The History of Spec Ops: The Line
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
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Few video game genres instill power and satisfaction as easily as the shooter. While players can’t raise hell in titles like Call of Duty on the same scale as they can in games like Civilization, the immediacy of the former’s gameplay has proven time and time again to be far more efficient of an endorphin rush. Decades after players were first able to do so in Wolfenstein, unloading one’s clip into an unsuspecting enemy is still sublime like few other experiences in the medium; an unequivocal act of domination bereft of drawbacks or emotional trauma.
But every now and then, a shooter goes against the grain, and attempts to subvert these very foundations upon which it is built. Spec Ops: The Line was one such game. Released in 2012 on consoles and PC, The Line began in an unassuming fashion, casting players as the leader of a three-man team tasked with investigating the fate of a rogue colonel in a sand-swept version of Dubai. Those who kept with it, however, quickly discovered that underneath its modest premise laid a hellish odyssey, one that forced its protagonists into disturbing predicaments at every turn, and repeatedly questioned the ethicality of how they chose to solve them.
Like many subversive games before it, The Line received critical acclaim upon its release, but disappointed at retail, selling well below other, contemporaneous first-person shooters. Almost everyone who was involved in its production, however, was almost relieved that it didn’t end up becoming a massive hit - for bringing it into being had been its own personal hell, and nobody was ready to go for a second round.
This is the history of Spec Ops: The Line.
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Was expecting a fun third person shooter, but ended up depressed - 10/10
With PTSD too.
I was expecting a crap third person shooter and was extremely surprised with a side of ptsd
@Crashie-J Fuck I loved the loading screen notes.
Actually that's me with most modern triple a games: I expect to "play" a "fun" "game" but end up depressed and angry of having wasted my money on a "Skinner box" with pretty graphics
See Girls Frontline for same but cutesy experience.
It's been 8 years and people are still talking about this game, it is one of the most underrated gems in gaming
Reminds me of world in clonficts story.
I played it for the first time and finished it yesterday and it was great. Except I died a ton haha
ever since TLOU2, spec ops the line just revisit the narrative to compare the master piece from the cash grab of naughty dog...
@@l4w1nc0l7 Dumbest shit I've ever seen anyone reply to me
@@spartacus1155 wat im trying to say is tat, naughty dog is trying to sort of copy the formula from spec ops the line, in terms of story and empathy to the character, but instead, naughty dog just lost their narrative for som agenda.....i keep hearing and reading comments how they compare TLOU2 to spec ops the line's formula...tats why i keep watching every video, reviews and hell, download the game and revisit the masterpiece
How to get the good ending:
Step 1: You don't.
Just like real war.
It has 4 different endings.
I think best one are when you do not use gun on Conrad or drop it at cars
The good ending is to stop playing the game
Brilliant
At the beginning,you thought you're playing a generic military third person shooter
In the end,you realize it's a Psychological horror game that'll Questions your every actions and does everything to make the player feel guilty for THEIR action.
This quote alone gives me the nightmares..
"Do you feel like a hero yet ?"
Man,why aren't we getting games like this ? and I pity people thinking MW2019 is more darker and mature than this game.
Modern Warfare is just like everything else these days, some e-sport online competitive gaming crap. This game was a single player experience that was meant to make you think. Now a days they only want you thinking about how elite you are in the online gaming scene so you will buy more micro-transactions.
The line that really got me was, "this might be a game to you".
The problem was that none of your choices really matter at the end of the game, they're all horrible in their own ways.
@@cnlbenmc This is a real shame, 'cause originally they planned out that your choice matters in the game. But that got scrapped due to technical limitations
Modern Warfare was a big let down for us because they didnt understand subtle elements that The Line had, except the only part in the beginning where you walk past burning Russian Mercs but thats it, but only then it was only a bit emotional. Everything else is like "LOOK HOW HORRIBLE THIS IS GUYS."
Spec Ops: The Line cant be explained, it has to be experienced.
like silent hill 2
"Don't try to understand it, feel it"
@@nillynush4899 Replace the fog with sand, and you've got SpecOps.
"This isn't real." "Feel like a Hero yet?"
Jesus this game, what a real treat from start to finish, the amount of detail to put into the descent of a Normal Military Operation to a PTSD's WetDream it was just....
Walker is crazy from the start, you see some illusions very early on but Walker never comment on them.
*PTSD
@Joshua J shut fuck up the fucking bitch.
@@lucasvallet4487 Not crazy - already dead.
@@madkabal its a quote from the game relax
"we can't escape anguish, it's what we are".
Spec Ops The Line it's a haunting game, even years after I played it the experience was still stuck inside my brain. In fact, it was the first game on which I naturally held back during firefights, i didn't want to kill the soldiers of the dammed 33rd; there were the enemy, and yet it felt wrong.
top comment and no replies? Damn. I agree this game had much more impact, other than, "Generic Russian Shooter number 343423" or "Middle Eastern fps number 64363636346346"
I know! Only few games made me stop and think
33th lmao
When I got to the ending, I bawled out like a baby. It was quite possibly the most emotionally destroying game I've ever played, if not _the most emotionally destroying game EVER MADE._
It turns out, you were the enemy, or rather the unwitting pawn of the CIA to kill off both the 33rd and remnants of Dubai
The Moment at 6:02 sold the Game to me. When I played the Game and the Women ran towards me, I accidently shot her. I was already expecting to restart the Section, because as we all know, killing Civilians in a Military Shooter is a big No No!
But nothing happened. Because if you kill a Civilian, accidently or not, in the Heat of Battle and nobody finds it out, nothing will happen.
That Moment made me realize this Game was something else.
Savant I hate that why tf should a game limit the player they bought the fucking thing
It sucks, doesn't it? A woman died because of what you did, and nobody cares. Not even the game.
@@Jojje94 Really sends home the struggles soldiers need to deal with.
@@mrjohnnyk The struggles of the people getting fucking killed!
happend to me too in one part of the game, restarted the section from the last checkpoint ... but the civilian never appeared again in this section of the game for me.
This game was amazing, I remember just randomly buying it on sale when I was bored and wanted a fun shooter to play in my time off. Highly recommend.
"Gentlemen.. Welcome to Dubai..."
Got to have Nolan North say that line to me. I damn near squeed.
"The truth, Walker, is that you're here because you wanted to feel like something you're not: a hero."
Fantastic retrospective for a fantastic game!
„The only way to win is not to play“
First time I heard that line I thought, "Is he really talking to Walker or to me, the player?"
The only problem I had with the game from a story standpoint was that it did the nearly impossible; it broke my immersion with the Hallucinations at the end with Conrad. For me; if Conrad was dead the whole time then the events of the entire game might as well have been Willard having a fever dream whilst bleeding out in Afghanistan cuz those snipers at the hanging men sequence sure are real.
@@cnlbenmc conrad is dead the whole time it is an hallucinations
I remember reeding in a magazine before Spec Ops: The Line was released that it intended to “Do with sand what BioShock did with water.” I ignored it until just two years ago.
This game is odd, it always looked like yet another generic 3'rd person shooter, but it was anything but.
@@mrjohnnyk The intention was exactly that
@@mrjohnnyk in lies the genius of this game!
@@mrjohnnyk At some point it feels like game is just mocking itself and the whole standards of 3rd person shooter gameplay mechanics for how unrealistic they are, even if they're pretending to be.
I ignored the entire thing so hard i forgot it existed didnt buy it as im not really into fps. Only played arma.
Saw the title and had to see the vid. Spec Ops: The Line was a masterpiece and I wish it gets a remaster sometime in the future
if there is a future
New gen gamers won't appreciate this masterpiece
I actually just replayed this game a few weeks ago and it still holds up decently well by today’s standards apart from the controls (on Xbox)
There's not really a need for a remaster, the game still looks solid and runs on modern machines just fine.
The writer williams book on video game writing is excellent episode is great his mafia2 story is hilarious
One of the all time modern greats. Deconstructed a genre perfectly. This is what people want when "subverting expectations" is talked about. Giving the audience something they didn't know they wanted.
Yup, as opposed to yet another mindless generic shooter we got a deep presentation of war comparable with Apocalypse Now. You just don't see this kind of thing anymore, now they just try to sell you some character/gun skins for the latest disposable competitive video game where gamers compete over bragging rights.
@@mrjohnnyk it's not comparable in any way to Apocalypse Now.
@@ChucksSEADnDEAD You got a point because instead of dealing the protagonist and antagonist sanity in a wild environment, the whole time you are dealing yourself and how your own goals have damned everybody around you.
It is *hearbreaking* how good this game is and yet it is relatively obscure to gamers today.
Random Hajile it’s a true oddball because you have to try and convince someone to play it despite its generic exterior and less than stellar gameplay and not force them to continue even if they try it.
Probably one of the hardest video games to get other people to play.
Literally everyone and their mothers talk about how underrated it is. It's far from obscure, it's just nobody talks about it because the game is only worth one playthrough.
@@bigboysdotcom745 I would argue its actually very obscure in my designer courses only like two people had heard of it, most people have never even heard of Spec Ops : The Line. It might seem like everyone talks about it, but they don't its actually a pretty rare game to be brought up in most circumstances. I can count on one hand from personal experience that have played Spec Ops: The Line.
I only heard about the game because of Extra Creditz and Total Biscuit after the game had come out. It is underrated because very few of the gaming populace has played it or even heard about it.
@@bigboysdotcom745 I have played through the game at least 50 times.
@@Asheriancommand it was forgotten because the only thing remotely memorable about it is the plot... which was copied from a 40 year old film adaptation of a century-old novel.
And even then, it did that poorly.
GVMERS releases The History of Spec Ops: The Line...
*Raycevick really liked that*
Krist Stevens No one seems to remember that he used to be on this channel
Last time I was this early, I could've left Dubai without destroying it.
@Crashie-J
To quote "Wargames": "A strange game. The only winning move is not to play."
I still remember when I first played this and me and my cousin thought it was just another generic shooter but he went to bed and I was still playing and I was a changed man after that I was not expecting the experience I got and it still haunts me to this day
I think we all thought of this as just yet another generic shooter back in the day. There has been so many games like this but without any of the depth.
This game hit me hard. I think about it all the time. I've played on every PC I've had as a kinda benchmark but really just an excuse to experience the true horror again without seeming to be morbid. Art. Masterpiece. Remaster, possibly. Remake, no. Sequel f no!
But a spiritual successor will always be welcomed.
@@CorkScrewDood am feeling ya
Gentlemen, Welcome to Dubai. You know you're a psycho, when that line makes so much sense to you.
@@CorkScrewDood possibly dying light 2 given how one faction is reminiscent of the heart of darkness (brutal and evil at face value, but complete opposite when peer deeper into the faction)
@@CorkScrewDood Yes, that would be good. But, honestly, i feel that the message of this game is done completely.
Novels had HoD, films had Apocalypse Now, and now the video games have SO:TL.
There's a line men like us have to cross. If we're lucky, we do what's necessary, then we die
Gentleman, welcome to Dubai
Colonel, how are you getting Internet with all the Sandstorms?
@@mercenarygundam1487 It seems that reports of my... "Disconnection"... have been greatly exaggerated
I agree, I don't want a sequel to Spec Ops: The Line, the story was told and that's enough. Not everything needs to be a franchise. But to not revisit mature themes and complex narratives that would fit particularly well in video game form is a silly conclusion and obviously an emotional knee-jerk response from a rough development cycle. They're making a mistake.
Exactly… it’s not the theme that led to poor initial sales, it was them protecting the storyline and using the marketing to further ensnare the player in the “typical military shooter” mindset.
Don’t get me wrong, it was absolutely necessary to protect the integrity of the end of the game, and even scenes like the WP….
But when you are acting like the game is a generic shooter, you market it like a generic shooter, and the first half of the game acts like a generic shooter, it only makes sense that you would make generic shooter profits from it.
technically Spec Ops was already a franchise before The Line, and it was the very last game. what a way to cap off a franchise
This game is a MASTERPIECE. The gameplay was awesome, the soundtrack as well (using the Black Angels was a nice touch)
The Ending for this game blew my mind. The Epilogue was so sad too, no matter the choice.
"Survivors..... ONE too many"
did you know there's more than one ending?
@@StarKnight619 Yep, that's why I said that no matter what you choose at the end it's still sad times ahead
@@MuzzySkeleton oh crap you did..........been a LONG day
@@StarKnight619 🤣🤣🤣
@@StarKnight619 honestly the one that got me, was the one where he commits suicide and radio replays the original message
Second ending that I preferred was the one where he surrendered and then exclaimed that he didn't survive
"This isn't right. We did this already."
That part threw me for a loop
@Parvonik I think its more with the opening scene of the game. There are theories that Walker and the squad died in the opening heli scene and all of the content of the game is reliving their atrocities in hell.
@@user-lq2nu6cn7y that makes the most sense to me
@@arandominternetperson437 Even more so as they are climbing downwards throughout the whole game. Something that is not often mentioned about this game. They are in hell technically.
Anyone who's played this game knows it has the best storyline ever shipped to media.
I remember playing up to the point where Martin ordered and authorised his men to use WP on what they thought were enemy soldiers, never have I turned a system off fast in my life. That’s how brilliant this game was, the fact a game affected me to such a high degree means the writers did it justice.
We constantly receive cod sequels yearly, but rarely do you see games like Spec Ops the Line.
Even the new CoD Modern Warfare tried to be the next Spec Ops, but failed miserably because of it's ham-fisted messages and poor view of politics.
Good on you for realizing what was going on. Most of us just plowed through, without questioning anything. It's just a game, but it bothers me that I didn't consider it more at the time, like you did. The game helped me become more introspective.
Jaerb4 I legit cried at that scene, it was overwhelming. I honestly genuinely couldn’t play further for a while. We will never receive a unique third person shooter like this in future.
But this game doesn't need a sequel. The plot is over, everyone is dead. Maybe Conrad's daughter and wife are alive, but that's all.
Even making a spiritual successor would be extremely hard.
This game covered everything needed.
It covered questions of morality.
It covered stupidity of a plot "some guys disobey orders from HQ, go for their own mission, save the day and become heroes"
It covered USA's invasive politics.
It covered hypocrisy of military shooters.
It covered 4rth wall and then broke it.
It covered PTSD and horrors of war in general.
There are some games that can possibly be spiritual successors of SO:TL, like DDLC and undertale, but they weren't as good, in my opinion.
I think one of the games that comes close to Spec Ops: The Line is Call of Duty: World At War.
Brutal, just brutal.
Thank you for making a video about this game. I still remember my first playthrough.
There were a few hints about this not being an ordinary shooter here and there, like disappearing leaves from trees or the main menu US flag, but I thought they were just easter eggs or something.
Then I shot one guy hanging from a pole, then I shot dozens of enemies, then I fucking shot white phosphorus while my mate was telling me not to. Then a dying soldier said: “Why?! We were helping!” I mean... what? Then the helo scene came and I thought: “Hey, we were here before.” And Walker said: “Hey, we were here before....” Ehm... wtf is going on?
And then the game spiraled out of control, started telling me I’m the bad guy, made me question every shooter I’ve played before, I got fucked in the ass for playing it. The game itself asked me if I really think all this is entertaining... if I am having fun... well fuck no, I’m not enjoying this, I don’t like being a bad guy, but I have to go on, I have to finish what I’ve started... ...or do I??
Love this game. I rented on Game Fly right when it came out. I ended up paying the Keep It price. It felt like a cross between a war game and Silent Hill.
personally I consider it one of the best "psychological horror" (the actual thing, not what the Steam tags think psychological horror is) games even though it's typically not branded as horror
The Guardian I consider it a psychological terror instead of horror. The game never scares you, but it sure as hell mortifies and traumatizes you.
the nice thing about this vids is that there is almost zero spoilers, some little hints but thats all... great game, too short and with a meh mp, but in general, a great game
I like how it isn't very long, too many games expect you to play them forever and I never beat them.
I feel like its length is a good thing. It does deliver the story but doesn't protract the unspectacular gameplay.
Yager didn't even want a MP, it was made by Darkside.
Rarely does a game make me care about the life of the character im playing, a great game just immerses me that way, but only ONCE has a game made me stop and think about the lives of the mindless henchman i was mowing down, Spec Ops: The Line is truly a unique game
World in clonfict did the same to me.
One of my favorite video games of all time and one of THE most underrated games of the last generation. I need a spiritual successor
"Do you remember why you came here in the first place?"
This game really hit me. It was truly worth it.
Shit hit the pan the moment Walker disobeyed orders from HQ. This game shows perfectly that, as a soldier, if you do such thing, you're fucked no matter what.
He had no information about the situation, but he rushed in to "save the day", paving his path with corpses. Not good.
Spec ops: the line has ones of the best story i have played in video games . its up there on my top 5 games for best storys. Does really suck that they never want to make a game like it ever again . but its a hidden gem. That i feel would be killed if they make more.
Now a days they would try to turn it into some competitive video game so they can sell some micro-transactions.
@@mrjohnnyk This game criticized how generic war shooters behave. But what if Yager makes a game that criticizes how competitive games behave, turning people into evil asocial assholes, devoured by purpose of earning more ELO points no matter what?
For me playing Spec Ops: The Line feels too much like Reaper Indoctrinated Shepard from Mass Effect
It's slow, distorting, terrifying, harsh, and hits you with that consequences
Too bad indoctrination theory was shot down by bioware, like seriously that theory blew my mind, and like I thought that entire mass effect 3 was a lie and I was really some kind of saren type husk
@@ALV694 Bioware couldn't stand someone giving a better writing in their own game.
@@jonasamorim4958 ya u might be right
@@ALV694 It's ridiculous, the fans gave them the perfect out, the perfect ending to have more DLC and make one of the biggest mindfucks in gaming. Never forget, Marauder Shields
@@30yovegan34 ikr marauder shields was the true protagonist in the game. I mean if the indoctrinated theory was true, the campaign would reach MGS level of mind fuckery
I'm just repeating word of someone else. "This game needs to be played in one sitting". I did it and it's such an experience. U get tired both metally and physically and its almost u are really there experiencing it with Walker.
You should also try it in FUBAR. It's like you are really in a combat situation and can die from anything.
@@SimaoRodrigues... I dont think I'm a good enough of a gamer to be able to pass it on FUBAR. I'll give it a try though.
@@326787421 For me, at least, it made the experience much more stressfull and the game took a whole other perspective. It was like kill or be killed, watch all corners, save ammo for later fights...it was kinda paranoid to be honest.
I finished this game on FUBAR because I wanted to 100% it due to how much I both loved and hated it, but by the time I was near the end there was only hatred... this game is unforgiving and I was so frustrated I was acting like Walker... cussing the enemy, hating them for making me have to face them again and again each time I died or progressed only to get stuck in yet another gunfight.
@@SimaoRodrigues... FUBAR really gets you bent. I loved it, it gives you the right amount of anxiety and adrenaline, exactly how it feels to be in walker's shoes.
Immediately saw the name of the game and knew this would be a treat. Thanks for covering one of my favorite underrated gems!
My game of the year for 2012. Absolutely enjoyed Spec Ops The Line. Really wish they'd make more single player focused games like this.
The marketing for this game was deceptive it looked like a generic 3rd person on the surface but once completed it is a harrowing experience that no other game had tried. Never wanted a sequel as the game stands on its own.
These days I think great games are better off this way, especially ones like this. If they tried to make a formula out of it, it would just become what they were criticizing. Movies are the same way, great meaningful ones are best on their own without any sequels.
Yeah, that really seems to have been a big problem with the game. It attracted the people who wouldn't be interested, instead of those who would be. Fundamentally that's a big risk of a project that goes against expectations.
Lmao literally everyone was pointing out the "Konrad" reference in games media, it wasn't deceiving anyone who ever read anything about it.
I've been waiting 8 years for this.
me too lol that game was awesome, I love Nolan North, played the Deadpool game he voice acted too.
CoD: MW tried to do this kind of shit where it tried to make the player feel bad for playing the game but it failed.
Yeah I think because it couldn't resist keeping you in the "still technically the good guys" category. Spec ops gave you some ruthless options and gave you no feedback on what was right or wrong in th moment because in the framework of the game (like warfare) no one's a hero just alive.
MW still tried to make you look like the good guys, mediocre storytelling also considering the fact that the cinematics are laggy AF because they try to hide the loading screens, it definitely feels like everyone is being portrayed as the good guys and there is no nuance unlike Spec Ops' factions. The Damned 33rd Infantry Battalion were ruthless and very authoritative but they were trying their best to keep everyone alive, the CIA were trying to cover up the incident that could potentially cause a 3rd World War, the looter rebels were trying to give everyone free access to all the food and water they needed but failed and caused everyone to eventually die of thirst and hunger. "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." And this is the personal hell built by the people involved with trying to save Dubai.
99% of players play CoD for the MP, I myself was one of those; however, the MP was utter trash in MW 2019, though it’s campaign was one of the few of the series that I actually enjoyed playing.
As much as I love CoD this game made me question all the other military games
That game, while fun, is straight up goofy compared to this no doubt
One of the best stories in gaming history
This game is one of the most eye opening experience of war actually is, the things they portrayed is actually one of the perspective that most wouldn't even dare to touch, not one that imagine you as the patriotic heroes who does anything for their country/ideals, but one that show you no matter who you're, be it civilian, military personnel, or even a once powerful figure in society, once the shit hits the fan, you would do whatever you need to survive, and even justified it with whatever you have, even at the cost of your own sanity.
Because at the end of the day, we would to think ourselves as a good person, even though deep down we know we aren't.
Games these days rarely make you think like this. Now a days it's just all about pwning noobs and being the top online gamer, the only meaning derived is one of bragging rights.
@@mrjohnnyk plus campaigns are either poorly written garbage or some kind of propoganda power trip like MW2019
If you want an eye opening experience about modern war just watch Generation Kill. Something actually written by a journalist attached to the Marines.
This is fantasy.
I remember playing the game back in release. It was one of the most compelling, immersive, story driven shooter I've played in my life. I remember literally throwing up after going through the ending. Nothing beats this game in this genre in my opinion, I just can't compare it to anything. After playing this, no shooter is good enough for me.
As a writer, i couldn't help but write a sequel's intro to this game. No I'm not crazy enough to write out a whole game for something that'll never happen, but my point is, the game was so brilliant, it inspired. Everyone will have their own ideas, but I can see a sequel where Walker basically becomes Conrad, history repeating itself and the cycle of violence continues in a loop. More themes worth exploring could be how society depicts men like him, Conrad and the soldiers sent to kill for good will, further exacerbating the problem of inspiring men to fight in wars through shooters, exciting ads, and heroic tales without talking about the extreme amounts of bad.
The Line dealt with internal monologue, the sequel could deal with the external, and how one's actions define your identity in the world.
God, this deserved a sequel, but at least it gets conversations and inspiration.
Hands down, one of the best shooters ever made. Loved every minute of it. Played it even on FUBAR... It was a pain in the ass. Greetings from Germany.
Same. Did it on FUBAR.
We are both officially as sane as Walker.
Just finished my third play through of this game recently. It’s still an incredibly profound, visceral, and powerful experience. The ending legitimately made me cry the first time I played it; I’ve never had that happen with a game before. It’s a shame that there aren’t more shooters like it. The line that still haunts me to this day is “Do you even remember why you came here?”
An interesting idea for one of your videos would be a history on the Kane and Lynch franchise. Both games had interesting narratives and characters, but were held back by shoddy gameplay and strange pacing.
I highly recommend after watching this video, to check out extra credits video on this game. Playing it was really something else, but after watching their videos, it really opens on how deep this game goes.
It might have not made a lot of sales, but the people who did play it know how unique and gripping an experience it was, and there are plenty of videos analysing its story and narrative. This game was very different, and will be remembered by those who played it for being one of the darkest shooters one can experience.
The narration is like back when the discovery channel documentaries were good.
Yeah funny how you gotta go to youtube channels like this to enjoy the kind of content we used to get from TV.
6:40 The billboards flashing the words "Me" and "Home" are a callback to the test scene from The Parallax View.
One of my favorite games of all time. One of those games that proves games can be art or have a message and not just mindless violence.
A game like this is refreshing in this day and age where competitive gaming is everything.
This game got shafted on release, mainly because the marketing dropped the ball. But it's one of my favourite games of all time because of the storytelling. The pacing feels good, the dialogue evolves as the game goes on, the characters feel real. And I personally feel this is, hands down, one of, if not THE best voice performance Nolan North has done, ever.
That's a fair point, one which I honestly hadn't considered.
The only other (admittedly slim) possibility I can think of is that the marketing team simply didn't fully understand what they had on their hands, thus didn't know how to sell it to the public correctly. I know I'm kinda clutching at straws with that one, so take it with a pinch of salt.
I wish some one would make another game like, this showing the horrors of war. This game was amazing, ill definitely remember the white phosphorous scene for a long time. 10/10 game, a must play imo.
Just beat this game a week ago for the first time, all in one sitting too. Probably my favorite story from any military shooter. I think about the game at least every single day and I think the experience will stick with me forever
Thanks for making a video like this!
Not only does it bring back a ton of memories from working on this with a lot of great people (and oh yeah it has been quite a ride) but it also allows us to read the comments of so many players that even so many years later still love (not sure whether this is the best word for it ;-) our game.
Reading those means a lot to us and to me personally. It means that all the hard work was worth it. So thanks for sharing your thoughts!
did you feel like a hero yet?
You're still a good person.
Yes
The U.S. Army does not condone killing civilians, but none of this is real so why should you care?
I played it in my home town dubai so i have the full experience 😅🔥 . 10/10 game
I love that this game has develop a sort of cult classic reputation in the years following its release. Even though I am almost 100% sure it will never happen, I would love to see a remaster of this absolutely sublime masterpiece.
Thank you for this. You guys are the best game documentaries channel hands down.
Incredible game.
The variety of storytelling elements like the character animations changing over the course of the game, the loading screens, the in-game dialogue changing, Walker's tone and all the fourth wall breaks were absolutely mindblowing.
It's a near-perfect example of a homogenously designed experience, where all the different elements are focused directly on getting you to experience what the designer wants you to experience.
I never shut up about how amazing SpecOps: The Line is.
This game is amazing, the story emotionally drains you by the end
I still cant believe this game was made, what a blessing. Absolutely one of my favorite games of all time.
You are blessed with your voice. It immediately makes the whole video so professional, it reminds me of when videogames tv shows were a big thing.
How unexpected for this to drop. What a stellar gem of a game, stoked that you all have featured it!
I really enjoy your videos, loved the line. was amazed about the experencie and never understood some of the game shortcomings, now seeing this A LOT es explained.
This game has one of the best video game sountracks ever, no dumbsteps no techno and other bs, just pure ambient rock :)
This game is a master class not only because of its story, characters and setting but also the technical aspects such as sand effecting the terrain. It had a lot of great ideas well implimented and it's what most of shooters nowadays are missing.
It was new and innovative, grounded and its story and interactions well writen and believable and at the end of the game it made you question your sanity. A dash of PTSD and schizophrenia mix go well with a big civilian town in ruins and all the corpses rotting nearby.
Sadly we won't get a sequal however I do wish we get a improved spiritual successor. A shorter that is innovative, edgy but grounded and also fun to play.
The line was a good balance and it didn't feel preachy despite the fact it was trying to tell a complex story of people who have been in war as fighting force or civilians.
I'll never forget calling white phosporos and seeing a corpse of a mother despite how hopeless her situation was she grasped her child to save it.
Man, i friggin love this game. I remember eating every tiny piece of information pre release, and buying it day one, i didn't quite know why at the time but i knew i'd love it. Still one of my all times favorite. I love this channel. Best gaming docs!
Gem channel with best RUclips comments I’ve ever saw. Thank you, gvmers.
Finished game several times, including MFWIC. Still waiting for games to get even close to amount of seriousness and challenges it provide both gameplay and psychologically wise. Games are art of entertainment. Yet, it is easy to forget moral boundaries games often ignore to achieve... entertainment. When it is done game becomes priceless art, expression of idea.
And The Line is priceless art, idea of violence not glorified.
very well done i wonder why this channel doesn't get more views its a very well done documentary
YES FINALLY!!! IVE NEVER BEEN SO EXCITED TO SEE A VIDEO DROP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!!... sorry, I get excited over this gem of a game.
Love this channel, thanks for all the hard work you guys do 👍😃
I've been waiting for this for a long time. One of the MOST underated games and part of my top 10 favorite!
Spec Ops the Line is a underrated masterpiece and I hope everyone gets a chance to experience it without spoilers! one I will never forget 👏 Yager games crafted such a deep story, I remember being stunned at several moments in the story, it went places I could not see coming.
Absolutely underrated. Sad truth is that I remember gaming media not only not giving enough credit to the story, but omitting its other strong points like how good music or voice acting is (a lot of contextual voicelines in firefights and incredible performance of Nolan North as Walker).
thanks for that video... it was one of my favourite games on ps3...played it last year again showed it to two frienda...guess what they played and loved it...its sad this game wasnt financialy sucessfull...would have loved another one...that story and choices you had to make...just amazing
This game is still amazing to this day, and deserved so much more.
Great video as always GVMERS!
This channel is the greatest! I absolutely love the games/franchise they choose. "SpecOps: The Line" is such an incredible game with such a moving story. Even the PS1 SpecOps games are great. Thanks GVMERS for another amazing video!
All of your videos are heart touching and your voice is out of this world. Thanks for this channel and every content you make.
Please make a video on 'The History of Transformers(By Moon Studios)'
Thankyou for making this 😊
fun fact, the game was banned back then and even today, if u live in certain places, u can't find it on steam, but u can buy it off key sites like fanatical , a really good game, with a really strong scene that will linger long within u , and a very open ended conclusion, also a game with huge replay value to notice some really well hidden details that keeps reminding you that this whole game might be just a dream between 2 certain points....
thing is, as much as u think Dubai (UAE) is a very open minded place, it is still a very barbaric place with ancient laws and believes, and one of them is the utmost respect to the three leaders, and their crown jewel, Dubai....the negative depiction of dubai as becoming a wasteland, along with the portraits of the country commanders in the game, was seen as an insult....imagine if they make a game depicting how they use foreign workers as slaves and the huge wage gap between nationalities and the fact that no single citizen eve has to work manual labor...
let us talk about U.S.A , no man is too good to work at a gas station or a valet or a waiter or even a paperboy, go to dubai, stay a while, walk around, talk to people, u won't find a single citizen working in a gas station, serving u food or fixing ur wifi.....it might be a good thing, having your people as elites but then again, living in a country of bureaucrats and military is a thing of wonder.....what else would u expect from people who would build a 1000m2 garage and have it marble floor just for 1 bird to live in it ? how do i know ? i supplied the tiles ... it is still a story i tell people , about that 1 person who's castle is surrounded by a personal forest, in the middle of the desert with deers and gazelles and it takes a 30 minutes drive from the gate to reach the front door....
Thanks for writing that.
Love this channel. What an amazing narrator!
This was a game I had to get. I raved about it. It doesn't need a sequel but it does deserve a modern rebuilt engine upgrade.
just wanted to say this camera angle and transition at 1:57 may even be better than the one in the game itself, Walker's eyes give so much more to it
A welcome surprise this Saturday. Thank you GVMERS
Recently replayed this for maybe the eighth or ninth time, it’s still one of the greatest ever shooter campaigns!
From day one till now, this is my favourite shooter campaign that I will likely keep coming back to for many more years.
Got this for my birthday last year. It was one of the few 360 game I feel I missed. Was so happy to finally play it. Fantastic experience.
The defining moment of Spec Ops is the phosphorous scene. You launch poison gas into what you think is an enemy base while you stare at your own reflection on the monitor only to realize the camp you were shooting at was full of refugees, women and children, burnt to a crisp, and you have to walk through the camp seeing the horror you caused. Spec Ops is a disturbingly underrated game. Great choice for a video, GVMERS.
This Game is such a gem! Thank's for doing this amazing vídeo.
Love these videos - kicking myself for missing this game. Too much into DCUO at the time of the release
Excellent documentary, I miss this game so much..
About time this game got brought up by GVMERS, more outlets need to be discussing the masterpiece that this game is.
I've played it around 6 times, and it still manages to send shivers down my spine.
The trouble is the game never give players any choices, and in doing so destroyed its own narrative. The designer's assumption was every player would shoot before asking questions, and then the final revelation would hit hard. However not every player will take the gun ho approach everytime. I wish the game would have some hidden endings where the player can simply walk away from the very first confrontation (like far cry 4), that way the player would really see the irony of themselves being murderous hero wannabes.
The developers actually did consider putting an option where you just left from the first confrontation, but I believe that it was considered to be too easy to do and players would have easily missed the point. Plus, the game came out in 2012 when the market was absolutely saturated with shooter games like these, plenty of people would have initially gone on rails blasting because of what was expect of this genre at the time.
There are many third options in the game, but they are not spelled out of you.
It's worth pondering if the Far Cry hidden option would have existed if it wasn't for The Line.
In any case, a game worth having and playing at least once.
I absolutely love these videos.
This guy literally has the BEST voice for narration. This channel should be wayyy more popular than it is tbh!
Preach
Thanks Gvmers for making this video and to Yager for creating this masterpiece of a game.
This is one game I'm glad I got before it started selling well. I went in totally blind and expected a basic shooter with a story. But I'll be damned if I can think of another game that hits so hard psychologically as it dawns on you eventually what exactly is going on. I still rate it very highly in my all time list.
10 years later, still an underrated gem
Gvmers is at the forefront of gaming's historical preservation. I can't wait to show this years later to young people
Spec Ops: The Line was ridiculously good. Kind of sucks that they did the entire "I'm going to give you one way to progress, and try to make you feel bad" with the white phosphorus shenanigans, though.
Great game, great channel ever.
Love the videos. Remind me a lot of Ahoy.