The phrase, “pilgrim in an unholy land,” can best summarize my mental space as of this writing. 343 Industries have released Halo 4, where Master Chief boldly and triumphantly fights off against alien forces with some powerful guns. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is around the corner which is guaranteed to include soldiers boldly and triumphantly fighting off against some nebulous terrorist organization with powerful guns. Medal of Honor: Warfighter has come out where some soldiers of military origin inspired by real-world events grit their teeth and fight off enemies with guns. Also, in an attempt to break the mold, CryTek’s Crysis 3 will come out where you play as a military man in a super suit of armor fighting aliens with cutting edge military hardware…and guns.
Cultured Vultures: In the spirit of preserving some kind of history of this industry, we’ve decided to list some of the best games that you just simply can’t get hold of digitally at the minute.
I just started playing Spec op. I've had it for years on steam and forgot about it. Such a good game.
Honorable mention to the excellent Driveclub, one of the best racing games of all-time and one of my favourite games ever.
Outrun Online Arcade, Sega Rally Online Arcade, After Burner Climax... all good stuff. I keep my 360 hooked up to play these as well as the TMNT games that were also delisted.
wow...I have all of them except the Nintendo ones either in physical or digital version.
Also..Deadpool the Game is missing on that list.
Tim and Luis talk what they’ve been watching and playing along with the news from the past week, including all the games from Sony’s “State of Play,” Evil West, Silent Hill: The Short Message, Hideo Kojima weirdness, Spec Ops: The Line delisted and more!
A stellar work of sobering proportions, Spec-Ops: The Line is an outstanding third-person shooter that on first glance conceals its hidden depths.
It's really a shame that the Spec Ops reboot didn't continue into a series. Obviously the story in The Line is over. But each game could have delved into the different psychological effects of war as well as exploring different takes on Heart of Darkness. In a sea of mindless military shooters it was nice to finally play a shooter that actually had something to say.
This game was the last of a dying breed, a signifier of where shooter games (and videogames more broadly) COULD have gone if developers didn't pivot so hard into the online services, micro transaction, season pass, yada yada.
New narrative territory exploring the actual art form of gaming and storytelling within it.
A brilliant depiction into what war can really do to a person and doesn't glorify it in any way.
I heard this game might be getting delisted, which is a travesty, this is one that should be preserved forever
I think the title was unfortunate - it was when Moder Warfare got big so I assumed it was yet another clone. Fortunately, because ps plus I checked out this gem of a game.
I played through it twice, just because I was in an achievement-whoring mood. It was decent at best....nothing worth recommending to a friend. As for the story, it wasn't as thought-provoking as some would have you believe. There's not really many choices throughout the game...you pretty much have to kill whoever is in front of you to advance the narrative, like every other shooter of the last decade.
Game mechanics were servicable. Story was very good and made me question fps genre.
But then I realized....it's probably why bad guys are bad in real life...it's more fun to be an a$$hole. Lol