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Spec Ops: The Line Review (Xbox 360)
Our friends over at 2K Games have sent us Spec Ops: The Line for us to review. For starters this is not your average 3rd person shooter, it brings emotion to the tablet and a new environment than what most gamers are used too. You have to think before you shoot the gun and think before you make your next move. But, should you go out and get Spec Ops: The Line? We will answer that in the full review which begins right now.
Game Play
The Campaign mode will suck you into it, and you will like it. It is a very original story, that brings you throughout the entire map. After each level you’ll be asking your self questions. You have to think about each move that you make, and the games forces you to do this. The goal of the entire game changes quite rapidly, and you may find yourself confused at certain points. But all of this leads up to an amazing ending, we will not share that with you as you should experience it for your self. You enter the game as a special guest, but you are playing as Captain Martin Walker. And you mission is to look or find Cornel John Konrad and the Damned 33rd, his battalion. He originally was trying to evacuate Dubai after a wave of deadly sandstorms, however it did not go as planned. Game play is similar to that of Gears of War, but aiming it much more difficult than others on the market. There is o auto aim, so you have to get exact hits. Exact hits because ammo is super hard to come by, and the enemies get harder as the game progresses. Squad command’s are a huge help, by simply tapping “RB” you can tell your soldiers who to kill. This helps if they can get a one shot kill, instead of you wasting more ammo to do the same job. When you go in to do a neck stab or an up close kill, they use some special graphics for that. Cut scenes come in handy, not only are they done really well, they fill you in on information that is very important to the game. Your other soldiers will communicate with you and try to help you out as well. Keep in mind that you can take ammo from the enemies you kill. Surviving is difficult, while you can regain health it doesn’t always come quick enough. They are usually a lot of enemies coming at you all at once, cover and squad command will become your best friends. Thematic music will let you know what kind of situation you are in or getting into. The environment can help you, Sand is like another weapon for you. Although the first time you can see and go through a sand storm you will have no idea what is happening, but it lets your progress with the game. For instance breaking a glass ceiling that had sand on top of it will injure or kill the enemies above the ceiling and on the ground below. So definitely use the sand to your advantage. The health system is corny, as it changes the way it counts it through out the game. And it just adds to the difficulty of the game, being that ammo is hard to find and enemies get harder as it goes a long. The game is still super fun though. Online modes is where the game could have been done better, it is very similar to everything else that is on the market. The main differences is that you can use the environment to your advantage, and the weapons are better. However, they are very similar and I feel they could have incorporated the story line in to the game much better.
Graphics: The Game Environment
2K Game’s designers did an amazing job with the graphics on Spec Ops: The Line. The setting is very unique and vast, they took a lot of attention into detail. From the sand, to the cars, to the enemies they took care with everything. The Sand Storms are scary and freaky the first time you encounter them, they pull you into the story. However, they do add yet another challenge to an already challenging game. Graphics for the soldiers are amazing, within the first 5 minutes you see what the dead bodies will look like and you begin the fight. The cut scenes look like they could be their own movie, the designers really did an amazing job. It look really life-like, which helps keep the player interested. Although the story line it self is very engaging and makes you think about the game. But it is nothing without good graphics. At times I wish the sand storms didn’t blind your vision so much, as it makes you unable to see and most of the time results in you being killed. You also repel or drop in the game a lot, and it is a very smooth graphic. On multiplayer the graphics do lag a little bit, but for the most part they stay the same as they were in the campaign. However, the roughness of them does increase. Overall, the Graphics of this Spec Ops: The Line are gorgeous and add to the game’s greatness.
Bottom Line
Spec Ops: The Line is an amazing game, and is most certainly one of the best 3rd person military shooters on the market. While it is not comparable to Call Of Duty, as it is covered base and the story line is much different, it almost opens up a new category of 3rd person shooters. The unique environment filled with sand and sand storms is awesome at times, but other times it can be very annoying. The jokes that the other soldiers crack during the simulation help to keep the story line lively. The health the system could be improved, as it works differently throughout the entire game. However, the game is still fun and quite enjoyable. The online modes are very similar to other in the crowded market, and they could have had a game changer with special modes. Overall, Spec Ops: The Line is an amazing game and you should definitely check it out! Spec Ops: The Line for the Xbox 360 retails for $59.99 . For More Information On Spec Ops: The Line, Please Click Here. We would like to thank 2K Games for providing us with a copy of “Spec Ops: The Line for the Xbox 360″.
Sam Block Contributed To This Review
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