Alpha Protocol

[StashAugustine]

Anyway, I'm surprised that people think the story is good. A PMC that is secretely evil, the protagonist going rogue and getting entangled in a clusterfuck of conspiracies and motivations? Smashing concept, if it wasn't for the other 15 billion games that used this. We've seen it all before, and better.

Yeah, the story itself is pretty weak. The good parts are a) the writing is usually pretty good and b) you've got so much freedom to mess around with the story.

 

[aguspal]

Alpha Protocol...


Um. That one game where everything was okey I guess... but just okey, nothing impressive. I guess it was unique with the dialoge options, yeah, but it wasnt THAT impressive, as I said already.


What I mainly remember of this game is this one pistol skill, Chainshot. Overpowered much? I didnt even intended it, neither. I just thougt than the skill sounded cool. I didnt knew it was so massively OP. Oh well.

 

[The_Lost_King]

I remember that game.
When it says decsissions and consequences, it means it.
I ended up getting locked out of the best ending because I accidently killed someone I shouldn't have.

It wasn't balaanced well either. I remember I was planning on going all James Bond like, with a focus on pistols, computers, and stealth. I can't remember what computers or stealth was like, but I remember the pistol was super under powered and I was stuck with the starting one the whole time, because it cost way too much to buy a better gun.

Pistols are really good if you actually wait for the crosshairs to allight and shoot the person. Stealth was good and computers was meh and how did you not have enough money to buy a new pistol? That is why it sucked

OT: It is .39 cents on amazon for a used copy on amazon get it.

 

[triggrhappy94]

I remember that game.
When it says decsissions and consequences, it means it.
I ended up getting locked out of the best ending because I accidently killed someone I shouldn't have.

It wasn't balaanced well either. I remember I was planning on going all James Bond like, with a focus on pistols, computers, and stealth. I can't remember what computers or stealth was like, but I remember the pistol was super under powered and I was stuck with the starting one the whole time, because it cost way too much to buy a better gun.

Pistols are really good if you actually wait for the crosshairs to allight and shoot the person. Stealth was good and computers was meh and how did you not have enough money to buy a new pistol? That is why it sucked

OT: It is .39 cents on amazon for a used copy on amazon get it.

All I remember of the game was that I got locked out of the best ending, I hardly had enough money for anything, and there was a really hot emo chick.

 

[Terrible Opinions]

I remember that game.
When it says decsissions and consequences, it means it.
I ended up getting locked out of the best ending because I accidently killed someone I shouldn't have.

It wasn't balaanced well either. I remember I was planning on going all James Bond like, with a focus on pistols, computers, and stealth. I can't remember what computers or stealth was like, but I remember the pistol was super under powered and I was stuck with the starting one the whole time, because it cost way too much to buy a better gun.

Pistols are really good if you actually wait for the crosshairs to allight and shoot the person. Stealth was good and computers was meh and how did you not have enough money to buy a new pistol? That is why it sucked

OT: It is .39 cents on amazon for a used copy on amazon get it.

I started playing the game very recently and while I will agree that the balance is wonky as hell, pistols are god-tier. Killing an enemy from behind a wall with perfect accuracy in a single bullet? Bringing down bosses in seconds with chain shot?

Underpowered, I guess.

 

[DrunkOnEstus]

I've tried to play this game three times. The third time was recently, and I tried so bad to make myself push through, including the switch to gamepad on PC. My main issue is that movement feels so...muddy, like your feet are in quicksand, and the camera is really sensitive and wonky. Then there's the damned hacking minigame. I'm cool with the lockpicking and shit, but the computer hacking is the stupidest thing I've ever been asked to do in any game experience of any kind. I've even looked up youtube videos and it doesn't clarify it better than the tutorial itself. I love Deus Ex and HR, and I want to like this game a lot as I get the impression that things get really awesome, but damn if this many people have done multiple playthroughs I might be missing a vital component in my brain somewhere.

 

[EclipseoftheDarkSun]

Hacking
1. Glance at the two numbers (top left and right) and then just focus on the left number to begin with, and note in your head/whisper under your breath a sequence of 3-5 numbers so you can recognise it in the matrix of numbers below.

2. Scan the matrix of numbers by not focusing your eyes, just pretty much using a degree of peripheral vision to look for line of numbers that aren't flashing (look for a lack of movement) - when you find one, if part of it matches the sequence you're looking for, move that number down to overlap it exactly, otherwise move the other number down to overlap.

3. Repeat with the other number (you don't have to memorise a part of its sequence, due to the process of elimination).

(I was using PS3 so dragging the numbers was pretty simple)