Alpha Protocol

[TaraJayne]

Obsidian's spy-themed action-RPG Alpha Protocol is due for release around October (ish)

Here is the lastest dev diary for the  "The Espionage RPG."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mdYk5kv5FM

[GamerMan316]

Alpha Protocol issues license to NOT kill



According to a Twitter update from Obsidian regarding its upcoming stealth-em-up RPG, Alpha Protocol, it's possible to complete the game without killing anyone. The tweet failed to elaborate on why someone would choose to play through a spy-action game without killing anyone (but you can bet there's some kinda reward in store for the apprehensive player) and also whether or not it's possible to clear the game without maiming, disfiguring or severely bruising anyone. Frankly, given the nature of the action-spy business, we don't see how that would be possible.

The "no kill" challenge has been posed before, appearing in other stealth titles like Metal Gear Solid and even the straight action-oriented Mirror's Edge. In fact, it would be kinda strange if Alpha Protocol didn't allow players to finish the game without killing -- it's become a requisite for the genre, after all.

Well, however you decide to tackle Alpha Protocol, at least there's some sex in it for you, right?

[GamerMan316]

Alpha Protocol: More Sex Than Mass Effect, More Interrogations Than Fallout 3

A brief look at Alpha Protocol yesterday brought to mind how what may be the western-made role-playing-game time-sink of this fall compares to some recent big ones. A quartet of love scenes is but one difference.

Alpha Protocol, the spy-themed role-playing game from development studio Obsidian Entertainment and publisher Sega, once expected many months ago, is finally close to release. It's set for fall, that same season that brought Mass Effect and Fallout 3 to gamers in the last two years.

In theory, Alpha Protocol should seem quite different. It is neither set after an apocalypse nor in space. But a demo of the game I witnessed yesterday showed the kind of shooter-centric gameplay and deep, interactive dialogue exchanges that might make a gamer see much Mass Effect in it, despite its trappings in a world of spies, e-mailed assignments and James Bond-style villains.

Alpha Protocol certainly won't be confused with either of those other games, even though its gameplay style may satisfy the same itch.

A few things, though, stood out in the demo that are stark differences from those other two games. One of those would be sex, but hold on a second.

The Sega producer showing me the game showed a dialogue system that could feel more consequential than those of the other games mentioned here. Conversations are interactive, as in Fallout and Mass Effect, but remarks throughout the conversation trigger statistical changes and adjustments in character relationships.

Key decision points trigger auto-saves, in a manner similar, of all tings to the immediate saving of the Fire Emblem series. Dialouge and mission choices are designed to enforce consequences on players, though the path those choices might lead is intended to be obscured by what Sega is promising to be a more varied spectrum of moral alignments by its characters.

Some of the dialogue sequences will be so lengthy that there are missions unto themselves. The Sega producer described them to me as interrogations that could last 10-15 minutes, full of choices not just about what to say but whether to, perhaps, hit the person being interrogated with a bottle. In the interrogation described, violence squeezes accurate information out, but causes the player's victim to alert his friends and make a subsequent mission harder. Being smoother with the same guy will allow the player to make a pay-off and face lesser opposition later.

But what about the sex? After witnessing a flirtatious exchange between the game's male hero and the blonde commando lady Z who wielded a big machine gun and a visible bra, I inquired about romance possibilities. I was told we can expect as many as four love scenes. I inquired how they compare to Mass Effect's infamous sex scenes. They're on a spectrum, I was told, one of them being "pretty racy." Oh, and pretty "unexpected" too, in terms of when it happens and the "choices you make in it?" Sounds like an interactive sex scene, but the Sega producer said I might be getting the wrong idea. He didn't want to give more away.

So, if this game seems a bit Mass Effectish to you and maybe even Fallouty, these are some differences. Otherwise, expect a deep, combat-heavy, dialogue rich RPG. It comes out in October for PC and consoles.

[Failed]

I finished Mirrors Edge without killing anyone, it was far harder and made the game that little bit better. Infact if i hadn't have done the 'Test of Faith' i don't think i would rate the game as highly as i do.

[nCogNeato]

I've had this game on preorder for months.

The game is a beautiful marriage of Mass Effect and Tom Clancy.  Sex and stealth are just tasty sprinkles.

[xnightcrawlerxx]

Alpha Protocol issues license to NOT kill

only if i get an achievement, but that prolly goes without saying

[TaraJayne]

That picture cracks me up

[xnightcrawlerxx]

IGN is reporting that it may be delayed until summer 2010




US sites for both Amazon and Gamestop list the new release date, which puts it well off target of SEGA's original late October release window.

SEGA were unable to confirm or deny the delay, though said an official statement would soon be forthcoming.

[Lukehi]

IGN is reporting that it may be delayed until summer 2010

Fucking hell, been waiting for this for an age...still 2010 shaping up quite nicely; this Dead Rising 2, ME2, FF_XIII

[Failed]

FFXIII GLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! cannot wait!

[TaraJayne]

Sega and Obsidian Entertainment's Alpha Protocol has been given an official release date.

According to IGN, the espionage RPG will arrive in Europe in May and North America in June. The title was previously delayed on two occasions.

The game casts players as Agent Michael Thornton, a government operative who is betrayed by superiors and is being hunted by his colleagues. In response, the character begins an undercover operation to unearth the conspiracy.

Alpha Protocol will be available for the PlayStation 3, PC and Xbox 360 on May 28 in Europe and June 1 in North America.

[nCogNeato]

I'm going to love this game.

Tom Clancy presents Mass Effect.   

[xnightcrawlerxx]

I'm going to love this game.

Tom Clancy presents Mass Effect.   

if sega doesnt eff it up

[Lukehi]

Alpha Protocol will be available for the PlayStation 3, PC and Xbox 360 on May 28 in Europe and June 1 in North America.

About time too, thought this was going to end up in the 'Alan Wake' bucket for longest time in development!!

[TaraJayne]

After the official announcement of Alpha Protocol releasing in North America on June 1st, pre-order bonuses of the game had been revealed. Gamers who will pre-order the game at GameStop will be getting an Assault Pack that can be used in the game. In addition to the Assault Pack, gamers will also have access to two modified weapons that can be purchased later in-game to enhance the play and give you the upper hand; the Hamilton Howizer Shotgun and the Samael Retribution rifle.

The Assault Pack contains the following:

* The GameStop exclusive UC Regulator high damage shotgun and shotgun upgrade kit.
* The GameStop exclusive Rittergroupen Grizzly high accuracy rifle and rifle upgrade kit.
* 30 Rounds Phosphorous Ammo
* 100 Rounds Sub Sonic Rounds
* 20 Explosive Grenades
* 10 Epinephrine Spikes