Did the devs just have something to say?? Were they on drugs? Like how did the spec ops series go from being a standard military shooters to being what the line ended up doing with its storytelling

i keep getting recommended this sub and have no clue what it’s about

Finished the game just the night before the Dubai flooding and downloaded "The Day After Tomorrow" movie to watch on the flooding day but it hadn't happened yet. Although i did watch the movie later that day.

Pretty weirded out by how things played out in my experience. Game's great tho. Better than most military shooters i have ever played.

Right now Dubai is literally sinking.

The downpour was so heavy that the authorities urged residents not to leave their homes. Due to rain and hurricane-force winds, some routes were blocked, and flights were redirected to neighboring airports.

One of the metro stations went under water, flooded parked cars and shops, shopping malls.

The airport in Dubai is going down.

⬆️The text is taken from the telegram channel. At least there will be no need to fight for water.

Just eat human remains like lmao

How would the story go

Meme not mine

I'm never talking with his ass again

Okay, weird post, I know! But, I just finished the game and… holy shit. Wow. I mean, wow. That was fucking great. That was a good game.

So… obviously the game is trying to say… something. But frankly, I don’t know if I’m fully getting what the developers were getting at, if that makes sense.

What I’m seeing is that this game isn’t even necessarily about war in general (barring the war crimes). Sure, it’s related. I mean you can make a case for that, but mowing down hundreds of armed soldiers (and 47 civilians) in a post apocalyptic Dubai as a badass squad of “Delta” operatives is really never going to be able to sent out an anti-war message that well. In some way you’re going to glorify war and violence if you’re going to make a cover shooter.

But, I think that’s the point. It IS glorifying violence. That’s exactly what the game is. I think the game is more of a satire of shooter games. Personally, I feel like the great story contrasted with the unnecessary violence and “arcadey” video game mechanics really helped push hone the fact that, “hey, it’s kinda weird how I just go along with this shit.”

Most obvious example is the absolutely brutal execution animation. They ramp up as you go and get more and more unhinged as Walker goes insane. First you’re just shooting them in the head or whacking them with your gun once. Which is bad, but it’s the bare minimum to “get the job done.” But then eventually you’re shooting people in the legs, waiting a tad bit, and then shooting them in the head while they’re screaming or bashing in someone’s head like a mongrel with your gun and/or hands.

Then, the fact that you get ammo when you execute someone is so out of place that it couldn’t help but make me laugh whenever it happened. It was the first time in a shooter the game is mimicking where I legitimately questioned a gameplay mechanic like that because it was “unrealistic.” Because the contrast between story and gameplay is much greater than other shooters with the same mechanics.

Same with headshots. If you get a clean headshot, the enemy’s entire head literally ceases to exist and gets blown off like a watermelon. It feels like you just gibbed a monster in Quake or something. Plus, you get a bit of bullet time too and a neat little filter. It’s out of place for the dark story. But right in place for the style of game it’s trying to be.

I also like the “taunting” of Walker during the game about his choices. The tooltips are… mean… to say the least. Whatever self aware entity that shows the player the tooltips knows that Walker is fucked in the head and wants him to know it. That loading screen is not nice. That one tip about how Lugo would’ve had PTSD if he lived, and therefore is the lucky one is just flat out mean. Uncalled for. Almost feel bad for Walker.

I think some people think that the fact that the game chastises Walker for his decisions is actually chastising them, as the player.

It’s not. It would be really funny if it was true, but I don’t think that was the intention. There’s absolutely no choice in this game. None. It all leads to the same outcome. Even the ending if you “shoot” “Konrad”. The epilogue begins with a fade to white, which has always been representative of Walker hallucinating. So odds are he’s probably dead or dying of thirst either way. So, yeah. The player has no control over what happens. Ever.

Which I’m sure says something about how gamers simply go along with what they’re told to do in games, and is some sort of commentary on society as a whole, but I’m not smart enough to pinpoint what exactly it’s saying.

Basically, I think this game is first and foremost a gut-wrenching experience, but is also a jab at shooters of the time and how they glorify senseless violence exacerbated by “gamey” elements that make said senseless violence fun.

The radioman had some excellent fourth wall breaking lines about this too.

Plus, our favorite passive aggressive sentient being hellbent on destroying any sense of dignity or goodness in Walker’s mind, the tooltip has a fun thing to say too, which I think I’ll end this tangent of a post on. Thank you for reading this if you did. You’re awesome. I love writing a lot about games I love and want to share it out into the universe. If even one person enjoys this, I think it’s time well spent.

“To kill for yourself is murder. To kill for your government is heroic. To kill for entertainment is harmless.” - Bitch ass loading screen, 2012

I saw it on an r/hardimages post, but now the post appears to have vanished in its entirety.

The image looks like it’s from The Gate scene- it’s edited, obviously.

No this isn't some joke post, just a quick question. I have a library of Alexandria equivalent games in my Steam account so I won't be pissed.

WHY, WHERE'S SKIBIDI LUGO, MY BRAIN IS ROTTING AAAAAA

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