It takes a strong reviewer to deny what's right in front of him... Gamespot is denying the right. - Contains Spoilers.
First of all, i usually don't review the games and let the professionals do that, but here this is insane, a 6.5 for such a solid game is unbearable. Spec Ops is a solid shooter with an amazing story plot and somewhat good Multiplayer elements.
What is wrong with Gamespot's review?
The review was alright but the game is so underrated. 6.5 is what you give for games like Clive Barker - Jericho, Call Of Duty MW3/Black Ops. This game has an impressive solo play. The story is short but it is one of those where you feel like you are watching a movie and also a good one. I think Gamespot did not care about the campaign as it itself stands for itself rather than the Multiplayer elements.
Plot:
(Remember, i completed the game only once and i am not sure if there is an alternate ending where you choose between Gould or the Civilians, i chose Gould).
The story starts with Commander Walker the Capo of the Delta team to assist an infantry and ends up getting trapped, the story progresses through various twists such as 33rd infantry turns hostile and you end up in a wipeout. You slowly realize that you are not the protagonist but more of an antagonist and a lunatic. You then find that you are responsible for all the chaos and not John Konrad (The man you supposed to Evacuate/Wipe). There are different endings on what path you choose. I chose the very evil (I guess). Then you end up either surrendering into an asylum/getting shot by 33rd infantry in the asylum.
Positives:
Solid Shooting fun: you shoot anything that moves. Your teammates does not steal your kill *Sigh* like Boone from FNV.
Multiplayer Maps: The maps are fooken amazing, lots of tactical gameplay IA.
Single Player Campaign: Even though the plot is somewhat 3-5-7 hours worth of elements, you stay glued in your seat. The Plot is so good that it saves the whole game.
Beautiful Visuals: I never have been to Dubai but the place looks amazing, the graphics are so impressive that even it's linear, you sometimes try to stay away from the linear path just to view the wonderful desert sands.
Wonderful Voice Acting: The voice talent is just epic and that is all there is to it. The game has some amazing Lol's as well. The feel when your sub ordinate deny with you, that's wonderful done with that rage on them.
Gameplay: Various twists in the gameplay and even the last part of the Physics makes you feel happy that you are playing a good game.
Negatives:
What went wrong with such a good game is a very minor problematic elements.
Multiplayer/Controls: Well this has to be one of the major drawback on the game's side, the controls are sometimes awful, you want to sometimes dropkick on an opponent but perform an unwanted melee animation, that 3 seconds can cost you much in a DM match. Also there is this Auto Sprinting system, initially this seems useful but it adds more pain than pleasure. Imagine if you are in a CQB situation and want to stop sprinting but the sprinting does not instantly stop. I get that it's realistic but it's a small code violation over natural Physics you can jump for the fun purpose. So overall the controls are flawed by not by far.
Some minor bugs: Sometimes you overcome bugs in the SP/MP where you shoot but actually hit the Collision wall instead of an opponent, sometimes when killing an enemy, they stand up instead of falling down and they cannot fall down after that.
Overall these bugs and some flawed controls decrease a 3.5 out of a 10, i think you should decrease a whole heap of games out there such as... never mind, The fanboys.
Gamespot, i dare you are wrong and that is there to it. I wasted my time writing this because you guys are recently getting too harsh on games and praise a single series for no good reason. I can list a whole bunch of series you vote partially such as... never mind. The fanboys.
Buy this, do not listen to Gamespot.
-RanY2J