I'm a Socom Junkie ....... but I still have problems with this game.
Zipper (the original company that came out with Socom) did NOT make this version, Slant Six did. They did an amazing job with the graphics, and did a pretty decent job of creating that Socom II atmosphere by bringing back some of the old favorite maps.
That being said ..... this game was not ready to be released. Half of the functions advertised on the back of the box DO NOT WORK YET. Slant Six keeps saying that they will eventually be available, but I'm afraid their lack of efficiency in getting the bugs out of this game has already tarnished this particular release of it. There are entirely too many bugs to list here, so I'll summarize when I say that these bugs would not be a big deal to me if Slant Six would fix them. Instead they're saying (per their website) that the features we (the users) have been screaming for were never intended to be released for this game!? The online menu system is a wreck, a total trainwreck, I really can't stress this enough to do this part justice. So if you want to play online with your friend ..... you better call him on the phone and ask him what server he's on and what room he's in ..... cause this game doesn't help you at all there either. ****UPDATE **** they appear to have fixed the part about finding your friends ... too little too late.
So an online cooperative teamwork based game that doesn't really allow you to play with your preferred teammates? Instead you have to try to work with a bunch of tards who either want to camp all day, jack their jaws about non-game related subjects (and therefore hog the mic) or just run around and collect their kills without any concerns over planting the bomb, escorting the hostages, or whatever is actually required to win the game. Not cool.
Let me reiterate that if they COULD fix all of their issues with this game, it would be fantastic ........... easily a top 10 game. But the last post I read from Slant Six seemed to indicate that they're only going to fix what they have to, and move on ............ I could be wrong though. I certainly hope I am on that part at least. Either way, I'm done with it.