Solitary brother….. now has some friends After the severe disappointment that was SOCOM: Confrontation, Zipper Interactive have a pretty big hill to climb. Not only was Confrontation lacking any single player campaign, the multiplayer was limited and so heavily bug-ridden that most gamers didn't...

Solid gameplay; entertaining co-op and multiplayer; decent character models; stealth sections are great; if sparse

Confusing story; muddy textures and sound; plays too safe with gameplay; doesn't do enough to stand out

debuted in 2002, such territory was uncharted for console gamers. The title launched on the PS2, pioneering the use of the platform's USB headset and online adapter. Subsequent sequels spearheaded the movement into the next hardware generation, and the franchise later spawned a line of spinoffs on...

SOCOM fans will love Special Forces/4. The controls are tight, especially for issuing orders to your team, the stealth missions are a superb experience and the weapon levelling is a nice extra touch to the game.

In conclusion, SOCOM: 4 (Special Forces) is without a doubt the next true sequel to Zipper's beloved franchise. Although I may be a SOCOM fan at heart, this definitely is one of the very few multiplayer games on the PS3 that has the potential to last a very long time competitively.

SOCOM, the crack US Navy Seals unit that's been with us since the early days of the Playstation 2, has returned to kick some more third-person behinds in this attempt to rekindle the series' success after a few recent misfires....

I did not let some of the negative reviews on here put me off buying this game. It seems difficult to please most people nowadays, they bring out a beta (a very very toned down version of the online MP) to iron out any issues prior to release and people stupidly start slating the game and giving bad...

great game

Forget most of what you might read, this game is pretty good. The story is a bit cheesy, but then the same can be said of similar games and war films. The gameplay is similar to previous incarnations, but seems to have been a bit more refined, and reminded me of the better 'Conflict' games from back...

Engaging Story Line; Gameplay

SOCOM's been in the game for a lengthy volume of years now, so you would expect it to have reached the ultimate heights of quality gameplay mechanics, top notch AI, graphics to rival the best of them and an unrivaled mastery of storytelling and character development.

There is fun to be had here, but by being unable to connect past distinguishing features and moderns sensibilites, SOCOM: Special Forces is unable to do enough to stand out of the crowd.