![]() This entire genre shift, and all the issues that came with it, can be traced back to Modern Warfare. It's perhaps why the frankly average shooter Spec-Ops: The Line generated so much discussion simply by addressing the ethically dubious qualities found within these games. A celebration of controversial glories, entertainment riffing off conflicts and disasters from which the sand had barely settled. There's a sense that the modern/near-future warfare craze was more than a little distasteful. The small library of gradually worsening sequels and annual follow-ups, the abysmal Medal of Honor games and all the other middling to poor efforts at competition that defined the next half-decade of first-person shooters ( Terrorist Takedown anyone?). ![]() It's difficult to look Modern Warfare in the eye without glancing at the long shadow that trails behind it.
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