The Rise and Fall of SOCOM
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In the early days of the PlayStation 2, Zipper Interactive would debut a third-person shooter called SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs. Authentic, tactical, team-based, and online at a time where few other PlayStation titles were, SOCOM took the home console by storm. It gave Sony’s exclusives a more mature face, provided multiplayer-centric shooters a new standard to compete against, and helped single-handedly move the PlayStation 2’s network adapter and headset into gamers’ homes. The debut of SOCOM 2 the following year created an immediate classic, and confirmed SOCOM as a franchise that would be with PlayStation for years to come - even as unsavoury hackers attempted to ruin players’ enjoyment.
Yet try as SOCOM would, lightning never seemed to strike thrice in the eyes of the series faithful. SOCOM 3, Combined Assault, Confrontation, and many more would all proceed to be good, if not great games in their own right - but whether helmed by Zipper or Slant Six, SOCOM never found its third pillar on which it could rest. And just as it seemed as if the series finally might, SOCOM 4 would both trip over its design, and fall into a hole burrowed out of the PlayStation Network Outage of 2011.
SOCOM was shattered, Zipper was shuttered, and one by one, the entire series would go offline - though the hardcore would continue to find ways to keep the series’ flame alive.
This is the rise and fall of SOCOM.
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the rise and fall of ninja gaiden
Socom 3 had plenty of small maps. It wasnt only big maps.
GVMERS i just want to say thank you it helps my depression (thank you)
Rise and Fall MechAssualt
GVMERS please do bionic commando and grin studio remakes its really sad what happened to that studio and a real shame
Socom 2 was my life... now im 30 yo and i still havent find a game that feels like socom 2... Headset only, no respawn, clans, it was soooo good
Gamebattles on a Friday night with the boys was a life complete
Those clan wars were the shit
its still lives .. usually 20-50 ppl on daily still...
@@kmart33 still lives where? I'd give my left nut to still play that game
@@cody7141 1upsdevelopment.com/pcsx2-socom-2-xlink/ and this guy made a video from this tutorial which I used... there's a discord as well to help you out. czcams.com/video/QvVRNfnxJ7E/video.html
These videos should be aired on The History Channel O_o
bloodrunsclear History channel doesn't show history anymore just Ancient aliens, pawn stars etc....
history channel should air history and not crap-o-vision.
cmdraftbrn Got'em
I was going to say, It only shows sanitized, pc stuff
Or a dedicated history channel just for games ; )
If SOCOM is revealed or even announced in PS5. I'll flip my shit.
same! It could be soooooo good with the current level of tech we have.
How would it be possible?
@T W I don't think so. Socom had some tactical gameplay. The squad mechanic was the main thing. Unless you mean the multiplayer. Then idk, I never played that.
@@cassolmedia dont be so sure, sony has fucked up big time on shooters before, and if it does come out what're the chances it's just a ghost recon level fuck up
@@mothdude4211 I may have misread the angst in that comment. I thought they were saying socom was basically call of duty... I have very little confidence in a faithful remake in today's climate. I can hope though lol
Jester, a legend that will forever remain in our hearts.
"She looks like she could pull that popsicle right off the stick"
"If I'm not there in 20, call the authorities..."
"Please tell me that's a candy bar"
@@Vvtism lol
I remember playing SOCOM at by buddy's house, and Jester was always the first SEAL to be KIA in our play sessions. To this day I always wondered if his AI reached peak derp levels.
This game will be forever in my heart
I didn't had alot of friends in school and was kind of a loner who got bullied.
Through this game i've made some friends i still have contact with today, i will always remember the fun we had during Clan wars and how it bonded us.
infuglenn bro my cousin and i hed people we knew by name across the world. We all went separate ways. One day we see someone on xbox 360 playing forza turned out to be a an old clan member i was like is that him were like no way. Plug in a mic and go did you ever play this game? Yea did you know this guy? Yea well guess what bitch its me 😂 it was fucking insane.
Sometimes it wss better to imagine your haters as the enemies in the game and unleash a massacre
Same here bro
Being from the U.K. and not much people know about Socom, I made a lot of PS friends from America playing this
I fuckin loved these games!! I used to play socom combined assault a lot. They will forever stay in my heart!! I loved kicking ass in these games!! I don't think I played the 1st one. And I haven't played Socom confrontation or Socom 4 yet..
30 years old now, SOCOM was a huge part of my "video game life". It was one of the first online multiplayer games. I remember playing SOCOM 1 online when I was 12 years old. A year after 9/11 happened in the United States. I remember being apart of a "clan" as we called them back then, with a bunch of real nice close knit guys. It was a lot different back then than it is now. Because the whole online thing was new you almost felt like you were truly friends with these guys. Some of the guys you played with would ship off to war, and you'd never hear from the guy again. I remember a guy from my clan sending me a beta version from fort brag ( i live in canada btw ) of the newest game that was about to come out. Looking back I can honestly say I lived through the best time when it came to online multiplayer video games. People will never experience the same thing now.
Comedy_ Yak your words are true that’s exactly how it was my clan wouldn’t even tea bag becouse it was desrespctful
Comedy_ Yak being 29, I can completely agree with you. Socom 1 and 2 played a huge roll of my gaming up bringing. S2 will probably always be my most played game, especially as far as shooters go.
Damn, I'm about the same age, and SOCOM 1 and 2 were all I played as a kid, I never played online though, just the single player over and over lol I fucking love those games🖤
I think most people like 2 the best, and Specter, and don't get me wrong, I love Specter and SOCOM 2, but I love me some Kahuna, and my Boomer🖤 The first one will always be my favorite.
They will never know because they were too busy playing on Xbox at the time :/.
I remember being 16 playing socom all night and day. I remember being so close to my clan of all different age groups to the point where we all met up in person and had a blast. I miss that and i miss how involved you had to be on socom. The competition. The rivalry. People would actually remember who you were! You actually had a reputation! Im 28 now and when i play ps4 its just a bunch of randomness. Its hard to get into these games now, cuz socom was all freestyle. You made of it what you wanted to. The games now seem so choreographed.
Exactly!!!
Hearing the music for the first time in years hit me right in the feels.
SOCOM was such a good series.... It needs a reboot
Slightly Washed Pod it’s to late now sadly
look out for H-HOUR on Steam. its 5$ or 10$ depending on when and where you are from.
SUPPORT THE SOCOMS GAMES, get h-hour GET YOUR ASS ONLINE AND BRING YOUR FU&*&*(KING team online.
CLAN WARS , PICK A MAP , A MODE. WE BEST OF 3 IN CROSSROAD
GOOD LUCK HAVE FUN.
@NotoriousMMA16
Yes but no.
It’s never really „too“ late for reboots, there could some completely different developer, maybe even indie Studio come up and say *aight let’s make a worthy remake* and the game could be good nonetheless.
Also I want a worthy remake of Conflict Desert Storm ! (Kinda the same game)
Slightly Washed Pod yes it does
Sony clowns dont wanna do it. Would be nice if it could be crowd funded somehow.
I am SOCOM old school gamer.
I've been watching this video with a mixture of sadness and sorrow feelings..
No words left to say and I am pretty sure all my fellow SOCOMs feel the same.
DMR Builder gotta get on the xlink bro
I’m with you on this bro
No doubt bro
I am with you my brother but am sure we would rise again
i miss Socom 2 😢
Me, my dad & uncle would play this together every day. They taught me everything I know about gaming & socom was my very first multiplayer. I’ll never forget
*This game was literally my childhood and time spend with my father when I got PlayStation two for the first time... We played almost all levels and all the sequels of it together and this nostalgia really hits hard... Some really good* memories right there.
I salute zipper and all Socom fans for their dedication.🇺🇸
Back when games were pure fun with no pay wall
yeah it was good than
The narrator is almost too good for this channel.
Pumpactionmusket I hope they pay him good!
I hope one day he'll narrate high budget documentaries which fuel my weekly weed smokin sessions
Pumpactionmusket This is what a PhD in video game history sounds like.
Pumpactionmusket pretty sure it’s an automated voice or text to speech system, they use things like this all the time in corporate and university technology systems for trainings, presentations etc. you’d be surprised what voice technology could do.
If you listen very carefully to inhaling, exhaling, intonation, and pronunciation of words and phrases, sometimes the narrator sounds unnatural, and more like a robot or a text to speech system than a person. Can’t confirm without putting a face to him though.
Johann Labertaler you just gave gay children cancer
The most addicting game ever as a kid! Clan wars till 6 am 😂😂
Man just hearing the ost gave me goosebumps 15 years later. This game was such a huge part of my childhood
That "Seals Victorious" gave me a BIG 😁
You and me both ❤️ SOCOM 3
Growing up playing Socom 2 at it's peak was amazing. There was nothing else like it at the time, it really was the turning point on the PS2 online community. Night's I'd spend with my buddies in lobbies all taking turns on the mic because only one person could speak at a time!
Video Bryan memories endless nights in us east 2 or eseals looking for clan wars.
Their system was perfection, the ranking was based on skill ans strategy, clan system was ultimate made many friends and the best part Dancing on my enemies bodies LOL way better dances than FORNITE
Ryu Cartel . . . U serious? SIGN ME UP FAM!!!
Ryu Cartel I already have Insurgency as it was an alternative to Counter Strike. Time to get online and disappoint my teammates! :D
Ryu Cartel will this work with Mac?!
I loved SOCOM so much when I was younger that I managed to print out sheet music and got my middle school band director, who was also a game nerd, to teach everyone how to play a bunch of the soundtrack.
It was a thing of beauty.
Did you record it because that would be So awesome!!
@@RealAndrewOrtiz Yeah that would be nice
@@wizbromanakajeffthejoykill7635 absolutely nice
@@RealAndrewOrtiz I know we played the main theme for socom 2 at a concert and it was recorded but that was son long ago the chances of me finding that thing are like... basically zero lol
@@Spartan_Jackal wow you gotta find it I mean it's really cool
I feel like the narrator should be teaching me about dinosaurs
Mountaineer Actual well the game is a technically a dinosaur now.
I met some of my best friends who I never met in real life through SOCOM. Amazing series with a great community.
Just hearing the music brought me back . I loved this series especially Socom 2
same, my friend. same.
Socom vet here I miss s2 so much n confrontation lol
Ryu Cartel elaborate? Does it work?
Ryu Cartel lol oh well I have it i just gotta re install it. Doing it now. Hope it works lol
Aurora yes it does go on the workshop for insurgency and look up the Socom mod(Its made by redline if that helps) should have download links etc for you. Great mod
Your voice is what I imagine AI text to speech is going to sound like in the future
If I ever wanted text-to-speexh voice I would gladly have C&C's CABAL or EVA.
Lol it feels like im watching a training video at work.
Spoiler he is ai!!!!!!!!
Yeahhh this fucker *enunciates*
I still remember the very first time I got my hands on SOCOM NAVY SEALS! My god I was so damn immersed in that game. And one day my techy uncle has mentioned a thing called system link and said you will be able to play against other people, my mind was absolutely blown!! It was amazing. And I wish they would do a remaster of the first game. So damn iconic
“FRAG OUT”
"This fog is thicker than my mamas chilli"
"They zigged when they should have zagged."
"Now this is Riding in style"
Ra-he-laaaaaaaa!
"RAHILAAA!"
SOCOM was my life. I'm not really kidding. I had never been so completely engrossed and wrapped in a game until then, and I haven't been since. In 2002 I was in 10th grade. I bought the internet adapter to slap on the back of my big brick PS2. It was the first online game I had ever played. The intensity added when you knew you were playing real people and not a computer was something I had never experienced before. It was addictive. The fact that everyone had a mic meant not just team work and strategy, but socialization and friendship. Playing predominately in a mode that didn't just let you respawn made you really think about if you wanted to risk dying and sit and wait 5 minutes for the next round. No game has given me the same adrenaline as when it's down to just you against maybe 3 or 4 other guys, you know your teammates are all watching you, and you pull out the upset to comeback and win.
I actually thought 3 was great. What wasn't mentioned here is that there was a huge uproar when the game required a credit card to be played online. They promised not to charge it (and they didn't) I think it was meant as a tactic to control the amount of fraudulent accounts being made for hacking, but a ton of people didn't trust it. I knew I had to rely on my dad to trust me with his credit card. Much of the players weren't at the age where they had a credit card. Also, the larger maps are cited as a reason people got scared away. I think that's probably bogus because every map had a "small" version, and anybody that stuck around long enough to actually play them saw that they were really fun and usually more popular than the larger versions.
What really killed SOCOM was Confrontation. I was in college by then and didn't have a PS3 anyway, but my buddies that I played with all said it was a hot piece of garbage and that was largely due to the change in developers and that they didn't make the system leap to PS3. Anything that came after that wasn't trusted. I never played any SOCOM that wasn't on PS2. I conformed to playing Modern Warfare and Halo because everyone in college was, they were fun games but my friends quickly mocked me for how many times I'd say "In SOCOM..." when talking about a cool feature that wasn't in those games. It just had so much that I haven't seen in gaming since. So many filters for the maps, good game modes, night/day toggle, vehicles toggle, etc.
I guess it's good there isn't a game like this out there anymore because I'm an adult with a fiancee, career, house, responsibilities, etc. and not some teenager that lives with mom and has unlimited time on his hands anymore. But damn I miss that game.
I remember watching my cousins play Socom 1 and 2 when I was really young. I imagine they were just as excited as you . I’m glad I got to experience some of the glory days as a kid
There are rumors floating around that Sony's Guerilla Games is apparently working on a SOCOM game for the PS5.
I'm glad someone else mentioned the video was wrong about the small maps and 16 player games being removed in S3. Hell, over half the S3 footage they showed were from small maps, some of which was from an S2 map. How they got that wrong is beyond me but it's otherwise a good documentary. I never played Confrontation but I did play 4 and it was complete dogshit. The campaign was so annoying that I never finished it, and I played the co-op and competitive modes for about an hour before trading it in.
The PSP games were a lot of fun as well despite the lack of technical features
Agreed 100% , I played all day and night especially during 2 week Christmas breaks. I was highly addicted.
omg lmao now i remember finding sketchy credit card number generators and trying a ton of them before one worked so i could finally create a second account. those were the days.
This would have been a show on G4 back in the day.
Twisted Operator icons used to be that. Rip g4.
They use to have Socom competition on G4.
There was a show called The Arena where they played SOCOM tournaments I think
IMO The greatest game ever conceived. Many hours as a young teen spent online playing with friends. Really hope someday they can revive this series.
I remember playing this game at my grandpas house (I took it everywhere) I recall him getting upset and saying “these games are too realistic these day’s” being a WW2 vet that lost friends and family to the war, he wasn’t happy.
Damn that's crazy
I don't have a PS4, but it Sony came out with a Socom 1 or 2 remastered. I would buy a PS5 just for that game. Damn I miss Socom
And Socom misses you
FunkyCold theirs a rumor that a new socom game is being developed by guerrilla games for the PS5. Just a rumor, but there is some evidence. We know that guerrilla is indeed working on a Multiplayer game alongside HZD2.
Same here and my wife would kill me hearing those grenades go off again
Man all 46 of us would play 😂 but really I would
Remake the first game with the same online maps & new ones. Although it probably wouldn't be as popular these days & that's unfortunate.
I only play a little bit of SOCOM 1 on the PS2 and recently bought SOCOM 4 on the PS3. Sony needs to bring this franchise back. Thanks for the video GVMERS!!
BlackFlame450 socom 2 was the goat
BlackFlame450 4 is great
God bless you Seth Luisi for helping with the development of the headset. SOCOM would not have been the same without it and I might not have ever built a love for multiplayer games otherwise.
the memories of coming back to watch some socom videos....man the good days of gaming
SOCOM 2 was FANTASTIC. I spent so many days as a kid playing Desert Glory.
Fish Hook too!
PT crossroads frostfire fox hunt requiem rats nest nightstalker blizzard sandstorm sujo enowapi blood lake rotten jungle ruins mixer shadows fall I remember all boys (I missed a couple lmao)
Hated shadow falls
Just get XLInK on PC theres guides to hook it back up
I played Confrontation in our local movie theater a lot with 5.1 Dolby digital surround sound. I feel like they should win an award for the time they put into that game with JUST the sound effects alone. Every gun sounded different (unlike Destiny or COD) and the realism of grenades/explosives was unreal. You could hear bullets whizzing past your head. Confrontation was definitely my favorite after all the bugs were patched. Too bad it didn't have all of the SOCOM 2 maps and single player mode.
Best Audio Ever!
I was addicted AF to Socom Confrontation, all time favorite game ever made. We need a Socom Reboot for real but released on PS/PC.
I've never met better online friends than in SOCOM 3! I was a squeaky middle schooler brought into a clan with members many years my senior. They were friends, role models, and confidants for a kid that didn't quite fit in. They made me laugh and gave me life lessons. I really wish there was another game out there that had such a nice community. Maybe, one day I'll be in a clan that helps teach the younger generation but, I doubt it. There's just not games like SOCOM anymore.
SOCOM 2 online was my life ! I remember beating the campaign on admiral just to get every character for multiplayer lol
Same. I still always think about socom 2. Used to play all day right after school. Go to ur friends house and hook up both ps2s
Game was so dope!!
same i remember playing mp was awesome
14 000 hours on my main account only on socom 2. I never reached that love and passion ever in my life.
And i doupt i will ever
SAME!!!!
The memories of being 13 playing Socom Combined Assault on my PS2, what a simpler time.
Man, this game is my childhood; it got me into online gaming. SOCOM may be gone, but I will have the memories forever. Thank you, Zipper Interactive.
Thanks for putting this video together. I miss this game so much. I hope we see another one day
Do you want to play Socom 1/2/3/CA online again ?
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You're Welcome.
Speaking as someone that was there for all of it, this video is very accurate.
I think the greatest and most looked over thing that made socom great, was the Lobby system! Being able to easily hook up with your clan, invite another clan to your room and talk shit before your battle!... Till this day, I remember every clan I was apart of, and still keep in contact with some of the members via social media..
Made some life long friends there
No politics. No feelings hurt. Just a holes with 16x scope M4s and green lights....but screw that out of map sniper. He sits in hell. Lol
G^ 😂
[You wrote :the greatest and most looked over thing that made socom great, was the Lobby system} .My comment : Yes that what was fantastic about socom & hardware online arena that being the lobby & talking smack at opponents hahaha
Socom confrontation server is back in 2021. Join SAVECONFRONTATION discord for more info discord.gg/cBYDYWWm
Once SOCOM Confrontation was patched, it was so much fun to play. I put in countless hours with my clan online. SOCOM 1, 2, 3, and CA were all amazing fun on the PS2 and still are pure nostalgia in single player... RIP to my most favorite gaming series...
It was a buggy unplayable mess but once the “tax day” patch (as we called it) dropped, that shut was AMAZING!
Which goes to show once again that it’s better to delay a product and fix the issues rather than release it with issues. Sony And slant six were trying to get out the gate early on those holiday sales which just ruined it. They could’ve waited till summer and had a good initial reviews which would’ve helped sales.
@@IncognitoSprax could of kept the series alive if sony wasnt greedy rip the best game imo of all time Socom Confrontation
F
I miss those days 😔
It...must...survive...😭
I played Socom on the PSP as a kid. Absolutely loved it. It was actually the first game I ever played through :)
i still remember booting up socom II for the first time after being obsessed with the 1st one. I got to play all night on my grandparents big screen tv. i was hooked all over again.
Do you want to play Socom 1/2/3/CA online again ?
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You're Welcome.
Anyone remember Conflict: Desert Storm?
Another amazing game series!
yeah lol everyone killed the goats whilst playing co-op with a friend
Yes. It had a terrible auto-aim feature.
I still have it! I loved that game and the second one.
Loved them, 1,2 and the Vietnam one were all good. Playing the living shit out of ghost recon wildlands, ghost mode w/assists, compass, markers all off, much more immersive, probably smash the controller to bits when I die though
Anybody else here used to fire the M16 like a automatic?
M8.
I remember when s2 first came out no one used it. Then like a year later it was the go to gun. M14 went from the hardest gun to use to the noob gun lol.
M4A1 SD on seals. M16A2 or M14 on terrorists.
Awesome work on this beloved game in which I, along with many other former players sorely miss. Thank you again for this form of "closure".
I miss this game so much 😪
Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days
As a former SCEA employee (Foster City CA) who was with the company at the height of SOCOM and the first two consoles. I would pay for a PS5 if a remastered version of 1 and 2 were released.
Thizlamic same here
What Intel can you provide us with about said incident involving employment at SCEA?
They should do that with the ps5.... They could make so..SO much money..
what does you being a former employee have anything to do with what you just said....and ull buy a ps5 regardless
Socom 1&2 was leadership boards. You could rank up and get knocked down based on how well you did. Vehicles and big maps ruined it.
All they had to do was make everything look a little better and carry rank over with each iteration it would have never lost popularity.
SOCOM 1 and 2 were masterpieces I used to not sleep when i was in high school cuz of this game. Crossroads and fishook best maps
nahnahnah forstfire is still the best map
well yeah fak forgot that one but yes way too much fun and clans were perfection also ranking system
Socom 2 Crossroads was the best. I almost failed high school cause of this game. Literally participated in thousands of clan battles.
Clan matches on Blood Lake were the worst lol
yes clan battles were so perfect plus people worked as a team back then unlike now that everyone goes everywhere n does their own thing some people dont even talk or communicate. back then it was required
Socom literally changed my life. It wasn't just a game for me... it was the first time where me and my dad spent a huge amount of time together. I was so young, but my dad loved playing with me. Because of nostalgia, and memories... this is thee best game ever made.
the first 2 game are so nostalgic to me ,I'm sad about not playing none of the other games and even more to see how the franchize and the team ended up
This is just sad. SOCOM is the biggest reason why I've always despised COD. It influenced so many of my favorite shooters and turned them into complete shit or killed them off entirely.
Thank God there's still passionate fans/developers out there trying to keep SOCOM alive. You guys can't be thanked enough.
theDiReW0lf Have you tried Ghost Recon Wildlands??? It's like an open world SOCOM...Although your AI teammates are a bunch of Boomers haha...
I loved commanding the guys with the headset.
@@dl30wpb GRW and SOCOM cant be compared, SOCOM were better
I WILL BE DOING MY BEST TO GET BACK TO SOCOM COMMUNITY. NEED TO BUY A PS2.
Ghost Recon Wildlands is shit. The only good Ghost Recon game was the first one... Every single one after that sucked ass.
Socom 2 was the greatest gaming of my life the community was so good
Socom 2 remastered would be the greatest thing to ever happen to playstation
I never played older games online so I don't know about the community, but I completely agree with both of you, SOCOM 1 and 2 are the best games I've ever played, I need them again, they need to be put in the ps store to buy digitally on ps4.
I'd happily pay $50 for a remastered package for ps4 containing SOCOM 1 and 2.
we had a lot of great memories
Goddammit I used to love socom 2 so fucking much.
love how you put so much effort and research into each video. i love it a seriously underated channel.
I have to mention I am among a very few good men who accomplished a ten year span of training with SOCOM. Just how many hours, head shots, hits, kills, missions accomplished is unknown and incredibly high numbers. I retired from all video games in 2012. I sold all game consoles and games except for SOCOM series. Hats off to anyone who played this series for decade. I did not play online though. I had fulltime work, biking, hiking, golf , weights and a plethora of other hobbies. Be well rounded. Always be active and strong in body, mind, spirit.
Godspeed☆
With 3rd person shooters becoming mainstream, it's time for the revival.
What 3rd person shooters? Battle Royals and 3rd person Moba's dont count., havent seen/played a good 3rd person shooter for years.
I would say PUBG but it's a BR game and those are not gud.
@@cmeier360 Uncharted series
@@hells_rogue_chief4488 uncharted
I'd buy a PS4 just for that
"Socom didn't just die, it was murdered"
Damian Rice Cleanprincegaming; is that you?
Its was Robbed,Tortured Then Murdered.
Don’t worry Guerilla is bringing it back
I really would like to know who made Zipper think they had to compete with COD ...Zipper got all zippers 🤔Socom lives forever
socom II still around even today ppl still online
Damn this music is making me feel nostalgic. As a hardcore fan of the series I appreciate this video. I started playing the SOCOM series in I want to say 2004 when I was 14. It was SOCOM 2. I started playing it one night when my mom went to my older brothers place for something. He let me try it out and was immediately fascinated and hooked. I couldn't believe this technology at the time and speaking to others through a headset was a new thing to me and frankly I didn't know if it was real or not lol. Broadband Internet wasn't a mainstay in a lot of peoples and my parents couldn't afford it. So in order to get my fix I had arrangements to go to my older brothers house every weekend. Hell, I even remember going out and buying a network adapter for my PS2 and bringing it over to his house just so we could play together. I spent so much time playing SOCOM 2. My parents eventually got internet for a whopping price of $35 a month for unlimited high speed broadband with no data cap like today. It was so much fun I remember coming home from school every day and delaying doing homework just so i can hop online to play with my clan. Frostfire, Fishhook, Desert Glory, and Crossroads in my opinion are still among of the greatest multiplayer maps ever in my opinion. Years passed and new SOCOM games started to release and I would continue only to play SOCOM 2 although it wasn't as frequent as I did in my earlier days. So I purchased SOCOM 4 and it released the same week that Anonymous hacked the network and it was down for a while. I remember being so mad because all of the friends that I made back in my childhood days were going to be reunited and our old guild would be back.The network eventually came back and we ended up getting the band back together but it just wasn't the same. It didn't feel like SOCOM. No leaning around corner nothing the shooting felt off and on top of that you played as NATO Forces not SEALs. Years have passed by since then and I recently came across a bundle of SOCOM 2 and a slim PS2 with a built in network adapter and discovered a new way to play online. XLINK KAI revived my once burning passion for SOCOM but it was so bad online. Code 9ers and Glitchers everywhere. I would get booted all the time it was just not the same. So Zipper went out of business so I guess there is no hope for a Socom 2 HD remaster. Although I don't play SOCOM anymore, nothing will ever take away the memories and friends that I made and still have today. and believe it or not I was a LEGIT captain that nearly made Admiral before the fuckheads took over.
And the community are still waiting for Sony to revive this franchise. Thank you for this video. It was great!!
SOCOM Fire Team Bravo 2 was my jam
wolfkilljoy oh dang
My man. 3 was pretty good too.
Oh man the memories
Yes. You My Fam have Standards.
saaaaame
I freakin' loved the SOCOM series back then. Learned so much more about it from this video. Keep up the hard work GVMERS!
SOCOM 2 was my favorite game as a kid, miss it dearly.
What a great video. So interesting that all of these franchises were gaming staples of my formative years, and few of them survived.
When I heard the socom theme song tears came to my eyes
GOD that parachuting boot scene never fails to give me goosebumps. Time to rev up the old station and get some nostalgia going.
this game was my life when i was a teenager now im 32
I remember every map, every glitch: ninja jump 😁!
I played this 2 weeks without going outside my friend came over. he taught i was dead 😆
And my internet limit was allways full because of this game
my heart melting watching this...i got into the series with socom 2 after hearing how socom 1 was. It was the game that got me into shooters. Love playing with Mr. clan in foxhunt oh we play everyday....such wonderful memories.😢💖
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The thing that made socom 1 and 2 online multiplayer what it was, was THE MOVEMENTS of the players, the damage each bullet would inflict on the body, the straffing back and forth, the AIMING of the shooter. These things required skill and practice. Even the shape of the cross hairs and the size of bodies on the screen were important, as were map size and team size. This was the core of the game. The follow up games needed to keep these core features to have success, and any changes needed to be to the outer layers of the game. New maps, better graphics, etc.. are outer layers. All these idiot developers had to do was keep the core of the game and update a few of the outer layers and they would have kept community support and continued to grow.
Socom 1, 2 were the peak of online shooters in my opinion and no game has ever come close to matching them.
Gary Baker one of the few games that really counted true head shots
Do we know if the narrator or other staff at GVMERS read the comments? I don't recall ever seeing them around.
For what it's worth, I think you guys do an insanely good job, not only with amazing production value and quality but you push content far more frequently than should be physically possible considering the work put in. Well job, good done.
Yes, very much read the comments, and I very much appreciate your comment as well! Thank you!
The Combined Assault game was one of the greatest things of my childhood, it will stick with me forever, especially it's soundtrack, my god that masterpiece still gives me goosebumps to these days. Thanks auntie for gifting me such a piece of art, love you!
You can still play online
@@user-hc4jn8sd2u that's crazy, but i guess there's no one playing right?
@@inaki.arambarri games up every night on CA 8pm est s2 has 50+ a night
Anyone here after rumours for the new SOCOM ? I swear if it's true I'll cry
I felt that
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GB’ing all night long with your buddies on Socom was one of my most memorable moments in competitive gaming. Never again will there ever be a skill based TPS like Socom 2. 😢
I miss the days where the community would come together and vote off players who tried to ruin games. Shoutouts to anyone that remembers No IW/GL/M3’s.
Right!!! Those were the days.. the Clan Wars were my favorite... i remember the guys had me get my skills up before i played in a war... lol Socom 2 will always be remembered and missed.
Shut up you were a wall camping butter stick
Lol those were the overpowered weapons if I’m not mistaken. I was 13 when I played these socoms so I was young but I definitely love frostfire and crossroads!
As much as I'm also an Among Us player (to lessen stress these days), I really miss these SOCOM days as well.
Confrontation released in 08 if the servers were still up I'd still play it daily. It is now 2019 and im still pissed!
Real talk.
Green up
FLORES_OF_TEXAS meto
It's 2020 and about a decade later I am still crying over this game and how underrated it was.
Still nothing can touch socom
Socom 3 U.S navy seals helped me get through my younger years. It opened up a world of adventure online and off. It brings back memories of plugging in my network adapter and begging my mom to let me her use her credit card to buy the dlc skins and weapons.
For me, if Socom were to be revitalized, it would be fun but never like when it first came out. This is my idea with remastering any classic game i.e classic WOW. Its an awesome idea non the less, but cant live up to the feeling we all achieved when playing our child hood games for the first time.
Great times Socom!
Damn this hits home, socom 2 is number one in my heart. Back then it was their own demise trying to copy what other successful franchises were doing. With the variety of games out now PS5 would be the perfect time for a Socom 2 remaster or just revival of the series.
Im not emotionally ready
But i will watch this one day
It was a hard watch. Brought back so many feels.
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I didn't know a lot of people had issue with Socom 3. I loved the addition of vehicles and big maps.
That’s why it wasn’t as good as Socom 2. Nothing will beat that game
God imagine SOCOM today on PS5 with dualsense and haptics with today's graphical power. Now that COD is Microsoft's property, SONY needs to reconsider bringing something like this back into light.
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Sony is dumb, they literally have many of the greatest shooters franchises of all time under their belt and choose not to use them: socom, resistance, killzone, even an online only uncharted multi-player would be killer.
Socom had the best community ever and still does. Miss this series my whole teenage years made numerous friends I still talk to this day.
Socoms community was racist, toxic, homophobic, and exploited the game with cheats. Socoms community was awful
The community as whole was toxic as shit. Most unhelpful noob unfriendly cocksuckers ever to grace online gaming. Best online gaming experiance of my life. Unironically 75% of my current online friende were also socom friends.
The tg211 you think socom was bad try growing up playing cod4 bro.
I moved from SOCOM to COD 4. Believe me when i tell you SOCOMs community was more toxic, by far.
The tg211 imo I'd have to disagree yea there were toxic players in socom but other then hardcore shit talkers I ran into few people who wanted me to stop playing etc cod was worse by 100 miles.I've been called a nigger wayyyy more on cod then socom back in the day and even then that was little to none. That's just my experience though.
Man, me and my buddies loved us some SOCOM on PS2 and dancing over defeated enemies!
How much do they pay you to be here?
Nobody gives a fuck about Insurgency on PC. People want SOCOM for console, not a mod for some completely different PC game that attempts to copy SOCOM.
Insurgency is dead, hence why you apparently have to wait until 9pm just to find a fucking room to play in. Hahaha
Easy, calm down there peasant. The guy is just recommending some SOCOM style goodness. Which we could all use in our lives.
Ha! You probably did! I gave away PLENTY of kills while I was dancing around! I got such a kick out of it. I'll check this Insurgency out. Thanks!
StayPlation so true no other game can out socom SOCOM
Dancing over enemies while sending a rick James taunt lol
Just found your channel and I love it. Good work
I can still remember the moment I opened socom 2 and played for the 1st time. didnt know it then, but one of the best gaming moments in my life.
SOCOM1 & 2 REMASTER PLEASE! I WOULD BUY IN A HEART BEAT!! PLZ SONY!!!
take my money 💰
Ghost recon breakpoint? Its better than Socom
@@imicairo6192 No. I loved GR Wildlands, but it still was no SOCOM
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Fuck yeah!
keep it up SOCOM 1 and 2 where part of my childhood good times !!!
Hey there’s a Rumor going around about a socom reboot coming to ps5! I hope it’s true!!!!
Gosh darn it, the intro music got me right away. The lobby music for socom 2 and 3 were freaking AWESOME! Such nostalgia man.
My childhood was freakin awesome with this game. I can remember it like it was yesterday the first time I put the headset on at my friends house who was playing this.
The fact that you can talk to other people and play online against eachother freakin blew my MIND. It was so ahead of its time and pure fun and competitive.
Once my friend told me I had to buy the internet adapter for the back of the ps2 to play online I instantly went and got one for myself and the game with the headset.
THE GOOD OLD DAYS!!
GRENADA!!!!
1v1 me up the middle on crossroads!!
IW80 NOOB!
M14 SCRUB! LOL
I was so freakin good at shooting the M16 fast it sounded like it was auto! The way the burst fire worked on the M16 made it so you really had to time the burst perfectly to get it to shoot fast and really had a skill gap and that’s one reason what made socom so fun. I remember some people literally couldn’t use it because it was to hard to shoot it fast. I had the timing down perfect haha. Back when fire button was R1!
Frost fire was my all time favorite!
I don't know about anyone else but I get the feeling we are going to have videos about bioware bungie 343 treyarch infinity ward and sledgehammer games on the rise and fall of these studios a lot sooner then later .
Rondais Fort u right
Man I remember MAG only started playing it in 2013 but still had a lot of fun with it. I wish there was a game like it now.
AK40CHICKEN i bought MAG when it came out, i tried to understand the game but i never really underatood anything that was going on or how to do things. I played ot for like 2 months, but then my profile got delete out of no where and i had to restart over and i gave up. The game was bad.
Its animations and movements where terrible. The shooting mechnics were awful too. The graphics were ok but it was the art style that made everything look like shit and hard to see. The frame rate was bad. The sound design was bad too.
Planet side 2 is semi similar
I do agree ps2 is closest to it atm. However if you have a laptop, dont hope it'll run smoothly
Socom Confrontation left me with some of my best gaming memories in my life. Genuinely a great online shooter and I made tons of friends in my clan that I still talk with to this day. That was when I was 14 and here we are 13 years later. Crazy how time flies.
Socom Confrontation always gave me that old school feeling of Socom 2. There was far too much hate on this game, which killed the series in itself. Hope to see something similar to Confrontation sometime.
Barbells and Games the bashing of confrontation is what got us SOCOM 4 and then no SOCOM
Can’t agree with u more. Confrontation was always a good game I had no problems with especially after patches. Even a remake of that would be a blessing. Socom 4 on the other hand ruined this series. They tried to make a cod and socom combination which failed horribly.
Socom was the first game that I truly fucking loved.
The online was amazing.
Unreal that no one has fucking remade socom or made a ACTUAL AAA new socom game
I might be alone here but I logged soooooo many hours on the fire team bravo series. Particularly number 2. The online for this game was insane for its time. AND ON A FREAKING MOBILE CONSOLE! man I cannot Express how much I loved these games. And these maps. Ugh! I wish I could go back in time when the lobbies were full and play it.
I logged a lot of hours into the PSP titles too. But mostly the campaigns. Played little competitive in those games. Still fun though
Those psp versions of socom were not bad at all. I enjoyed em. They shouldve made a Vita one.
@dayzgone Being able to complete a crosstalk objective and it affecting other version of the game, to this day, impresses me
I'm with you. Me and my best friend played the hell out of that. The levels, customization, clans, community all added to an incredible experience. Even the hackers were kind of funny
This video has elicited an emotional response from me. I convinced my mother to upgrade to DSL for "school research," but really it was so that I could play this game.
Tactical Strike was completely different from other SOCOM games, but it was the one I was most addicted to. I wish there were more games like it.
Hear hear!
Slight correction, Socom originally came bundled with a special SOCOM branded headset. Sony released a different official headset that was different. Both were decent-good quality.
Just came across this tonight and will for ever miss playing with the Sea Snipers. Our clan was a brotherhood and we had each other backs. Rator if you ever see this thanks for letting [SS] Hellboy join the clan, and other members that come across this I will for ever remember you. In my 50’s now and still playing various titles on PS4.
Wu Wulfman here. I remember playing with all the [SS].
Great documentary! God, I pray for a remaster or a new game in the franchise! Still my favorite series of all time! The series that got my into online gaming and the best online competitive shooters of all time! Nothing will ever touch the ps2 socom series legacy ever! Please bring it back! If done right, it would be the best comeback ever in gaming history! Even if the original trilogy was just remastered for ps4 or 5. I’d never play another game again lol! It would make so many people happy and gain new fans as well!