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Obsidian is a
developer known for
making high quality
RPGs. Unfortunately,
Alpha
Protocol
doesn’t live up to
the developer’s name
and it doesn’t live
up to its hype of
being an ‘original’
RPG.
The
game is too
unbalanced at times,
and too tedious at
others. It wins
points for having
some action in it
and for not being a
typical RPG but
that’s really about
it.
In
Alpha
Protocol,
you’re Michael
Thorton, a rookie
spy with a crack
sense of humor and a
government given
ability to whoop
some ass.
You
guide Michael
through the world of
espionage talking to
people, getting
answers, and
shooting things up.
It really does sound
more fun than it is
unfortunately.
The best part about
this game is its
story. Normally in
an RPG game you get
to be a mythical
ninja or some other
weird role. In this
game, you get to
take on the role of
a spy. You make
choices as your
character that
affects the progress
of the game and
they’re cool
decisions to get to
make. You choose how
you talk to people,
or whether you just
say screw it and
kill them. The
conversations are
fun and unique on
Thorton’s end,
unfortunately-
they’re not fun and
unique with the
other characters.
They’re too boring
and plain and they
really are too
stereotypical to
belong in this game.
It’s a shame that it
had to be that way,
but it is what it
is.
Fighting enemies in
this game isn’t a
bad system
surprisingly. It
doesn’t happen
enough, and it’s too
repetitive, but it’s
a decent system that
most will find
engaging. Being able
to make decisions to
drive the story is
awesome; fighting
bosses and your
enemies is a close
second.
The biggest downside
of this game is all
of the email
messages. There’s
just too many. It’s
too big of a part of
the game. It doesn’t
fit in with the rest
of the game. Most of
all, when I’m
playing a game I’m
doing it to get away
from the monotony of
work. I don’t want
to go home and check
a different email
that’s not
significant and is a
shortcut in a game.
Boo to emails in
games. Somebody
needs to tell
developers this.
Alpha
Protocol
isn’t a great game.
RPG fans will find
it fun because it’s
a different type of
game from what
they’re used to
playing and fans of
shooters could find
it fun because
there’s some control
of the storyline. It
could have been
better, but it winds
up being just decent
and not a must-play.
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