The U.S Government would then send Walker to assassinate Colonel Konrad and terminate his command just like Willard did to Colonel Kurtz. In the same way, Kurtz was in Cambodia and Laos, Konrad would be infiltrating Iran using Dubai as a base of operations. According to Word of God Konrad was going to be like Colonel Kurtz conducting illegal search and destroy missions in nations that the US was not supposed to be at war with. The story was originally going to be an even greater homage to Apocalypse Now then it ended up being.Ideas for story DLC featuring Adams were bounced around, since his death technically didn't happen onscreen, allowing him to survive it, but even then, the script ended with him dying in a much more certain manner. Torch the Franchise and Run: One of the main reasons almost everyone dies and Walker either is also dead or psychologically broken at the end was so that sequels couldn't be made.Throw It In: A rare script example - writer Walt Williams originally didn't want the helicopter sequence In Medias Res and saw it as a cheap tactic, and so, spur of the moment, he wrote in the 'We've done this before!' dialogue in pen on the back of the script out of spite.

Sequel Gap: Released 10 years after the last Spec Ops game, Airborne Commando, although it really has no connections with previous Spec Ops games anyway other than the name.

Curiously, the writer of the game has claimed that they had no deconstructive intent in mind when casting him - it was just a happy coincidence. Walker is a savage Deconstructed Character Archetype of North's usual type.

Playing with Character Type: Nolan North's role as Cpt.

Here, he's an extremely jaded and frustrated soldier, with years of baggage weighing on him. While his first voice acting role, he was known for playing relatable, down-to-earth 'everyman' types. Konrad is about as far from that as you can get. His best known roles are stubborn, cheerful, heroic Dork Knights. Not to mention a post-traumatic, insane war criminal. Captain Walker is VERY far from his usual roles, being a no-nonsense infantryman.

Nolan North usually voices loveable rogues or funny smartasses.

By the end, the voice actors were just as tired and weary as the characters they were portraying - which was wholly intentional.

One-Take Wonder: Every single voiceline was recorded during the same day.

Hilarious in Hindsight: Nolan North actually read for Cpt.

According to this article, which Williams contributed to, the reason the entire framing device with having the helicopter sequence, in the beginning, is so odd and barely acknowledged is that it was a last-minute change by the executives while they were recording dialog.

Writer Walt Williams has stated that he appreciated being given this 'box' to work in, as it forced him and the rest of Yager to be creative in how they designed the setting and narrative.

In a positive example, 2K Games stipulated that the game was to be a military-themed shooter set in Dubai long before the actual game went into development.

According to the lead designer, the multiplayer mode was done by another team entirely on a publisher mandate. As a result of the poor multiplayer mode, several reviews marked the game's score down significantly.Enforced Method Acting: According to Word of God, the voice recordings were done with the entire cast together in chronological order, so that by the time the end comes about the cast members were tired and angry and just ready to go home.However, in an interview, the developers have explicitly stated that they weren't trying to make the controls horrible on purpose, but they were more than happy to let their audience assume that if they wanted to. Deliberate Flaw Retcon: Many reviewers have praised the developers for intentionally making the gameplay awful as a reflection of the oversaturated shooter genre, with generic Take Cover! mechanics and terrible controls.Walker's voice actor, is especially fond of the game and has been recommending it constantly anywhere he can.

Creator's Favorite: Nolan North, Capt.

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