[quote="Gamesradar"]What a world we live in, eh? A conflict that's gone on for the best part of a decade comes to an end and all people can do is complain and say 'I was enjoying that'. Tsk. But seriously, it is the end of an era, as PS2's SOCOM: US Navy SEALS series and the PSP versions are having their servers switched off on August 31, 2012.
PS3's SOCOM 4 is still going strong(ish), of course, but that won't help the still-loyal fanbase from feeling sad. Especially as they were hoping for some kind of HD collection to mark the game's tenth anniversary. In truth, they've been feeling sad for a while anyway, with each new sequel seemingly doing something to take the series away from the game it was when it first launched
But what a run it's had! Most current-gen games' servers only stay live for a couple of years at best, so a 10-year stint is pretty remarkable. The closest thing we can think of in terms of consoles at least would be the Halo 2 servers, which ran from November 9, 2004 until April 15, 2010. But that's nothing like this PS2 game's stint, which started on August 27, 2002.
It does make us think about how far online gaming has come in 10 years. Remember the PS2 Network Adaptor? Or buying a PS2 Slim that had the adaptor built in, but knowing you'd never be able to play Final Fantasy XI on it because it needed the hard drive too? Remember not caring because San Andreas was coming soon anyway? Happy, happy days..[/quote]
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I dunno about anyone else, but I played the ever-loving shit of SOCOM 1 on my PS2 online. When I got my personal PS2 in 2003 (after sharing my dad's for a while), it along with SSX Tricky were the only games I ever played. I just logged on to the SOCOM 1 servers after hooking up the huge, blocky Network Adapter tonight and found that there were a whopping 20 people online. For a game that was released in 2002, I'd say that's pretty good for a decade later. PS2 online was an integral part of my childhood, I remember calling up my uncle who lived a few hours south of me to hook up for some rounds of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. I think I'm going to dedicate this summer to buying as many of the PS2 games that still have online support and playing those fuckers 'til the end. Just like that group of people did for Halo 2.
Wow the servers have been up for 10 years? That is just amazing
SOCOM owned online, so did Midnight Club 3, BF2:MC, and THUG 2.
[QUOTE=cdr248;36419900]Wow the servers have been up for 10 years? That is just amazing[/QUOTE]
I'm pretty sure that it's the longest up-and-running online console game of all time, but I dunno if there are any Dreamcast games that still have central servers.
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Green up green up
I remember playing this game online when I was at school, used to play it with 1 of my mates and it supported voice coms to although the quality was a bit shit you could still make out what they were saying.
Soon as I get a job I really feel like buying an old console, gamecube or PS2 or something, but I heard they don't like HDTV's much?
"Recess is over sweetheart, GET OFF MY PLAYGROUND."
The multiplayer maps for that game were so well designed, or it may be nostalgia talking. I just remember coming home from school and playing that game until I went to bed.
Fox Hunt was probably my favorite out of all of them. You could hide anywhere in the map by just going prone and when people came by you just had to pop up and unload into them.
[QUOTE=xianlee;36430620]I remember playing this game online when I was at school, used to play it with 1 of my mates and it supported voice coms to although the quality was a bit shit you could still make out what they were saying.
Soon as I get a job I really feel like buying an old console, gamecube or PS2 or something, but I heard they don't like HDTV's much?[/QUOTE]
depending on the size it will look gross as hell if you use standard composite cables. they do sell component cables for the PS2, but they're a little expensive in terms of PS2 accessories.
I played the shit out of that game. But sadly i didn't have the network adapter, so i was stuck playing the campaign over and over again.
I still to this day remember my friend and I were playing on the snow level, and i shot a guy and he made that groaning "Aerrrrrrr" death south, and my friend just got an inch from my face and screamed "HOLY FUCK DUDE! WE'RE FIGHTING FUCKING BEARS!!!"...
He then turned around like nothing happened and stormed a building by himself.
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