Wait haven't I played this before?
Zipper Interactive has made one of the best online shooters in the Socom series. But with that said, isn't it time to buy the game and feel like you are getting something "New and Improved"? With the exclusion of the addition of the online coop play, I feel like I've been here and done that. The same maddening loading time at the beginning of the game and the insane time it takes to get online should have been dealt with by now. I find myself being able to down my beverage of choice, from the refreshing sound of the bottle opening to the last tasty drop, every time that I lag out of a map or get booted for some unknown reason. Nothing is more frustrating than being in a Clan War, getting booted and having to wait while the whole game reboots before returning. Why do we have to watch the "Zipper Interactive Opening Scene" time and time again? Yes we all know who made the game and thank you, but get me back in the mix faster please! Now that my rant is over, the game is just like all the other Socom's in my humble opinion. Good, but could be better.
And does anyone else out there think that Socom 3 and Combined Assault were release a bit to close together? I just hope that Zipper hasn't taken a play out of Madden's secret book and started releasing a new game every year that's the same as the one before.