User blog comment:Damac1214/Why Shooters Need Good Stories/@comment-5070322-20130514232040/@comment-96.246.248.60-20130515190413

The OP brought up Red Dead Redemption, which is a 3rd person shooter, which is why I thought The Line would be relevant.

It doesn't rip on black ops. All they have in common are issues of mental instability. In Black Ops, Mason had a disassociative personality, where he would be Reznov, without his knowing, and be himself at the same time.

Walker suffered from his own perpecption of trying to save people, but instead brought about bloodshed everywhere he went.

There is an interesting read, where the writer says the reason you're shown the heli crash in the beginning of the game, is because that is where the squad dies and that the campaign from that point in time takes place in some kind of hell/ purgatory.

My point being that the game is very interpratative, which makes it one of the most interesting stories out there.