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Rumors of a SOCOM game.

Perfect timing for a new Socom. There is literally zero games in the genre on console right now minus Ghost Recon but they completely squandered any potential of a pvp with the tiny 4v4, awful maps and silly gadgets.

Guerrilla definitely has the tech for an awesome Socom, I am skeptical how they would handle the pvp modes tho. Hopefully the Rainbow Six guy they hired can bring something to the table.

Sony needs a shooter and it needs multiplayer games plus Socom has always been used to push new Sony tech so it just makes sense as a ps5 title.
 
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There are few games I would want more. I was a HUGE SOCOM fan and spent thousands of hours playing all of them. However, I'll believe it when I see it.
 
Sony should invest more in MP games next gen. They had some good, innovative stuff on PS3. Games like SOCOM, MAG, and Warhawk deserve another shot.
 
Don't play with me like this. I swear that there's a SOCOM rumor every year. I thought SONY would've greenlit one with the success of Rainbow Six.
 
I wish these rumors would stop playing with my heart. Stop giving me false hope that a nicely done SOCOM is in the books to return, got dammit! Would rather they talk about MAG returning that way I'd have tempered expectations.
 
Didn't one of the lead developers from rainbow six siege go to gorilla to do a multiplayer shooter? This could be it. Edit: just watch the video that is him, this could be socom holyshit!
 
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To me Ghost Recon is today's Socom, we're acting like 3rd person can't be done anywhere else (Gears of War) so lets stop pretending Socom is some 1 in a million anomaly.
 
Well I loved Socom 2 back in the day and MGO in MGS4....

The work that Kojima staff have done on Decima really makes it feel very like MGS and they could really make an awesome mash-up between socom and MGO.

That would be ideal, I think. Good way for Kojima to pay Guerrilla back too (not that he has to).

MGO if anybody forgot...



just make it bigger, stick in a few vehicles and more gear..... done!
 
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dezzy8 said:
Don't play with me like this. I swear that there's a SOCOM rumor every year. I thought SONY would've greenlit one with the success of Rainbow Six.
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I would settle for a remaster with every SOCOM map ever. I will go to church and pray for this to happen ASAP. I would disappear for WEEKS.

I saw some people still play on PS2 vía a proxy server type deal, but there's never more than 10 or 12 people on at a given time and it seemed pretty complicated to get going.
 
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Played Socom 2 online for the first time in 15 years last night. Pretty easy to emulate on PC. Fuck! It still holds up.
 
Wow. Got my hopes up for fucking nothing.

But even if they made this, would it be anything other than trash? Multiple Zipper devs on this forum posted about Sony's meddling in SOCOM 4. Why would this be any different?
 
didnt the people doing this remake get caught just ripping the ps2 version off the disk and reselling it like its their own work?
 
Sony has single player games on Lock down, but it would be nice to get some decent MP games from them.

Socom, Twisted metal, Warhark. They got some killer IPs that with the right teams could bring a lot of fun to PSN. Heck I even want a dead nation 2 lol
 
dilbag said:
Sony has single player games on Lock down, but it would be nice to get some decent MP games from them.

Socom, Twisted metal, Warhark. They got some killer IPs that with the right teams could bring a lot of fun to PSN. Heck I even want a dead nation 2 lol
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Man WarHawk was a blast, would give anything to turn back the clock and spend my summer days playing this with friends
 
With all this Battle Royal craze... SOCOM should easily translate. They need the right developers. It needs to focus heavily on attention to detail in terms of military/realism. Very accurate uniforms and equipment etc. And not just focus on SEALs. But all aspects of SOCOM.



The ps3 SOCOM had one great feature and that was player chat audio actually projected from your actual Avatar. You could here people talking in rooms or around corners. Great idea.
 
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Roufianos said:
Nice, lemme know if you have any problems.
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Copy that, will do.


Cleared_Hot said:
With all this Battle Royal craze... SOCOM should easily translate. They need the right developers. It needs to focus heavily on attention to detail in terms of military/realism. Very accurate uniforms and equipment etc. And not just focus on SEALs. But all aspects of SOCOM.



The ps3 SOCOM had one great feature and that was player chat audio actually projected from your actual Avatar. You could here people talking in rooms or around corners. Great idea.
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Are you referring to Socom Confrontation? I actually enjoyed that game quite a bit, more than 4 that's for sure lol.
 
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SOCOM II was pretty good on PS2 and Warhawk on the PS3. Either one of the two IPs would be great to see again on the PS5. I never got a chance to play MAG or Dust 514 but thought they had some interesting potential; never seen other multiplayer games like them at the time (massive player counts or connected universe).
 
dezzy8 said:
confrontation was really good after the first year.
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I don't think I was playing it around the first year it was out. I do remember having an incredibly hard time downloading updates for it though. I loved that one map that had a giant apartment building in it, had some underground areas as well, such a blast clearing floors with my buddy at the time.
 
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