![]() ![]() The team attempts to peacefully intervene when they come across refugees being rounded up by a platoon of loyalist 33rd. This makes Walker biased in favor of Konrad. Although there is now clear evidence against Konrad's virtue, Colonel Konrad once saved Captain Walker's life in Kabul during the war. The CIA has been organizing the insurgents to attack both Konrad’s loyalist 33rd and the Exiles, presumably for the benefit of the survivors. Aggrieved by this, elements of the 33rd staged a coup d’etat against Konrad in protest, forming the Exiles. Throughout the rest of their journey, the team hears broadcasts on homemade speakers by the Radioman, a former journalist turned DJ that was once embedded with the 33rd in Afghanistan and now speaks on their behalf.Īs the journey progresses, the team finds evidence of what had happened in Dubai over the preceding months indicating that after the failed evacuation, the 33rd Battalion had returned to Dubai as an occupying force and had committed increasingly harsh and brutal atrocities against the civilian population with the stated intent of maintaining order. They come in to contact with a group of hostile armed survivors, referred to as the Insurgents, who are in conflict with the 33rd and have captured a squad of 33rd soldiers. Multiple critics have positively observed similarities to Apocalypse Now, a Vietnam War era adaptation of Heart of Darkness, in the game's feel and expression of inglorious war.ĭelta operators Walker, Adams and Lugo traverse the storm wall through to the outskirts of a mostly-buried Dubai on foot. While lead writer Walt Williams has stated that there are many influences that have gone into the plot, the premise is inspired by Joseph Conrad 's novella Heart of Darkness. The game follows Captain Martin Walker (voiced by Nolan North ) as he is sent into a post-catastrophe Dubai with an elite Delta Force team to hunt for a decorated officer named Colonel Konrad (voiced by Bruce Boxleitner ), as well as evacuate any survivors. The game was released in North America for the Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 platforms on Jin North America and on Jin Europe.Īlthough in the Spec Ops series, The Line does not take any story elements from previous titles. Spec Ops: The Line is a third-person shooter video game developed by Yager Development and published by 2K Games.
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