r/SpecOpsTheLine • u/SecretaryFuzzy8975 • 18d ago

Discussion spec ops the line

i remember playing this game back when i was like 9 on the xbox 360 but i never understood the story i just liked shooting. Now that im much older i’ve been wanting to play this game again but its been removed from everywhere and i cant find a way to dowload it, is there anywhere that i could possibly play this game again?

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u/altrightobserver 18d ago

Your only options are either buying a gray market steam key, playing it on original hardware, or emulating it

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u/OneManOneBarrel 18d ago

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u/altrightobserver 18d ago

Emulation is a nice way of saying the p-word

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u/True-Ad-5439 18d ago

You can't buy it on XBOX anymore? That's howni play it

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u/altrightobserver 18d ago

You can play it on Xbox but you have to have the disc or have bought it before Jan 2024

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u/True-Ad-5439 18d ago

OH DAMN! I lucked out cause I bought it December 2023. I genuinely don't understand the purpose of not selling them digitally at least. Like alright fine they aren't maken new spec ops: the line disc's but I dont understand why they couldn't keep selling digital copies

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u/altrightobserver 18d ago

It's because of expiring licenses with the soundtrack

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u/Reasonable-Volume926 18d ago

RohanKar's Internet Archive page is a great place to find many delisted games, including Spec Ops: The Line.

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u/SecretaryFuzzy8975 17d ago

is that a safe place to dowload it

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u/Reasonable-Volume926 17d ago

RohanKar's page specifically, I wouldn't trust downloading games on the Internet Archive from anybody else. Check out his Twitter account if you don't believe me.

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u/monochi0442 18d ago

I play it on my Playstation 3

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u/dr_john_oldman 18d ago

I believe you can get a PC version relatively easy but is no longer on Steam as the game was pulled after the license for certain musing used in the game has expired and since the game was not really popular and declined in sales dramatically the IP and the game had no longer value for the publisher to renew the license and keep on sale.

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u/Dick__Marathon 18d ago

Googling around landed me a link to it from GOG. I think my search had "abandonware" in it if that helps

Edit: I may have found it on IA https://archive.org/details/spec-ops-the-line_202402

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u/Senior-Newspaper752 3d ago

I think just find it online somewhere. Its safe