather clunky which I do remember the original Socom being rather hard to control. Now the only way you play is by joining a lobby, being how old the game is I saw about five lobbies that weren’t just one dude sitting alone waiting for others. I give it to the game for supporting up to 30 players in a match but I never had more than 20. Once you get into a match it really feels like Counter Strike where they give you objectives sometimes but as long as you kill the other team then you win either way. You also have team death match where well it is team death match. One thing I hated was if you die you must sit and sit and sit just to respawn which in a multiplayer game is a lot of down time. I say that but the game isn’t your typical Call of Duty where it is a fast pace die respawn , this game is a very slow multiplayer. It is so slow it makes Assassin’s Creed’s multiplayer feel like Sonic the Hedgehog. The thing is usually with games that play rather slow when you get a kill it is satisfying. When I got a kill in this game it was just eh. I was so bored by the time I found someone I almost want to be like oh buddy don’t shoot let’s just chat for a bit. The game does have smaller maps which are a little faster pace and with those I just died left and right. This game is a camper’s best friend, you can sit in one spot and no one will ever find you unless you mess up. My biggest problem with this game is the fact from what I saw friendly fire is always one. Occasionally I will accidently shoot a teammate because he walks in my line of fire. Well he will think I was being that team killing troll and start shooting at me and eventually a civil war will break out with the team. You also will get that troll who will just ruin the entire match which just makes the game even less fun than it originally was. The last point I have to make on why this game is bad is the fact that this series has always been about squad tactics, the way to succeed in this game is by working in a squad. The thing is no one will ever do that everyone has to be John Rambo and it just ends up being a boring version of Call of Duty.
Overall this game is old and not very good, I can’t even recommend you online junkies try this game. If you see it on the shelf then just keep on walking by and pick up a better game I give this game a F.
First of all this game has no single player you are buying a game purely for the multiplayer. I know a lot of people who will do that some of which won’t touch a single player aspect of a game. I feel like that is robbing yourself of the full package you receive and being this game offers no single player to speak of I feel like the legs of it, well it has no legs.
The game starts you out with downloading a long installation for something that doesn’t play or look to incredible. I would love to know what the hell I am installing on my PS3 is it some type of military server that tracks how well you do? Maybe it is some type of government conspiracy secretly training us to be Navy Seals. Whatever the installation is you might as well go grab a beer, mow the lawn, and take your dog on a walk because the fucker is long. Once you finally get started with the game you get to create both your Seal and your Terrorist character. This basically dissolves to a semi-cool looking military guy and a person who grew up in the third world. The terrorist never look like they should be much of a threat to the Seal characters they look like they should be well hooligans. Once you picked out the way your avatar will look then you can choose his load out of weapons. The weapons aren’t half as cool as the Call of Duty franchise these are just the same boring crap. You know the ones shotguns, machine guns, snipers, pistols, and big ass assault rifles. You can buy better gear and other customizable things to go on your character or weapon. These things are purely a sad attempt to keep you playing and have no effect on how good you do.
The game looks below average, now I do understand that this is a fairly older game for the PS3 but it just doesn’t look half as good as any game made today. This game has a rated M for it which I have no clue why. The box says for blood which there is hardly any, it says language which I never heard anyone but the people talk unless the internet mongrels are what they are talking about. Last the box says violence; all I have to say to that last one is fucking duh. The game is about Navy Seals what in the hell did you think was going to be in the game, fluffy kittens on Sprinkle Mountain.
The game plays rather clunky which I do remember the original Socom being rather hard to control. Now the only way you play is by joining a lobby, being how old the game is I saw about five lobbies that weren’t just one dude sitting alone waiting for others. I give it to the game for supporting up to 30 players in a match but I never had more than 20. Once you get into a match it really feels like Counter Strike where they give you objectives sometimes but as long as you kill the other team then you win either way. You also have team death match where well it is team death match. One thing I hated was if you die you must sit and sit and sit just to respawn which in a multiplayer game is a lot of down time. I say that but the game isn’t your typical Call of Duty where it is a fast pace die respawn , this game is a very slow multiplayer. It is so slow it makes Assassin’s Creed’s multiplayer feel like Sonic the Hedgehog. The thing is usually with games that play rather slow when you get a kill it is satisfying. When I got a kill in this game it was just eh. I was so bored by the time I found someone I almost want to be like oh buddy don’t shoot let’s just chat for a bit. The game does have smaller maps which are a little faster pace and with those I just died left and right. This game is a camper’s best friend, you can sit in one spot and no one will ever find you unless you mess up. My biggest problem with this game is the fact from what I saw friendly fire is always one. Occasionally I will accidently shoot a teammate because he walks in my line of fire. Well he will think I was being that team killing troll and start shooting at me and eventually a civil war will break out with the team. You also will get that troll who will just ruin the entire match which just makes the game even less fun than it originally was. The last point I have to make on why this game is bad is the fact that this series has always been about squad tactics, the way to succeed in this game is by working in a squad. The thing is no one will ever do that everyone has to be John Rambo and it just ends up being a boring version of Call of Duty.
Overall this game is old and not very good, I can’t even recommend you online junkies try this game. If you see it on the shelf then just keep on walking by and pick up a better game I give this game a F.