Play. This. Game.
posted by 40kfreak (VIENNA, VA) Aug 5, 2012
Member since Feb 2010
10
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This is a game you NEED to play, too many reviews for this lean towards the "Its not gearz lolol" argument, which is entirely true but doesn't mean it deserves a lower rating at all. Control-wise it's passable, not as polished as gears so I can see where some people are coming from in that regard. However in terms of gameplay and plot Spec Ops: the Line is the thematic antithesis of gear of war, which is the reason I'm giving this game a 10. In gears of war you have one-dimentional characters in a situation where the moral right of the protagonist is assured, regardless of the situation. Spec Ops on the other hand deals with the harsh reality of war, how it strips our romanticized idealization of war and violence and throws the terror, brutality, confusion, and meaninglessness in the player's face. Every single action you take feels as though it carries emotional weight and shocks you out of your comfort zone. I really can't stress how much you should experience this game.
"Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene beside the concrete names of villages, the numbers of roads, the names of rivers, the numbers of regiments and the dates." -Ernest Hemingway
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