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Those of you who played and enjoyed Spec Ops: The Line probably remember it most of all for its unexpectedly strong narrative, which left many gamers wondering why it wasn't a huge hit. Now the game's lead narrative designer, Walt Williams, has announced...
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Epic Games has licensed the Unreal Engine 4 to Yager, the developer behind the recent Spec Ops: The Line game. This makes Yager the first independent studio in Europe to license the technology. “Unreal Engine 4 is, hands down, the best toolset for...
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The writer said it was supposed to be generic, until the story fleshes out, which, I feel, is a large difference than just mediocre game play. Generic, which plays into the story is a good thing. Average mechanics is another.
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And the gameplay was intentionally mediocre. It wanted you to think it was "just another 3rd person shooter" before it went all philosophical on your butt.
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As a big fan of the Uncharted games, I agree with ExtremePhobia in that Spec Ops's story is far more emotionally investing. Granted, Uncharted 3's story was pretty immersive if you had played a previous game or two in the series, as it dealt with characters you had grown to adore, but it is written for entertainment value. The level of writing in Spec Ops: The Line is akin to mid-tier literature, which doesn't happen often in games. There are very few games with a message, and even fewer games that simultaneously bother and enthrall you.
As far as gameplay goes, of course Uncharted is going to contain more variety, but as far as story, you can't really compare an Indiana Jones-esque action movie plot with a heavily literarily influenced work. -
so... the.s.boy... you've played Spec Ops then? You understand that the generic shooter mechanics are intentional and a satire? It has made me think more than any other game in recent memory... and it's a shooter. Quite a feat I'd say. The entire game is built with the concept that you have a choice at all times - and one of the choices is always to stop participating in the game (stop playing). How many games are brave enough to try and convince you not to play it?
If you walk away from Spec Ops: The Line and don't at least feel a little bit like a bad person then you didn't play the same game I did. And I would gladly take the "discussion of video games in the guise of a common shooter" over the "generic action adventure game" any day. -
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The Walking Dead The adventure game genre has been past its prime for quite some time now, and not since the early 2000s has one been so unanimously loved and discussed as Telltale's newest episodic game The Walking Dead. Based on the comic book series...
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I did, actually. I'm in the minority that didn't enjoy it as much as many other people did, though.
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Some great choices, did you play Journey? -
It is, though I know the visual effect gives some people vertigo or headaches, so fair warning on that before you try it. It's intense and will keep you on your toes as well as make you think.
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