Poll: Alpha Protocol, is it worth it?
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We are Dyslexic of Borg, your ass will be laminated.Monkeyman8 said:
To be fair, I did like Saren. He was about the only character in Mass Effect that realized what dross the script was, and so he stayed as far away from the camera as much as he could, hiding in his trailer, getting drunk, and considering alternative careers.
Do you think theres any chance they'll release a patch for the PC version, to fix all the bugs and everything?
To be fair, if you focus on a heavy combat role, the game doesn't become unplayable, it just becomes much more combat oriented. So it's theoretically possible to screw yourself by killing loads of people, and not taking points in the weapon skills. I say, theoretically, because I haven't found this to be the case.Ultratwinkie said:
EDIT: Also one more thing. Buy intelligence before you go on a mission. These shift the mission in your favor heavily if you take time to prep the mission. Sometimes pieces of intel can unlock new dialog, or new paths through the level, other times they'll reduce the enemy presence or add additional weapons to the level that you can nab and use.
Alpha Protocol is probably the most underrated release of the year so far.
You like RPGs with a lot of cover based shooting a la Mass Effect? Get it, after putting some skills in firearms, the combat is actually enjoyable instead of inaccurate and dumb.
You like a good story? Get it. Maybe it's not the best story ever, but there are many interesting plot twist, some of the deserving 'Holy Shit, what did you just said?' reaction, like
Pure brilliance.
You like the mechanic of making choices, but you feel, most of the releases are only hiding their limited options? Get it, here the choices actually matter. And I'm not only talking about the major ones. The way you are talking with people to like or hate you can be decisive as well...
Overall - get it. I'm playing it since release over and over again, saying 'Fuck you!' to other great games waiting for me like Red Dead Redemption.
It's really worth at least trying.
You like RPGs with a lot of cover based shooting a la Mass Effect? Get it, after putting some skills in firearms, the combat is actually enjoyable instead of inaccurate and dumb.
You like a good story? Get it. Maybe it's not the best story ever, but there are many interesting plot twist, some of the deserving 'Holy Shit, what did you just said?' reaction, like
Thorton fighting Chinese agent Omen Deng to prevent the assassination of president of Taiwan, Ronald Sung... Only it turns out, Deng actually is also trying to protect president, and has an intel about you trying to kill Sung. In the meantime, the real assassin makes an attempt, and it will succeed, unless you did precautions about it earlier in the game
You like the mechanic of making choices, but you feel, most of the releases are only hiding their limited options? Get it, here the choices actually matter. And I'm not only talking about the major ones. The way you are talking with people to like or hate you can be decisive as well...
Like with Marburg. Heh... ;]
Overall - get it. I'm playing it since release over and over again, saying 'Fuck you!' to other great games waiting for me like Red Dead Redemption.
It's really worth at least trying.