SOCOM beta confronted by delay

None existant delay for me, I am just getting this for the earpiece mainly, then again, I may try it as this will be the closest thing to MAG.

It's delayed by the fact that it looks weak.. Look at that pic.. I'm sorry, but shouldnt they try to be on par with COD4 graphics?? This is the cell were working with right??

and heres the white elephant in the room... are those really the graphics? ick!

I pre-ordered my copy online this past week, but have yet to recieve the "Special Offer" information e-mail.

For those of you that pre-ordered from gamestop:
How long did it take you to get the info? Should I call them?

Is this where we are at? Complaining about a tiny screenshot that could have come from any point in development before the beta is even released? Next step is bitching about concept art graphics and rough sketches.

Obligatory Delaystation remark.

What looks so bad about that screenshot?

Absolutely nothing from the looks of it.

It shouldn't be considered an open beta if you have to preorder to get in. An open beta should be when you can just go somewhere and sign up for free and you're instantly in.

A little late to the party guys :P Anyway, I'm getting this game day one. The reason I bought a PS3 at launch (I assumed a SOCOM PS3 game was at work). SOCOM II on the PS2 made PS2 online gaming and the PSN what it is today. Very underrated title, and very amazing title. Call of Duty 4 has nothing on SOCOM if we're talking about realistic modern-military combat. I don't think any game has. SOCOM? More like SoCrack :P Beta is so close I can taste it lol Can't wait to play with my fellow SOCOMers I haven't played with in a long time.

Hey genius, that image is from a year ago. There's a huge difference in graphics today. And don't mention COD4 with SOCOM. COD4 has nothing realistic in it. It's just an arcade shooter with respawning (Search and Destroy only. Weak). SOCOM has no respawn (except for a practice respawn mode. Not ranked though) and 95% of games are non-respawn. And it actually has a realistic damage system, health bar with no magical healing, and a realistic damage system (2 shots in the head for a guy who has Juggernaut on? Please. Realism my ass).

not knockin socom on its realism. just looking at the available images of the game and it stinks.

ok heres the latest screens from Sony:
http://socom.us.playstation.com/page/screenshots.aspx

and yes, i admit, they look better than the one above. but overall have a look of being dated. honestly looks like some pc shooter.

in all honesty though, it would be a welcome addition.

well, I called up Gamestop and it looks like i've been jipped. The rep told me that "it's showing we are out of those codes at this time," and had no answer when I questioned why their wasn't any sort of notification about that when ordering online. I asked about canceling the order, and it seems that since I chose in store pickup they can't cancel my order. My best bet is to go to the store and hopefully be able to accomplish it in person, at which case they would probably charge me the restocking fee anyway.

you are correct tronn4, the Graphics look outdated.

The war-torn streets have nothing on COD4, The building with the bird in the corner looks RIPPED off from COD4 (the flashback sniper mission), and for some reason it looks Perfect Dark-ish, and thats not a good thing..

Just my opinion.. Besides, No one MENTIONED COD4 GAMEPLAY, just GRAPHICS... Ya'll do know the difference, right??

SoCrack?? LOL, more like SoLong or SoWhat... Big deal...

i think we're mixing two issues.
one is graphics and the other is gameplay.
as Maverick Saturn shows, there will be people who play it for its gameplay
and as HB96st states, there will be stones thrown at the graphics of this title.
I thought this was going to be a full on blu-ray disc title, Maverick, and correct me if I'm wrong, but there are 50GB available for this title. So why not beef up the graphics? Is the developer so rushed from Sony to get this out this year before X-mas so Sony can have Little Big Planet and SOCOM for the holidays?
I think they are. And I think it sucks 'cause it (SOCOM) is looking pretty lackluster when it should be having more spit-n-polish.
Still, people familiar with SOCOM and its gameplay will buy it, without a doubt, for its core gameplay.

i think we're mixing two issues.
one is graphics and the other is gameplay.
as Maverick Saturn shows, there will be people who play it for its gameplay
and as HB96st states, there will be stones thrown at the graphics of this title.
I thought this was going to be a full on blu-ray disc title, Maverick, and correct me if I'm wrong, but there are 50GB available for this title. So why not beef up the graphics? Is the developer so rushed from Sony to get this out this year before X-mas so Sony can have Little Big Planet and SOCOM for the holidays?
I think they are. And I think it sucks 'cause it (SOCOM) is looking pretty lackluster when it should be having more spit-n-polish.
Still, people familiar with SOCOM and its gameplay will buy it, without a doubt, for its core gameplay.

tronn4, maverick is reaching... NOBODY but the sony fanboys said Anything about "Gameplay". Here, lemmie "Dumb it down" for ya'll...

Call of Duty 4 LOOKS BETTER than SOCOM: Confrontation.

GRAPHICS have NOTHING to do with GAMEPLAY.

Here's a Haiku... Just in case..

sony brainwashed ya'll

They pushed blu-ray instead of games

socom looks weak


There... Get it now??

It has nothing to do with bluray having 50GB that the graphics look the way they do ( not too bad imho) it is a matter of programming and memory issues. more textures would mean more loading and more RAM usage regardless of the capacity of bluray.