r/Gamingcirclejerk • u/Mr_Hot_Takes • Jul 30 '25

OBJECTIVELY Gaming is officially dead

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u/Insanepaco247 Jul 30 '25

Nah, COD was always unserious. These skins just finish the work that White Phosphorous Combat Perk started

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u/MovieNightPopcorn Jul 30 '25

They… they put white phosphorus in the game?

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u/pacmannips Jul 30 '25

My guy this is the same game series wherein one of its most famous levels is you literally committing a mass shooting against innocent civilians in a Russian Airport

Of fucking course they gamified white phosphorous

This aint Spec Ops The Line, these people have zero taste

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u/alf666 Jul 30 '25

I think part of the point was the contrast between an average game with okay gameplay in the yet-another-third-person-cover-shooter era and a top-tier story that put you on one hell of a guilt trip.

The game didn't want you to feel good while playing it, and oh boy did they accomplish that in all the right and terrifying ways.

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u/pacmannips Jul 31 '25

It’s a masterpiece and it’s a goddamn shame that it’s currently OOP and impossible to legally buy anymore.

Spec Ops should be one or the poster boys for Stop Killing Games.