Well Joe, I tried

[gekko]

I popped in SOCOM for the first time in many many months. And I'm sorry, but I cannot stand another second of this game.

First of all, I noticed they deleted my name. That bites. Someone else thinks they can play using my reputation!

I can't believe how different the game was now. First off the graphics were awful, I was beginning to get a headache playing that game. I used to play with progressive scan, and now I was just using S-video, but the difference shouldn't have been that much. All the textures and images blur as you run, and it's the worst thing I've seen in my life.

Second, the controls are horrible. I could not aim, no matter ho hard I tried. I tried to gently move the thumbstick over and move the cursor slowly, but it was just jerking around everywhere. I don't remember the controls being like this, but it wasn't the controller.

And finally, all the problems SOCOM had are still there. Shooting someone 50 times and then having them turn around and kill you. Having to shoot someone 50 times to begin with, 1 shot should injure them, 2 max should kill them. The whole run and gun thing is not realistic in any way, and teamwork still takes second priority to MVP.

I enjoyed this game back when I used to play it, but going back on it, I cannot stand to play it again for one second. I like that they added a billion new servers, and I like that they're actually servers as opposed to another gaming service. I was hoping to try to play with you a bit, but I can't come back to the game. I'll stick to Ghost Recon.