ITS OVER FOR KINOCELS: Spec Ops to be delisted entirely from online gaming stores (not just Steam) "Spec Ops: The Line will no longer be available on online storefronts, as several partnership licenses related to the game are expiring."

Its ok, the story is about the character you're playing, not you

Guy is just a tard that doesn't know about backtracking or waiting til people go to sleep

Yeah, after sniping enemies for 10+ minutes I decided to use the WP. "Oh noez you - the player - are bad."

Without the pretentious message the game would've been a better critique of war. I could've sympathized with the character being "forced" to use the WP (or do all the other various stuff), but I as a player see things differently. When I try to break your game and you don't allow me to, then don't blame me for it. Blame yourself for being shitty devs who cannot predict the actions your players will take when presented with such a "message".

Fricking game was weak w it's gameplay too.

Oh I heard that people claim that's intentional as well. Cause "killing people is not fun".

Well maybe Reddit's changed a little but it was definitely a Reddit darling when it came out. Places like /r/truegaming wouldn't shut up about it for years.

And honestly “military and America bad” are arguably truer Reddit tropes than modern goyslop stuff because Reddit still felt that way even before 2016 when most of the users were libertarian dudebros — back when the argument was made because America was getting involved in random wars, as opposed to nowadays where it's because America isn't doing “enough” for slavshit or sandshit or whatever.

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No Adult Swim/Borderlands-esque sarcastic quips every sentence

Whoa there, turbo. Let's not throw the fricked up brilliance that was early Adult Swim (Space Ghost C2C, Aqua Teen, Sealab, Brak, Superjail, etc.) down the shithole with le random Richard & Mortimer, Robot Chicken, Bojack, etc. humor.

Anything that has more than "shoot bad guy" is reddit. Having themes or any kind of point of view is considered "politics" or "pandering"

You are the first person outside of reddit i've seen praise the game. I've never played it because every i know said it was annoying how they made you do bad things and then went wooooow how could you do bad things.

The game just ripped off Heart of Darkness. Video games ruined writing

No pop culture references every minute

when the entire game is a direct 50-50 mix of fight club and apocalypse now, you really don't need to make constant references. The fricking premise does it for you.

Yes

I look like this and talk like this.

But that's nonsense anyway; if you view the game as a game, there's nothing wrong with doing the things it's trying to critique.

That idea was just post-hoc cope from the developers who had to change the game when test audiences didn't do the stuff they wanted them to, so they had to change the game to force them to do the bad stuff.

The funny thing is I actually tried to backtrack multiple times in the game, before I heard its pretentious "idea". And it was never possible.

Nothing would've stopped them from including a small segment at the very start (after 1st contact) to return to base as you were ordered. Get a "good job" screen with an achievement and tell the player "But what would happen if you weren't following this command?" and let the player play again.

I mean a Farcry game had a similar secret ending, so wouldn't be that unheard of.

lets make this an rdrama joint venture

6 year development used to be considered development heck

Modern devs could never

you made me look it up.

they pitched a futuristic cover shooter to 2k(which was the style at the time) and 2k told them to make a spec ops game instead, but with a lot of creative freedom. Hence it not being the simulation like game like the earlier ones.

By today standards 6 years is not development heck jfl

Ah, thanks King