It's interesting timing that a game like Spec Ops: The Line should come out right in the middle of a period when the violence in games should be such a focus. At this year's E3 show in LA, more than one journalist noted the excessive violence on display...
Spec Ops The Line survived a lengthy development cycle to deliver an interesting campaign and setting. It's too bad the rest of what it offers is as average as it...
Your two Delta Squad squadmates are screaming at each other. "He's turned us into killers!" one screams, grabbing the other by the front of his shirt. Is he right? You don't really know. It's so hard to tell. You were just trying to do the right...
On the surface, Spec Ops: The Line is nothing more than a run-of-the-mill military shooter set in the Middle East. This skirmish in Dubai features third person, cover-based gunplay and a linear campaign reminiscent of today's top war titles.Forget the...
For many years the Spec Ops series has tried to put players in the shoes of highly trained Navy Seals and Army Rangers. And while the series started off popular it lost steam over the years against other titles such as the Rainbow Six franchise....
Spec Ops: The Line has its share of gameplay issues. The graphics aren't consistently up to AAA standard and it can be a frustrating experience at times. Yet this is one of the smartest and most compelling games we've seen in the over-crowded military...
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....
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....
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...
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