Spec Ops the Line is anti war, I've never heard of it being anti video game.
Its not anti video game but more so like TNO that video games cause violence and TNO devs seems to support the whole "video games cause violence". Specs Ops the Line is exactly what I would compare to TNO and vice versa too. Specs Ops IMO would at least be better if it gave you choices to make in the game but the thing is the game is set in a linear fashion where it will do things like "You need to bomb this hospital and civilians to proceed in this game." which you then proceed to do which it then goes "OMG HOW COULD YOU! This is not only a commentary on the US military industrial complex but video games as a whole!" Its essentially COD TNO where it morally shames and tut-tuts you for playing the game.
Why this is stupid is that its like if GTA kept reminding you that killing hookers and stealing their money is bad actually or to bring it back to topic the thing that has been mentioned several times about TNO that it basically shames you for actually playing the game. Where the devs are the type that buy into the "video games = violence" and "Playing a thing = endorshment of it goals or morals" Its why even outside of the U.S playing as Germany and Japan is cancer. We obviously know fascism and fascist powers are bad but TNO fans want to make sure you get the meme so its why its tone can be jarring as they morally reprimand you. I used to work on the HOI4 star wars mod hearts of durasteel. Our literal faggot crippled poojeet commie mod outright said he did not want us to give the Galactic Empire a win state or path cause in his own words he felt it would give joy to fascists who enjoy the Empire. Its similar to faggots who call the enclave from Fallout Trump supporters.
Likewise America in TNO its more jarring and more in line with the Specs Ops shit as it morally spergs out at you and seems to have its own morals all over the place. America being in Haiti is bad but America invading the Dominican Republic is good, despite the fact they both require imperialism and death as wars are not fought with kisses. And if America did not support internationalism and interventionism then the fascist analog Cuba, Trujillo, is just going to invade the niggers anyway and do to TND to the island. Being in Haiti is wrong but we need to accept Haitian immigrants despite the fact they are immigrating cause of Trujillo which could have been prevented if we ignored your moral of "nothing ever happens and caring is gay!" And one of the cherries on top of this shit sandwich is that there is an event in game where the Haitian immigrants hold a cultural festival in New York... but they then bitch about U.S imperialism in Haiti and how that is cringe when again, one reason they are there is the literal fascist dictatorship they border. It would be like if the Ukes started to actually repeat vatnigger talking points and asked the U.S to stop supporting Ukraine. Its fucking retarded and its clear the writers are projecting their anti-America bias to TNO where it does not apply since said aforementioned faggot in the TNOverse would probably be an American simp given that they are trying to protect the niggerinos from TND Trujillo.
It sorta defeats the purpose of the mod and America's own storyline in TNO as I think other people here on this thread pointed out but also on the TNO subreddit in the past (before they started blocking people more). The whole goal and story if you click on play TNO is America is one of the last bastion of nations that are not only liberal but just not fascist in general. They fill you with a sense of purpose that you must push back from the drink of darkness and despair only to them sperg and kvetch at you for doing so. "Don't you know war is bad? I bet you feel stupid for playing our mod and this map game?"
"I don't need this game to give me an event every 3 months on how war is bad and all the Jerrys and Huns I used to grease my tank treads had families. I am currently invading Burgundy in WW3 and you already told me how ass they are and deserve no sympathy." - redditor on the TNO sub giving his own criticism of this I paraphrased liberally.
TL;DR: The game is filled with liberal and leftist smugness like Spec Ops the line that seems to hate you for playing the game and the mod and if that is the case what is the point? They quite literally want you to do nothing or nothing ever happens. Which does sum up modern TNO quite well.