This has pretty much become the official SOCOM Confrontation thread. I'll be replying with any new news that we come across.
UPDATED May20th: The last 2 pictures with a real explanation of where they are taken.
UPDATED July 6th 07 (post #149): IGN will have a Q&A today with Seth Luisi about Confrontation including new pics.
UPDATED July 6th 07: Interview is up
To start off, this thread is SPECIFICALLY about analyzing the trailers and pics, to learn more about the game while we are waiting for more information from E3 in July. And it will be constantly updated with more information as its found.
Just to start, I broke down the trailer and took some screenshots. Feel free to add your own comments and anything else you find:
Trailer analyzed
Since Crossroads is very symmetrical in many ways, it's a bit hard to follow what parts of the map we are actually seeing until we pause it and try to analyze what is on screen. Here I've analyzed the trailer and tried to make sense of what part of the map we are actually seeing, and to look out for any thing that's different/new.
Appears to be a new doorway in the map that leads to the very under-used, Terrorist balcony, just in front of the garage. Before, the only way to get up there was from walking across the bridge from the restaurant (if it wasn't already blown).
This is the balcony here. You can tell which balcony it is by seeing the Bell Tower on the left side of the screen. This is definitely the Terrorist-side balcony situated in front of the garage.
In this image we are looking at the Terrorist balcony from the outside. It no longer appears to wrap around the building like it used to. It's now just situated out front.
Now here we are again from the other angle. We are looking out at the Seal's side. Notice the stair case on the back left side of the screen. Those stairs lead to the wall that you climb over to get to the Seal's spawn.
We are now looking at the balcony to the left of the Bell Tower (which is out of the picture). Notice how the balcony looks shorter, so there is no longer a way to jump from the balcony to the platform where the Bell Tower is sitting on top of as the jump is too far. The whole building looks longer as well. As you may be able to tell the streets have been widened the area with the gazebo is larger. This is to accommodate 32 players without compromising the map's layout.
Blood is back! Notice is dripping on the ground.
This was the bomb base near the Seal's spawn. There no longer seems to be a fence in front of it and some palm trees have been put in.
Crossroads at night! So a night & day option seems like it's confirmed. Check out the beautiful lighting as well. Right now the player on screen is situated in front of the Bell Tower.
It's the garage where the Seal's plant the bomb, near the Terrorist base.
Honestly not quite sure where this is taken from. It may be on the lower level in-between the garage and the wall.
Inside the garage. Notice the windows that are not there in the original version. Whole area also looks slightly larger and I believe those pillars are new.
This is looking out from the Terrorists spawn down the left side street. Notice the barrel in front of him which is about to!
Explode! Exploding barrels are back.
32? But HOW?
To fit 32 players on Crossroads, instead of ruining a good map Slant Six Games seems to have widened the streets so the layout remains unaltered.
Basically they are keeping the same layout but widening the streets so there is more room to move and less chance of you being hit by a grenade in the first 20sec. But the layout is unaffected.
^Terrorist's spawn, looking outwards. Notice the stair case on the back far right, thats the stairs to the bell tower. Streets are slightly wider, and the run to the end looks slightly farther.
^Middle of the map. More room to move but the layout is unaffected.
New Crossroads
Just some more highlights from the pics released.
^Behind him is the terrorists spawn point.
^Appears to be the corner of the map, down the left street from the Seal's spawn. So right now that Seal is looking at the terrorists spawn which is in the distance.
EDIT: In contradiction to what I initially said, me and someone else on the Playstation.com boards helped discover that these two pictures (above and below) are taken from the same area, and that they are taken where the 2nd set of stairs near the Bell Tower (the ones leading into the small alleyway) used to be, and were replaced by an arch way and ally. So there is no longer a 2nd set of stairs there.
When you pause the trailer (thats on GameTrailers) at about 37sec, you will see an arch way on the right side of the screen where it wasn't there before. We think thats the arch way in this picture. I think this is because they now have a set of stairs leading into the balcony on both sides of the map, and with a bridge that most likely can't blow up anymore, so that does the job of replacing the need for those extra set of stairs.
^Not entirely sure. Possibly the arch way from when you walk down the stairs into the hallway, coming from the bell tower.
EDIT: Read the caption under the 2nd picture up.
Feel free to add to it with stuff you find.
UPDATED May20th: The last 2 pictures with a real explanation of where they are taken.
UPDATED July 6th 07 (post #149): IGN will have a Q&A today with Seth Luisi about Confrontation including new pics.
UPDATED July 6th 07: Interview is up
To start off, this thread is SPECIFICALLY about analyzing the trailers and pics, to learn more about the game while we are waiting for more information from E3 in July. And it will be constantly updated with more information as its found.
Just to start, I broke down the trailer and took some screenshots. Feel free to add your own comments and anything else you find:
Trailer analyzed
Since Crossroads is very symmetrical in many ways, it's a bit hard to follow what parts of the map we are actually seeing until we pause it and try to analyze what is on screen. Here I've analyzed the trailer and tried to make sense of what part of the map we are actually seeing, and to look out for any thing that's different/new.
Appears to be a new doorway in the map that leads to the very under-used, Terrorist balcony, just in front of the garage. Before, the only way to get up there was from walking across the bridge from the restaurant (if it wasn't already blown).
This is the balcony here. You can tell which balcony it is by seeing the Bell Tower on the left side of the screen. This is definitely the Terrorist-side balcony situated in front of the garage.
In this image we are looking at the Terrorist balcony from the outside. It no longer appears to wrap around the building like it used to. It's now just situated out front.
Now here we are again from the other angle. We are looking out at the Seal's side. Notice the stair case on the back left side of the screen. Those stairs lead to the wall that you climb over to get to the Seal's spawn.
We are now looking at the balcony to the left of the Bell Tower (which is out of the picture). Notice how the balcony looks shorter, so there is no longer a way to jump from the balcony to the platform where the Bell Tower is sitting on top of as the jump is too far. The whole building looks longer as well. As you may be able to tell the streets have been widened the area with the gazebo is larger. This is to accommodate 32 players without compromising the map's layout.
Blood is back! Notice is dripping on the ground.
This was the bomb base near the Seal's spawn. There no longer seems to be a fence in front of it and some palm trees have been put in.
Crossroads at night! So a night & day option seems like it's confirmed. Check out the beautiful lighting as well. Right now the player on screen is situated in front of the Bell Tower.
It's the garage where the Seal's plant the bomb, near the Terrorist base.
Honestly not quite sure where this is taken from. It may be on the lower level in-between the garage and the wall.
Inside the garage. Notice the windows that are not there in the original version. Whole area also looks slightly larger and I believe those pillars are new.
This is looking out from the Terrorists spawn down the left side street. Notice the barrel in front of him which is about to!
Explode! Exploding barrels are back.
32? But HOW?
To fit 32 players on Crossroads, instead of ruining a good map Slant Six Games seems to have widened the streets so the layout remains unaltered.
Basically they are keeping the same layout but widening the streets so there is more room to move and less chance of you being hit by a grenade in the first 20sec. But the layout is unaffected.
^Terrorist's spawn, looking outwards. Notice the stair case on the back far right, thats the stairs to the bell tower. Streets are slightly wider, and the run to the end looks slightly farther.
^Middle of the map. More room to move but the layout is unaffected.
New Crossroads
Just some more highlights from the pics released.
^Behind him is the terrorists spawn point.
^Appears to be the corner of the map, down the left street from the Seal's spawn. So right now that Seal is looking at the terrorists spawn which is in the distance.
EDIT: In contradiction to what I initially said, me and someone else on the Playstation.com boards helped discover that these two pictures (above and below) are taken from the same area, and that they are taken where the 2nd set of stairs near the Bell Tower (the ones leading into the small alleyway) used to be, and were replaced by an arch way and ally. So there is no longer a 2nd set of stairs there.
When you pause the trailer (thats on GameTrailers) at about 37sec, you will see an arch way on the right side of the screen where it wasn't there before. We think thats the arch way in this picture. I think this is because they now have a set of stairs leading into the balcony on both sides of the map, and with a bridge that most likely can't blow up anymore, so that does the job of replacing the need for those extra set of stairs.
^Not entirely sure. Possibly the arch way from when you walk down the stairs into the hallway, coming from the bell tower.
EDIT: Read the caption under the 2nd picture up.
Feel free to add to it with stuff you find.
