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Spec Ops: The Line for PlayStation 3
Spec Ops: The Line follows Captain Martin Walker and his Delta squad in a Dubai devastated by sandstorms. It is a third-person shooter with cover combat, orders for two team members and sand that can sweep through windows, walls or enemies. Choices and the consequences of violence drive the story. The campaign plays locally; former competitive multiplayer is not promised as an available service.
The campaign builds each situation around clear objectives, enemies or obstacles and controls that you gradually learn to master. Difficulty comes from timing, positioning and intelligent use of available resources. Exploring, trying again and choosing another approach often achieve more than haste. The fixed content on the disc therefore matters most. Any network features are mentioned only as historical options, not as services guaranteed to work today.
This PlayStation 3 release of Spec Ops: The Line was checked separately for controls, presentation and delivery. The product title determines whether a regular, budget or No Manual edition is supplied. Historical network features are not promised as available; local matches, campaign or career on the disc remain the core of this version.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 3 games are European editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Spec Ops: The Line for PlayStation 3 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Spec Ops: The Line
Yager Development created Spec Ops: The Line, released by 2K on 26 June 2012. The studio used Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness as inspiration for a story about orders, responsibility and images of war, placing it in a fictional disaster zone in Dubai. The game therefore takes a different tone from many military shooters. The PlayStation 3 release contains the same story campaign as Xbox 360.
This physical release preserves a defined version from its original console generation. Later expansions, patches, servers and reissues may have added or changed features, but are not attributed to this disc. Its original design choices and technical limits belong to this edition. Developer, release period and platform were therefore checked separately. Differences in controls, presentation and accessories between consoles are also stated where they affect what can actually be played.
This PlayStation 3 release of Spec Ops: The Line was checked separately for controls, presentation and delivery. The product title determines whether a regular, budget or No Manual edition is supplied. Historical network features are not promised as available; local matches, campaign or career on the disc remain the core of this version.
Similar games for PlayStation 3
Army of Two is a concrete comparison on PlayStation 3. Both games share recognisable genre elements, but Spec Ops: The Line has its own emphasis on controls, pace, goals and progression. Army of Two uses different systems or structure, so a play session does not unfold in the same way. The comparison positions the specific qualities of Spec Ops: The Line without assigning features from Army of Two to this release.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is a concrete comparison on PlayStation 3. Both games share recognisable genre elements, but Spec Ops: The Line has its own emphasis on controls, pace, goals and progression. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier uses different systems or structure, so a play session does not unfold in the same way. The comparison positions the specific qualities of Spec Ops: The Line without assigning features from Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier to this release.
SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs is a concrete comparison on PlayStation 3. Both games share recognisable genre elements, but Spec Ops: The Line has its own emphasis on controls, pace, goals and progression. SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs uses different systems or structure, so a play session does not unfold in the same way. The comparison positions the specific qualities of Spec Ops: The Line without assigning features from SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs to this release.
Max Payne 3 is a concrete comparison on PlayStation 3. Both games share recognisable genre elements, but Spec Ops: The Line has its own emphasis on controls, pace, goals and progression. Max Payne 3 uses different systems or structure, so a play session does not unfold in the same way. The comparison positions the specific qualities of Spec Ops: The Line without assigning features from Max Payne 3 to this release.
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception is a concrete comparison on PlayStation 3. Both games share recognisable genre elements, but Spec Ops: The Line has its own emphasis on controls, pace, goals and progression. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception uses different systems or structure, so a play session does not unfold in the same way. The comparison positions the specific qualities of Spec Ops: The Line without assigning features from Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception to this release.
