Socom was the original multiplayer game. It set the stage for every other MP game. Halo took it a different direction and COD kind of followed the Halo direction, but back in the day the only option most of us gamers had to play online was SOCOM and it turns out that it was a pretty damn good game so this is why us Socom gamers just can't pull ourselves away from it. We are addicted to the teamwork and the strategy and not to mention we absolutely HATE respawn. lol