The purples, blues, greens, reds, and golds of the campaign's incredible interiors leave lasting impressions you'll associate red and green with different but equally unsettling events. What begins as a drab, brown desert shooter suddenly develops a gorgeous, colorful personality. Multiplayer lacks the aesthetic spirit of the single-player campaign as well.
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It’s a tense tug-of-war full of panic and planning - it’s a shame such a smart game type is trapped in the shell of an unremarkable online afterthought. The beacon of hope in multiplayer is the objective-based Buried mode, which tasks two teams of four to sabotage the enemy HQ while defending their own. The prizes for leveling up are similar weapons with minimal improvements and too-familiar ballistics. The reward system itself is a letdown, too. Getting new guns, protective gear, perks to boost stats, and cosmetic apparel is fun, but playing eight-player deathmatches on large yet cluttered maps is hardly a thrilling method to earn them. The adversarial side of The Line is an empty experience that relies on your lust for unlockables without presenting a reason to care. Unpredictability and variety are the saviors of Spec Ops’ standard stop-and-pop formula, and neither exists in its online multiplayer. With no evasive roll to dodge effectively, control problems hung me out to dry. Vaulting over objects is an issue as well because its input is the same as the melee attack, meaning Walker would sometimes punch the air instead of hop over a barrier. Half the time I tried protecting myself, my character stopped dead before dropping dead. On multiple occasions, Walker didn’t slide into or sprint out of cover properly. They saved me from dying multiple times when Spec Ops’ mechanics failed me. When they’re not shooting at walls, Lugo and Adams - Walker’s left- and right-hand men - are capable of dealing with waves of attackers. Walker’s commands are simple and few because he doesn’t rely on them. Marking targets keeps you safe while slipping from one unreliable cover point to the next, and issuing commands to stun soldiers with flashbangs keeps them from suppressing you. Destroying walls to drown enemies in sand is as viable a tactic as taking a turret, popping out of cover with a SCAR, or commanding squadmates. Fast-moving melee specialists, heavy gunners, and grenadiers force you to stay mobile and risk exposure. Sometimes sandstorms, sunshine, or objects obscure your vision. The Line introduces new variables in each fight. He’s vulnerable and his enemies are aggressive, which encourages intelligent tactical combat. Walker is just a man, and bullets rip him to pieces. The battles on the way to each one strengthens The Line's constant tension. On the other side of every door and dune are conspiracies, betrayals, and mysteries waiting for Walker. He makes the inevitable bad call and deals with it, nothing more. Choice changes what it means to be this man. In fact, the finale has a greater effect on the six hours leading up to it. Deciding which of the bickering, increasingly angry teammates to side with, or who lives and dies, doesn’t affect the outcome of your rescue mission.
You project their meaning and importance onto your character without seeing substantial in-game consequence. Morality isn’t a feature or mechanic in Spec Ops: The Line - each ethical quandary Walker confronts are subtle story beats dealt with by in-game action rather than a separate yes/no mechanism. In your mission to save civilians and make contact with a former commander, you’ll make tough decisions that aren’t like other video game choices.
As Walker, you’ll discover dark and disturbing things about Dubai and the people stuck within it. Dubai hosts a civil war between multiple factions trying not to die. The city is a wasteland, the environment is as hostile as the refugees, and surviving requires aggressive self-defense. Rogue American soldiers who’ve abandoned their duty in Dubai attack on sight, and not without reason. Play The Line puts them in the precarious position of fighting their brethren.
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