#SPEC OPS THE LINE WHITE PHOSPHORUS FULL#
#SPEC OPS THE LINE WHITE PHOSPHORUS SOFTWARE#

It doesn't engage me on any mental level, let alone an emotional one. But it lacks depth - I don't come away from a Call of Duty game feeling any different.

The studios working on the series have the gameplay down to a formula. Is the Call of Duty series fun? Of course it is - I enjoy playing it, and the series sells millions of copies year after year. The single-player story, once a deep, respectful look at the battles fought across the world by men who died in shit and mud, is now barely more than an extended tutorial and advertisement for the online multiplayer.

#SPEC OPS THE LINE WHITE PHOSPHORUS SOFTWARE#

It is game of mindless twitch reflexes for its main consumers, many of are which too young to have legally purchased the game themselves (Call of Duty is rated M for ages 17 and up in the US by the Electronic Software Ratings Board, and Ages 18+ by the Pan-European Game Information in Europe). Nowadays, it is a bombastic corridor of dramatic explosions and military jargon, in which the ridiculous guns and pseudo-near-future gadgetry are better-developed characters than the ones who wield them. The Call of Duty series was once an underdog game with roots in the portrayal of World War II battles, and a title that showed a relative amount of respect for the conflict compared to other World War II series. The most widely-recognized games among those who do not play them tend to be the ones that appeal to the widest audience, and due to the unrefined nature of the industry, these games do this by appealing to the lowest common denominator.

#SPEC OPS THE LINE WHITE PHOSPHORUS FULL#

The problem is that video games are a fledgling industry, one that has not fully matured and is still working towards reaching its full potential. Still, my friends encouraged me to post it and I feel that many users of this site will hopefully find something of value in this bit of writing.Īs with any other medium, video games have their 'flagship' entries - works that are ubiquitous with the medium itself in the minds of those unfamiliar with its broader reaches. How Spec Ops: The Line Condemned Video Game Violence by Embracing ItĪuthor's note: This paper was originally written for my Aesthetic Expressions class, and so at times approaches the topic as if the reader knows little about the details of the development of video games.

Spec ops the line white phosphorus