Romier S Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Latest report from Gamespot has Sony and Zipper Interactive announcing Socom III for the Playstation 2 this fall. Improvements abound as far as weapon customization, improved AI, the ablity to swim, and the ability to operate vehicles! Check out more here . The ability to swim is one of SOCOM III's new ability improvements. You'll also be able to operate vehicles, including humvees, light strike vehicles, technicals, T72 tanks, an SSCR assault boat, and a customized speed boat. Communicating with your AI-controlled team will be altered a bit--the game will now give you a context sensitive button that will command your team to move to a specific location, breach a door, and so on. This will be in addition to SOCOM II's already-robust AI control system. Speaking of the AI, it will see some improvements as well. Players' team AI should be better at assisting you, and the enemy AI will be better equipped to coordinate with one-another to form smarter attacks against your SEAL team. Weapon customization sounds like it could be a big part of SOCOM III. You'll have 31 weapons to choose from and 21 different attachments, making for over a thousand possibilities. I really enjoyed the first Socom. For alot of us here it was our very first taste of console online gaming and it will always be remembered fondly. I steered clear of Socom II due to many reports of how unbalanced and problematic the online side of the game was. I hope Socom III puts things back on track. It would be great to return to the series and relive some of the old days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJames Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Played the shit out of the first two. Looking forward to the third. :tu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted February 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Gamepost has 4 pages worth of screenshots! Wow that was quick: Socom III screenshots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJames Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 That castle map looks like it will be a lot of fun in breach mode. I hope they include some of the old but still fun maps like Blizzard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJames Posted May 14, 2005 Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 Socom III to support 32 player games Not sure if this is really a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 Thats the next step in online gaming on consoles. More then 24 players. Socom III, perfect dark, black hawk down and so forth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted June 11, 2005 Report Share Posted June 11, 2005 Just got an email the other day saying that I am in the running for the SOCOM 3 beta.Anyone else get this? SOCOM one days are still some of the best gaming fun I've ever had... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris F Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 I just got invited to partcipate in the SOCOM 3 Beta. Once they ship out the beta kits, we should try and get a game going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 I'm in too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 I'm in three :tu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary P Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 In! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJames Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 In Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 In :tu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnemaEms Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 In! You remember how to get online to play? -Dean- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 In... oh wait No ps2. shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary P Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 You remember how to get online to play? [Harry Tasker]Blow Me[/Tasker] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 I'm at Comic-con right now, and I'm 90% sure Sony has Socom III running on PS2s here. I will do my best to get a movie of the game from my digital camera, although I've already been busted at a few places for trying (the Midway people were like cops about it). I did manage to get footage of Jak X the racing game based on Jak & Daxter, looks like a blast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJames Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Got an email stating that I'm officially in. I'll get the beta kit in 19 days via UPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Got an email stating that I'm officially in. I'll get the beta kit in 19 days via UPS. I did as well,along with Josh/stencil. Anyone else?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary P Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 In as well. That gives me 19 days to find my headset:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishepa Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 How can I sign up to be in the Beta? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJames Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Register at Playstation Underground and check the box in your profile that asks if you want to participate in beta testing. For Socom III it's too late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJames Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Here's a breakdown of all the suggested changes and thier status in being implemented into SOCOM III. SOCOM III Changes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJames Posted July 30, 2005 Report Share Posted July 30, 2005 SOCOM III Beta Instruction Book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyElf Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 I have not been selected for the beta, but look forward to this in a big way. I didn't think Socom2 was as fun as the original, but that could be because it was a "done this already" type game. But nothing beat the original Socom and the dozen or so guys (you know who you are) that I played with every single night for months. I hope perhaps this game will unite all of us again! Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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