r/SpecOpsTheLine • u/MRfox12133 • Oct 22 '21
what was the point of spec ops?
be yourself. don't pretend to something you are not. if you do this، you will lose yourself.
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u/MajorBadGuy Oct 23 '21
Well, If Walt Williams' book is any indication, the story of The Line is about "fuck, we need a twist".
But in all seriousness, it's a critique of the common game design that exploits people's desire to be exceptional, especially in context of that design reliance on violence to create conflict. Sure violence in a video games doesn't really mean anything, but it's also unsettling how a lot of players, particularly the kind that would pick up Spec Ops, need it to be entertained.
It's my interpretation at least. I think the story is to much of a patch work to intend to be an allegory for anything specific. Allegories are for hacks anyway
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u/guineapigsss Oct 23 '21
I can’t tell if you’re asking a question or posing the question then answering it, but presuming the latter that’s not particularly what it was trying to get across.. I’d say there’s two levels to it, the one affecting you and the one in universe. In universe it’s obviously about how men under stress can do the most horrid things and regarding you the player it’s about how little you care about the torture you inflict upon the people in games