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Spec Ops: The Line is a new original title from 2K Games that features provocative and gripping Third-Person modern military Shooter gameplay designed to challenge players' morality by putting them in the middle of unspeakable situations where unimaginable choices affecting human life must be made. Features include, a gripping, storyline reminiscent of Apocalypse Now and Heart of Darkness but set in a ruined Dubai, tactical squad-based Delta Force gameplay throughout a horizontally and vertically oriented world, devastating sandstorms which can be used in combat, a variety of multiplayer modes and maps, and deep support featuring two factions.

Third-person tactical Shooter action in a dramatic ruined Dubai setting.
View largerA rare examination of the ugly realities and choices of modern warfare.
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Make Your Choices in the Face Cataclysm and War

It's been 6 months since Dubai was wiped off the map by a cataclysmic sandstorm. Thousands of lives were lost, including those of American soldiers sent to evacuate the city. Today, the city lies buried under sand, the world's most opulent ruin. Now, a mysterious radio signal is picked-up from Dubai, and a Delta Recon Team is sent to infiltrate the city. Their mission is simple: locate survivors and radio for evacuation. What they find is a city in the grip of war. To save Dubai, they'll have to find the man at the heart of its madness - Col. John Konrad.

Gameplay

Spec Ops: The Line is an action-packed Third-Person Shooter that delivers heart pounding physically close combat through a squad-based play mechanic. Players lead a team of three characters, Captain Martin Walker, Lieutenant Adams and Sergeant Lugo. Each character has his own distinct personality and specialized skills, and the mature story they each play a role in explores the dark side of war in a realistic way, in which there are no good outcomes, only hard choices. As missions are completed more advanced weapons and equipment are made available. In addition, the desert environment of Dubai is brought into the game in a unique way with stunning visuals, and dynamic sandstorms that actively effect level designs, and which can be used to help and hinder progress. The vertical interiors of Dubai high rise buildings also provide tactical advantages and risks that can used be by players. Multiplayer campaigns bring new modes and unusual situations and environments to expand the single player experience.

Key Game Features

  • A new portrayal of the Military Shooter experience with twisting narrative uncertainties.
  • Action packed third-person oriented gameplay provides an up-close and personal view into the brutality and emotion within the combat.
  • Command an intelligent and powerful squad of Delta-Force soldiers in a dangerous and unpredictable combat zone.
  • Cross "The Line" in a mature story that explores the dark side of war, where there are no bright outcomes, only bad or worse choices.
  • Unique Dubai setting strikes the imagination and transports players to a larger-than-life playground for vertical gameplay and stunning visuals.
  • A destructive sand element provides new gameplay experiences including sand avalanches, and powerful, disorienting sandstorm combat.
  • Deep and addictive team-focused multiplayer experience
    • Experience a variety of game modes such as classic deathmatch, team deathmatch, and "Rally Point", as well as a unique new mode called "Buried"
    • Featuring sandstorms and sand avalanches - you must utilize both to your advantage to succeed. Take out opponents unable to find cover during the storms. Shoot out sand deposits to bury your opponent alive.
    • Class-based progression system split across two unique factions: The Damned and The Exiles.
    • Each faction has four classes and one unique class. Unique classes provide important gameplay bonus for the player's team.
    • Unlock new perks, weapons, gear and challenges, and more as you progress up the ranks.
    • Play across a variety of Dubai-based maps. Experience intense vertical combat in the world's most opulent ruins.

Additional Screenshots

Command a Delta Force team.
View largerDevastating sand elements.
View largerWeapons, gear & challenges.
View largerFaction based multiplayer action.
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System Requirements
 Minimum Specifications:Recommended Specifications:OS:Win 7, Vista and XPProcessor:Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2Ghz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 equivalent2.4 GHz Quad Core processorRAM:2 GB3 GBHard Drive:6 GBVideo Card:nVidia GeForce 8600 / ATI Radeon HD 2600XTnVidia GeForce 9800 GTX / ATI Radeon HD 4850Additional Info:Initial installation requires one-time internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game) include: STEAM Client, Microsoft Direct X, Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable, Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable

Steam account required for game activation and installation.

 "Product only available for US distribution. Quantity limits may apply."


System Requirements:Processor:  none specifiedRAM:  none specifiedHard Disk:  none specified

From the Manufacturer

Spec Ops: The Line is a new original title from 2K Games that features provocative and gripping Third-Person modern military Shooter gameplay designed to challenge players' morality by putting them in the middle of unspeakable situations where unimaginable choices affecting human life must be made. Features include, a gripping, storyline reminiscent of Apocalypse Now and Heart of Darkness but set in a ruined Dubai, tactical squad-based Delta Force gameplay throughout a horizontally and vertically oriented world, devastating sandstorms which can be used in combat, a variety of multiplayer modes and maps, and deep support featuring two factions.

Third-person tactical Shooter action in a dramatic ruined Dubai setting.
View larger A rare examination of the ugly realities and choices of modern warfare.
View larger

Make Your Choices in the Face Cataclysm and War

It's been 6 months since Dubai was wiped off the map by a cataclysmic sandstorm. Thousands of lives were lost, including those of American soldiers sent to evacuate the city. Today, the city lies buried under sand, the world's most opulent ruin. Now, a mysterious radio signal is picked-up from Dubai, and a Delta Recon Team is sent to infiltrate the city. Their mission is simple: locate survivors and radio for evacuation. What they find is a city in the grip of war. To save Dubai, they'll have to find the man at the heart of its madness - Col. John Konrad.

Gameplay

Spec Ops: The Line is an action-packed Third-Person Shooter that delivers heart pounding physically close combat through a squad-based play mechanic. Players lead a team of three characters, Captain Martin Walker, Lieutenant Adams and Sergeant Lugo. Each character has his own distinct personality and specialized skills, and the mature story they each play a role in explores the dark side of war in a realistic way, in which there are no good outcomes, only hard choices. As missions are completed more advanced weapons and equipment are made available. In addition, the desert environment of Dubai is brought into the game in a unique way with stunning visuals, and dynamic sandstorms that actively effect level designs, and which can be used to help and hinder progress. The vertical interiors of Dubai high rise buildings also provide tactical advantages and risks that can used be by players. Multiplayer campaigns bring new modes and unusual situations and environments to expand the single player experience.

Key Game Features

  • A new portrayal of the Military Shooter experience with twisting narrative uncertainties.
  • Action packed third-person oriented gameplay provides an up-close and personal view into the brutality and emotion within the combat.
  • Command an intelligent and powerful squad of Delta-Force soldiers in a dangerous and unpredictable combat zone.
  • Cross "The Line" in a mature story that explores the dark side of war, where there are no bright outcomes, only bad or worse choices.
  • Unique Dubai setting strikes the imagination and transports players to a larger-than-life playground for vertical gameplay and stunning visuals.
  • A destructive sand element provides new gameplay experiences including sand avalanches, and powerful, disorienting sandstorm combat.
  • Deep and addictive team-focused multiplayer experience
    • Experience a variety of game modes such as classic deathmatch, team deathmatch, and "Rally Point", as well as a unique new mode called "Buried"
    • Featuring sandstorms and sand avalanches - you must utilize both to your advantage to succeed. Take out opponents unable to find cover during the storms. Shoot out sand deposits to bury your opponent alive.
    • Class-based progression system split across two unique factions: The Damned and The Exiles.
    • Each faction has four classes and one unique class. Unique classes provide important gameplay bonus for the player's team.
    • Unlock new perks, weapons, gear and challenges, and more as you progress up the ranks.
    • Play across a variety of Dubai-based maps. Experience intense vertical combat in the world's most opulent ruins.

Additional Screenshots

Command a Delta Force team.
View larger Devastating sand elements.
View larger Weapons, gear & challenges.
View larger Faction based multiplayer action.
View larger
System Requirements
Minimum Specifications: Recommended Specifications: OS: Win 7, Vista and XP Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2Ghz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 equivalent 2.4 GHz Quad Core processor RAM: 2 GB 3 GB Hard Drive: 6 GB Video Card: nVidia GeForce 8600 / ATI Radeon HD 2600XT nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX / ATI Radeon HD 4850 Additional Info: Initial installation requires one-time internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game) include: STEAM Client, Microsoft Direct X, Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable, Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable

Steam account required for game activation and installation.

"Product only available for US distribution. Quantity limits may apply."

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BAITness
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a must buy.
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2012
Platform For Display: PC DownloadVerified Purchase
At first glance, Spec Ops: The Line appears to be an incredibly generic game. The trailer shows a soldier standing in front of various war scenes while an ominous narrator talks about "dramatic" things. The name itself makes it sound like it is part of a series of cheap knock-off games you could find in Walmart for 10$. The boxart brings out the cliche black and white soldier with a fire (or brown and white in this case).

But do not let all that fool you. This game is amazing.

I was lured into reading more about it after I saw amazon had it on sale for 50% off. After hearing glowing reviews of the games story, I grew high expectations for the game.

They were exceeded in every way.

The games graphics are lovely, only marred by slightly off talking animations (they seem slightly rigid). The detail on the pc version outshines the ps3 and xbox versions by miles. The game is running the Unreal 3 engine, and it is the best use of the engine I have seen yet (to the point where I did not actually recognize the engine for the first half of the game). Your character looks excellent (which is good considering you will be staring at him for the entire game), full of small details you only notice if you look closely. As the game goes on, your character becomes more and more beat up, wounds covering him and sand caking onto his blood. It is very impressive visually.

Also helping the wonderful graphics along is the art style. Normally I would not expect a realistic modern shooter to have any kind of an art style at all, but this game does. It takes place in a sand-flooded almost vacant Dubai, letting the designers create beautiful landscapes with contrasting colors that give the entire area a surreal feeling. They purposefully mix up the environments both in design, light, and color, always giving you something fresh to look at. The entire game almost feels like a dream because the art direction is so well done.

Aiding the sense of immersion the graphics provide is the sound design. Whoever was in charge of this game completely nailed it, and needs to be hired elsewhere. Sound effects become appropriately deepened, echoed, cut short, etc based on the environment you are in, and I have never heard it done better. Guns are recognizable by their sounds, which should be expected in all games but seems to be a low priority for many developers these days. The voice acting is excellent, both by the main characters and the various other people you come across. Enemies shout out to each other amid the chaos of a firefight, even sometimes shouting to you. It did not once feel forced. If there was any issue at all to it, it would be that your own character does not display the varied emotion as well as the other characters, but I thought this was deliberate and part of the character development.

Another point of sound related excellence was the music - due to clever writing there is plenty of reason to have music playing in several sections. Not background music, like a score to a film, but actual songs like "Nowhere to Run" by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas. Not only are the songs good, classic tunes, but they also fit the situations they are played in perfectly and make the game more enjoyable.

Speaking of enjoying the game, we should talk about the absolute best feature of this epic: the story. The story for this game is gripping, thrilling, horrific, haunting, surreal, and in an odd way, beautiful. If this game were a movie, it would be the greatest movie of all time, and all other movies would be compared to it. It was too good to stop playing, I simply had to stay up and keep playing due to my thirst to know just what happened next. This is one of the rare games where your character develops over the course of events, becoming a different person by the end. As rare as it is to find that in a game, this game goes a step further by also making your squad mates and even some of the people you meet continue to change. The people in this game were interesting and compelling, almost like several character studies happening at once. The story wrapping them all together is equally impressive, painting a picture of every side in a terrible conflict twisting right up to a climax worthy of the events that preceded it. It was amazing.

Helping to deliver the story is the games directing (for lack of a better word). The game has a terrific pace to it, deliberately drawing emotions out of the player with carefully crafted scenes that keep you on the edge of your seat. The views from your character is almost cinematic, taking you through the game with what I would otherwise describe as careful camera work. The excellence of this aspect just adds to how unbelievably gripping the game is.

Unfortunately, even after all this praise, the game is not perfect. The unfortunate controls need to be addressed, as this game combines the "take cover" and "sprint" buttons to poor effect. This can occasionally cause problems, and though I did adapt to it, I was bothered that the buttons were not simply seperate. The same button is also context sensitive, changing to give medical aid when you are next to a downed squad mate. This did not ever cause a problem for me personally, but I can imagine situations where it would. On top of that, squad commands seem to be slightly off. Frequently the game would tell you to tap the squad command button to tell them to use a flashbang grenade, but it seems that when the game does not tell you to do it, it does not work. Otherwise you can hold down the squad command button to designate a target that one or the other of your squadmates should focus on, depending on the location of the enemy. Once again I thought these commands should be on two different buttons, and holding down the squad command button in the middle of a firefight is not really the easiest way to control the situation. Other than those gripes, I occasionally ran into situations where my character would come "unglued" from the wall he was taking cover behind. I would push in the direction I wanted him to move, but instead he would stop leaning against the wall and run in the direction I had indicated. This only happened in two places during the campaign, but those were two times that I died unfortunate deaths!

Also not perfect is the gameplay itself. It is not bad, in fact it was quite enjoyable for me, but it seriously lacks variety. There are only a few enemy types to deal with, and though they are aggressive and work together (when you let them live long enough to), it does detract from the game a bit. There are melee enemies, heavily armored enemies, snipers, RPG toting enemies, regular soldiers, and shotgun toting soldiers. Occasionally you have to deal with an enemy getting on an armored turret, and at various points you deal with helicopters. I believe that covers all the enemies in the game. Personally, I felt that I could put those enemies into "groups" that I dealt with the same way, making even less variety. I would handle RPG soldiers and snipers the same way, and shotgun enemies and melee experts the same way. With the constant variety in the setting, I definitely noticed the lack of different enemies more. With that said though, the game struck a great balance with foes it included, and I thoroughly enjoyed (and was thoroughly guilt tripped for) slaughtering them.

With all those details addressed, I want to again stress that this is a must play game. I am about to start my second play-through right now, already having my different choices planned out. I could only stall myself from the game long enough to write this review because I want to let everyone else know how excellent this game is, and to keep them from missing out.

PS: I ignored multiplayer and you should too.

Edit: The information below is no longer relevant.
[PPS: Nvidia beta drivers have a profile for the game, including FXAA and SLI support. You need to use nvidia inspector to add the games exe file to the profile, though.]
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Axianerve
5.0 out of 5 stars This Game Rocks
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2012
Platform For Display: PC DownloadVerified Purchase
Spec Ops: The Line is a great third person shooter. Not only do the shooting mechanics work well, but the story is like an orgasm for the mind. So much of this game relies on its great storytelling and the great story itself. Mind you the story isn't just the whole game and to write a review of the game without metioning the rest of its pros and cons would be a disservice to this game so now I shall break it down.

PROS:

1.) Great F******* Story, most of the above describes how well the story is. If you don't like shooters, but love a good story then pick this game up. It's really good.

2.) Heart Wrenching Game Descions. Yes this may still be part of the story in a way, but I believe they should be their own pro for this game. There are moments where you must decide who to save or who to kill and when. You may think these descions are just nothing and it's only a game, but there have been times in this game after making choices that I really almost broke into tears. There really isn't anything that I can say that will make you feel the heaviness of these tense situations you are put in.

3.) Great Voice Acting. Any story can be good, but it needs good voice acting to make it great. Spec Ops: The Line really comes through in this aspect. All of the actors really fill their roles well and at times maybe too well.

4.) Great Gameplay. This may not be Call of Duty style shooting, but for its cover based structure it does really well. Shooting the weapons in the game feels good (not like that). The guns feel like they are really powerful and pack a punch when you hit a target. That also works to your disadvantage though since you can only take a few hits before you are down for the count.

5.) Sand. The marketing for this game really focused a lot on the sand aspect of the game. There are many situations where you can destroy a window and an avalache of sand will come crashing down on your enemies killing them instantly. There are also clouds of sand that can pop up when a grenade goes off efectively blocking all of your vision. It really is a great aspect of the game that I don't believe has been done before.

6.) Sound and music. The sounds and music in this game really was phenomenal. Many times the great story is brought from great to insanley superb by the sounds and sometimes lack of them. In one key part of the game the sounds is what makes it so intense and immersive, but I won't go into any more detail. The music is also top notch. Many times a great situation turns awesome when you need to get that extra boost to drive back the enemy and the music kicks in with a perfect song to fit the situation.

CONS:

1.) MULTIPLAYER. The multiplayer in this game is atrocious. If you want to play a shooting game online deathmatch style then this game is definitley not for you.

2.) Glitches. Yes this game does suffer from the occasional glitch and bug like a gun floating in the air right where your player is after a cutscene. I have yet to find a game breaking glitch though, but there are many stutters here and there.

3.) Controls. The controls in this game can really cause a lot of pain and suffering. The control to sprint and cover is [space]. That being said there are many times when you wish to sprint forward only to run up to a couch and take cover. This also works when you want to run to cover, but instead get a rush of the braveheart syndrom and run strait into enemy fire. It takes some getting used to and you have to pay attention to the surrounding objects to avoid this problem.

4.) Squad Commands. The squad command controls are perfectly fins, but what makes this a con is the real lack of any use for them. Even though there is a part of the game where you have to use them, that was about the only time I really used them. The commands are just really a nuisance to deal with you have to stop what you are doing and hold down the middle mouse button and then hover over a target to select it for you teammates to kill, which by that time you are taking a lot of hits and may even be dead already. They just don't come into play well and I think there are only two commands, a kill command and a heal command.

Overall this game is a breath of fresh air for the shooting genre. After so many games with lackluster stories and mediacore gameplay it was time for this game to step up and it did. If you want to see videos of my playthrough just go to my youtube channel [...]
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5.0 out of 5 stars but this now
Reviewed in Canada on April 9, 2015
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Ravenwing
4.0 out of 5 stars Great story, gameplay a little weak.
Reviewed in Canada on November 12, 2013
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Game's story really turns the standard shooter plot on its head, but the FPS gameplay is a little weak compared to the more cookiecutter ones.
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