Spec Ops: The Line is about the protagonist, Captain Martin Walker, who is accompanied by a Delta Force team to locate a deserted United States Army colonel John Konrad and other survivors from the ruins of post-cataclysm Dubai for subsequent extraction. To accomplish this goal, the player must traverse the city to neutralize enemy threats and natural disasters. As the player progresses, more and more, the theme begins to change as they spiral into madness. The video presented is the ending of the game, where Walker fights his final battle.
There are many things happening with this scene with Captain Martin Walker when he finally confronts his arch nemesis, John Konrad. The main thing being is that Walker is Konrad, mentally. The game is conclusive on what happened, revealing that Walker is traumatized by his actions as a soldier, most notably when he caused the death of 47 innocent civilians. We will never know what war will impact us, but it’s made clear by news and media that war is nothing more horrible than reliving the atrocities than a violent conflict. …show more content…
If you decide Walker to accept his fate and commit suicide, the achievement will pop: A Farewell to Arms. Which is a reference of a WW1 novel about the Spanish Civil War by Ernest Hemingway. Although A Farewell to Arms is romantically focused, it still deals with corrupt soldiers and themes of the oppression of civilians. Another book that Hemingway wrote which is inspired by his stay during the Spanish Civil War called, For Whom the Bell Tolls. Both books and the game make a symbolic theme, being the hero ultimately means, being the savage. We must commit atrocities to overcome our
There are many things happening with this scene with Captain Martin Walker when he finally confronts his arch nemesis, John Konrad. The main thing being is that Walker is Konrad, mentally. The game is conclusive on what happened, revealing that Walker is traumatized by his actions as a soldier, most notably when he caused the death of 47 innocent civilians. We will never know what war will impact us, but it’s made clear by news and media that war is nothing more horrible than reliving the atrocities than a violent conflict. …show more content…
If you decide Walker to accept his fate and commit suicide, the achievement will pop: A Farewell to Arms. Which is a reference of a WW1 novel about the Spanish Civil War by Ernest Hemingway. Although A Farewell to Arms is romantically focused, it still deals with corrupt soldiers and themes of the oppression of civilians. Another book that Hemingway wrote which is inspired by his stay during the Spanish Civil War called, For Whom the Bell Tolls. Both books and the game make a symbolic theme, being the hero ultimately means, being the savage. We must commit atrocities to overcome our