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Alpha Protocol (PS3)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Role-playing/Third-Person 3D Action RPG

RELEASE DATE

25/MAY/10

ESRB RATING

DEVELOPER

Obsidian Entertainment

PUBLISHER

Sega of America, Inc.

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

Xbox 360, IBM PC Compatible

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

PLAYING AS #USES

spy 10

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

bad guys 5
Other syndicates 3

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

GENERAL TONE #USES

DESCRIPTION

Billed as an "espionage RPG," Alpha Protocol casts you in the role of secret agent Michael Thorton as he embarks on a series of international operations set in Rome, Moscow, Tai Pei, Saudi Arabia, and other exotic locales. From inside computer-equipped safe houses around the world, you'll converse with your handlers, glean intelligence, review dossiers, and receive new missions. What sets Alpha Protocol apart from traditional action games is the level of customization you have over your character and the options you have while interacting with others. Key role-playing features like dialogue trees, skill points, and equipment upgrades are included, with characters who will react in different ways based on your approach and reputation.

The action takes place from a third-person perspective as you complete objectives however you see fit, depending on the direction of your character. Stealth-oriented spies can complete the entire game without killing an enemy, while destructive types can bring out the body armor and heavy artillery. Action points can be assigned to an assortment of attributes, from stealth and pistols to sabotage and technical aptitude, which all lead to different skills. Cash earned by completing missions can also be spent in multiple ways, from powerful weapons on the black market to hiring mercenaries to purchasing various gun modifications for improving stats in areas like damage, accuracy, recoil, stability, and ammunition capacity. ~ Scott Alan Marriott, All Game Guide

Alpha Protocol (PS3)

GENRE/STYLE:

Role-playing/Third-Person 3D Action RPG
RELEASE DATE:

25/MAY/10
TOP TRAITS:

spy, Espionage, Action-RPG
DESCRIPTION:

Billed as an "espionage RPG," Alpha Protocol casts you in the role of secret agent Michael Thorton as he embarks on a... more

players 104

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POPULARITY: PS3 PLATFORM

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Alpha Protocol (PS3) by: Grif05

“I was a little suprised when I started this. I wasnt expecting the way the game played out (reminds me now of how Mass Effect works) and it was decent. The combat itself needs a little work, but I loved my playthrough of the game. Being a spy who...”

created 03/FEB/2012

Alpha Protocol (PS3) by: ccbeara

“I'm going to say this up-front. This game has issues. It has a lot of issues that are more than just some tiny bugs and little bits of "fail." The graphics are mediocre at best, and the enemy AI is ridiculously dumb at times. However,...”

created 13/JUN/2010

ccbeara played Alpha Protocol on 12/JUN/10

“I finished my first playthrough! WHOOOO. Actually, I have no idea how I feel about this. I'm pretty sure I got one of the worst endings because I barely got any closure with a few of my contacts...”

created 13/JUN/2010

ccbeara was the last to comment - over 2 years ago... show previous hide previous

“I'll definitely be playing it again.
The characters in the game are so awesome, especially Stephen Heck c:.”

ccbeara played Alpha Protocol on 09/JUN/10

“About to finish those next areas: Rome, Moscow, and Taipei. I'm extremely interested in where the story will go.”

created 10/JUN/2010

ccbeara played Alpha Protocol on 06/JUN/10

“This really can get extremely fun the more you play it.”

created 08/JUN/2010

ccbeara was the last to comment - over 2 years ago... show previous hide previous

“What exactly do you want to know?”

Alpha Protocol (PS3) by: TprFez

“To be honest I got this the day it came out hoping for a rich and deep, spy RPG, in return I got bad graphics, shoddy gun play and messy menus. I was expecting something along the lines of Mass Effect but obviously present day spy theme. To me this...”

created 03/JUN/2010

Shadowelite841 was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“100% true”

ccbeara played Alpha Protocol on 02/JUN/10

“I'm in Rome in that one guys house.... I forgot his name........ whatever. I'm not so sure I should have started on Hard as I die very easily. ANYWHO.”

created 03/JUN/2010

Alpha Protocol, huh? (From makers of BG, BG2, Fallout) by: snipergirl

“So, what do you guys think of this? Will it be any good? Spy RPG from the makers of BG, BG2, fallout 1&2, NWN2, KoTOR 2.... It looks pretty tight... wondering whether it'll be a little like...”

created 16/MAY/2010

rawkr was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I haven't heard about custom characters, only the ability to tweak your character's specialties and approaches. It looks like the same role either way. It is one I would definitely check out.”

HighSimSim was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@rawkr Yup, I'm pretty sure everyone plays as the same guy (Michael Thorton) but they can customize their skills and such to their own playstyle. I also think you can customize Michael's face a bit, but nothing drastic like what you can do with Commander Shepard in Mass Effect.”

ccbeara was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I WANT”

wastelander75 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I don't know yet. I've heard on some of the pre-release vids the voice over is a little stale and blandish. I don't know yet. Maybe.

And maybe if I have some extra dough lying around then. ”

Mishy was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Not a fan of Spy RPGs so it's a miss for me”

snipergirl was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I don't think I've ever heard of or played any computer spy RPGs b4!”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@Mishy Being the curious type I will be checking it out. To this day, Mass Effect has eluded any serious play for me but this has piqued my interest.”

killwolfx was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I think its giong to be one of the betters games this year (atleast i think it will release in 2010?)
I really like spy games, so im defintly going to buy it :D”

Fausk was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I think, like most Obsidian games, it'll probably be released fairly buggy, but the story will be an absolute masterpiece.”

hunterdanny was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Whooo! Spy RPG! I just hope there won't be any cutted content like in KotOR II.”

Fausk was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@Mishy How many spy RPGs have there been, and why was I not informed?”

DarthOdium was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@Fausk I was thinking the same thing, most Obsidian games are quite buggy although they did pull the game from its November release to June so I have high hopes the bugs will be minimal.

True RPG spy games? I don't think there is any. I know of games that use RPG elements but they are not true RPGs.

As for Alpha Protocol it looks fun, the voice acting from what I've heard and seen is kind of boring but the combat and how you interact with people looks fun. So I'm looking forward to getting it.”

Fausk was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@DarthOdium I'm more worried about Fallout: New Vegas. Bethesda's games already tend to crash fairly often on PC, and now you're putting Obsidian behind the helm of Bethesda's engine. But again, I'll play it, and love it, for the stories that only Obsidian seems capable of telling.”

DarthOdium was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@Fausk That's very true since my Star Wars KOTOR 2 game no longer works on my Xbox. I hope Fallout: New Vegas doesn't end up like that too.”

SH4D0WZ0MB1E was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I've watched some vids on it. From what I've seen it doesn't look that bad.”

samanoskeake was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I want to get into Alpha Protocol, mainly because KoToR II was a good game. (Obviously not better than BioWare's.)

Like others have said, I am worried about the bugginess, so I might wait for a patch to be released, like with KoToR II, that finished the game and fixed some bad bugs. ”

thedamnedone was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“I read about it in pc gamer looks pretty slick ”

snipergirl was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“I reckon that NWN2 was better and had a better storyline than NWN ... NWN had a pretty sucky storyline, which is not the usual output from bioware! bioware wtf!!!”

thedamnedone was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“Yes i completed NWN2 good story”

snipergirl was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“2-3 days to go!”

garrus92 was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“I Think Alpha Protocol has the potential to be a really good game. Keyword there is "potential" All too often we see developers who go out to make their own IP and then they fall flat on their face. However judging from the trailers and gameplay footage I think Alpha Protocol will do just fine.”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“The voice acting in the trailer was adequate, better than Two Worlds. On a side note though, the VOs in Just Cause 2 make Two Worlds look Oscar-worthy! ”

wastelander75 was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@garrus92 I agree. Just look at KotoR II. Yeah it was a great experience storywise. But Obsidian cut way too much shit from it to make room for other things that we could have done without. Certain skill sets and so forth. I for one wanted to know why I couldn't go explore HK47's past (the HK50's were supposed to lead you to a secret HK Factory on Telos)

There's more, a LOT more. But I'm too tired to list them all. I just hope they don't cut shit out so the story makes about as much sense as a screen door on a submarine.

That would suck. ”

snipergirl was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“hmmm... early reviews not so positive...”

DarthOdium was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“Hmm it's ranking is 68.33% I had a feeling it would end up getting reviews like this. I'm still up for playing but if it end up being as bad it will end up on my shelf.

Gameranking
http://www.gamerankings.com/xbox360/945401-alpha-protocol/index.html

Gamespot
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/alphaprotocol/video/6264109/alpha-protocol-video-review

1up
http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3179545&p=4

Eurogamer
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/alpha-protocol-review”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“Here are a couple more form Joystiq, there may be some overlap:

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/28/alpha-protocol-game-review/

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/28/metareview-alpha-protocol/”

wastelander75 was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“well, it's looking like a a call between "crap graphics", "damn good story", and "frustrating mechanics"

So for me, probably a buy when it's in the bin. But not a rush-out-with-60-bucks game. I was hoping for something better. Shame really. ”

arphaxad was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“The words "Espionage RPG" just gave it away... at first I was pretty skeptical about that and how this game will play but after trying it and having to endure an hour or two of gameplay I can safely assume that my fears are very much correct...

Long story short: IT SUCKS!!!!

What with the buggy gameplay and an animation that only a high-school kid can do I can't say anymore else... It's a shame really coz this come from the same guys who bbrought as gems like Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights...

I'll just forgive em for trying....”

robmcg125 was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@snipergirl I played this game for several hours last night. Its very similar to ME2, Kind of imagine ME2 but with spies over aliens. I really really like this game, I may be a bit predijuice only beacuse its been a long time sense i played a game where sneaking around and long perfect heatshots value more then just running and gunning.

If you like spy movies/games, I think you'll love this game. If you love to run and gun, Buy something else IMHO :)”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“I'm going to check it out, but the reviews being fair to downright shitty, I'll wait a bit before actually picking it up. More than likely it will be on my parade of rentals.”

snipergirl was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“bottom line seems to be... great story, deeply flawed but enjoyable when it's not frustrating you.

might be a borrow for me too.

a little disappointed, was hoping that obsidian would pull a great tour de force! however, as one of the reviews pointed out... obsidian is a really small studio. they don't have the budget or time as yet to do that. so, i guess a 70% for them is a reasonable start- though one they'll have to build on!”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@snipergirl The Fallout franchise is in their hands, I hope AP suffered because they are putting the bulk of their resources into New Vegas. For them not to will cause us all horrible pain...”

samanoskeake was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“Just got it.

Really having a blast with thisun.”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@samanoskeake That gives me hope that it can still be fun despite being heavily flawed. Thanks man.”

snipergirl was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“kind of wonder if they'll release bugfixing patches which will make it awesome to buy in the not too long future.

i'm totally torn!”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“Kinda like Mercs 2, or Just Cause 2...”

robmcg125 was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“Well Im about 1/2 way through of the game, and the only bug/glitch I've noticed is on occasion I can see guy on the floor above me by there shadows on the ceiling.. But this is only within a certain range of them and its not a bug I mind as it helps out :p

But as a guy said earlier about it being heavily flawed I'm not sure what he's talking about?

Also the shooting style on most guns is like mercs or just cause but when you put any type of scope onto your guns zoom makes it more fluent. ”

samanoskeake was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@rawkr
Yeah, actually.

There've been broken games released before, and they've been bad (KoTOR II, Mercs 2, ect.), but this is nowhere near that level of incomplete. ”

robmcg125 was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“!YaY! I win :p well I beat the game.. Honestly I'm feeling pretty good, IMHO I think the game well extremely well thought out and produced 1 thing that really irritated me was "Mike" had the same voice as ME2. Not a big deal if you didn't play that game much or beat it like me, And at first I didn't even notice but boy towards the end it was really killing me. Besides that, everything was good.

Now I'm going to beat the game on Veteran and be a total DBag to everyone just to see how that plays out :)”

robmcg125 was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“Btw the game took more then 20hours to complete, Maybe its only 20 if you dont sneak around and try to find everything hidden for upgrades. But if you werent sneaking around, Then its not really a spy game now is it.””

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@robmcg125 Depends whether you take the James Bond or Harry Tasker approach.”

ccbeara was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“I GOT IT AND IT ROCKS..... FUN-WISE.
Technically, it's .... remedial...”

snipergirl was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“interestingly, the pc score on metascore is higher than for consoles... and is increasing.

may have to just wait until they release a patch or two, then consider it...”

ccbeara was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“I CAN'T WAIT FOR A PATCH OMG.”

robmcg125 was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“1/2 way thru beating it a second time.. Pistols are amazing in this game. First time running thru I used AR and Shotty decent enough as AR offers silent bullets to use for stealth, But the shotty seriously lacks almost any use. So I'm running with pistol and sub machine guns now. Pistols slow time move is so OP it makes the game way to easy, But its still fun as hell. IMO use pistol maxed + stealth maxed + the skill to reset the CD on all skills and OP OP OP is the way to go :)”

SH4D0WZ0MB1E was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“Got the game yesterday and started playing it. It's a fun game if you ask me. Storyline is excellent. Sure the gameplay is a little buggy, but nothing too serious that I wouldn't recommend playing it.”

robmcg125 was the last to comment - over 2 years ago... show previous hide previous

“The game is so nice I beat it twice :) GG seriously”

Video: Stealth and Combat Skills by: rawkr

“http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/07/alpha-protocol-trailer-demonstrates-michael-thortons-sweet-kara/”

created 12/MAY/2010

Video: Alpha Protocol Dialogue Trailer by: rawkr

“See examples of the dialogue system in AP here: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/24/alpha-protocols-protagonist-can-be-a-real-jerk-sometimes/”

created 25/APR/2010

snipergirl was the last to comment - over 3 years ago... show previous hide previous

“disappointing... I hope that the final game is actually awesome, considering that Obsidian made so many awesomez0r games in the past”

Gadgets Video by: rawkr

“Follow the link and enjoy the footage: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/04/alpha-protocol-has-gadgets-and-gizmos-aplenty/”

created 05/MAR/2010

Alpha Protocol by: sahit

“This is the first time they made action/rpg game.”

created 03/MAR/2010

Awaiting Release... by: rawkr

“This game looks amazing but it keeps getting pushed back. Anything that can get it out the door in good working order and get more people working on Falout: New Vegas, the better. I am genuinely...”

created 24/FEB/2010

Fall Gaming Season '09 by: highprioritymale

“I just re-activated my Gamefly and set up my fall lineup of rent-by-mail games. Which ones are keepers? I never know until I play them all! Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 (PS3) releases 9/14/09 Halo...”

created 12/SEP/2009

A video from our friends at G4

Alpha Protocol Dynamic Dialogue Reactive Walkthrough

Obsidian Producer Matthew Rorie walks us through the Sega published action RPG set in a modern-day espionage setting which features dynamic dialogue coming to the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.