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It's a pretty good game fwiw, though I never got the reverence it receives from the internet. Maybe it's a symptom of shoddy writing in videogames that anything
by as1mov 3y ago
It's a pretty good game fwiw, though I never got the reverence it receives from the internet. Maybe it's a symptom of shoddy writing in videogames that anything that strays from the norm gets praise. I always felt the story was told in a really hamfisted way, not to mention the cheap twist at the end sours the experience.
There's another game which came out roughly at the same time and tried to tackle similar themes - Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, but with less in your face commentary. It was loathed both by critics and players for it's aesthetics and frustrating gameplay, but I've always loved it for what it attempted to do (and imo, did it better than Spec Ops).
I wonder how both would be received if they were released today.
- wkat4242 3y agoI really loved the ethical angle but yes the gameplay was just another call of duty knock-off. The story was what made it special. I think it deserves some praise for that but not as much as it gets.
- Uehreka 3y ago> Maybe it's a symptom of shoddy writing in videogames that anything that strays from the norm gets praise. I think it’s this, combined with the fact that the funniest and most forceful video game reviewer of the time (Yahtzee) was super polarized on both those games. I’m not gonna necessarily accuse GP of this, but I do feel like I often see people seem to regurgitate Yahtzee’s opinions without having anything deeper to say than what he said in his video.