Couple questions:
Is the game worth $7.50?
I heard the PC version was actually the buggiest and worst experience at launch compared to the console versions, was that the case?
Have they patched any of the major problems for the PC version? Or did they just turn their back on it?
Is there a mod scene or fan-patches?
Your help is appreciated.
Alpha Protocol
Game » consists of 11 releases. Released May 27, 2010
Control rogue agent Michael Thorton as he tries to unearth an international conspiracy in the near future (where everybody seems to have a hidden agenda or two) in this third-person action RPG.
AP is 75% off on Steam today - How is the PC ver now?
i played the game on PC when it was first released and didn't really experience any terrible issues.. so i don't really know what the "Major Problems" that your concerned about. My only issue was the mouse smoothing was kind of bad and could be fixed by an INI file tweak. Otherwise the game story has alot of plot twists and turns that is worth a shot at 7$, the combat gameplay itself is an acquired taste that might not satisfy you off the bat.
If you can get past the hacking minigame (IT SUCKS!).. this is a good game.
I really enjoyed it.
The controls are a bit odd... if you have a 360 controller i'd strongly suggest using it. It is a dice roll shooter... so you don't have to be great targeting with the controller... math is more important.
Played a couple of hours, really enjoying it. I would have probably bought this near full price, but I knew drops were coming quickly. Sorry Obsidian.
I bought it and...
I'm kinda loving it
I started as a recruit and have put all my points in stealth and martial arts and it's pretty fun
I just finished saudi but it's looking good so far
I'd recommend it
This is exactly how I feel (and close to how I started...)." I bought it and... I'm kinda loving it I started as a recruit and have put all my points in stealth and martial arts and it's pretty fun I just finished saudi but it's looking good so far I'd recommend it "
Went recruit, upped my stealth and pistol skills and I'm on the last mission in Saudi. It really is a great game. Feels like it tried something different, and while parts are certainly janky, it does some really interesting things.
I love the rpg aspect and as a stealth game its pretty fucking sweet. Can't wait to see what's after the middle-east.
As far as the recruit option goes, I don't know how it differs, but you can tell from my cursory description that its pretty hard. I think the other options just give you attributes at the start. You don't begin with any as a recruit.
Edit: What I really want to ask you is what's the difference with the Recruit. It says it has a new line of dialogue. Is that something that you use much? Does it have impact on relationships (I assume there are relationships)?
When I've been caught, there's certainly challenge in terms of fighting (especially as when you start out, your lack of precision is deadly), but I've basically been doing my best to stick to the sahdows and remain unseen (and that isn't particularly easy, either).
Hope you enjoy it, I've had far more fun with it that the reviews led me to believe I would.
So far it seems a lot like a cross between MGS and Deus Ex.
I'll just add that having just played through it -- if you have a wired 360 controller, use it use it use it.
I tried playing Keyboard + Mouse and it worked okay for the movement and shooting but a lot of the interface was clunky, and there are minigames I never got to work, tweaks and all -- I could not play the hacking one, for instance, after the introductory one. I ended up stocking up on EMPs for every mission just so I could short mission-critical gates.
With the controller, though, it becomes way easier to do everything, and the minigames become possible.
Highly recommend gamepad. It's how you're going to get your money's worth.
I bought AP during the holiday sale 2010, and I loved it. It was a very good game with some snags keeping it from greatness. Its like a less broken VtM: Bloodlines, or a not-an-instant-classic version of Deus Ex.
My computer is a bit of a powerhouse, but I experienced no serious or even annoying bugs. Some clipping strangeness in cutscenes where a high detail model was displayed at range (probably a problem with LOD priority setting on the games' part), and my mouse inputs would shudder very briefly (but drastically) when the game wrote a checkpoint.
My first playthrough was with a character based on stealth and hand-to-hand kills, who tended towards a 80% aggressive, 20% pro attitude, spared non-combatants, and triggered few alarms, ultimately taking the 'side with the bad guy' ending.
My second playthrough was with a shotguns'n'grenades recruit who was mostly suave/joking and pro in dialogue, did not go to lengths to avoid killing police or other 'uncool kills', and would trigger the first alarm in a base and let it herald his arrival. Took a goodguy ending.
I started a veteran playthrough, using pistols and stealth, but went on to another game after clearing Saudi Arabia and moving on to do a few missions in Russia. I found that pistol work, compared to sneaking unarmed or shotgun blitzing was hard to do without waiting for the critical focus or using the clicky pistol power. It was not as bad as I had heard though. I remember people making a huge deal out of the aiming in this game, and while it is very 'rpg = huge spread of shots', it wasn't unplayable, particularly when you put points into the skill, just like any other action rpg.
I love action RPGs and think Obsidian did a mostly-great job here, hampered and dragged down by some details (sludgy mouse control, excessive inaccuracy in aimed fire) and a rough release resulting in terrible press.
When I read the initial reactions to the game - particularly the super-harsh Dtoid review, I dismissed it entirely. But whether the bugs were patched out on PC, or just console-only to begin with, I didn't run into any floating guards or clipping problems, and no crashes at all in 37 hours of played time.
So, buy this on steam next time its on sale.
I can't speak to the console experience, but on PC I really enjoyed my time with this game. It wasn't a Triple-A title, but it was a solid "B" in a genre I love.
with the PC version you at least get a stable framerate and clean textures. That alone makes any game playable IMO.
if they had more time and money, i wish AP2 would pull a ME2 and made the gameplay more like Splinter Cell Conviction.
Information extraction sequence:
Suave: Sweet talk terrorist.
Aggressive: Bash terrorist's head against urinal till it SHATTERS
Neutral: Kick terrorist in the nuts
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