H-Hour Kickstarter: Ex-SOCOM, Rainbow 6 Patriots

David Sears directed SOCOM 1, and is trying to KickStart this SOCOM successor. I forgot he was the guy from Rainbow 6. Cuz shit, I wanna see something this E3 from that.. But ah, I guess I won't get my hopes up.

IGN: Introducing H-Hour: World's Elite, the SOCOM Spiritual Successor

KickStarter: H-Hour: World's Eilte by David Sears

It seems that he's trying to make this somewhat humorous, so I guess that's different. I think this KickStarter is pretty worth it. 'Worth checking out. :)

So what's special about this?

Looks boring and generic.

Backed.

The SOCOM games are the best competitive shooters to date (2 was unreal). The prospect of playing them on the PC is exciting as all hell.

I really hope it turns out like SOCOM 2. I played the shit out of SOCOM 2 & 3 back in the day. SOCOM Confrontation and SOCOM 4 were huge disappointments.

@blu3v3nom07: rumors floating around that rainbow 6 will indeed be at e3 :o

@mrfluke: Shit, I hope so.. I'd rather see R6 next-gen, than Ghost Recon or Splinter Cell..

@blu3v3nom07: You mean something like this game maybe?

Takedown: Red Sabre

Inspired by the original Rainbow Six and SWAT4. It was a kickstarter project too a while back. Some screenshots have surfaced but I think most of them are for backers only at this point.

Yup, I backed this last year. Can't wait. I'm always down for more tactical shooters as they seem to have gone the way of the Dodo. I'll have to read H-Hour's KIckstarter page and decide if I want to back it or not.

"H-Hour: World’s Elite is immediate, realistic, multiplayer-oriented and team-based. It is an experience directly inspired by the SOCOM series because those games were the starting point. H-Hour is several miles down the road that we traveled with SOCOM, the kind of shooter that SOCOM would have become if I had continued to helm the series beyond the second release."

SOCOM doesn't have any pull with me, so I'll rather watch from the sidelines and eventually buy it if it turns out to be good/fun on PC.

Man, SOCOM 2 on PC. That's what I need right now in my life. I need this. Shooters nowadays suck. The excitement I had from SOCOM 2 was briefly rekindled in the form of MGO. However, MGO is longer with us ,_,

For those SOCOM vets out there check out this gameplay from ARMA 3

Its like the PC SOCOM I've always wanted. Hows the multiplayer in this game?

@esrever: The multilayer is the life of this game. If you want to check it out at all, us guys over at the Giant Bomb Gaming Hub play every Saturday.

Definitely supporting this. David was responsible for the first two SOCOM games.

I'm confused by some of the stretch goals. At 1.5 million it says they'll complete the PC version of the game. So what exactly are we getting with this, a game or the promise of a game? I mean I guess all of Kickstarter is a promise of a game, but for 200,000 dollars they're going to shop it and use their charisma to hopefully get it made.

I'm so confused. A Kickstarter for a demo that will eventually go retail...? My head hurts.

Great n4g article on how H-hour is like SOCOM II!

http://n4g.com/news/1283284/h-hour-confirmed-for-ps4-pre-orders-are-g

WHY IS H-HOUR SOCOM? This is why:

• PS4 Confirmed

• Being made by Creative Director of S1 and S2 (David Sears)

• Victory Dancing

• Custom Taunting

• Lobby System (Voice and Text Chat Included)

• Classic Server list view

• Custom Lobby Rooms

• NO Health Regeneration

• Opening doors, triggering explosives, shooting out lights (intended)

• Select Fire

• Backblast (AT4s - just like SOCOM)

• Private Rooms

• Guns Hot

• Strafing Gunfights (community decides, David Sears enjoyed them)

• Prone Dive (David Sears likes the idea, could be added)

• Grenade Arc

• Clan System (clan management and support)

• Clan Page, clan emails

• U.S Special Forces VS. Terrorist

• Female voice HQ (like in original SOCOMs)

• NO VEHICLES

• Leaning (D-pad lean like old SOCOMs)

• Third person view default (first person view option)

• No OTS, view will be like old school SOCOM

• No Sprint (Analog stick will determine speed like old SOCOMs)

• Maps designed around one game mode

• Round based is primary focus (respawns can be made like old SOCOMs)

• Jump to climb (will be put in if community wants it)

• Game speed will be like SOCOM 1 and SOCOM 2 (action is more important than animation)

• Online 8v8 with Spectator mode

• urban maps, rural maps, desert maps, arctic maps, jungle maps

• NOT a simulator (which means it will play more like SOCOM)

• Push to talk will be a decision based on community feedback

• Ranking system similar to SOCOM 2

• Confirmed modes so far will be demolition, suppression, escort, and breach under different names

@samstrife said:

Easily. SOCOM II is still the best multiplayer experience I've ever had.

All those features are exactly what a SOCOM fan wants. This is looking really promising.

They posted new pics of the game.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1687497632/h-hour-worlds-elite-0/posts/519224#comments

100k too so half way there.

This makes me nostalgic as fuck. Saw this on their kickstarter page. G^

Then desert glory, one of my most favorite maps in a competitive shooter. I think imma cry