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 | Title : SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals
Author : Sony
Release Date : 20020822
Binding : CD-ROM
Regular Price : $
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Editorial Reviews :
Protect America from enemy forces over sea, air, and land in SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs. The game places you in the role of an elite SEAL commander whose team is asked to fight terrorists in 17 deadly missions within four real-world environments. With more than 30 weapons and unparalleled skills and tactical maneuvers at your disposal, you must annihilate those who dare challenge the U.S. Navy SEALs while completing your missions. SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs will ship with a USB microphone/headset, and will be online-enabled with a PS2 network adapter. The game offers 12 unique single-player missions and support for up to 16 players via the network adapter and a broadband connection.
Buyer Reviews :
First of all, let me start off that a few things are required to play online (the game's best feature): a Playstation 2 game system (duh), a PS2 network adaptor (enables you to play others via internet), and broadband connectivity (this means a cable or dsl modem). I was extremely happy to know that since I had a cable modem I would be able to play this game online after its highly anticipated release.
The game comes bundled with a headset that you use while playing to actually communicate by talking to your teammates. This feature alone sets this game apart from other PS2 online games.
Playing online enables you to talk and play with and against people all over the world (though mostly from the U.S.). You can join a 'clan' where you can affiliate yourself with a group of familiar players. When in a clan, you can practice together perhaps developing strategies for certain locales or 'maps', or challenge other clans to see if your team is better than the other. By being in a clan, you become familiar with the way your teammates play as individuals, allowing you to play with a bit more confidence and sureness.
Needless to say, months after its release, I am still addicted. I have yet to play the one-player game (story-mode) in which you do not need to have a network adapter, and I instead opt to play online.
Playing online is truly an amazing experience. On some levels, careful patience and stealth are required as well as long-range shooting or sniping (blizzard), while other levels are more fast-paced shootouts (frostfire). Of course, the pace of every game is also determined by the strategies your teammates and opponents or yourself (if you're good enough).
There are three types of games you play online: supression, demolition, and extraction with 10 different locales in total. In supression you have to eliminate the opposing team, in demolition you try to plant a bomb at the opposing team's base, and in extraction the seals team must rescue the hostages and return them to an extraction point.
I only have a few complaints, but the unique gaming experience SOCOM provides far outweighs these points: you are disconnected from your online game too often. Most of the time you are not actually disconnected during the game, but before or after, but then require you to spend too much time logging back on. Also, due to online slowdown during the game, some players will 'lag' where their character animations cannot be displayed fluidly. This can be annoying at times where you will be shooting at someone only for them to disappear and reappear somewhere unexpectedly. 'Online lag' also can cause communication via the SOCOM headset to cease. Only on a few rare occassions does the actual game start lagging (where the PS2 itself cannot handle all the action going on). Despite these few but sometimes annoying problems, SOCOM is truly a unique and exciting online experience.
The learning curve on this game may be a bit high as aiming, weapon-switching, and grenade-tossing might take a while to master.
Also, realistic violence (with guns and blood) is depicted and this game may not be suitable for all ages. However, you won't see someone's head being blasted to bits as in other games.
If you have broadband connection and enjoy games like Time Splitters, Medal of Honor, or Half-life, I am sure you will love this game. Get it.
As far as the one-player game included on the disc (where you don't need to have the network adapter)- I'm sure it stands alone as a good game, but to be honest, I haven't thought of playing it since being online is such a unique experience. Come to think of it, I haven't played any other game since I bought SOCOM. That includes my unopened free copy of Twisted Metal Black: Online.
(by Derrick Reisdorf)
Features/Technical Specs :
* Protect America though sea, air, and land
* Play as an elite SEAL commander
* More than 30 weapons
* Includes USB microphone-headset
* Online enabled (requires PS2 Network Adapter)
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