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Spec Ops: The Line Debut Trailer

You're an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill.

Dec. 14 2009

Posted by: Vinny

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Spec Ops: The Line

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Spiral_Stars

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Edited By Spiral_Stars

Damn, thought it was MW2 DLC.

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Edited By nanikore

Upside down flag AARHGHGHHAHRH

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Edited By masternater27

The music reminds me a lot of Mass Effect's.  And the setting looks interesting.  Color me intrigued.

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Edited By Panpipe

I don't think the game will be particularly special, but this trailer is awesome. I love the Björk song, and the stupid voice-over.

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Edited By ajamafalous

Looks pretty good so far.

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Edited By ImperiousRix

Goddamn this game looks sexy.

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I hate getting sand in my eyes.

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Edited By CrazedJoker

Eh?

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Edited By resurgentcaesar

This game looks very interesting. 
 
For those of you who don't get the tag line it's from Apocalypse Now which had simillar themes. 
 
My god if this even tries to narratively attempt to be Apocalypse now or Heart of Darkness it could be really good.  

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Edited By sjupp
@Spiral_Stars said:
" Damn, thought it was MW2 DLC. "

MW2 doesn't look nearly as good as this lol.
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@nanikore said:

" Upside down flag AARHGHGHHAHRH "

Posting the flag upside-down is a real practice.  It's used to signal that a post/vessel is in distress.
 
As for the game, it looks interesting, but it has got its work cut out for it overcoming the mediocrity of the franchise.  Spec-Ops has always been a third-string series that was bargain-bin fodder.
 
The story sounds like a modern day Apocalypse Now, with you tasked with taking out an out of control C.O. that's gone to extremes to get the job done.  The location is Saudi Arabia I believe.
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Edited By Konanda

LOLWUT
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I will keep an eye out for it. Looks pretty promising.

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Edited By MarkWahlberg

Best. Subtitles. Ever. 
 
Combat looks iffy, but if that voice-over dude (i.e. the story) is as interesting as it seems, this could be one helluva game.

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Edited By eclipsesis

Isn't this set in Dubai? If yes then why is there a US flag. Or was that just a rumour?

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Edited By noextralife

Looks good, it also happens to be the game Greg Kasavin is working on at 2K, but its looking pretty interesting, its been awhile since we've seen a decent looking 3rd person shooter.

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I guess the trailer worked, I'm now intrigued.
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Edited By brocool

Impressed by the attention to detail.. though I hope its in more than just Dubai

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Edited By jos1ah

Oh, Bjork...You sexy weirdo. 
Also, this game is suddenly on my radar.

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Edited By GunnBjorn

Good luck, Greg Kasavin! 
Hope this one's going to cement your career as a game developer.
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Edited By 500xp

Consider me interested.

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The quote reminds me more of the Seinfeld episode that parodied that same scene from Apocalypse Now from when Peterman went crazy
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I have to say I wasn't expecting to see something awesome when I watched this, looks pretty sick LOVE the use of the sand, geometry deformation and sand storms? This looks promising, plus the graphics are Sweeeet.

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That music MESSED WITH MY FUCKING MIND

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Bjork...

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SWEEEET
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The line.....In the sand(?).... Looks ok, I guess!

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Edited By DRE7777

This looks awesome, could be the next big thing in shooting games. Hope it turns out great, I'm ready for a new shooting franchise.

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Impressive...i was bit amaze when i seen this during the vga

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Edited By BigLemon

I am really digging the art style. Looks very nice.

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Edited By poser

Best trailer of the VGA.  Based on the trailer it looks like a sci-modern shooter with truly amazing animation and an interesting story/setting. The worst case scenario is that it turns into a gears clone but with better writing and characters.
 
Consider me on the bandwagon.

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F*CK the Unreal Engine. I'm gonna pirate that shit just to see how easy it is to make a GOW clone.

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Edited By Anthony_Galindo

Looked pretty good to me, although I did get a slight Terminator Salvation vibe from it.

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Hopefully, the game is as weird and interesting as the trailer.

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Edited By AndrooD2

I like those environments. Awesome sense of scale.

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Edited By WickedCestus

At first I thought this was MW2 Spec-ops DLC.

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nice use of a Bjork song, if I knew which one it was... 
 
nonetheless, a pretty interesting looking game so far :)

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Edited By AURON570

The sand mechanics look pretty sweet, but they look scripted as well. The voice actor sounds like the voice actor for Cole in InFamous. 
 
Upside down flag then BAM upside-down person. 
Overall it made me think about Resident Evil Extinction.

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That is a nicely done trailer.  Shall wait and see on this one.

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Edited By MeatSim

Look at all that sand.

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Edited By SoothsayerGB

Hard to watch with that Yeti screaming.  But the video is a sweet graphics show! Looks really clean and crisp.  Looking forward to this one.

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@Spiral_Stars:  duder me too 
 
Didn't know   Greg Kasavin was involved, you just sold a minimum of one copy giant bomb :)
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hate to sound like a casual fag, but OMG NICE GRAFIX (besides cant judge the game by anything else yet, tho combat looks lots liek gears, but what doesnt these days ^^)

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Theme is interesting, but i hope more color than brown,  the imediatte scenery not withstanding. 
 
And for Greg, the best!

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I think every game needs more Bjork.

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Color me crazy, but I am positively intrigued by the setting.

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Is this Dubai? Anyways, looks amazing.

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@DukeTogo:
Dubai
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Edited By nekoNari

I don't know. It looks good to me. Although it's yet another entry to over-populated shooters genre, this one looks great. Especially since it looks like in-game footage, but I might be wrong.  And personally, I love 3rd person, over-the-shoulder shooters more than 1st person shooter. (But no, Gears of War series is NOT my favorite...) 
 
Now, let me go and watch the trailer again... ;)
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Edited By ArcLyte

well, i certainly wasn't expecting that. definitely on my radar.