Spec Ops the Line - Mini Review

Spec Ops the line is a TPS developed by Yager, an unknown software house and distributed by 2K unfortunately overlooked and forgotten in a short time, I write unfortunately because it's a great title with a truly original story.

The story is around an American Delta team consisting of 3 members from which Martin Walker, the one we’ll control.

  

The purpose of the mission is to look for survivors in Dubai, now destroyed by constant sandstorms, after receiving a message from Colonel John Konrad in which he explained his failed attempt in evacuating the city; Up to here everything is ok, the problem is that the whole thing degenerates quickly bringing us to resort to arms.

What makes it special is the story: we are not the usual heroes that kill the bad guys for a noble cause ('Murica Fuck yeah!), But simply some soldiers in a "real" conflict in which there are no good or bad and all the actions that we take soon we’ll regret them.

Indeed, it is easy to see that the behavior of the team is professional and calm during the first chapters, as it goes on and with all the horrendous actions forced to do you become more and more violent and aggressive both in the execution of enemies both in shouting orders to companions; in the end the story is nothing more than a journey into the madness of war told in a superb manner.

But the gameplay is not excellent as the plot, we are in fact faced with a generic third person shooter with well know mechanical, though interesting the simple management of the companions, you can in fact order the elimination of a given target or the launch of a flashbang; this action possible only when you are surrounded by enemies, which is not uncommon.

In the firefights in fact we often are against small armies and in the hardest difficulty you die a lot, making it a challenge.

The graphics are great and the level design likewise; the setting of Dubai is original and beautiful with sand that is the protagonist, it can also be exploited in the crossfire, such as firing a stained glass by dropping it on opponents.

I highly recommend this game for the plot, as it is truly innovative for the genre, but only if you are able to close an eye on the game mechanics , that are repetitive and boring.

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