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Update (Again)

I was hoping to have another review up this week, but I have been informed by the domain owners of my mirror site over on SiteRubix, that my site over there is going to be deleted. This means that instead of getting another review up. I'm focusing on transferring my reviews onto my tumblr and deviantart accounts, so that I have them back up somewhere in case anything happens with my main website here on Blogger. Thanks for understanding.

Spec Ops: The Line Review

Spec Ops: The Line is a third person action shooter developed by Yager and published by 2K. Yager developed the title as they wanted to criticise what they viewed as a romanticising of war in the media. And so they consulted Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and the film Apocalypse Now and set out to create a narrative experience that would make people think more about the actions they take in videogames. But how well did they pull of their narrative? Is it the story to end all stories or is there room for improvement? I'll be finding out in this review. Spec Op's story takes place in a devastated Dubai, after a massive sandstorm has wiped out the city. You play as Captain Martin Walker, a Delta operative leading a team on a scouting mission. Your objective is to scout out the city and find survivors. On contact you are to return to waiting US forces outside of the 'Storm wall'. However the situation is quickly complicated when you hear a distress signal from US f