Personally I found this to be a glowing deconstruction of the current trend to set shooters in some part of the middle east. The emphasis is placed on the character being responsible for their actions, and the plot itself is clever enough that you'll want to go back and play it again and again just to see if you did it all right.
I'm sure you've all heard Yahtzee's review of the single player, so I also wanted to praise the Multiplayer. The game modes are thoughtful, if not all terribly original, and they make intelligent use of the game's cover system, as well as the sandstorms to create a tense atmosphere of taut-nerve combat excitement. I especially enjoy how the more you level up, the more Modern the guns get, allowing you to pursue your Warfare properly. For instance, the best shotgun is not, as the more braind-dead may imagine, a pair of lever-action shotguns traditionally used in the old west, but the pinnacle of military shotgun engineering, the AA12. The best assault rifles too get more and more high-tech as the game goes on, rather than making the winning tactic running with a knife, a flintlock and no falling damage.
So I would heartily reccomend Spec Ops, single and multiplayer, to any who have played other, less interesting shooter sequels recently. In fact, to anybody who enjoys games as art as well.
I'm sure you've all heard Yahtzee's review of the single player, so I also wanted to praise the Multiplayer. The game modes are thoughtful, if not all terribly original, and they make intelligent use of the game's cover system, as well as the sandstorms to create a tense atmosphere of taut-nerve combat excitement. I especially enjoy how the more you level up, the more Modern the guns get, allowing you to pursue your Warfare properly. For instance, the best shotgun is not, as the more braind-dead may imagine, a pair of lever-action shotguns traditionally used in the old west, but the pinnacle of military shotgun engineering, the AA12. The best assault rifles too get more and more high-tech as the game goes on, rather than making the winning tactic running with a knife, a flintlock and no falling damage.
So I would heartily reccomend Spec Ops, single and multiplayer, to any who have played other, less interesting shooter sequels recently. In fact, to anybody who enjoys games as art as well.