![]() That's not only a meaning that's so deep down the rabbit hole it eventually becomes self-defeating, but it's also flawed from the basis that these realisations are only meaningful if they arrive naturally, through player choice.Īnd, though there are choices in Spec Ops: The Line - another thing which immediately separates it off from the bulk of third person shooters and makes it worth a look - those choices aren't always well presented or structured. There's an argument that this feeds into a meaningful loop of self-analysis that the game makes you feel bad for feeling good about killing someone and that this inspires some deeper reflection.but it's mostly rubbish. It is a game that wants you to feel bad about killing people, while at the same time slipping into slow-motion whenever you score a perfect, gory headshot. It may be a game about the horrors of war, but it's also war as non-intellectual, voyeuristic entertainment. Unfortunately though, while it's admirable that Spec Ops tries to communicate such a powerful and important point, the game is also wounded by its own duality and dark purpose. This isn't a game about stopping the Russians invading or saving innocent civilians it's about soldiers and the mistakes they make. The fact that a game which starts off appearing as just another shooter eventually ends with an explicit discussion about the evils men commit in the name of glory and false perspective is in itself a reason why Spec Ops deserves your attention. The strength of this examination is admittedly slow to build, but that's by no means a bad thing considering the frenetic pace it eventually reaches. Spec Ops uses a slew of Conrad references and an inhospitable, foreign situation as a lens through which to examine the duality of the human condition and the darkness that we are capable of. There have been some big changes implemented along the way, such as the relocation of the story from Africa to a version of Dubai that's been isolated by sandstorms, but a lot left intact too. Spec Ops: The Line is also an approximate and mighty ambition adaptation of Joseph Conrad's war novel Heart of Darkness, the book which Apocalypse Now was based upon. It would be an entirely unremarkable and utterly average experience if it weren't for one very specific thing. It is, in other words, exactly the same as nearly every other third person shooter or big-budget action game on the market. It has a snap-to cover based system, a limit of two weapons for you to carry at any one time, at least one on-rails section and a steady drip-feed of turret sequences. It's main characters are American soldiers, fighting in a Arab country. Spec Ops: The Line is a third person shooter. Spec Ops: The Line Review Publisher: 2K Games
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