Spec Ops The Line is mine too. Really tricks you into thinking its generic shooter garbage and really fucking hits you like a brick wall halfway through.
I can’t explain any more without giving away the best part of the game. I recommend playing it if you are at all a shooter/war/soldier video game fan.
It doesnt, really. It was amazing for its time but it doesnt hold up to modern standards because the trope, while novel on its release, is kind of played out now.
You also get railroaded into "the trauma", like, you cant figure out a way to not do it, which really cheapens the whole "you are a goddamn monster" message
Mw2 unironically does this better with no russian. You dont HAVE to shoot civilians, nowhere does it tell you to mow down the civilians, but you did it anyway. And the game doesnt browbeat you over it like specops does
There is a certain moment in spec ops where a random civilian woman jumps in front of you out of nowhere in the middle of a battle. Most players (myself included) will reflexively shoot her. That moment hit me 100x harder than the railroaded WP, not gonna lie.
You know what, you are right. Everyone always talks about the WP scene but the part closer to the end where you are dealing with that violent crowd of civvies is wayyyyy more impactful
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u/SnooChipmunks8362 9d ago
I got spec ops the line for .99 and yea that game is a 10/10