From a story standpoint, Spec Ops: The Line is one of the most engaging and intense war stories told in modern gaming. Similar to games like Silent Hill and Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, Spec Ops: The Line assaults the player with hallucinations and skewed versions of reality, constantly forcing them to reconsider their actions. Although the game occasionally brushes over cliché and overplayed war sequences, there's a surprising amount of truly uncomfortable content that forces the player to think about their actions. Eager to discover the truth of what transpired, the trio heads deeper into Dubai, unaware of the horrors that await them.īetter than other war-themed shooters, Spec Ops: The Line puts the terrifying reality of war front and center.
Once inside the city borders, the trio discovers violent faction wars between the cities' refugees and some of the remaining members of the lost group of soldiers. After receiving a distress signal from a stranded Army commander, Martin Walker and his two squadmates head into Dubai to do some reconnaissance. After being overrun by a series of violent sandstorms, Dubai has devolved from a rich and technological city to a crumbling metropolis of death. In Spec Ops: The Line, you play as Martin Walker, an experience Army captain sent to Dubai to investigate the disappearance of a group of soldiers who went into the city to rescue trapped citizens.
