SOCOM 4

PlayStation exclusive

Lead a five-person squad on a mission to neutralize those responsible for the elimination of a NATO Special Forces team in this continuation of Sony's squad-based shooter series. Fourteen single-player missions are part of a six-day battle in Southeast Asia, with an enemy AI designed to follow authentic squad tactics in response to your decisions on the battlefield. Issue orders to your fellow soldiers with a context-based command system, while calling for the support of UAV surveillance drones and aerial strikes when needed.

Released: 19 April 2011
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Genres: Light gun shooter Shooter Tactical Tactical shooter Third-person shooter
Developers: Zipper Interactive
Publishers: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Series: SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Action
Country: United States
Age ratings: ESRB M PEGI 16 CERO D
Composers: Bear McCreary

About

SOCOM 4 U.S. Navy SEALs, known as SOCOM: Special Forces in PAL regions, is a 2011 tactical third-person shooter video game developed by Zipper Interactive and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. It is the sequel to SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Combined Assault and the final installment in the SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs series.

Online multiplayer servers were shut down on January 28, 2014, along with the servers for SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Confrontation.

Keywords

modern warfare
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special forces
online
capture the flag
over the shoulder
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explosion
throwing weapons
platform exclusive
playstation trophies
modern military

Media

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Story

Set at an undisclosed date somewhere in Malaysia, NATO Operations Commander Cullen Gray arrives at a NATO operations command center at the request of Area Commander James Gorman. A rebel movement calling themselves "Naga" have rallied and taken up arms against the country's government, and have hijacked ships belonging to Clawhammer Security, a private military company that was featured in the previous SOCOM title, Fireteam Bravo 2. Weapons and supplies were seized by Naga rebels, while Clawhammer has decided to withdraw from the region before losing any more assets, limiting the capabilities of NATO forces operating in the area. S.

Navy SEALs (or other NATO special forces team members depending on which version of the game is being played). Meanwhile, Eric Schweitzer and Dion Wells are tasked with aiding NATO in seeking out and destroying the insurgent threat by removing their leader.