great game to play it is a real life game as if you were in a war
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SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy Seals
(2005, Video Games - Action/Adventure, Rated M, Play it on: PlayStation 2)
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Thrilling military action for mature gamers.
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy Seals was written by Chris Jozefowicz
Parents need to know that this is a violent action game with a lot of shooting and destruction; when characters are shot, blood sprays from the impact and spreads on clothes and the ground. Cut scenes show beating and death by poison gas, as well as cigarette smoking. The game has a vibrant online community; Common Sense Media does not recommend online play for anyone under age 12. The game also includes a recruitment video for the Navy featuring footage of SEALs in action.
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What’s the Story?
In SOCOM 3: U.S. NAVY SEALs off-line missions, players lead a squad of four Navy SEALs as they take on terrorists and renegade militias in three settings around the globe: North Africa, Southeast Asia, and Poland. Over the course of more than a dozen missions, the team rescues hostages, snatches dictatorial leaders out of desert spider holes, and completes a variety of other war-on-terror-era military adventures.
The game's action ranges from run-and-gun shooting to stealthy sneaking. Players choose from a wealth of realistic military gear and weapons to outfit their squad. Players also blow up buildings and vehicles with explosives and heavy weapons.
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SOCOM 3 provides thrilling firefights in one of the best online games on the PlayStation 2. It improves on its predecessors by including drivable vehicles like boats and humvees, and allows easier, one-button commands for the squad. The artificial intelligence is only so-so; players may find it easiest to proceed Rambo-style, taking down hundreds of enemies single-handedly. While the gear looks real, the military action is over the top: When characters are shot, blood sprays onto their clothes and the ground.
Players with high-speed Internet access can compete with up to 31 others in a range of missions, from death matches to cooperative challenges. Parents should know the popular SOCOM community has a lot of trash-talkers and havoc-wreaking pranksters. To deal with this, players can form clans among their friends and block obnoxious players, but to participate in online rankings or join a clan, players must enter a credit card number (although there is no charge).
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Released on 11/21/2005, price $49.99, not online enabled
ESRB rating: M
ESRB rating: M
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- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
One of the Best Military Games ever made
I am a Marine and I am telling you that this game is as real as it gets. The weapons are accurate and detailed very well. The gameplay is exciting, fun and addictive. I took two semesters off from college to play this game. This is one of the best games ever personally. You make friends online with ease and create clans that become hangout buddies. The only problem with this game is the cheating online. You have alot of gamers out there that mess up clean cut play and glitch their way to the top because they cannot win fair and square. However, game is top notch.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
a good game
its a good game it was the first rated M game i got and i got to say the blood is no a big issue because there is not a lot of it compaired to games like CS:S DoD:s and others. I realy liked it its a good game if you want to join the military when you get older etc.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
Great game
This game is a great game for any military lovers like me, or for any one looking for a great action adventure game that combines stealth from games like Splinter Cell, and running in guns blazing like a modern day Rambo. Sure you can knock people around or slit their throats, but people, these are terrorists or drug dealers funding terrorism, they want to destroy our culture and way of life, this game teaches kids that, so they won't be swayed by those saying the terrorists will leave us aalone if we leave them alone, I think every person thirteen and up should play this game.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
good but not great
an okay game thats pretty voielnt and realistic blood isnt a major issue but the fact that you are serving the country can get creepy sometimes considering the amout of people you shot, and knife and actualy blow away.
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