SOCOM 4 Review Round-Up: SOCOM 4 is Lacklustre, Found Wanting

April 19, 2011 by Ian Miles Cheong

Early reviews of SOCOM 4 have all but panned the latest shooter from Sony. Despite its hype, SOCOM4 has turned out to be nothing more than an average mainstream shooter.

Sharing a release date with two juggernauts like Mortal Kombat and Portal 2 isn't going to do SOCOM 4 any good, but that may be the least of the game's problems. Judging from what the critics are saying, SOCOM 4 may simply go down in history as a fun, but indistinct shooter. Gameinformer gave it a meager 7.8 score, saying it likely "won't win over military shooter fans who are accustomed to a polished single-player experience" while Destructoid called the game "aged and outclassed," giving it a 3.0.