Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Spec Ops The Line


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.

Look for combat uncertainties, an in-you-face personal look at war and ripe with emotion, multi-player capabilities and a FUBAR Pack.  What is FUBAR? Trust me its impressive.