Socom: Confrontation

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Source - Gamespot


SOCOM: Confrontation First Look
Sony finally takes the wraps off its first, online-only, PS3-only installment of its popular shooter series, and we're there to see it.
By Brad Shoemaker, GameSpot
Posted May 17, 2007 12:01 am PT

You knew it was coming. Sony's SOCOM online shooters have quietly remained among the most enduring franchises on the PlayStation 2, as well as one of the most popular reasons to suffer that system's disagreeable online sign-up process. What better way to bolster the PlayStation 3's cachet with the competitive online multiplayer crowd than with a new PlayStation 3-only edition of everyone's favorite Navy SEAL-oriented shooter series? Indeed, Sony has just taken the wraps off of SOCOM: Confrontation, the first game in the franchise for the PS3, and you might be surprised at the direction Sony and development newcomer, Vancouver-based Slant Six, are taking with the title.

We won't beat around the bush: Confrontation is going to be a downloadable game, just like the forthcoming Warhawk. But this new SOCOM will also be released on a Blu-ray disc in a traditional retail package. Sony isn't saying yet what that means for the scope of Confrontation's gameplay and content. They're also not saying if the two releases will happen simultaneously, but at least they've confirmed the game is being aimed at a "holiday" release window. We do know the game will lack a single-player component--it's also like Warhawk in that it's made for online play only.

The demo we got to see of Confrontation was said to be the result of only four to five months' worth of development, in which case it's looking pretty impressive. The trailer was set in a decidedly Middle Eastern town and featured what looked like American special forces doing battle with local militia garbed in ski masks and nondescript fatigues (think the terrorist characters in Counter-Strike). The action looked like what we've come to expect from SOCOM, with both sides running through the streets to take cover behind cars and in doorways, taking up strategic firing positions on balconies and rooftops, and trading fire with assault rifles and the occasional rocket-propelled grenade. Though the trailer looked to be using all in-game footage, little of it was actual gameplay, so we can't comment on what specifically will be new about the nuts-and-bolts gameplay in Confrontation.

Sony is saving the big reveal of SOCOM's gameplay specifics for this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo--when we hope to get our hands on the game itself--but we did glean a few details from the brief presentation given at the company's state-of-the-art San Diego motion-capture studio (where a contingent of real Navy SEALs performed an impressive demonstration of the mo-cap process). The game will feature not just American troops but international special forces, though from which countries it wasn't said. You'll be able to customize those characters in appearance, though, and clans will further get to trick out their custom uniforms to create a unique visual identity. It sounds as though Sony will support the game actively after release, as online events like team tournaments and clan ladders are planned, along with for-pay content packs to be made available on the PlayStation Network Store that will include new game modes, special forces, and weapons, among other things.

Unfortunately, that's just about all we know about Confrontation at this point, as Sony (like so many other companies recently) seems content to tease us with a bare glimpse of the game now followed by promises of full disclosure at E3. The game is looking fairly good at this point, with nicely detailed character models and weapon effects. The environments looked a little sparsely detailed to us based on the brief trailer (can we get some more pixel shaders in here?), but overall, Confrontation looks like it's headed in a positive direction, and we'll always applaud a company as monolithic as Sony for experimenting with alternative distribution methods. Expect much more on the new SOCOM to come out of E3 in July.
-GameSpot

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ALSO::

Just to clear up some things...

Source: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3159608

At its recent San Diego Gamers Day, Sony announced that SOCOM was headed for the PS3 in a new game titled SOCOM Confrontation. What's interesting about Confrontation, though, is that it's the first console SOCOM game from a developer other than Zipper (the original developers of the SOCOM franchise) -- it's being handled by the brand new developer Slant Six games (who are also handling SOCOM Tactical Strike on the PSP). In its SOCOM Confrontation presentation, Sony mentioned that Slant Six is working closely with Zipper on the two titles.
1UP confirmed with Sony that Zipper is still working on its own new SOCOM game for PS3, though it's still quite a ways off (perhaps Fall of 2008?). Our understanding is that, unlike SOCOM Confrontation, it will provide single-player and multiplayer gameplay, and the extra development time will allow Zipper to really do some new things with the franchise.

But in case you were wondering what Zipper is up to, there you have it: two SOCOM games are officially headed to the PS3.

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Thanks Neo.

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Im sure to you Seasnipers this is all old news, since you guys are the ones actually playing in the video above.

[[SS]Rator]

lol yeah we've seen it...

thnx bud.

here is a slightly bigger and better quality vid

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Originally posted by [SS]Rator
lol yeah we've seen it...

thnx bud.

Of course by "seen" it you mean, you beta tested it already.

Im sorry but I just cant help it.. you guys are like sloooowly walking into this dark shadow.. and all we can see how is your silhouette...

I know your doing soemthing dammit...

Im sure its going to be badass..

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NEO-X for $500 I will tell you all. (Just don't let Rator know.)

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Buy me a PS3 and I'll find out for you.

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Originally posted by Sabotage
Buy me a PS3 and I'll find out for you.

LOL

[[SS]Chief]

That video is so Crossroads....

yeah, I went crazy on Neo's forums posting that video up

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Originally posted by [SS]Chief
That video is so Crossroads....

Yes it is, that's what dissapoints me. There is no originality in socom anymore.

That's what I was excited about. Crossroads and Frostfire are my two favorite maps ever. Too bad I probably will not be getting a PS3 for quite a while

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I like both of those maps but I would probably like better more original maps.