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VentilatorOfDoom

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Tags: Alpha Protocol; Obsidian Entertainment

G4TV had <a href="http://g4tv.com/games/xbox-360/62110/alpha-protocol/articles/70647/Alpha-Protocol-Hands-On-Preview/">their hands on some preview copy</a> of Alpha Protocol.
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<p style="margin-left:50px;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-top-color:#ffffff;padding:5px;border-right-color:#bbbbbb;border-left-color:#ffffff;border-bottom-color:#bbbbbb;">What’s struck me about Alpha Protocol, based on the amount I’ve played thus far, is that despite the rather vanilla storyline (oil controls everything, corporations and PMCs are bad, can’t trust governments, nobody is who they seem, etc.), the mission structure and conversation system really create a good sense of actually playing as a spy. By that, I mean it’s not just running around shooting the terrorist bad guys…there are missions where you go to a suspected safehouse and attempt to say the right pass phrase, or sit down at an outdoor cafe and have a talk with a menacing adversary. And though there is ample opportunity to run around shooting terrorists, there are investigation elements to it that remind me of why I enjoyed Heavy Rain so much, as well as moments where I know that I have to make important but ambiguous decisions that I can’t go back and change.
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AP? All me, baby.
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Spotted at: <A HREF="http://www.rpgwatch.com/#14881">RPGWatch</A>
 

Chefe

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I thought one of the biggest criticisms against Heavy Rain is that your choices were essentially meaningless and the story always ended up the same. If so, that's not a very good comparison to use. Maybe there's a voyeur minigame in AP too? Anyways I'm just commenting on this from your quote, because I think reading that article would just be too boring.
 

GMonkey

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Chefe said:
I thought one of the biggest criticisms against Heavy Rain is that your choices were essentially meaningless and the story always ended up the same. If so, that's not a very good comparison to use. Maybe there's a voyeur minigame in AP too? Anyways I'm just commenting on this from your quote, because I think reading that article would just be too boring.

The Heavy Rain comparison bit seems more about how some missions in Alpha Protocol aren't some variation of "go there and shoot people", but are, instead just meeting people to talk or investigating whatever.

In any case, I haven't played Heavy Rain so I have no idea if that's an apt comparison.
 

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