PS3 Fanboy

Saying the game looks like a ps2 game is a bit too much. You remember how Socom used to look on ps2?

http://ps2.ign.com/dor/objects/552397/socom-ii-us-navy-seals/images/socom2_091103_07.html?page=mediaFull

I'm not saying the game will be great. I for one don't like the way the characters move but that's to be expected from an online game showing online footage and not a scripted sequence. Still I don't think it's right to say the game looks like a ps2 because it's miles beyond what was achieved in the ps2 Socoms in terms of graphics.

the graphics look great, but the physics look like ps2... when someone's legs are doing a running motion, they should be going forwards, not sideways haha

Strafe shooting never bothered me. It's the old Socom 2/sure shot, super strafing that got to me. Although Strafe Shooting does look ridiculous, it is still just a game and not a simulator. If I were forced to crouch and sit still to shoot, I wouldn't even touch the game.

It was always funny to see the guys in Socom who would just sit crouch with their M60s.

terrorist!

The sad part about war is that the civilians are the one who end up suffering the most. As you said the freedom fighters end up killing the one they are trying to save and I must add that we are also killing the ones we are trying to save. Our soldiers are also sadly killing civilians product of all the collateral damage. The very sad part is that those civilians that will make it out alive will be scarred for life never having a full understanding of what actually happened. Many of them will be unfit to have a normal life afterward and maybe some of them will turn into terrorists in the future. It's a vicious cycle that seems to have no end in sight.

This is why war sucks. Really humans will be amazed if they actually see what can be accomplished by actually sitting down and talking things over. If everyone of us sat down and learned about each other then we will realize that we are in this together and we can't be fighting if we want to succeed. Sadly it seems that only through the disasters that are sure to come in the following years will humans be able to understand how important it is to unite forces and act together for the good of mankind.

Why would one compare BF to Socom? Wow.

I'm really not sure you how you can differentiate BC with this type of game other than one being from the 1st person perspective and the other being 3rd. I may be in the dark about how amazing the community for SOCOM will be in respect to building friendships through the game, but that has never really been a part of how I game, personally.
Although BC currently is shallow with it's current variety in Game Modes, the gameplay the Battlefield series has evolved from has been garnering a more involving/realistic (being in a real battlefield would probably your best way to find out) experience.
Comparing it to BC is pretty valid. Both are team and squad based. Both revolve around opposing forces and goals, vast sandbox like maps and 'real warfare'. Which is what makes the genre both of these titles falls into. Unless the publishers are going to put actual political history into the storyline, it's pretty safe to say that any game in this kind of field is going to be unrealistic.
SOCOM has the potential to become a great title. The landscapes and textures look like a lot of hard work has gone into them. If they pull it off, fantastic, I'll take 2. But from what I've seen and heard from this trailer is not selling it yet.

Hugerobots, I respectfully disagree. Socom isn't sandbox at all. Using your above logic, why not compare Socom to CoD4? It just makes no sense to me. Heck, I wouldn't even compare CoD 4 to BF.