Any games that are like this?

[Brodie_Bumshine]

I loved, LOVED this game when it came out, and I think its a tragedy that everyone who is able to play it hasn't played it. That being said, does anyone know of any games like this? Not gameplay wise (I could swing a dead cat and hit a cover based third person shooter), but one that actually explores the horrors of war and makes you REALLY feel like a monster for playing the way most military shooters want you to.

[Brodie_Bumshine]

Games I get a similar feeling to and have already played:
Lisa: The Painful
Metal Gear Solid V (REALLY nailed the "war is hell" thing)
The Last of Us

[W.A.V.E]

Well I guess you could look forward to the 'Apocalypse Now' official video game, but that one isn't out till 2020. I like the way they're going about the whole game, but yeah it's long ways off. Still, in my book, certainly something to look forward to if you like stuff like Spec Ops.

[Man Rat]

Tom clancy's ghost recon future soldier - is pretty identical to this game.

Game Play is here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kaNfMuFg0M

[Brodie_Bumshine]

Originally posted by Youtube.com/c/ManRat:

Tom clancy's ghost recon future soldier - is pretty identical to this game.

Game Play is here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kaNfMuFg0M

again, not looking for GAMEPLAY thats similar, I'm looking for PLOT and THEMES that are similar. As I said previously, I can drink a gallon of milk, spin in a small circle and vomit on at least 5 games that play better than Spec Ops: The Line (it wasn't bad, but come on, it was a third person shooter released in 2012. Phantom Pain alone blows it out of the water in terms of combat). What won me over and makes me still think about it is its exploration of the true monstrosity of war and warfare, both the horror and the pointlessness of armed combat that The Line covered oh so well.

[man_without_eyes]

This War of Mine has good reviews and might liked you, although I didn't play it myself..

[Brodie_Bumshine]

I want a game that makes me feel like a monster for doing what I do normally in other games. If possible, I'd like a game that makes me feel like a monster for doing what I need to do to survive.

[mixabuben]

Originally posted by Brodie_Bumshine:

I want a game that makes me feel like a monster for doing what I do normally in other games. If possible, I'd like a game that makes me feel like a monster for doing what I need to do to survive.

Then try The War of Mine

[Exic64]

In my review for it I mentioned that story wise it's a lot like Undertale on genocide run. The gameplay is entirely different but the story is strikingly similar.

[[-SoL-]Skull Duggery]

Originally posted by Brodie_Bumshine:

I want a game that makes me feel like a monster for doing what I do normally in other games. If possible, I'd like a game that makes me feel like a monster for doing what I need to do to survive.

You always have a choice.

[Sahik34]

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[Wilm]

While it's not exactly military themed, Far Cry 3 is slightly similar. The main character goes down a similar arc, although it's not as told as well as Spec Ops.

[Tilen]

Originally posted by -SoL-Skull Duggery:

Originally posted by Brodie_Bumshine:

I want a game that makes me feel like a monster for doing what I do normally in other games. If possible, I'd like a game that makes me feel like a monster for doing what I need to do to survive.

You always have a choice.

No, you really don't...

[maxkidd]

Originally posted by Tilen:

Originally posted by -SoL-Skull Duggery:

You always have a choice.

No, you really don't...

yes you really do

[Top///Lobster]

Although I didn't often feel like a monster while playing Metal Gear many of the series' overarching themes, major plot points, characters histories/worldview in no way glorify war. The series also has many light-hearted moments with the self-aware/deprecating humour coming to a head in number IV.

I think Metal Gear 3 which covers the worldview of The Boss and her views on the role of warfare, governments, patriotism, the soldier, and the enemy. 3's themes are much more similiar to Spec Ops: The Line yet explores everything much more subtly through the plot and dialogue rather than giving you the choice to shoot civilians and fly US flags upside down.

MG3 is the first in the franchise chronologically. The rest of the games deal solely with various people's competing interpretations of The Boss' worldview and the institutions set up to honour her views. They compete to make a world either without warfare or where the soldier has the power to choose their battles. With a world government that can control and keep order or a world free yet unstable.

However if you have the time play the games in order of release as the whole series, although not without flaws, is absolutely amazing.

A central theme of metal gear is the evolution of warfare and the technology invovled. From child soldiers, to genetically modified soldiers, to advanced autonomous AI. From state controlled wars (MGS3) to almost wholly independent and uncontrollable cycles of unending violence (MGS IV).

Metal Gear Solid 1 I find has many very touching personal moments. More than any other game in the series the main protagonist sits and listens to the final words of each boss/antagonist after defeating them. Psycho Mantis not only is the best boss fight in video game history but also has one of the most simple, honest, yet sad reasons for becoming such a violent P.O.S.

Peace Walker deals with the events of MGS3 and has Snake dealing with what he learned from The Boss and setting up institutions (Outer Heaven) in order to create the world (he thinks) she invisaged.

If you want to save child soldiers and to try and make a world where the soldiers fight on their terms play V (and Peace Walker). If you want to explore the economics of war play IV. If you want AI and technology (MGS2 and IV). If you want to see the best handshake of all time play MSG2.

[Jornovic]

Try the walking dead.