SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs

"- Best Game On The PS2 So Far -"

SOCOM II is a great game and is truly a PS2 masterpiece. Here is a fair review on the game, and some explanations.

GRAPHICS: 9/10
The first thing you notice when you play the game are the graphics. They are almost exactly alike to SOCOM, except there are tons of more enviremental detail. The sky is more realisitc, the trees and brush. The details as you can tell, have been stepped up a notch. All of the old glitches on the old maps are all fixed also, for more fun gameplay.

SOUND: 9/10
The sound is crisp and clear, but after playing SOCOM II a lot, can get repetitive. Other than that its very nice and you can play along with it, it has a more military sound to it, that makes you feel like your really a SEAL.

GAMEPLAY: 10/10
This is where SOCOM II shoots off and leaves SOCOM in the dust. Alltogether the controls are much quicker and responsive than the first. When you press the triangle button to crouch and again to go prone, theres no pause in between, the SEAL/Terroist gets right to it. If someone is shooting at you and you are about to die, you can dive. Dive by pressing triangle and running at the same time. Diving has already saved me multiple times when playing online. The L3 button has been fixed also, so when your in a gunfight it doesn't switch to single shot when your on rapid fire. They fixed this by, you have to hold L3 for a full second to switch it. It's way better this way, trust me.

ONLINE: 10/10
The online again, is upgraded and in every way better. You can now talk before games in the waiting room, and have meetings. When you talk in games you name shows up, so you know whos talking. The talk button is more responsive and quicker, and there is no lag when talking. There are clan and player rankings, when you click on someones name a screen will come up and you can see all of their stats and round won/lost and everything. There is now a friends list and ignore list, which is nice and easy to use, telling you where your clan/firends are in what server or room or if there in the lobby or menu. There are new levels, and all of the old levels are pretty much the same except some are now light and some are now dark. Example, Rats Nest use to be light, now its completely dark as night. There are servers for what rank you are. So you can play with noobs if your a noob, or play with elites if your elite. OR whatever rank you are, theres a server for it. Also there are clan games servers and all of the old servers. You can now go into a game if its full just to spectate and watch anyone. Turrets are now in the game, and even on the old levels. Lots of new game options such as, respawn option, sniper guns only, new maps, old maps only..etc

+New guns including rocket launcher, grenade launcher, shotungs, and much more
+All old levels plus 12 new levels
+New sniper freidnly maps and way more online options
+Enemy AI is smarter and harder
+No lag online, very fun to play

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 11/16/03