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July 2012
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The editors liked
Cracking story
Welldrawn characters
Original and atmospheric setti
The editors didn't like
Shonky mechanics
Difficult AI
Wars of attrition
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Published: 2012-06-01, Author: Nick , review by: T3.com
Cracking story, Welldrawn characters, Original and atmospheric setti
Abstract: Back in the late-90s, single player military-based counter-terrorist action games were all the rage. Probably the most successful and certainly the most popular amongst current generation gamers is Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6 series. Before the franchise ...
Abstract: As the latest title in the Spec Ops series, the only connection The Line shares with its predecessors is its title. In today's gaming environment, where more and more franchise games are being produced that are almost identical to their prequels, it's ...
Abstract: Usually when you describe something as 'multi-faceted' it's a compliment, indicating a depth of personality and intellect in a person or great artistic worth in an object. When we describe Spec Ops: The Line as 'multi-faceted' it's not a compliment. Or...
Abstract: On paper, it almost seems blasphemous to make an action game based on Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now. The two works are seminal commentaries on how war doesn't create victors, but rather bastard children wh...
Abstract: German developer Yager did quite a surprising thing with Spec Ops: The Line: They gave us something different from the common shooter fodder we're used to. Instead of a global threat with international conflicts or campaigns against terrorist organizat...
Published: 2012-06-25, Author: Tim , review by: gotgame.com
Abstract: Spec Ops The Line is a 3rd person military shooter. The game is set in Dubai several months after a major sandstorm wiped it off the map. Your 3 man team is sent in to see if there are any survivors after a mysterious radio signal is found by the man lead...
Superficially, Spec Ops: The Line might not be the gold-standard of action games, but it's the bold, thoughtful tone and disconcerting setting that makes it such a welcome relief from all the meatheaded heroics which flood the shelves....
Abstract: As a sheltered middle-class New Zealander, it’s difficult to comprehend the atrocities of war. Sure, I’ve watched the entire season of Generation Kill, and seen the movies Black Hawk Down and Apocalypse Now, which this game borrows a lot from. But it h...
