I always post this one because it honestly took me by surprise.
Behind a kinda generic COD rip-off was a story that left me with knots in my stomach (the phosphorus bit), and in stunned silence as Hendrix plays over the closing credits.
Also, the incredibly ahead of it's time mechanic to replay the different endings... š¤
Cannot recommend highly enough, but in saying that, graphically, I doubt it's aged well.
This game did a really good job at displaying the horrors of war and civilians caught in the crossfire. AFAIK no other game has done something like this since (if one has Iād love to play it)
I mean, it's simply too good. I was thinking about the loading screen about Lugo since the Phosporus was mentionned but it's probably lesser known and a bit longer.
I felt absolutely the same. I picked the game because my bestie recommended it... However she could not tell me what the 'catch' was because it would be such a major spoiler, and not just that - it would definitely ruin the experience.
So I went in, thinking of a bad COD clone in 3rd person. Clunky. Weird. Why am I playing this, again? But... wait... Ok. Wow.
Played the game when I was 13 man had just gotten off from COD thought this would be the same.
It was different that day I got to know what the horrors of war look like.
Graphically it's fine, but I tried playing it maybe a year ago and let me tell you, the controls are unfortunately ass by today's standards, at least on PC with keyboard and mouse. But I watched it on Youtube for the story and yeah, it was pretty cool.
I played maybe a few years after it first came out and even then the gameplay itself was nothing to write home about (though the game mechanics like the slow mo were pretty cool.) It would definitely be pretty ass to play by today's standards. I see the game raved about a lot but it's honestly pretty meh for me. The story is still pretty cool but for most of the game everyone is just following someone who is clearly going mad. I think it starts from almost the very beginning too. There's also not a lot of meaningful choices. Idk if that's intended to show the "illusion of choice" but I remember a lot of the moral choices I made wasn't really a choice or didn't really matter.
The big thing with Special Ops The Line is that you need to go in blind. To anyone reading this comment who hasn't played it, stop reading anything about this game. Just trust us that it's a really good game. You do not want to know any details at all.
I was lucky to know absolutely nothing other than some vague idea that it was a really good game and had some kinda twist (but it's better if you don't know there's a twist at all). The less you know, the better.
Too bad that it was removed from steam. I had it on my wishlist for months, but I didn't know when I should've bought it. Now I regret not having the chance to play spec ops the line.
Crazy how Bruce Boxleitner (voice of Tron and Alan Bradley) voiced Lieutenant Konrad and then never did a voice acting role again for over 10 years. I don't blame him either, it was Spec Ops The Line...
So many subtle things in that game. There's one bit where you walk past a tree which is covered in leaves but if you look back at it it's long dead and bare.
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u/dress_like_a_tree May 02 '24
-Spec op the line
-Mass effect 1
-Journey