J_C said:
Let me say it another way: I laugh my ass off while playing ME2. I just snooze when playing AP.
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Alpha Protocol sucks massive Multi-Headed Dick
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Let me say it another way: I laugh my ass off while playing ME2. I just snooze when playing AP.
Andyman Messiah
Mr. Ed-ucated
WE BOTH LOVE ALPHA PROTOCOL THIS MUCH, BRO!J_C said:Andyman Messiah said:
Vaarna_Aarne
Notorious Internet Vandal
Andyman Messiah said:
curry
Arcane
You guys love it because you're a bunch of homosexuals. I bet you love sucking cock too.
Andyman Messiah
Mr. Ed-ucated
We certainly do!
Wanna hang?
Wanna hang?
Andyman Messiah
Mr. Ed-ucated
My chinamen.Azalin said:Vaarna_Aarne said:
Vaarna_Aarne
Notorious Internet Vandal
The gay cheetahs didn't die in vain for Brayko's coat!
Ermm
Erudite
Alpha Protocol sure sucks donkey kong balls.
I don't care if it has richest C&C in the world, if the basic gameplay smells like a giant pile of bear turd.
I don't care if it has richest C&C in the world, if the basic gameplay smells like a giant pile of bear turd.
Rasputin said:
Your mother sucks dwarf cock while I am pissing on your juvenile scorn. That's for sure. Alpha Protocol is a great game. Period. Others can suck its godzilla balls.
Ermm
Erudite
mikaelis said:
Yes, now you have enlightened me. Alpha Protocol is a game of the decade.
By the way, I am giving HIV infected cum on your mother's face.. PERIOD
RK47 said:
I found it more satisfying to make him change his mind about his current line of work.
Anyway I sortof consider Alpha Protocol as a failure, but the kind I'd love to see more often. Playing it gave me that mix of happiness and sadness that I experience when I play something that has both good and bad sides in large amounts. It definitely did not deserve all the bad press it got, for I played far worse games that enjoyed a warmer reception.
Hobo Elf
Arcane
Tried to replay Alpha Protocol today, but lost interest p. fast once I realised I had to play all those craptastic mini games again. Fucking stop with them. Regular skill checks should be enough.
racofer
Thread Incliner
Crappy mini-games + checkpoint save system + retarded dialog mini-game made AP completely unplayable for me.
The mini-games are annoying but thankfully dealt with fast, unlike the horrible pipe hacking of Bioschock. They'll also be much harder in later levels, requiring either a higher sabotage skill level or a good amount of EMP grenades, which isn't a bad thing. At the end of the day I would have taken a skill-check but AP's mini-games aren't horrible, and for better or worse it's consistent with the ARPG design.
Checkpoints can be annoying, and the poor design of some areas compound that — like when after you pass through a door, it closes and saves your game, preventing you from exploring the other rooms you left behind — but it's also nice to force you to live with some choices without really knowing how they will unfold, because going back in time would mean to replay the whole level. Could have used some ironing but it's good enough to stay.
Now the dialog being a mini-game is just bullshit. It's also one of the few things in the game that is done well.
Checkpoints can be annoying, and the poor design of some areas compound that — like when after you pass through a door, it closes and saves your game, preventing you from exploring the other rooms you left behind — but it's also nice to force you to live with some choices without really knowing how they will unfold, because going back in time would mean to replay the whole level. Could have used some ironing but it's good enough to stay.
Now the dialog being a mini-game is just bullshit. It's also one of the few things in the game that is done well.
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No, they rely on everyone's leftovers, hence the genericaracofer said:
(if you're allowed to necro a thread that's been dead for 6 months, then I'm allowed to reply to something you posted 6 months ago)
Don't forget me!Andyman Messiah said:My chinamen.
Azalin said:
Mister Arkham
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Andyman Messiah said:My chinamen.Azalin said:Vaarna_Aarne said:
Fuuuuuck yes. Game was way better than most anyone will give ti credit for.
Hello, I'm just passing by, but I want to say that I LIKED ALPHA PROTOCOL THIS MUCH!
The boss battles and mandatory shooter levels were the worst stuff in the game. As a stealth game AP was enjoyable even if it was no Splinter Cell and definitely no Thief. As an RPG it pretty much sucked, but giving the player some choice made it quite refreshing as a stealth/action game. I just wish they would've gone all the way with the stealth mechanics instead of giving you invisibility spells and absurd boss fights that felt really out of place. AP also did the BioWare formula right by making the various areas not exist in a vacuum, even if the story was mostly as generic as it gets.
I thought the dialogue system was a missed opportunity, though. It would have ruled had you had the chance to go all James Bond, put on your suit and enter a party full influential people to extract information from them via small-talk and manipulation (and perhaps blow your cover and end up in trouble if you suck), but no, there's nothing like that in the game. I'm a sucker for agent stuff, but only NOLF got this aspect somewhat right.
AP did some things right and a lot of things wrong, but even a mediocre game can be enjoyable with a few refreshing ideas here and there, and that's where Alpha Protocol succeeded.
I thought the dialogue system was a missed opportunity, though. It would have ruled had you had the chance to go all James Bond, put on your suit and enter a party full influential people to extract information from them via small-talk and manipulation (and perhaps blow your cover and end up in trouble if you suck), but no, there's nothing like that in the game. I'm a sucker for agent stuff, but only NOLF got this aspect somewhat right.
AP did some things right and a lot of things wrong, but even a mediocre game can be enjoyable with a few refreshing ideas here and there, and that's where Alpha Protocol succeeded.
Darth Roxor said:
Et tu, Darth Roxor?
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