Get Your Shovel Ready for Spec Ops: The Line

This game looks like shit now. The game looked amazing back when Greg Kasavin was part of that team, and they had that trailer going around which was mind-blowing. You know, before they decided to reboot all of the character designs and make everything look super generic. And, Nolan North.

How are you suppose to see the line with all this sand in the way.

@Makoto_Mizuhara_Sakamoto:

Exactly what they are going for.

I am surprised how interested I am in the game the more I see. This wasn't really on my radar of things to look for.

looks pretty fucking intense, but couldnt they have increased the polygon count or something? Cause the visuals look dated as shit.

@ItBeStefYo said:

Looks alot like Army of Two the 40th Day

this

I am intruiged by the whole heart of darkness schtick, but at the same time I feel there is a dissonance between the message and the fact that this is ultimately an "entertainment product." The main purpose of mainstream games is to entertain and thus, make a lot of money.. But since the gameplay mechanics are based around shootin' dudes yet the moral of the story is that shootin' dudes will screw up your brain, yet you are supposed to be entertained by the act of shootin' dudes it goes against what they are trying to say. Call of Duty 4 had a similar thing going on, I felt a strong anti-war sentiment, but the bulk of the game (again, another game which is intended as entertainment,) was shooting dudes..

I've been looking forward to this since it was first announced and I get more excited with each new trailer.

This's like a movie trailer, why don't they just show the entire game, start to finish, while they're at it?

Bloody hell that was grim.

Very interested in this one!

@PandaBear said:

The only thing that concerns me is the single-player will probably be something like four hours longs... and a tacked on multiplayer that won't even come close to matching Battlefield 3 so I won't bother with it.

I'm sure it'll be an awesome game, but I want a solid 10-12 hour single-player shooter... Multiplayer is owned by Call of Duty and Battlefield in this genre. When will developers learn...?

I'll reserve judgement though as it does look pretty awesome at the moment.

Kinda feeling the same way about the game. I think they should probably skip competitive MP and stick with a Co-op mode. I realize Co-op modes are the new flavor-of-the-month, but I feel it could work here.

Oh well, we will just have to wait and see.

See this is what the single player of COD should be like man. straight up Heart of Darkness

the horror the horror

Yeah, that trailer wouldn't have been sufficient without a "go go go." I can accept that.

Oh man. This game had more of my interest when it used Rooster by Alice in Chains. I kid, I'm still intrigued. But less so. (HERE COMES THE ROOSTAHHHHH AWWW YEAAAAHHHHHHH YOU KNOW WEEE AINT GONNA DIEIEEEEEEEE)

@chilipeppersman said:

looks pretty fucking intense, but couldnt they have increased the polygon count or something? Cause the visuals look dated as shit.

Take a gander at the very first trailer released (it's on the site). Those visuals look awesome, and so does everything else. The more I see of this game, the more I think they spent two years (when the game went completely silent) trying to change the direction of the game instead of polishing it. It feels less like a large-scale moral quandary and more like a corridor target-practice shooter.

EDIT: Having just watched the original trailer, I have spotted what feels off with how this game looks now. It's the lighting. The original trailers showcased awesome atmospheric lighting. Here, everything is super bright and blown out. Did they switch engines? Is that where two years went? Can somebody confirm this because it's really bothering me.

The story looks interesting as hell but I hope the gameplay stacks up. The engine looks a bit janky just from this video.

Wow, they're using the X-men: First Class trailer song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CDzLEe1_9w

OMG

first must play pf 2012!

@Luthorcrow said:

@TheKramer89 said:

@DougCL said:

im so stoked that this game is still a thing thats coming out.

EDIT: getting a bit of an Apocalypse Now! vibe at certain moments in that trailer. they were going for that right?

That's what i was thinking too.

Ya except I think they may be referencing the book "The Heart of Darkness" that Apocalypse Now was based on as it it was written by Joseph Conrad which sounds a lot like the "John Conrad" referenced in the video.

All I heard was John Connor.

The line for this was ridiculous at PAX. It seems to have potential, but I hope it doesn't become another generic shooter. Also, is that Nolan North in this ?

They need to work on their lip sync a bit more if they say they're focusing on story so heavily.

This lookes.. pretty shitty acctually.

Played it at PAX East...

Was pretty meh.

We need to find John Connor.

Oh sorry...Conrad? Oh phew. That's alright then.

Story-wise, looks really neat.

Gameplay-wise, looks like a chest-high walls simulator.

A bit torn.

im actually kind of sad that this didnt even look interesting to me. i think im starting to be rather cynical.

We are going to need more than one shovel.

Forgot this existed.

NOLAN NORTHHHHHH! SOLD!

Part of me despises the implications of the game's setting but I know I'm among the few as far as that goes -- I am however happy to see more, uh, sand use, in games. There's always been a real dearth of desert games, so here's to them advancing the concept.