Spec Ops: The Line
PC · 2012
About this game
Spec Ops: The Line is a military third-person shooter.
It is an entry in the long-running Spec Ops series but with no reference to the story or gameplay mechanics from the earlier games.
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The game is set in Dubai where a series of sandstorms has ravaged the environment.
After serving in Afghanistan, colonel John Konrad volunteered to lead the 33rd battalion to evacuate the city.
After six months there had been no news of his mission until a transmission was picked up where he explains the evacuation was a completely disaster.
A team of three men who served under Konrad are tasked to locate survivors and then leave the city immediately to radio command from outside the storm wall and send in the cavalry.
The squad consists of Captain Martin Walker, Lieutenant Adams and Sergeant Lugo, and the player only controls the first while the other two are controlled by the AI.
They need to employ tactical squad-based maneuvers combined with shooting and seeking cover to progress through the missions.
The overall story draws inspiration from the book Heart of Darkness , also known through the film adaptation Apocalypse Now , and therefore it is no coincidence that the colonel's last name is Konrad, in reference to the book's author Joseph Conrad .
The game is introduced with a flashforward of a frantic fight in the air between two helicopters in the prologue and then starts off in the first chapter when the squad enters the city.
Initially the entire area is abandoned, but they quickly find some bodies of the 33rd and are attacked by locals insurgents.
The different missions then lead the squad through sandy Dubai mixed with modern buildings and palaces now in decay.
Game mechanics include seeking cover, aiming from behind obstacles, vaulting, sprinting, and taking out the insurgents.
As only the main character is controlled by the player, team mates act on their own but can also be given different orders.
These are not only general, as Walker can for instance ask to engage a sp
About PC
PC gaming spans over four decades, from early DOS titles to today's massive Steam and digital-storefront libraries. Because "PC" covers everything from 1990s CD-ROM releases to current AAA titles, it's the single largest platform by game count on Gamevaro. For collectors, PC gaming splits into two very different worlds: physical big-box releases from the 1990s and 2000s (increasingly collectible, especially complete-in-box with original manuals and inserts) and the modern digital library, which Gamevaro tracks for portfolio and spending purposes even though it has no resale market.
Gamevaro tracks Spec Ops: The Line for PC with separate market values for loose, complete-in-box (CIB) and factory-sealed copies, sourced from real eBay sales. Prices also vary by region — PAL, NTSC-U and NTSC-J releases of the same game often sell for different amounts due to print run sizes and regional collector demand.
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