![]() It had scenes that made me uncomfortable, that made me wince and shudder. Specs Ops: The Line, however, is the first game I’ve played that truly showed the horrific nature of warfare. As David Wong points out, video game violence is never about us indulging in our hidden desires to become serial killers, but more about empowerment or just enjoying the Loony Toons style comic violence. Lots of games try to explore the horrors of war, but many of them are so over the top that the violence just becomes goofy. Of course that doesn’t mean they will succeed, after all Far Cry 2 was supposed to that as well but as I pointed out, it was a huge failure on that note. ![]() Much like Apocalypse Now brought the book into movie form, Spec Ops: The Line seeks to bring Heart of Darkness into the video game world. ![]() (Ho ho, I see what you did there 2k!) Yes, this is a retelling of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Three members of Delta Force are sent in to locate and extract survivors. Until a distress signal is detected within the city. The storm hit and six months of silence followed. The United States 33rd Infantry Battalion were sent in to help evacuate the city, but when the storm was about to hit the city, the 33rd bravely volunteered to stay behind and help save as many people as they could. A sandstorm of massive proportions have buried the city under mountains of sand, killing tens of thousands of people. Spec Ops: The Line A Storyteller’s Review Might want to avoid this one if you’re squeamish. For those not interested in dark stories or video games, I’ll also be going into detail about the disturbing, violent and downright horrific events that are depicted in-game. Playing through it blind is an absolutely remarkable experience, so buy it right now. If your a fan of dark stories and video games, this game is a must buy. Warning: I’m going to be spoiling this game. Sometimes though, you find greatness where you least expect it… ![]() Not from a video game studio best known for making sports games and mediocre sequels. Surely the gripping exploration of man’s dark nature wouldn’t come in the form of some samey-looking shooter. I bought Spec Ops: The Line solely so I could play it and then rip its narrative apart. I would have forgotten this game entirely were it not for whispers of something…more. Every gameplay video, every promotional event, every internet banner screamed mundane, boring story that permeates every shooter in the business. So it was with Spec Ops: The Line, it looked and sounded like a dozen other shooter games I’ve played throughout the years. But I almost never found that out because I was about three seconds from bolting like a frightened rabbit just because he looked like a demon made flesh. Long story short, the guy was a friendly and downright awesome guy. “Excuse me, sir, are you finished using this?” The man said in a voice so quiet and subdued it wouldn’t have sounded out of place coming out of a field mouse. He strode up to me, staring me right in the eyes, me staring back into those two black voids of emotionless death and destruction. He’s going to rip me in half like a phone book. He had a spiked mohawk and every inch of his body was covered in tribal tattoos, a swooping eagle depicted on the side of his face, its curved talons wrapping around his eye as if preparing to pluck it out. Suddenly I saw this huge behemoth of a man stride into the weight room, bronze skin shimmering with sweat and with bulging muscles threatening to tear through his clothes like the god damn Hulk. I remember a couple of years ago I was at the gym, struggling to do some bench presses (using just the bar, I didn’t even have weights on it) and sweating like some kind of wild boar. Judging something based on its outward appearance is a horrible thing to do because the outside never tells us the whole story. A dark, gritty shooter? How quaint.Īnd that’s the danger of prejudice and preconceptions. It looked like any other standard shooter: gritty bearded men carrying big guns and causing explosions, like the umpteen bazillion other shooters on the planet. So about a month ago I saw some ads for a new video game coming out called Spec Ops: The Line.
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