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Spec Ops:  The Line --  For Xbox 360, PS 3, and PC  -- Available Early 2012

Spec Ops:  The Line joins other war-type games competing for your video game playing dollars.  Spec Ops: The Line by 2K Games, developed by Yager,  is due out in early 2012.

What's different about this game?  The decisions and choices you will have to make while advancing through battles.  As a video game player, you are faced with difficult choices, sometimes not knowing if the choices  were the correct ones.  You will not receive any fanfare, or indication to show if you made the right choices.  Instead, the game continues on based upon your video game playing choices.

The setting is a destroyed, sandstorm engrossed Dubai, which is an alternative environment from the present day Dubai. The war action is standard, which includes hiding from snipers, defending against enemies, and leaping under cover.  However, it is the story-line, itself that may enthrall you in this video game.

You will be controlling Captain Walker, one of the operatives sent into the city to look for survivors.  The previous failed mission was led by Colonel John Konrad, who once saved Captain Walker's life.  As Captain Walker, you will be walking in some of the locations that were once tread by Captain Walker and his team.

Here is a scene from Spec Ops:  The Line:

In addition to conventional weapons -- sinkholes, sandstorms and sand itself can be used as defense methods. The unsettling aspect in this game is possible uncertainty in  knowing exactly who the enemies are and how you decide to deal with them when playing the video game.

This game has been said to have some resemblance to Apocalypse Now and Heart of Darkness, so you can expect horror and disturbing choices.  A word to the wise, sometimes making a decision other than the choices offered when playing this video game may be the better choice.  Spec Ops:  The line is a strong Mature-themed video game.   As they say, "To be forewarned is to be forearmed" in what to expect from Spec Ops:  The Line.

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