SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs
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| Developer(s) | Zipper Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Director(s) | Hardy F. LeBel Sr. |
| Designer(s) | Travis Steiner |
| Series | SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
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| Genre(s) | Third-person shooter, Tactical shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
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| Metacritic | 82/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | B- |
| Eurogamer | 6/10 |
| GameSpot | 8.9 |
| IGN | 9/10 |
| VideoGamer.com | 7/10 |
SOCOM 3 U.S. Navy SEALs, is a third person tactical shooter video game for PlayStation 2 and the sequel to SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs. The game was developed by Zipper Interactive in collaboration with the Naval Special Warfare Command and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. SOCOM 3 U.S. Navy SEALs was released on October 11, 2005, and was added to the list of Sony Greatest Hits games on August 4, 2006.
The Gameplay is situated in Poland, South Asia and North Africa. The South Asia area of operation was originally specified as Bangladesh, but was changed after a complaint from the Bangladeshi government. The online servers for this game, along with the other PS2 and PSP SOCOM titles, were shut down on August 31, 2012.
SOCOM 3 U.S. Navy SEALs is a third-person tactical shooter. There are 14 different single-player missions.
In the North African campaign, the player's (Specter) fireteam consists "Jester" as well as SEALs "Killjoy" and "Simple". Specter's SEAL team battles the North African Patriotic Front (NAPF), the renamed Algerian Patriotic Front from SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs, led by the megalomaniac General Heydar Mahmood and Colonel Sarwat, his second-in-command. Mahmood had gained control of Algeria via a coup d'etat during the previous game, and now the NAPF has just launched an offensive into an unnamed country, probably Morocco, while the SEAL team is enlisted to support local forces trying to repel the NAPF. Upon arriving, Specter rendezvous with local forces, and proceeds to ambush an NAPF convoy, secure a NAPF sanctuary, and demolishes a communications tower. After meeting up with the local fighter leader, the "Sand Lion", Specter's team assists the locals in attacking an NAPF weapons depot. They cut off the NAPF reinforcement route by demolishing a bridge, and unexpectedly encounters an enemy T-72.En route to the weapons depot, the SEALs find dozens of civilians killed by the NAPF. After destroying the depot, the SEALs are redeployed following the Coalition for Humanitarian Aid's (CHA) approval of a military intervention in the area. Via the Strait of Gibraltar, the CHA invades only to be fired upon by NAPF Chinese-made HY-2 cruise missiles. The SEALs rush to deactivate the missile launch sites before the CHA calls off the invasion. The CHA successfully lands, while the SEALs are called to hold off a NAPF preemptive strike against leading CHA forces. Repelling waves of infantry and tanks, reinforcements finally arrive and a counterattack is launched against the NAPF in the ruins of an old fort where troops are amassing. Subsequently, the SEALs enter Mahmood's Field HQ to capture him and Colonel Sarwat, but were delayed due to Marcy Raines, a personnel working for the State Department (from SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs), who was stranded and required extraction. Mahmood takes advantage of the delay, and flees in an Mi-24 helicopter leaving Sarwat for the SEALs. Later, the SEALs search for Mahmood whose helicopter was shot down. After fighting two NAPF tanks, Specter search several villages for him, and finally collects enough data to pinpoint his location at a mountain villa. Mahmood is captured and the African Campaign ends.
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