- Publisher: Sega
- Release Date: Jun 1, 2010
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 3
- Summary:
- Developer: Obsidian Entertainment
- Genre(s): Role-Playing
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 68
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Mixed: 44 out of 68
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Negative: 9 out of 68
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The game makes you feel like a real spy, complete with all the research-based legwork. In those respects, there are few games like it. Whether or not you like Alpha Protocol is probably going to depend on your proclivity for spy lore itself. But if you've ever wanted to be a secret agent, you could do a hell of a lot worse.
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73In other words, for those still interested, Alpha Protocol should be low on the to-play list.
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71Alpha Protocol does offer some nice role-playing opportunities with an interesting story and plenty of different ways to optimize your character. It's unfortunate the gameplay mechanics hurt things as much as they did as this could very well have been the next big RPG franchise.
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48It's as if the RPG elements and dialogue system were developed by a respectable studio under a normal development cycle, and the core gameplay was slapped together over a weekend by unpaid interns.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 28
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Mixed: 5 out of 28
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Negative: 5 out of 28
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