Comments on: Spying On The Spy: Alpha Protocol Previewed

By: GregP

GregP — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:41:36 +0000

@JKjoker,

As Markoff relates, most proxy sites are blocked too. All I can say is, thank god for RPS, or I’d lose my mind at work.

@KG, thanks for explanation.

By: Levictus

Levictus — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:48:12 +0000

So is this going to be anything like Deus Ex or Vampire: Bloodlines? Or is going to an action game with a few RPG elements?

By: N-Al

N-Al — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:59:16 +0000

Being pretty much 2 steps away from completing the NWN2 OC I have to agree; it is sooo disappointingly average. At least finishing the thing will allow me to import my character into MoB, which by all accounts is MUCH better.

That, and the fact that I much preferred Kotor 2 to 1 as well (even with 2′s butchered ending) still gives me hope that Alpha Protocol will turn out great, though.

By: Pidesco

Pidesco — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:47:22 +0000

NWN2 OC wasn’t written by Avellone. As far as I know he only helped out with some of the characters.

Ferret Baudoin wrote NWN2′s OC. I think he is at
Bioware, now.

By: MrMud

MrMud — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:54:10 +0000

re: Mortiphago

The NWN2 OC might have been so so, but Mask of the Betrayer was absolutely brilliant. One of the best RPGs in years.

By: TeeJay

TeeJay — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:37:55 +0000

“…all 30-odd hours of the game (which sounds short for an RPG, but the 120 hours of dialogue hint at huge scope for replay)…”

120 hours of dialogue! O_O This makes it sound like half your time will be spent watching cut-scenes. Personally I don’t really want to play a 30-hour game where 10 hours is spent watching cut-scenes, even less replay the game 12 times to watch all 120 ours of the stuff!

“…”We try and make it so there’s no bad choices,” says programming producer Nathan Davis….”

I get the idea of allowing different play styles (like most decent RPGs) but “no bad choices” means no skill or risks in choosing, no in-depth agonising over character builds, working out how far you can push things on certain levels or enemies, less impact in story trade-offs or specialisms.

I still hopeful about this game, but I won’t be surprised if it actually turns out to be ‘dumbed-down’ when compared to a ‘proper/classic’ RPG (eg BG-type) or FPS/RPG hybrid (eg Deus Ex).

By: Radiant

Radiant — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:13:02 +0000

Like one of the guys from ‘Allo ‘Allo
“It is I! Michael Thornton”

By: Radiant

Radiant — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:12:17 +0000

ok so if your power ups are defined by your actions then I guess you could roam yourself into a really mediocre spy.

By: Radiant

Radiant — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:10:27 +0000

wait wrong thread

By: Radiant

Radiant — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:09:38 +0000

So that’s manchester boston then.

By: Adventurous Putty

Adventurous Putty — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:01:35 +0000

The ending was anti-climactic and incomplete and broken. So, what? When you think about it it’s actually fitting.

By: Mortiphago

Mortiphago — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:53:39 +0000

Alec, please. NWN2′s story is sad and chockful of cliches. KOTOR2′s story is decent, but the ending… the ending, gah!