SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs

SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals is the most realistic action strategy game available today. Oozing atmosphere and authenticity, it offers a genuine tactical test that requires intelligence and lateral thinking, as much as sharp-shooting skills to adapt and survive. It is almost as tough and challenging as the real thing but if you think youve got what it takes, prepare to report for duty.

As an elite Seal commander, your team has been called to fight terrorists in twelve deadly operations. Using the voice recognition SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals USB headset, issue orders to your team mates to perform actions and they will respond with messages and progress reports. Battle your way through twelve unique missions in a variety of richly detailed locations, including Alaska, the Congo, Thailand and Turkmenistan. Each location encourages strategic thinking and tactical battles, as enemies act and react intelligently, according to your actions and even set traps for you.

Gameplay is varied, some missions requiring great stealth and precise timing, while others require skilled combat, cunning or endurance. Mission objectives vary from ambushes and hostage taking, to reconnaissance, night-fighting, building clearance and search-and-rescue. All the missions have multiple objectives and they are all based on real-life scenarios.

In addition to the one-player game, SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals has a superb online multiplayer option for Broadband users*, with support for up to 16 people per game, divided into two teams. Communicating as a team through the SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals USB headset, players take on either the role of Seals or terrorists and play one of three multiplayer game types Demolition, Hostage Rescue or Suppression.

Single Player Gameplay

• Engage enemy terrorists with fellow SEAL team members via team-based gameplay
  
  
• Utilise the SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals headset (included with each game) to communicate with fellow SEAL team members. A detailed list of commands and tactics is available for the player to use when directing their team
  
  
• Fight across 12 unique missions in 4 richly detailed international locations (Alaska, Thailand, Congo and Turkmenistan)
  
  
• No two missions use the same combination of challenges and required skills. Some require stealth and precision, while others require physical combat, endurance, cunning and demolition
  
  
• Each mission has multiple primary and secondary objectives that must be completed in order to successfully complete
  
  
• Mission areas are designed to encourage strategic and tactical battles. Hiding places, sniper perches and key open areas are provided
  
  
• Computer controlled team-mate work alongside the player to assist the mission plan and follow the players direct orders. Each of these team mates has equipment, abilities and characteristics that allow him to perform his tasks at hand. If things dont go as originally planned, the player can use a command menu to give team mates new orders immediately
  
  
• Intelligent computer AI acts and reacts realistically. The enemies also usually have home turf advantage. This allows for them to set traps and fire on the SEAL team from strategic hiding places. Make a noise or movement in one direction and the AI will react defensively in your direction. Leave yourself vulnerable in one area and the AI will seek you out
  
  
• The SEAL team has access to approximately 60 different types of weapons including the latest in handguns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, shotguns, sub-machine guns, machine guns, grenades, laser designators, explosives, remote detonated anti-personnel mines and night vision equipment
  
  
• Weapons are realistic in their accuracy and are affected by many real-life factors, including fatigue, movement and weapon recoil

Online Gameplay

• Support for 16 players (8 per team) over a Broadband connection via the Network Adaptor (Ethernet) (for PlayStation®2)
  
  
• The online gameplay encompasses players taking the role of either SEALs or terrorists and then working with their fellow team members to defeat the other side
  
  
• Three online multiplayer game types including Demolition (destroy the other teams base), Hostage Rescue (locate and extract hostages) and Suppression (wipe out the other team completely)
  
  
• Clan support: create online teams and invite other players into their team (clan). This allows them to display their team "tag" in matches. Clans can also compete against another Clan in special clan games
  
  
• The SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals USB headset can be used to communicate verbally with fellow team members during online games. This allows you to easily co-ordinate tactics by telling your team-mates what to do with your voice rather than typing in a message. You can also use sub-channels for offence and defence in order to more easily communicate with team mates