Spec Ops: The Line

Storyline

The game will follow the story of player character Captain Martin Walker (voiced by Nolan North) as he is sent into a post-apocalyptic Dubai with an elite Delta Force bravo team. Previously, Dubai was a wealthy area with many high profile citizens until catastrophic sandstorms left a majority of the city buried. This caused many to evacuate, leaving only a few behind. One of the people left behind was U.S. Army Colonel John Konrad (a reference to the author of Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad), a founding member of Delta Force, who refused to evacuate from a training facility in the city and instead remained behind with the men under his command to help protect the citizens that could not evacuate. After several weeks of no contact, the Army fears that Col. Konrad and his men are lost to the destruction of the city until a weak distress signal is picked up. This gives the Army reason to deploy the player and their squad, who must infiltrate the city, neutralize outlaws and survive sandstorms as they attempt to determine what happened to Konrad and his men. Through the narrative in the trailer and sound clips from the game's website it is hinted that Konrad may not have entirely genuine motivations for remaining in Dubai against orders.

Genres

Shooter, Adventure

Platforms

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac

Game Modes

Single player, Multiplayer

Player Perspectives

Third person

Companies

2K Games, Darkside Game Studios, Yager Development, Take-Two Interactive, Missing Link Games

Themes

Action, Stealth, Warfare

Keywords

modern warfare, helicopter, basketball, bloody, murder, shark, military, goat, steam, bird, achievements, multiple endings, special forces, online, hostages, building, artificial intelligence, torture, tank, camera, racism, over the shoulder, level selection, airplane, darkness, explosion, steam achievements, digital distribution, xbox controller support for pc, steam cloud, steam leaderboards, playstation trophies, modern military, voice acting, bink video, polygonal 3d, breaking the fourth wall, licensed soundtrack, collectibles, motion blur, wasd movement, white noise, fake in-game advertising, corpse, retail games with steam activation, playstation plus, checkpoints, moral decisions, downloadable content, melee, kill feed, a.i. companion, betrayal, difficulty level, audio logs, vending machine interaction, post-credits plot twist, rock music, conveyor belt, cover system, destructible environment, banned, central intelligence agency, no hud, been here before, starfish, evolving title screen, unlockable difficulty level, suicide, difficulty achievement, hallucination, game with chapters, games on demand, squad tactics, multiplayer lan, plot twist, team deathmatch, stealth kill, banter during gameplay, squad based shooter, regenerating health, compact disc, finishing move, scripted events, aggressive door-opening, burning, propaganda, severed limbs, united states army, arrival by crash landing, context sensitive, pax east 2012, e3 2012, forced slow walking, environment as weapons, rail shooting segment, hero turned evil, military jargon, e3 2010, male protagonist

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