SOCOM Beta problem

wow, seriously, the worse?bam706

I haven't played Socom since the very 1st one but I preordered the bundle for the headset which comes with the game for $10. It took several tries to get on the server for some reason and I have a T1 connection, after making my character I headed to play, you have options of what channel to pick which is a breakdown of East, Central etc. I pick to join a game and when I get in the lobby I instantly green up to play but others havent, so people are screaming threw their mics to ready up and I have yet to find a mute button but the problem is there is no countdown so those that have not greened up is preventing us from playing. Are host cant find or there is not a kick button, so people leave, I join several rooms like this for about 20 min till, either the host knew how to operate the room or I got lucky. I was geeked for my 1st match only to be looking at the loading screen for about 2-3 min, when it started I noticed lag of jump, it would be cool for a moment then get choppy and the hit detection is off, I understand it a beta and they have a month to get it together but right now I'm displeased.

I admit it my 2nd Socom since the very 1st one but I picked it up fast, I play a lot of shooters from Gears to MGO, COD but this feels like the worst shooter I have ever played, I will give it another chance later though.

It seems like their forums are getting flooded with people with a wide range of random problems, this may be the worst beta launch in video game history. I've been in many many betas, even the Warhawk beta and it most certainly wasn't plagued with these types of issues. :(gamer082009

so how are the graphics, and the gameplay.bam706

It seems like their forums are getting flooded with people with a wide range of random problems, this may be the worst beta launch in video game history. I've been in many many betas, even the Warhawk beta and it most certainly wasn't plagued with these types of issues. :(gamer082009

I guess you have forgotten how Warhawk beta was at first.

Warhawk beta was full with complaints, the forums where getting bombarded as well.

Most of my complaints are caused by the clunky user interface, for example it takes a few seconds for stuff to load when youre customizing but I can look past that, it's really just a bunch of little things that eventually add up. For example the inconsistent lag icon coming up where it freezes you for a couple seconds, I hate that and I know it's not my connection. I've died a few times because it froze me in a spot and I got owned. Another thing is the character in crouch position but he's standing up, and then you tap Triangle to stand and then tap it again to crouch, he is still standing. WTF? I got to use the claymores, they were very satisfying killing someone with them. The grenades are kinda screwy, the guy will do the whole throwing animation but he wont toss the grenade, I dunno what the deal is with that.

I successfully knifed someone my first game, it was awesome, snuck up on the guy and knifed him in the back, instant death.

Demolition is fun, but apparently now to pick up the bomb you have to press X while standing on top of it now, as opposed to just running over it to pick it up. The nightvision rocks and XR at night rocks. The scopes are great on the guns but sometimes I don't really think the guns are shooting where the crosshair is pointed when looking thru the scope.

The loading times are really inconsistent, sometimes its a decent minute or two to load and others it takes what feels like an eternity to load 8v8 crossroads.

Well that's sort of true, but at the same time, they pushed this "Beta" back a week and it's still this buggy, which brings up the question how will the final product be if they have 1 month to get it all right? Only time will tell but it seems to me that really the only main problem is the network stability i.e. lag, loading times, getting stuck at the round completed screen when everyone else is in the lobby. Really just a lot of network stuff to fix..

I also just encountered a problem with a respawn suppression game, I joined, and was in spectator mode, but I could not join and there was no option to join so I had to quit then rejoin the game.....