Spec Ops: The Line: The Peak of Game Storytelling | An Essay 

This game always stuck with me for one specific reason/moment. It's when Lugo is killed. The first time I played the game, I opened fire on the crowd without much hesitation. Not out of anger or anything that a character died, just because I thought it's what I was supposed to do. I was so accustomed to games presenting choices clearly, like a character saying "Do we shoot them or just shoot into the air?" or some kind of text prompt. Because no choice was *clearly* established, I didn't bother thinking about it and just killed a bunch of unarmed people. It wasn't until I watched a video on the game when the person mentioned just shooting into the air, and that's what the game really "hit" me. Really opened my eyes to the psychology of video games/media and made me really appreciate the commentary of this game.

36:22 Fun fact most might not have noticed, the first thing the player sees when we take control of Walker was a stop sign on the road leading into the city.

There is a line that clinches the whole game for me, and sends chills down my spine every time I hear it. The white phosphorus has mowed down dozens of American soldiers and more than thirty innocent civilians. They were all probably gathered together in an attempt to hunker down and await rescue. Now they are an array of twisted and misshapen ghoulish corpses, leftovers of a slow and firy death. In the midst of the suffering and chaos and carnage wrought by Delta squad. Lugo goes off on Adams once more, on the verge of either fighting seriously or even resolving to mutiny Walker. While Adams tries again to force Lugo to fall in, Walker is traumatized by the bodies of a woman and a girl embracing in horror, ironically frozen in their moment of death. Shaken to the core by the mass murder he just ordered, Walker delivers the most irrational and counter productive command he could possibly make and he issues it with a demeanor of such calm, sober and certain delivery that you can tell that his rational mind is gone. You as the player know that nothing good can possibly come from playing on as this broken, violent man. Still, the game must go on. "We need to keep moving."

Watching this game get removed from stores and history because of music copyrights expiring is such a punch in the guts for both players and those who created this masterpiece. This is a once in a lifetime experience and work of art that should be introduced into the video game hall of fame.

Love how 2023 and still new videos about this game are still coming out. Much love. Great work.

Gentlemen... Welcome to Dubai.

An interesting minor point Im just now seeing: during Delta's shootout in the Nest Adams will shout out "we're Delta Force, we're here to help!" Later on as theyre making their way through the Mall and preparing to confront the Radioman he'll quip back sarcastically, "what are the seven scariest words in the english language? 'We're Delta Force, we're here to help!'"

Walker - as in the walking avatar of the player who refuses to stop

I think my favorite grim detail in game is during the aftermath of the white phosphorus segment, where you can hear a 33rd soldier who is trapped inside of an APC, likely sealed inside by the searing heat. He's banging on the hull, begging to be let out, and it is goddamned heart breaking, especially given the hindsight of what they were actually doing.

The final scene with Konrad possibly references the five stages of grief. Konrad: "I'm going to count to 5, then I'm pulling the trigger." Walker: "You're not real, this is all in my head" [Denial] Konrad: "Are you sure? Maybe it's in mine. ONE." Walker: "No, everything, all of this, it was your fault!" [Anger] Konrad: "If that's what you believe, then shoot me. TWO." Walker: "I-I didn't mean to hurt anybody." [Bargaining] Konrad: "No one ever does, Walker. THREE." Walker raises his gun. [Depression] "FOUR." "Is this really what you want, Walker? ... So be it. FIVE." [by shooting himself, it represents the final stage.....Acceptance]

34:55 if you notice, Lugo is not pointing to Walker. He’s point over his shoulder, to the player. I’m replaying and I noticed that.

I would recommend playing the game in one sitting. You get worn down and fatigued by the end, and I think it adds to the experience in a very good way

Fun fact: during development there was apparently a 5th ending involving you leaving dubai at the start of the game but was scrapped.

For the choice at 39:41, you can also choose to shoot the ropes, liberating both, the civilian and the soldier, in the process. Lugo and Adams will cheer on this, which appears to be a bit strange to me, considering the final plot-twist. Also, you can't save the prisoners ftom the snipers. I just wanted to point out that there is a fourth option.

Did you know that developers intended to put in a far cry type ending where at the beginning when you first see survivors you can radio that you found survivors and turn back? They didn’t actually implement because it would have affected the message of the game which was “these choices were never yours to make”

The Line is gaming's greatest story, as it was a story only a video game could tell and pull off this perfectly.

4:21 On replaying this game more recently, I noticed that during the opening of the helicopter section at the intro, the camera moves in such a way that it makes you think you're going to be taking control of the helicopter that just got blown up. Twice, actually. The first time the camera zooms into the back of the destroyed helo and fades to black, as if you're about to be placed inside it - then you don't. Then the camera tracks along with it as it spins away, so for a moment it's like it's going to follow it. Then it peels off and finally follows Walker's helicopter instead. Not sure how important that is, but it is interesting given the whole helicopter crash becomes to the meta-narrative of the game.

55:00 I remember, the first time I arrived here, I still had that rifle equiped with grenade launcher with still one grenade in it. I shot the grenade into the air, leaving it to luck about who lives and who dies. I was surprised when I realised that shooting not the crowd was a solution, but also that the game interpreted my actions as such, despite the few guys killed by the lobbin grenade.

Playing FUBAR and restarting chekpoint after checkpoint made me feel what Walker must be going through every day (assuming the Go Home ending is canon). Reliving every single event on loop wishing it could be over. I got the Platinum trophy for my troubles. Was it worth it?

This game ins an underrated masterpiece. I just love how it de glorified military violence and showed how complex and horrible it is. PTSD the game. It's far, far deeper both as a game and as a story than you'd think at first glance. You covered basically all of it, and put words to things I can not. Apparently it's one of Nolan Norths favorites of his own work.

Your original order is to leave & evac the city. Yet you still cross the line. That stop sign in the beginning is a warning of things to come. Kinda reminds me of that "would you kindly" from Bioshock. Another thing that makes this game so unique is that it detaches itself from modern military action stories where the hero is a badass soldier & saves the day. In this game, you're the monster who destroyed more & more. So glad I got to play this game. Definitely deseeve a remaster. Story is way written better compare to the AAA games we have today.

The creepy part about the special game over loading screen is the bgm. “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” The twinkling star up above the world so high being white phosphorus.

"If you were a better person, you wouldn't be here." This quote still haunts me. Goddamn Spec Ops is so good!

9:30 The Flag being hung upside down is mentioned on the loading screen tips as "A universal sign of distress." Considering what is about to happen, it's a warning. To who though. 10:48 The Developers did want to include an ending where you turned around and went "Home" at the start of the game, but Developer Time Crunch and Executives pushing the game out, prevented that. 24:45 At the time of the game's development, WP was not outlawed. It has been changed to be a No Go. The game does comment on this during a loading screen tip "While Frowned upon. White Phosphorus is not banned for military usage." 30:23 I did try this myself. It sets up an endless battle situation. I, respect the game for forcing me to do what it wants me to do. To make me do what I know I should NOT do. What I do NOT want to do. But, that's the cost of not following orders, now isn't it? 31:17 Perfectly said. 34:38 I know that moment. That I F*&@%ed up. BAD. When the game asked me "Do you feel like a Hero yet?" I thought, it's being snarky. Sarcastic. I will be the hero. I know I will. Then, I wasn't. And when it asked me again. I felt bitter. I did something BAD. And the game reminds me I did. 39:09 Lugo was right when he said that. And Adams was right to agree. 51:30 Walker does say something like "No. No! We have done this before!" Is, he aware? Why did he say that? 57:54 "Lugo, is the lucky one. He won't have PTSD like Kerry and Adams will for the rest of their lives." 59:45 My FPS Skills kicked in. I had NO Gun. No idea what I was gonna do. Or, if I was even gonna make it. And it lasted until the final cutscene. Well done to the developers for this. 1:03:32 Walker will point the gun at his neck if you turn towards the left. Accepting blame and ending it, on your terms. 1:04:25 Konrad says "Remember. What ever happens from this point. Is all YOUR fault." 1:05:32 I personally consider this the "Coward Ending" Walker can't accept the blame for his actions and wants to die a Soldier. Taking the secrets with him, to the grave. Though, it doesn't consider what the other soldiers think or what they are left with. This guy, went crazy and shot at them. Why? What happened? No one else is alive to answer that. Just, death and destruction are the only answers they get. If Walker surrenders and goes home, he will have PTSD for the rest of his life. And, who knows how long he will last, with that blame and guilt. I ask, as the game does as well. "Do, you feel like a Hero yet?"

One thing I noticed too is that in the opening helicopter fight scene, walker has no sleeves left on his uniform... a change that doesn't occur until around chapter 12, I believe... Which is why he exclaims "wait this is wrong... we already did this..." in the 2nd one because he remembers the opening scene which makes me lean toward thinking the entire game is a flashback to get to that point...

Nice analysis on one of the best games ever. Just keep one thing in mind, the idea of depriving people of water was the idea of Riggs in particular. At least AFTER he found out that Castivan, Daniels, and Gould were dead. You can tell because when Riggs told Walker his true plan, Walker called him *insane* while Riggs admitted that Gould would've said the same thing.

From the main menu alone immediately sends chills down my spine of how eerie the national anthem and how good of an opening music it is and another neat detail is that every fire fight it's almost never quiet at all both your squad and the enemy are always shouting orders and giving callouts definitely making it more immersive.

“If you were a better person you wouldn’t be here” THAT STILL SCARES ME. I watched my brother play this game when it came out. I was a 3rd grader. And because I was so young I saw this game for what it was, a shooter game. But when as I grew older I kept coming back to this game and realizing what it really was. A horror game. Its good thing I never actually played this game. I never killed those civilians, I never killed all those people. I never wanted to be the cool hero who “saves the day” and im better for it. Truly an amazing and wild game. Really made me think twice about picking up FPS games. Games like COD make it seem like shooti g guns is fun and exciting…when its not.

This is by far one of the most intelligent videos analysing this game I've watched. As someone who loves Spec Ops The Line, some of the things you pointed out made my jaw drop.

And to think that the crux of it all, the turning point is when the 33rd soldier misID’s Walker as being CIA, and doesn’t believe Walker’s correction, rapidly disseminating the bad intel to the rest of the 33rd. How differently would events have unfolded? The 33rd would be introduced as the civilian-shepherding force, Walker could get out, take word of the situation, the 33rd somewhat intact, water supplies limited, civilians being protected from looters, all this could have been relayed back to command and a relief force sent had one soldier believed Walker, Lugo and Adams. The radioman would spread the news that the cavalry is on the way. God damned CIA.

A very interesting review. Its worth noticing that before using white phosphorous you go through a room with a tree and if you turn around said tree will be withered and dead. Also Lugo death was forshadowed by a scene where you reppel down from a skyscraper and if you look on the glasses you can see that where theres lugo theres the reflection of an hanged man.

43:55 This is a good and very striking contrast to not even ten minutes earlier, in the video at least, where they were begging and pleading with the 33rd, trying *so* hard to convince them they weren’t CIA.

I LOVED playing this game! And I’m usually not into shooters like this. But the story made it so worth it! Thanks for a great video breaking it down!!

I finally played Spec Ops doing quarantine. I heard how underrated it was, and this is one of the best deconstruction of the military shooter genre that i have ever seen in a video game!

28:55 one thing quite unique about this game is the voice recording is done in ONE day. So you can hear the genuine fatigue and other emotions in VA’s voice. Also one thing that might make you feel better about the WP scene, is the M224 mortar’s WP round effect is greatly exaggerated. It’s more akin to 155mm WP artillery round, which contains 12.75 pounds of WP. The 3.7 pound WP round used by mortar in reality contains less than 1 pound of WP is more for smoke generation rather than incendiary device. The WP scene made me quit back in 2017 when I first played the game, I do finished the game eventually and have many more playthroughs. But the shock value is still there.

Thanks for watching, everyone! I really appreciate it. What other games use art design, gameplay, sfx, etc to enhance their narrative like Spec Ops? I'd love to hear your favorites!

Man, it's hard to leave out any little scene. It's all a part of it.

The love, quality and vision in this game are incredible. It's sad to see people not "get it" and react on the surface level, but I also think it best exposes that it really is something people have told themselves cannot exist: a multi-layered, mature and nuanced story in a military shooter. It not only demonstrates video games as art, but also what is missing from a sea of microtransation-laden propaganda games and unfinished shells where it's hard to tell if there are fewer working features or artistic messages. This is what we could have. This is what we _should_ have.

such an awesome and underrated game. Read "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad, this is what the game was loosely based off of

I would tweak two things: the white phosphorus and the men hanging from the rope 1. It revealed that Walker just stopped and looked at two dead bodies hanging, and Adam and Lugo are confused and don't understand why Walker stopped. I would have a close-up shot of all three of Delta Force and Walker abruptly stopping, with Lugo and Adams confused. Lugo repetitively says, “Walker, walker, walker.” In Walker's POV, he hears, “We need to choose.” Lugo is saying, “Walker, snap out of it,” and Adam would be confused. 2. The white phosphorus. What I would change is adding more enemies, and Walker and his crew would see the damn 33rd gathering people in a room to be executed. In Walker's mind, in reality, they are bringing them to a safer place away from Walker and the insane damn 33rd. Delta Force encourages a vast amount of resistance, and right next to them is the motor. The scene plays out, and we see the dead bodies. Those are a few changes I would do

55:00 One important detail is: If you shoot the civilians you get the achievement "A Line, Crossed" If you don't shoot them, so either punch them or shoot in the air, you will get the achievement "A Line, Held"

I love Spec Ops Every month I always line RU-vid for more content I FOUND SOME This vid And it’s a great video !

Honestly one of my favourite lines may not be about the themes of the game but it was Lugo: A airborne insurgency has infiltrated the US zone designated as my pants

One thing I have to give to the creators of this game, is the balls they had to tell such story. They showed what a lot of the world sees the USA's external 'policies'. When people sees American forces, without asking for their help, it's rarely means good news, but more incoming chaos because the situation 'interferes with USA's interests'. It also F up the soldiers themselves, who had to execute horrible things. Just for Hollywood make a movie about it years later, showing American soldiers being goodie 2 shoes

The interesting thing is, you don't have to do the Executions. If you wait a few seconds, they stop moving and then drop the weapon/ammo they were going to give you anyway. The Execution is just a gameplay feedback element. The game tells you to do it, but like every other crime and atrocity in the game, it was your decision to do it. In the case of Executions, you don't even have to. You chose to. The only soldiers who will get back up are the ones you hit with melee attacks. But you still have the option to smack them again and knock them out.

I remember playing this entire game in one day during my highschool days, it was a rainy so I had a pretty good excuse to just grind through it. Me and my friend group loved to get together and play cod MW and MW2, I remember a lot of the times we would laugh at the wacky ways we could kill each other. I got recommend SO:TL by my history teacher, and i remember coming out of my room afterwards and having dinner with my dad, and just feeling absolutely numb for almost a week. I've NEVER been impacted by a story like that before or since, I stopped playing cod for awhile and convinced the group to play NHL more. This was a great essay, this and the Reach one in particular show you have a LOT of talent and potential, I can easily see this channel blowing up!

I've watched this and the Halo Reach video and you really are a step above the average beginning video essayist. You clearly know what makes for good criticism and you have a wonderful eye for details. I'm excited to grab one of your books and see all of that knowledge at work!

fun fact the upside down flag is a distress signal and, everytime it flashes to white walker is hallucinating but fades to black is cannon, and theres 5 endings btw 1: martin dies in the helicopter crash and the game is just him coping trying to accept what happened and his punishment he is literally in hell the whole game in a purgatory 2:martin kills himself accepting what he did and going through the 5 stages of grief.3: he dies trying to not go home when the convoy picks him up, 4: he kills the convoy and becomes king of dubai, and 5 he goes home with the convoy and goes home and there was gonna be a kinda like far cry ending where at the very start of the game once you kill all the survivor's at the begining you could go back and radio that theres survivors like you where supposed to do and then your done

This game started off as misunderstood and controversial, but eventually, through analysis and careful observation we ended up seeing it for the storytelling gem it really is. And it's not just the gameplay that shows us how the situation devolves either, it extends to the menu screen as well! When we first boot up the game, the main menu shows us a figure standing of a roof of a building that overlooks the city, with a tattered american flag waving near him. This man is in fact, one of the 33rd soldiers we end up encountering throughout the game. As we play through Spec Ops: The Line more and more, this screen develops from the soldier simply going about their business to slowly but surely growing more cautious and alert, frantically waving their gun in search of the nearby threats (those being Delta), while both the flag, and the city slowly but surely degrade. Once we get far enough into the story, the soldier dies, with crows eating away at his corpse. And by the end of the game, we see nothing more of him but a pool of blood. The rest is covered by the flag, now fallen over the soldier's half-eaten corpse. And all we see in the background, is nothing more but the skeletal remains of a building. Dubai has died. And Walker and his Delta were the driving force behind it...

This masterpiece would deserve a remake. One of my best gaming experiences ever!

One other thing about the opening turret scene- if you know a bit about military hardware (and go into the game blind) you'll know that you're an american gunning down American helicopters, which adds a sense of mystery

When you spoke of how people called the white phosphorous section cheap, and forced upon players - I think it's also worth saying that, unlike COD, battlefield, and so many other games... Captain Walker ISN'T a blank slate meant for players to impress themselves upon. He's not MEANT to be 'You, the Player.' So it puts your willingness to go along with his choices (Even if the game gives no other options) on YOUR hands, and not just because the character is what you wanted it to be. Walker was/is a man a step away from teetering over the edge, and you, by playing this game, eagerly hop right over it alongside him. Bombing the civilians is just as much your fault for getting carried away, as it is Walker's for refusing to see any alternative options. (And if you knew there was civilians, and complain about not being able to stop the bombing... We all know you spoiled yourself before you played.)

Honestly the best detail i noticed is when Walker starts to hallucinating the loading screen colour changes from the normal loading screen

Thanks for such an extensive review of one of my favourite games of all time. For me, the defining moment of The Line is not a notorious white phosphorus scene, but dealing with the crowd after Lugo's death. Before that moment, the game rarely gives player a choice how to act, and usually all the options are violent. This time, however, there is a choice, even if the game doesn't indicate it (as we make choices in real life - without visual indicators), but considering that we always push forward, bringing violence and destruction, this time it seems so natural to choose violent approach. We have a gun and a clear goal ahead, and these people are standing in our way, having just lynched our squadmate, so we just shoot them, as usual. There is a curious detail about it - upon shooting the civilians, we are granted an achievement "A Line, Crossed". However, if we shoot in the air instead, we will be granted "A Line, Held" achievement. This is The Line from game title, and one of the most important aesops of Spec Ops, in my opinion. When violence is a norm, if you push forward long enough, you will eventually cross the line, justifying or not caring about what you are really doing. And how the game brings us, players, to this exact moment, is pure brilliance. I am wondering how many players actually chose non-violent solution on their first playthrough. It hurts me so much, as Russian, to see that my own country constantly chooses violence, justifying its actions and starting one military conflict after another. The soldiers return from Ukraine utterly broken, and many of them bring violence over their families, neighbours or random people. Not to mention deaths and devastation caused in Ukraine. None of this would have happened if we just stopped. I hope this game and other pieces of anti-military art will eventually grow a generation which will despise the concept of war and violence as the final solution. There is no more war when no one wants to fight.

“No one can help you now” that quote stuck with me

I´ve been playing this game since 2014 and the 1º time I did so I could no believe the ending... I thought to myself "this it´s not a normal game this is something else". Sometimes I return and play it from the start becuase I realize that I might miss something and somehow this story reminds me of "Apocalypse Now" or "Heart of Darkness"...

a wonderful analysis. i knew i liked you when you started talking color theory. i came here after this game was mentioned in a comment for a video on Ready Or Not. fantastic job. it's very plain to see you're a writer!

Man, I'm planning to write an essay about heart of darkness/apocalypse now and spec ops. I'm sure your video will add more to my interpretation of the game

Yager is such a great company, even now with The Cycle, the world story-telling is pretty good imo

Finding this after your video on Halo Reach- man you have taste in video games

18:45 I actually found out recently that you were allowed to shoot the soldier, nothing is stopping you for doing that.

Great essay! Really laid out the reasons why I also love this game. This is really only tangentially related to the video, but games like Spec Ops: The Line, Hotline Miami and Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days that specifically make metacommentary with their gameplay are honestly reason enough why games are art. Anyone who says they aren't because of (modern) AAA games being purely money-driven and mostly garbage need to just look at the mcu lol.

I will forever be a little sad I was mostly spoiled on parts of this game before I had a chance to play it. But it's not like you can ever really get spoiled on a lot of the small details that make it such an amazing experience... or stop it from being incredibly chilling to play it yourself.

Bought me a copy for the ps3, it’s arriving today. Looking forward to playing it for the first time

I wish more people gave this game attention, thank you!

This is like the 6th video essay and I'm in all for it.

Moments like the Lugo hanging scene sound pretty interesting for a psychological test

I feel compelled to talk about every minute detail. It's amazing the way it is. In the white phosphorus scene, Walker confronts his actions before either of his comrades - what a courageous hero he is! He closes his eyes and the image is burned into his mind. Ah man. He cannot stop seeing it even with closed eyes, and sure enough... when he opens his eyes... the truth is still there.

Honestly you can interpret what walker does to himself at the final point lf the game as either not wanting to take responsibility or seeing accepting it & deciding his own sentence. From both actions.

One thing I've always wondered: since Konrad was dead all along, who were the 33rd taking orders from? Who were they taking orders from after the Radio Man was killed?

Whenever the screen turns bright white before a cut scene or a scene in general its walker hallucinating.

The writers and top devs of this game didn't want the helicopter scene at all. The business suits forced it in to capture the short attention span of the average first person shooter fans. So they did it but shook up the entire story of Walkers journey to play against it. One of the major points of the game is to have military shooters look in the mirror.

I feel like the idea that quitting the game is a valid ending is a good comment. Walker just returns and gets help. Really it's the only good ending. But that's not what we're here for. We're here to see action and save the world. No player would just leave, for similar reasons to why walker wouldn't. That doesn't make the game worse, only better.

The up side down flag and what happens to it during the game show how Walker is going down in too darkness and ultimately his death ....the ultimated darkness..

I still feel the best moment in the game is where not only the loading screens, but the game itself stop talking to "Walker" and starts talking to the player behind Walker. To me it starts cropping up right after the WP scene where Lugo explicitly starts blaming "you" for what happened from here on out. Everything is suddenly your fault to him. Not Walker's fault. Your fault.

I'll never forget the first time i've played the white phosphorus scene

58:31 you get a similar one if you die after the helicopter crashes and you go to save adams

Oh no, when they killed Lugo I knew I could shoot to the air... I didn't, I killed all of them, its a videogame after all lol

Check the theory which I believe was also at least partly confirmed by the devs about cut to white and cut to black. One them was a dream sequence the other was not. So one of the theories for the helicopter crash from the start of the game is that Walker died and the whole game is a trick played by a dying mind. This is reinforced by the second time we play the same helicopter scene when Walker states “this ain’t right, we did this already”. The cuts also is present before the choice with water thief and the soldier and in many other places. So if you die fighting Lugo, the cut brings you back to reality.

Spec Ops: The Line: The Peak of Game Storytelling | An Essay

Always very nice to see a video on this game. I love the Heart of Darkness motif in Apocalypse Now and this, even from a young age having read the book and watched the film, it just hit different making the connections. Awesome game with an even better story. (Granted the multiplayer sucked and wasn’t fleshed out to the slightest.)

I've not quite finished the video, but I'd like to offer up one little nitpick: You should put a black shadow/outline around the white text you use, to make it visible against all backgrounds!

This game is high art and I adore it.

At 17:35 you mention the discordant chime music, but you didnt note that it's actually diagetic like other music in the game! You can see the chimes themselves at 17:53, on the left.

I think the thing that those who criticized this game regarding agency and lack of real choice don’t understand is that all of the decisions had been made prior to the helicopter crash at the start of the game. From the point of the initial cut scene all the way to crashing the helicopter again you’re bleeding out in a crashed helicopter reliving everything that happened since arriving in Dubai, and everything after that to the end of the game is your brain shutting off and hallucinating as you descend into “hell.” That’s just my take on it though. Brilliant story telling that ruined modern military shooters for me… they all feel like digital Whack-A-Mole to me now.

58:50 When I first played, I had that happen to me. After the long, grueling combat sequence it started to actually mess with my head, even when I knew about the game beforehand. I think if nothing else, the goal of that section is just to mess with the player.

Remember "The Interrogator" guy at 26:12? He seems quite Commanding he could've been calling the shots. Hell due to how cruel he can apparently be for all we know he could've led the mutiny and executed the rest Konrad's command staff after Konrad blew his brains out. EDIT: Before you meet that guy (and kill him too I suppose) you can find an audio recording from someone who sounds exactly like "The Interrogator". I can't remember what's said in the recording but it was bunch of weird shit about lighting people on fire and thinking about himself being lit of fire...... yeah the dude is weird.

Great game. Makes you feel like a hero. 😉

Found this game in a bargain bin without hearing about it before and I only played the original ones on ps1 so it was a nice surprise

Finally SOMEONE gives this game some respect!!

I remember when this game came out. I really wanted to play it but I never had the chance to. Still never played it

I loved this game as a kid but never really understood why, I feel like im gonna understand after this video

18:50 you can actually shoot McPherson right then and there, and the game wont do anything. Its a hidden choice.

Hope for the day this gets remade

After lugo's death before the exit of the level go to the right you can find his gun when I found it I kept the weapon through the rest of the game until It took away all the weapons

Do you feel like a hero yet?

You'll be pleased to know that while I missed out the first time around, my copy arrived today. 3 minutes in and I'm already thinking to myself, is there a way to play this completely pacifist, without the player putting a bullet in anyone.

Adams Lugo and Walker died after the plane crash. The whole walkthrough is just him remembering things upto the point of the crash and the rest of the chapters are his imagination.

I'm a simple man. I see Spec Ops The Line, I press like. Subbed btw ☺

Excellent work