History Fridge / SpecOpsTheLine

** FridgeLogic: that's no better than a KillerGameMaster {{Railroading}} his players so they will get mad at him so he can teach them a lesson about anger management. He's still guilty of railroading and {{Troll}}ing.

** [[YourMileageMayVary Of course, said mentality also involves some degree of MST3K to be applied.]] Dropping anvils is fine, but actively blaming the player for playing a product the only way that is allowed [[RageAgainstTheHeavens is dubious at best]] precisely because it brings up the issue of Real Life blame *and* makes it very clear that the person responsible for the sorry state constructed is *not* the player, or even Walker or Konrad, but [[WallBanger the developers]] for teasing at an alternative but not giving it. Which also carries the lovely UnfortunateImplication that [[spoiler: Walker literally had no choice and/or might have even been *right* to descend into the depths of monstrosity.]] [[BrokenAesop Nice Job Breaking It, Dev Team.]]

** [[YourMilageMayVary Of course, said mentality also involves some degree of MST3K to be applied.]] Dropping anvils is fine, but actively blaming the player for playing a product the only way that is allowed [[RageAgainstTheHeavens is dubious at best]] precisely because it brings up the issue of Real Life blame *and* makes it very clear that the person responsible for the sorry state constructed is *not* the player, or even Walker or Konrad, but [[WallBanger the developers]] for teasing at an alternative but not giving it. Which also carries the lovely UnfortunateImplication that [[spoiler: Walker literally had no choice and/or might have even been *right* to descend into the depths of monstrosity.]] [[BrokenAesop Nice Job Breaking It, Dev Team.]]

* Captain Walker's name counts as a MeaningfulName alluding to what he does in the story. His last name Walker is derived from an old Scottish/English tradition where military officers that were give the job to inspect the land of their lords/kings would take on the last name of Walker, because they did this by [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin walking through said land]]. Martin is derived from Mars the Roman God of War. Martin Walker basically translates into, "Inspector of War." Captain Walker is a Delta Force operator, an elite soldier, and his job is to inspect the ruined Dubai for survivors.

*** Metal Gear Solid 2 had a similar joke on behalf of the player, the villain told you to turn the game console off, which most people think is just a 4th-wall breaking joke but it is actually true. You the player could not stop the bad things that happened in the story, you couldn't spare Raiden from his fate of being a puppet. If you wanted to avoid that all you had to do was listen to the villain and turn the game console off, by stopping and letting go none of the evils of the story have a chance to happen. However the story ends on an optimistic note in that Raiden now has the freedom to make better choices in the future despite the consequences of his (and your) actions. This simply brings up the question: Is is worth it to learn from your mistakes or to avoid them?

[[spoiler:'''Konrad''': No matter what happens next don't be too hard on yourself. Even now, after all you've done, you can still go home. ''Lucky you.'']]

* If you shoot the soldiers coming for your rescue in the ending, what will happen next? "Welcome to Dubai, gentlemen!" you have an insane, highly trained killer out there somewhere, who already killed some of your buddies, and was perfectly capable of tearing through Damned 33rd with just two men on his side. "Welcome to Dubai, gentlemen."
* "No matter what happens next don't be too hard on yourself. Even now, after all you've done, you can still go home. Lucky you." These are the poignant words Konrad shares with Walker. What if Konrad isn't just talking about Walker but you the player as well? The player gets to turn off the game and go home. Men like Walker don't get to turn off the trauma of war they have witnessed by flipping a switch, even after all you have forced Walker to do you get to go home perfectly intact, Walker will have to live with these choices for the rest of his life while you go home trauma free. Lucky you indeed.

* Why would Walker have the option to [[spoiler: shoot his reflection in the mirror]] rather than Konrad? Because it isn't a challenge of Walker [[spoiler: shooting the imaginary Konrad's reflection]] before he can hurt him but rather deciding which one of them is responsible for Dubai's hardships. Shooting [[spoiler: yourself]] is symbolic of Walker realizing that all of this has been his [[spoiler: downfall]] rather than Konrad's.

** It goes even deeper than that. Notice that Walker is wearing [[spoiler:Konrad's clothes in the epilogue. This symbolises Walker's realisation that HE is the villain he thought Konrad was. The kind of villain who would murder American soldiers in a fit of insanity.]]

**** No need for argument. All this fuss is created by the limitation of the medium. During the incident, player can clearly see [[spoiler: those bunch of refugees on the camera, and can call off the attack on that Humvee and assault it some other way (Remember Walker and Adams later successfully dealt with a Stricker on foot)]]. In the game, the player can not press space and exit [[spoiler: the mortar camera before the Humvee is destroyed]]. The video game medium create choices for audience, but has limitation on dealing with the consequences. In a attempt to deal with such limitation, the developers chose a not so reasonable way to keep things in check. It may be more reasonable if [[spoiler: those refugees do not show up in the camera]]. Then again people may call it DiabolusexMachina, but the game can use some foreshadowing with [[spoiler: Agent Gould]]. Anyway it is just a case of bad design because of the gap between idea and execution.

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* The music that is played in some of the combat scenes isn't just flavor, it is there in-universe and being played into your headset by Radioman. [[spoiler:It stops happening once he dies.]]

* What is the answer given by the [[spoiler: imaginary]] remnants of the 33rd to Walker about Konrad's location? ''"Upstairs sir. He's always been there waiting for you."'' At first glance, you'll likely take this to mean that Konrad has simply been upstairs on the top floor, waiting for Walker to finish his mission and arrive there to meet him. It takes on an entirely different meaning when you realize [[spoiler: that Konrad is just a figment of Walker's imagination due to dissociative disorder and that the real Colonel Konrad has been dead for two weeks, Konrad literally has been "upstairs", namely in Walker's brain the entire time.]] Not the type of "upstairs" Walker was expecting.