The second trailer for 2K Games Spec Ops: The Line continues where the first left off, painting a promising game with a dramatic premise. The opening is high drama in-fact, depicting the destruction of Dubai not by speculative development but rather some sand-whipping super weapon. It could be a nuclear explosion stripped of sound and mushroom cloud for effect. Whatever it is, the mood it sets for the whole video is squarely wartime horror, helped along by the contrast of violent battle scenes set to Bjork’s bedroom voice. This is a title that thus far is drawing more from a drama like Apocalypse Now than war adventurism films that seem to feed games of its kind. Framework aside, the videos are hinting to game play mechanics such as environmental hazards and shifting terrain that could add palpable thrills to a standard shooter.
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