When the ultra-opulent city of Dubai is suddenly and un-expectantly ravaged
by a killer sandstorm thousands die including American military troops sent to evacuate
the city. Buried beneath dunes of sand,
the city is a wasteland of dead and dying people, ruined roads and highways,
devastated buildings and parks and suffers from an almost complete lack of
food, supplies and medicine.
When a mysterious radio signal is received Delta Recon Team is sent to investigate. What they find is a rogue military outfit
that has taken control of the city and its remaining population. Their mission
is to find the leader of the American forces: Colonel John Konrad and then to evacuate
survivors.
2K Games presents the Premium Edition
of Spec Ops The Line for PS3 that takes the kids gloves off when it comes to
depicting ground fire and war. This
ain't no walk in the park or kiddy ride.
When bullets hit a man there is no simple spray of blood-his body is
riddled and pulverized. Prisoners are tortured
and executed, hand-to-hand combat looks and feels real, explosions ripe apart
soldiers and civilians alike and air-to-ground combat is not pretty.
Add to that the hostile environment of the dessert, the lack of water and
supplies, the heightened senses of soldiers to close to the line of death and
you have a video game that presents war as it is-the death of humans and the
destruction of property. You won't
find, "It's only a flesh wound," in this game. Dead is dead and sometimes massive injuries
make soldiers wish they were dead.
360 degree game play and impressive and realistic environments heighten the intensity
so that players have no idea where an attack may originate from. It looks like a city on the edge of
extinction. Cars, bodies, buildings and other objects litter the landscape
making perfect places for ambushes, firefights and dessert dangers.
This game is not for the weak of stomach nor for those with prudish attitudes
toward violence and language. This is
how soldiers on the field act and talk especially when they are asked to step
over The Line.