I'm gonna throw my opinion in here-
Socom has the better headset, not really that debatable.
Socom is the better game. (my opinion)
Learning curve: it's hard to say, in warhawk youll get your butt handed to you when you first pick up the game, especially in flight- but the game isn't that hard to figure out, just tough to master. In socom, you can learn by following others around and use more strategies to winning other than whats straightforward. So I'd say socom has a slightly easier learning curve - cause you can learn by example.
Warhawk has almost no visible lag, while in socom it's noticable but rarely ruins the experience.
Warhawk reminds me of battlefield/UT on PC.
Socom is more like counterstrike/rainbowsix online.
The games are very different experiences, (unless you play respawn on socom - Which you shouldn't) One is more Strategy provoking (thus more headset communication - a lot more (SOCOM)) while the other is just all out chaos easy fun (Warhawk) It's not impossible that you may find good people to communicate with on warhawk, it's just a lot less likely.
