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Really good but with issues
posted by Animator22 (SAN JOSE, CA) May 7, 2011
Member since Mar 2009
3 out of 4 gamers (75%) found this review helpful
I've never played a SOCOM game until now and I really enjoyed this one. The game is fun but there were a few things that brought it down for me.
First the AI is buggy. I could walk into a room and walk around an AI and he would never fire at me. I had to kill a commander on the 2nd floor of a building and the only way up is the stairs but there were 2 AI soilders stuck in some chairs that never moved or that were affected by a flash bang. When I made it to the top right as I reached the last step they blew me away with shotguns. It sucks because you can't get to them first before they shoot so its a death trap. Plus I don't know if its just me but the AI with shotguns seem way overpowering even from a distance.
Also AI with LMG and Snipers never seem to stop shooting. They just go on and on and on never reloading. Not fun when your trying to get out of cover and take them out. Even worse when your teammates just stand there and get ripped apart. The only good thing about that is at least they are distracting them!
The main thing I hated about custom campaign mode is that when you die you have to start back at the beginning. The reason why this ticks me off is when you finish an area and go to the next area the next set of AI will just spawn out of no where and if your in the open then your dead! Plus the map doesn't always show enemies. The best thing to do is to wait for your teammates to say "All clear" or close to that. it usually happens but not always. The only other thing is the camera. Its at a really bad angle and sometimes it zooms into your head and takes a while to re-adjust into place.
Also why can't your teammates revive you? You can revive them anytime they are down but when you go down your dead. Plus on top of that the death sequence when you die gets annoying after a while. I don't need to see myself dying for 10 seconds which you can't skip. I just want to get back into it.
These are my only issues with the game but fun!
First the AI is buggy. I could walk into a room and walk around an AI and he would never fire at me. I had to kill a commander on the 2nd floor of a building and the only way up is the stairs but there were 2 AI soilders stuck in some chairs that never moved or that were affected by a flash bang. When I made it to the top right as I reached the last step they blew me away with shotguns. It sucks because you can't get to them first before they shoot so its a death trap. Plus I don't know if its just me but the AI with shotguns seem way overpowering even from a distance.
Also AI with LMG and Snipers never seem to stop shooting. They just go on and on and on never reloading. Not fun when your trying to get out of cover and take them out. Even worse when your teammates just stand there and get ripped apart. The only good thing about that is at least they are distracting them!
The main thing I hated about custom campaign mode is that when you die you have to start back at the beginning. The reason why this ticks me off is when you finish an area and go to the next area the next set of AI will just spawn out of no where and if your in the open then your dead! Plus the map doesn't always show enemies. The best thing to do is to wait for your teammates to say "All clear" or close to that. it usually happens but not always. The only other thing is the camera. Its at a really bad angle and sometimes it zooms into your head and takes a while to re-adjust into place.
Also why can't your teammates revive you? You can revive them anytime they are down but when you go down your dead. Plus on top of that the death sequence when you die gets annoying after a while. I don't need to see myself dying for 10 seconds which you can't skip. I just want to get back into it.
These are my only issues with the game but fun!