Review: Spec Ops: The Line (PC)

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[app=6485]Spec Ops: The Line[/app] promises a gripping, ambiguous narrative which really shows the horrors of war. But does it deliver? We sent Daniel Wilks into the post-apocalyptic ruins of Dubai to find out.

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[elliotENGi]

This is Definitely my kind of game. I'm glad this review reflects my hopes about the story of the game

[Yurtles]

That style of gameplay doesn't overly appeal to me but idea of the narrative does. Not quite enough to make me want to buy it right now but I'll certainly put it on my list of games to buy on Steam sales.

[tranquil]

I'll certainly put it on my list of games to buy on Steam sales.

Bingo. Speaking of that, shouldn't the Steam summer sale be on right about now? I think it was on around this time last year.

[Vencha88]

Very cheap on Amazon at the moment.

Planning to pic this up sometime soon. House mate seems to be enjoying it.

[frigidhell]

I just completed it and it was one of the most intense shooters I ever played. The story is kind of in the line with Apocalypse Now and the ending is a disturbing surprise... The gameplay is fun and I really enjoyed that we finally get to play a new environment for a change. The game really gives you a good feeling about the destructive force of sand. The shooting is mostly fun, but, as always, third person shooters can be frustrating from a camera perspective at times. What else is there? This is kind of the thinking man of shooters. You have to flank enemy positions a lot and sometimes use different weapons to meet your goals. It is really a lot of fun to play.

The downside? Well, we are normally used to "fun shooters" that hide the tragedy and violence on civilians. Spec Ops is not doing that. You are always aware that civilians are getting killed because of your actions... Furthermore, it shows how senseless war really is. I mean we players typically just enjoy the clean combat aspect and even if entire street blocks go down (e.g. CoD) we never get to see the consequences... Anyhow, this shooter is well worth your time. If you haven't picked it up yet, you probably should. Enjoy!

[DarthLondar]

Very cheap on Amazon at the moment.

Planning to pic this up sometime soon. House mate seems to be enjoying it.

Yes it's cheap on Amazon but unfortunately:

Product Details
Downloading: Currently, this item is available only to customers located in the United States and who have a U.S. billing address.
Note: Gifting is not available for this item.

[Toll Meyer]

This game had me sold after playing the demo. A little rough at times but didn't seemed like the typical perfect heroes, especially after shooting out bus windows when confronted by armed refugees.

It's not a game changer but seems like I won't regret spending money on it, ( partly based on it having demo without me blindly running in and wasting my money, ghost recon future soldier still has me a little bit iffy and wanting money back)

[Stoibs]

Yes it's cheap on Amazon but unfortunately:

Product Details
Downloading: Currently, this item is available only to customers located in the United States and who have a U.S. billing address.
Note: Gifting is not available for this item.

All you need is a fake US address on your account like the majority of us do to buy off amazon
Even if this one is 50% off during Steam's sale it suffers the Racist Aussie price jacking.
/proceeds to shop and play cheap non aussie price gouged titles from Amazon... $25 ftw