While its story, characters and conversations are interesting and fun to play around with, Alpha’s third-person shooting – which makes up the bulk of the game – is not. It’s a far cry from terrible, but we’d been led to expect much more.
Available on:
Xbox 360,
PS3
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PC
Genre: Role Playing Release date: June 01, 2010 Published by: Sega Developed by: Obsidian
The Game's decent enough, I guess, but the combat is SERIOUSLY flawed. People keep talking about how it takes 5 point blank shotgun shots to kill one enemy- all i know is that the aiming is TERRIBLE. Pistols have terrible accuracy, and the assault rifles aren't much better. The levels are FAR better if you try playing them as an espionage or stealth game, like MGS, but as a run-and-gun shooter it fails miserably. The game's worth PLAYING, but not Buying- If you have an opportunity to borrow or rent it- or buy it considerably discounted- by all means have a go, but there is no way to justify paying £20-something for it.
Devs show combat, talk branching storylines in GDC demo
Mar 12, 2010
After some action-packed super-secret spy hijinks, you slink back to your Rome safehouse. Are you in for a roll in the sack, or a taser to the chest? Depends on decisions you made hours ago, so you can’t simply reload your save until you’re knocking boots. Welcome to Alpha Protocol, the spy thriller RPG that features not only branching endings, but branching middles.
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Your mission is to be the world's most badass spy and sleep your way to victory. Pack a few condoms
Aug 28, 2009
The term reactivity crops up a lot as we sit down to play Alpha Protocol: the rep from developer Obsidian is obsessed with the word and all it means. This is because beneath the third-person gunplay everything you do in the game affects the overall outcome, as well as how your character develops.
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Programming Producer Nathan Davis drops the details on Obsidian's upcoming action RPG
Jun 08, 2009
We found a moment amidst last week's E3 madness to chat up Alpha Protocol Programming Producer Nathan Davis about Obsidian's stealthy, action-ey, story-ey new RPG. Listen below for the latest information on Alpha Protocol's features, story, inspiration, and potential for "kamikaze nonsense."
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Look out Bond, Sega's action RPG is 2009's new super-agent
Jul 07, 2008
Fairly or not, RPGs are fatally associated with orcs, aliens and bearded wizards. Not everyone likes the idea of having to level-up characters over 50 hours, or learn different trades just to be a Level 6 cobbler. Sega’s Alpha Protocol, however, is a ‘stealth’ RPG, applying its stat-heavy mechanics and micro-management in a world anyone can relate to – modern day espionage; in an action adventure where you can be
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An action-RPG spy-thriller from the makers of games that end in 2
Apr 22, 2008
From Bond’s first glowering stare across a baccarat table all the way to Tom Cruise whining like a baby and sticking explosive chewing gum on a fish tank - the international spy thriller has been a cornerstone of popular culture for decades. So why has it never really translated to games? Only one Bond game was ever any good and the rest were a sequence of gaudy car crashes and poorly clipped death animations. Other stabs at the genre
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ESRB Rating
Alpha Protocol is rated: Mature
Blood,
Drug Reference,
Intense Violence,
Sexual Themes,
Strong Language