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Just wondering for when i return to England whether or not to buy this game. I've heard about stuff like health bars and it's really put me off it. However is it still like Socom 1 where a good accurate head shot will kill you in one go or do you have to put a full clip in someone head before it starts to hurt them? And also FM said something about the hit boxes. Have you had any problems when it comes to you shooting someone and it not registering that you've hit them when it's blatantly obvious you did??
Just that if the online part isn't up to much i'll just stick to online for Socom 1 and then acquire Socom 2 'by other means' for it's single player game.
Just that if the online part isn't up to much i'll just stick to online for Socom 1 and then acquire Socom 2 'by other means' for it's single player game.
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Just wondering for when i return to England whether or not to buy this game. I've heard about stuff like health bars and it's really put me off it. However is it still like Socom 1 where a good accurate head shot will kill you in one go or do you have to put a full clip in someone head before it starts to hurt them? And also FM said something about the hit boxes. Have you had any problems when it comes to you shooting someone and it not registering that you've hit them when it's blatantly obvious you did??
Just that if the online part isn't up to much i'll just stick to online for Socom 1 and then acquire Socom 2 'by other means' for it's single player game.
Just that if the online part isn't up to much i'll just stick to online for Socom 1 and then acquire Socom 2 'by other means' for it's single player game.
It's ok, nothing great.
The new waps are good, but socom 1 weaposn were better.
The health bar sucks, and on some maps like vigilance the lag is unbelievable.
The new waps are good, but socom 1 weaposn were better.
The health bar sucks, and on some maps like vigilance the lag is unbelievable.
lalakersrule wrote:
> And also FM said something about the hit boxes.
Eh? Oh God I'm starting to sound Canadian...
> And also FM said something about the hit boxes.
Eh? Oh God I'm starting to sound Canadian...
Ooops sorry FM you said the targetting sucks. My mistake
But yes, there are loads of times you're shooting someone and your cursor is red but all your bullets miss, it just means (apparently) that you're moving about too much.
On the flip side if you're prone you can pull off really long range shots before you've got your cursor anywhere near the target by looking at the direction they're heading and aiming just left or right of it.
And yes, headshots still put your target down in one go, unless you're using a shotgun at close range, in which case you can still miss.
Overall they made it too realistic, took all the fun out of it. It's now a 'serious' shooter. I'd agree with the AKS-105 for SEALs, very accurate albeit very weak weapon. The M60E3 is the same thing if you only fire short bursts with it, it's also VERY handy for mowing down a SEAL escorting 2 or 3 terrorists towards an extraction point.
On the flip side if you're prone you can pull off really long range shots before you've got your cursor anywhere near the target by looking at the direction they're heading and aiming just left or right of it.
And yes, headshots still put your target down in one go, unless you're using a shotgun at close range, in which case you can still miss.
Overall they made it too realistic, took all the fun out of it. It's now a 'serious' shooter. I'd agree with the AKS-105 for SEALs, very accurate albeit very weak weapon. The M60E3 is the same thing if you only fire short bursts with it, it's also VERY handy for mowing down a SEAL escorting 2 or 3 terrorists towards an extraction point.
Can you still do what i used to do on Socom 1 and just strafe while firing or with the new targetting reticule is that out the question?
lalakersrule wrote:
> Can you still do what i used to do on Socom 1 and just strafe while
> firing or with the new targetting reticule is that out the question?
That's out of the question, the more you move the less accurate your weapon gets. Those little 'run around in circles' battles are now 50/50 outcomes, unless you get the hang of suddenly standing still and letting your target walk into a hail of bullets that you're aiming just to one side of them.
> Can you still do what i used to do on Socom 1 and just strafe while
> firing or with the new targetting reticule is that out the question?
That's out of the question, the more you move the less accurate your weapon gets. Those little 'run around in circles' battles are now 50/50 outcomes, unless you get the hang of suddenly standing still and letting your target walk into a hail of bullets that you're aiming just to one side of them.
P.S. I just tried out sniping with an AKS-105 (it's basically an assault rifle). It rocks. You've got normal vision, close vision and then binoculars, but if you get someone in your binoculars then just come back to close vision you seem to get a headshot even though you can't actually see what you're aiming at in the distance anymore.
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Ah well i'll have to use my old tactic of laying claymores down then when someone comes along blow them up and then peek my head around my hiding place and finish them off.
Was this hit box thing a problem in the original? Only just started playing it and found, in single player, that shots which look like they should hit often don't.
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