SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs

THE BAD:
Obviously this game is MP only. This SP sucks, sorry to say it. It is boring and repetetive. If you have a Network Adapter, broadband connection to the Internet, mic, maybe a USB keyboard, get this game!!!

Takes up a lot of memory on your memory card (3,000 KB).

Now to chew out that MP a bit...
There are a wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide variety of useless weapons that you will be very sad to see. Want me to make a list, oh no you do not! I don't even want to! There are many excess things that could be taken away to make this game run much smoother online.
Think you got what it takes to be an Admiral (top 10 online players)... FORGET IT! Sooooooooooooooo much rank up (glitching and cheating to get yourself a higher rank without any skill whatsoever) a.k.a. "R^", is gonna prevent you from getting in the, say, 3,000's. Oh yeah, they reset the ranks hoping this would help- it didn't.
The maps take a long time to load (due to excessive crap that is not needed), and when you die, prepared to get real pissed off. You have to wait a long time that you shouldn't. There aren't many respawn games, and they're on bad maps anyway. Each map seems to be made for one side to win. In Desert Glory, it seems like it's sided on SEALs, in Fish Hook, it's on Terrorist. These are the only 2 maps people on this game play. So what is it... 15 maps wasted? What does adding these maps in a game cause, children???-------->>> LAGGGGG!

I've gotten bored of this game, and very frustrated. If you have anger managment problems, save us all DO NOT GET THIS GAME!!!

Also, rank takes the fun out of this game a lot.

SUMMARY:
This game could be bettered in a lot of ways. But the thrill of this game is very good. Just sitting there watching the doorway, knowing your next move will be your last as you have those hostages surrounding you as personal shields while you hear footsteps near that cracked wall that can be blown with C4 is great. And then watching that stupid SEAL step on the mine you laid in front of it is even greater. This is a great game, but after a while, it gets boring. Lags a lot because of too much excess things that no one uses/needs to have fun and because all the glitching and finally because the people who maintain the server aren't worth a dime.
This game will never die down, partially because of it's damn good style and partially because of it's originality. I do not want to tell you that this is a bad game- this game is absolutely awesome. If you don't like Halo (like me), but like things like Call of Duty/Full Spectrum Warrior/ Medal of Honor- get this game quick! There's still a lot that could be fixed, but this is nowhere near a dissappointment.

You'll never be sorry you bought this game.

THE BAD:
to save you must beat a level, online rank^, enize is to hard for many people, glitch rooms

SUMMARY:
online play!:
to plant a bomb you must, frist get the satchet, delieve to its perpuse, aim tords the place your planting it, hold down the action buton, protect the bomb from being defused.
GNK means "glitch no kill" if you do kill some one you should send a taunt that shows you had a happy trigger, if you are shot by the other side, dont shoot back onless its a non-respawn game, vote of mad-killers, and the god gitch is for homos!!
best weapons of socom....
m14.................killer and for newbs 20rds
m16.................burst porwerful 30rds
m4a1................best seals SD 30rds
m60.................newb canon 1# 100rds frist timers and sucky players use newbies wepons
m63.................newb canon 100rds
ak-105..............slow but powerful lag profe 30rds
stg77...............best pick of terorist 30rds
552sd............... better SD 30rd terorist only SD
ak-47...............deadly and unpopuler made for pro-socomers 30rds
m82a1a.............. one shot kills 10rds
m87elr.............. seals one-shot kill sniper 10rds
IW-80...............pure newb 30rds only for seals
m203................ usely added grande launcher shoots to m models and MLG
m79.................larger grande launcher
rpg7................oldest rpg system used to day
at-4................one time use
deadlest pistols
sp-10: one of russia's best pistol to date, 18rds and klils what it aims at
DE ae: 7rds and in the right time one shot is all u need.
model18 glock: 18rds auto and single
226: smaller sp-10 15rds
marksd: its all american pistol 12rds

THE BAD:
Offline: You must go through the game 3 times in different difficulties to unlock some online additions.
Online: Nothing; EXCELLENT ONLINE MODE!

SUMMARY:
*A must buy if you have broadband and a PS2.
*Online mode is excellent; A much bigger step from the original SOCOM.
*Addiction Warning. If you want to play it online, you must atleast have 3 hours of online play available each day. I play it for much longer.

THE BAD:
Broadband only,Graphics need little more work, THATS IT

SUMMARY:
This game is so much better than SOCOM 1 or ANY other squad based combat games.. It puts other games to shame when u play this cause the gameplay is there with great sound quality so u acually feel like ur sittin in a bush overhearing a conversation between 2 terriorists..This game is a must have for anyone who is interested in SEALs, military combat, or just blowing crap up and shooting people....Also before the missions you decide how u go in to a combat zone silent or loud not caring what happens. BUT there is consiquences if u go loud u alert the enemy ur next mission will be harder cause they know ur there...That is just how good this game is... SO stop reading this and go get ur copy today.

THE BAD:
Easily blown missions because your team decided to go ahead when you tell them to stay put.

SUMMARY:
This is a great game to play if you like special forces. There are many different weapons to choose from on 9 different missions. These missions are not easy by any means. There are multipe tasks on each level and if you mess up one you lose the mission.

There are a couple of glitches in the game, but what game dosen't? Sometimes you team, consisting of Able and Bravo, do not obey your commands and get killed in action.

Other than single player mode is an online feature that is continued from last year. There are a ton of players online so you can always get a game to play, the boards online take a little getting used to but still fun trying to shoot people, especially ones you don't know. The do a great job of incorporating the headset, optional, in this game. The team have a bunch of commands that are easily understood, you just have to speak clearly.

Overall this game will keep anyones intrest. Throw in the online play and you won't be able to put this game down!

THE BAD:
An Ocasional glitch here or there, but zipper fixes it right away!!

SUMMARY:
This is a must for 3rd person shooter fans, When i got broadband march when i found out it was available in my area i got the broadband and bought socom 1! JUST for socom 1! I stopped playing it around october and waited for Socom II came out.... I went through alot to get the damn game, My ps2 broke almost forked out 179 for one intill i tried opening the ps2, forked out 50 for a mic EVEN before i had the game, then wal mart was out i kept going to alot of places in till i said "*bleep* it, I'll just order online" When i finnaly got the game i was SO happy, i played all night and tried to pull an all nighter but i was afraid my dad was gonna wake up so i went to bed at 4:30. It was fun, I still love the game. I Got a LT. Comander with in ONE day! And im still looking for a clan if you need some recruits send me a pm or an email at dawglse@sbcglobal.net
This Reveiw will self destuck in 30 seconds.

THE BAD:
Rocket Launchers..

SUMMARY:
Obviously this series earned its reputation because of the amazing online play. SOCOM 1 was probably the single greatest online game ever made, at least in my opinion. It had great weapons, great graphics and awesome replay value. The only bad thing about SOCOM 1 was the cheaters that ran rampant through the rooms ruining everyones games. I hated it. It pissed me off and I even thought about giving up SOCOM all together.

I didn't give it up because Zipper announced that SOCOM 2 wouldn't have cheaters. I was pretty pleased with this and couldn't wait for the game. It came out, has twice as many online levels, and several more weapons to choose from. The best thing is...NO CHEATERS! The only other thing I'm not too happy with is rocket launchers. Zipper decided to add rocket launchers to the online play for SOCOM 2. At first, I thought this was a cool idea but after playing with them, rocket launchers ruin the fun. Many times, people will just hide in a bush and when you run by, they blow you straight to hell. This really isn't much fun because its a cheap kill and it gets really old. Land mines can also get pretty old. You can defuse them but they are damn near impossible to see. If you trip the trip wire, BAM!, your dead. And let me tell ya, it sucks dying from a land mine just as much as dying from a rocket launcher. These are the 2 things that kept me from giving the game a perfect 5 out of 5. If they kept rocket launchers and land mines out of the game, the game would be perfect but unfortunately, they put rocket launchers and land mines in.

Overall, I am very pleased with the outcome of SOCOM 2 and recommend it to any person looking for a great online game.

THE BAD:
Nothing bad yet, so far.

SUMMARY:
Well I have been playing online since the game came out on November 5th, and I have already heard from others that there are those that have figured out how to cheat online. I havent seen it myself so until I do Im not going gripe. They say it's impossible to cheat on SOCOM 2 online, however people also said the Titanic was unsinkable. I just hope the administrators work hard to make SOCOM 2 online fair, and keep up with updating their system to prevent cheating, as well as banning the cowards that cheat. I like the new weapons and maps. The RPG's and granade launchers make it more fun and entertaining. The missions are more challenging and feed into the addictivness of the game.

THE BAD:
AI could still use alittle work
Cheaters! Cheaters! Cheaters!

SUMMARY:
This game has greatly improved since it's debut. The AI is smarter, the maps much bigger, better weapons better everything. Onething I must comment on is the increase of cover. In the first one there wasn't enough cover to cover you let alone you whole team. In this version there is much more coverage to hide behind and take out enimies or if your the gun-hoe type with the rocket launcher and shotgun you can attempt to charge in but you won't get far since the AI can now provide better cover fire, use cover much more effectivly and their aim has greatly improved.

For the single player scenario their are many different places to visit ranging from Brazil to Russia to Sea. Like in Freedom Fighters this game let's you create easier levels just by beating other level. Like if you destroy a munitions place then the next level will have less infantry so on and so forth.

In the Multiplayer scenarios the addition of all the single player scenarios and 12 independant maps makes for a much larger selection of levels to play on. The Escort and Breach modes are a sweet addition to the multiplayer mode as well.

Overall this game gets my Two Thumbs Up. Way Way Up!