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IGDB / 1377

Spec Ops: The Line

2012 79 / 100 Adventure Shooter

A third-person shooter in which three American soldiers led by Capt. Walker are sent to Dubai in order to recover whoever remains of an infantry unit, the 33rd Battalion, until they decide to take action against the militants situated in the city. As they progress, however, the logistical and ethical complexity of their objective deepens, and their perception of themselves, and their enemy, is put into question.

World design Linear GameplayStealth ExperienceChoices Game feelChallenging GameplayCombat-focused

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Story & context
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 Show full description

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.

GameplayStealth ExperienceChoices Game feelChallenging GameplayCombat-focused Game modeMultiplayer GenreAdventure GenreShooter ThemeAction ThemeStealth ThemeWarfare Traita.i. companion Traitachievements Traitaggressive door-opening Traitairplane Traitarrival by crash landing Traitartificial intelligence Traitaudio logs Traitbanned Traitbanter during gameplay Traitbasketball Traitbeen here before Traitbetrayal Traitbink video Traitbird Traitbloody Traitbreaking the fourth wall Traitbuilding Traitburning Traitcamera Traitcentral intelligence agency Traitcheckpoints Traitcollectibles Traitcompact disc Traitcontext sensitive Traitconveyor belt Traitcorpse Traitcover system Traitdarkness Traitdestructible environment Traitdifficulty achievement Traitdifficulty level Traitdigital distribution Traitdownloadable content Traitenvironment as weapons Traitevolving title screen Traitexplosion Traitfake in-game advertising Traitfinishing move Traitforced slow walking Traitgame with chapters Traitgames on demand Traitgoat Traithallucination Traithelicopter Traithero turned evil Traithostages Traitkill feed Traitlevel selection Traitlicensed soundtrack Traitmale protagonist Traitmelee Traitmilitary Traitmilitary jargon Traitmodern military Traitmodern warfare Traitmoral decisions Traitmotion blur Traitmultiplayer lan Traitmultiple endings Traitmurder Traitno hud Traitonline Traitover the shoulder Traitpax east 2012 Traitplaystation plus Traitplaystation trophies Traitplot twist Traitpolygonal 3d Traitpost-credits plot twist Traitpropaganda Traitracism Traitrail shooting segment Traitregenerating health Traitretail games with steam activation Traitrock music Traitscripted events Traitsevered limbs Traitshark Traitspecial forces Traitsquad based shooter Traitsquad tactics Traitstarfish Traitstealth kill Traitsteam Traitsteam achievements Traitsteam cloud Traitsteam leaderboards Traitsuicide Traittank Traitteam deathmatch Traittorture Traitunited states army Traitunlockable difficulty level Traitvending machine interaction Traitvoice acting Traitwasd movement Traitwhite noise Traitxbox controller support for pc

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
Yager Development
Publisher
2K Games, Missing Link Games, Take-Two Interactive
Franchise
Standalone
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Action, Stealth, Warfare
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • Xbox 360 Jun 29, 2012
  • Mac Nov 07, 2013
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Jun 26, 2012
  • PlayStation 3 Jun 29, 2012
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Jun 29, 2012
  • PlayStation 3 Jun 26, 2012
  • Xbox 360 Aug 30, 2012
  • PlayStation 3 Aug 30, 2012
  • Xbox 360 Jun 26, 2012
  • Linux May 14, 2015
  • Xbox 360 Jun 28, 2012
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Jun 28, 2012
  • PlayStation 3 Jun 28, 2012

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