Alpha Protocol is $2 on Steam -- You Should Buy It

[Viral_Lola]

I can buy a box of tea for two bucks. (They run a lot of sales at my local grocery store.)

I'll give it a look but no promises.

 

[tzimize]

I mean, what's the worst that can happen? You don't like it? It's only 2 dollars! What ELSE can you buy with 2 dollars!? Maybe a coke?

At least if I buy a coke, the Coca Cola company can't decide they don't like something nasty I posted on a forum and take it back.

Well...the last 5 or so bottles of coke I've bought have been flatter than a pancake...so buying coke is not risk free

I've gone over to Pepsi tbh. I also bought Alpha Protocol. 2?...I could probably make more money if I cleaned my couch.

 

[Sacman]

Seriously. Just stop what you are doing, and go buy Alpha Protocol. It's a great game. Sure, it might be a little rough around the edges, but once you can get past that, you will be rewarded. It has a lush and incredibly dialogue system: each conversation is interesting, deep, and complex. If you want to see how conversations are done in games, then go play it. It's also one of the very few games that actually DELIVERS on the promise that "every action has a consequence," since the game will change radically depending on how you treat characters and behave in missions (it can tell if you are a stealthy or guns blazing person :O). Just remember that it's NOT a shooter with RPG elements, but an actual RPG. You do have to increase your skill in weapons if you want to use them. You can't just magically equip a pistol and headshot everyone.

I mean, what's the worst that can happen? You don't like it? It's only 2 dollars! What ELSE can you buy with 2 dollars!? Maybe a coke?

You also forget to mention that the gameplay is generally terrible, character building is extremely poorly balanced, the story is hard to follow on a single playthrough, the dialogue system is vague and sometimes misleading, bossfights are really badly designed and it's really buggy.... but yeah $2 is worth it definitely... I mean I got it for $5 and is say its worth that much...<.<

 

[Palfreyfish]

Meh, I paid the £1.50 for it. It was a bargain, and I'll play it at least once to see whether it's any good. If it's not, then oh well, that's £1.50 I should have bought a bus ticket with. It's no big deal. Also what tzimize said. If I cleaned my room I''d turn up at least a fiver...

 

[Jelly ^.^]

Well, Alpha Protocol is listed for US$3 for us Australian-tier consumers, so fuck them and their discriminatory price regime, I'm still not buying.

 

[DementedSheep]

Eh well I bought it. Truthfully I didn?t really expect much and I probably won't even play it for quite awhile because other games at the moment I want to play but hey it could be awesome and at $3.80 NZD I'm not losing too much if I don't like it.
Damn you old or cheap but still awesome games and steam! Before money use to be problem, now I have more of a problem with time. (yes I know this is not a REAL problem)

 

[varulfic]

Thanks for the tip! I've just completed the purchase. I've been intrigued by this game for a while, but not enough to pay full price, so this is perfect!

 

[Royta]

Personally, Alpha Protocol is the sequel to Deus Ex that Human Revolution will never be. It took choice to a new level, to a point that even the troll himself Yatzhee complimented it. Human Revolution played it way to safe gameplay wise.

If you want a game with fun characters, great rpg-mechanics and a good choice-based style of storytelling, get this game. The story is a bit cluttered at times, but it does it's job. Only thing that's a bit annoying are the bosses that can be a bit annoying if you have a certain build that doesn't include shotguns, rifles or pistols.

 

[CrawlingPastaHellion]

Unless they pay you to play it, "Alpha Protocol" is not worthy of your time.

 

[Deadyawn]

This is why I hate Steam. They offer a game for 2 bucks. I can't resist and buy it. Then they offer another one, another one and another one. Eventually I end up having spent 500 bucks on games, half of which I've never had any interest in and will likely never play.

Yeah, the exact same thing happens to me. Although last week I got mirror's edge and actually really enjoyed it and it was only $2.50.

 

[KarlMonster]

Two dollars you could better spend to...
Get two candy bars with.
Get 2 52 oz slurpees with
Get a single jumbo container of mixed nuts with
get a jumbo tub of bubble gum with
Get a soda with
Get bag of jelly beans with
get change for two dollars with
Get two dvds from the machine outside of Walgreens
Get one DvD and a 52 oz slurpee(or candy bar) from Racetrac and the machine outside racetrac!
Get a hot dog
get a cheap burger
pay a homeless guy to kick you in the balls
tuck into a cops belt and ask him/her to do a little dance
buy a box of matches(for lulz)
buy magazine
buy a cheap toy
buy a bag of army men
buy bag of chips and some cheap dip
Get a little cowbell.

Ohhhhh man.

I *totally* want a little cowbell!

Edit: IGN gave the game a 6.3, which means its about a 1 on a scale of 1 to 10
So! Cowbell it is!

 

[Deadyawn]

oops. Please ignore this post, it didn't really work.

 

[Bebus]

£1.50 could have gotten me:

Alpha Protocol
A bottle of coke
A pot noodle
A bus ticket
A couple of chocolaet bars
15 goes on the money slider thing at the arcade
A single bottle of mid-level real ale (actually this one is tempting...)

Lucky I have disposable income and can get both game and beer!

 

[Lim3]

Upon the advice of this thread i purchased apha protocal for $US3. That was the price it gave me.

 

[Undead Dragon King]

I ended up getting it. It's TWO FREAKING BUCKS. Yahtzee's review of Alpha Protocol is one of my favorites, and I want to find out personally just what it was about the game that pissed him off so much.

 

[LeQuack_Is_Back]

Already got it, having it twice seems unnecessary. Though for $2 it might be a nice backup to my PS3 copy... Great, now I want to go play it again.

 

[octafish]

For my money it is better game than ME2 at full price. It certainly actual offers real replayability. It really isn't a shooter, it is an espionage RPG.

 

[Laser Priest]

Still two more dollars than I want to pay.

If and when it goes free, perhaps.

 

[operationgenesis]

This is actually perfect. I've been wanting to play this game for awhile, and even though the PC isn't that great, I'd still rather take a risk with the 2 dollars than have to pay 20 or whatever to get it on a console. Consider me sold, OP.