Isn't the gameplay, it's the story. I feel like the narrative is so poorly implemented, and I saw the twists coming a mile away (Scarlet Rose are you for real?). I was ready to give this game a try because of this, I was well aware that the gameplay was bad (It turns into a poor stealth game and then into an even worse shooter) and the graphics were nothing too great (looks like a 1998 game running on a high end PC) but when I heard high praise from Jeff and Vinny regarding the story I felt confused as to why? 
 
The story problems became even worse after a second play through, and I'm not mindlessly hating on it like people who hate on CoD or Halo, I'm genuinely dissapointed in my disappointment, like a double disappointment kinda thing. 
 
So am I the only one who disliked the story even more than I disliked the gameplay?

I suppose the praise is more deserving to how much you can affect the story and the majority of the cast that populate it, more than the story itself. I admit I didn't even understand wtf was going on at first since it's all poorly told or just outright ignored with some plot points, but I still wanted to play more of this story just I can do shit to it!

How buggy is the game?I was really hyped for the game,but when i saw the reviews it turned me away..

" @kingzetta: fuck it, that does it,im buying. "

" @TheDudeOfGaming said:

" @kingzetta: fuck it, that does it,im buying. "

The cheaper you find it, the better the game will be. I paid $6 dollars and had fun with it, but there are some very frustrating parts. I think the writer at Joystiq also totally hated the story of the game, and called all the voice work and writing terrible, which is strange because I thought it was the best part of the game. "

Albatross is one of the best works of voice acting I've heard, and OP you are crazy the story's amazing.
 
I'd like to see mass effect react this much to your choices

" Albatross is one of the best works of voice acting I've heard, and OP you are crazy the story's amazing.  I'd like to see mass effect react this much to your choices "

" Albatross is one of the best works of voice acting I've heard, and OP you are crazy the story's amazing.  I'd like to see mass effect react this much to your choices "

" @Laketown said:

" Albatross is one of the best works of voice acting I've heard, and OP you are crazy the story's amazing.  I'd like to see mass effect react this much to your choices "

Chill with the hyperbole, there's nothing amazing about the story. It's decent enough for a video game, but it's still pretty predictable. Also, ME2 would never be able to match AP in that respect because AP's scope of story is so much narrower, and as such, it can afford to omit a main character entirely from the game and not really have that big of a difference on the story. "

" Albatross is one of the best works of voice acting I've heard, and OP you are crazy the story's amazing.  I'd like to see mass effect react this much to your choices "

" How buggy is the game?I was really hyped for the game,but when i saw the reviews it turned me away.. "

" @blacklabeldomm: i dont know dude,you seem biased, everyone says the story is Alpha's best aspect... "

WHY YOU WANT BETTER STORY FOR ALPHA PROTOCOL? IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH AS PRODUCED FROM OBSIDIAN ENTERTAINMENT? YOU THINK NEEDS IMPROVEMENT? THEN MAYBE YOU FIND JOB WITH OBSIDIAN! YOU HAVE DRINKS WITH CHRIS AVELLONE, TRADE STORY OF MANY GAMES DESIGNED AND DETAILS OF SCHOOL FOR GAME DESIGN!
 
OR MAYBE YOU NOT DO THIS. PROBABLY IS BECAUSE YOU NEVER DESIGN GAME IN WHOLE LIFE. YOU LOOK AT FINE OBSIDIAN GAME, THINK IT NEED CRAZY SHIT STICK ON ALL SIDES OF GAME.

GAME IS FINE.
 
 http://i.imgur.com/Tz0m3.png

" @Chris2KLee said:

" @TheDudeOfGaming said:

" @kingzetta: fuck it, that does it,im buying. "

The cheaper you find it, the better the game will be. I paid $6 dollars and had fun with it, but there are some very frustrating parts. I think the writer at Joystiq also totally hated the story of the game, and called all the voice work and writing terrible, which is strange because I thought it was the best part of the game. "

The voice acting too? Pff, that's insane! A game that features Fred Tatasciore, Jim Cummings and Nolan North isn't a game that warrants criticism for its voice work U.U "

" @TheDudeOfGaming said:

" @blacklabeldomm: i dont know dude,you seem biased, everyone says the story is Alpha's best aspect... "

That's why I made this thread, why does everyone like it so much? "

I thought Alpha Protocol was a pretty nice game. I ran into a few bugs but none that ruined the game for me.

" Nolan North's character was great. I love that game. "

Alpha Protocol is easily in my Top 10 for last year, if not particularly high on that list. I don't get what people are complaining about. Maybe if you expect it to play like Gears of War, or Splinter Cell, then yes you'll be disappointed. It has dice rolls, but they never ruined the experience for me, I quite enjoyed them, actually. It's an RPG made by people who clearly think like good DMs think, and maybe that's why I liked it so much. No, the story isn't revolutionary, but it's perfectly serviceable for what it does: makes you feel like a spy in a spy movie. Somebody mentioned 90s Bond films, which is right, I think. Goldeneye was my favourite Bond film growing up, and I think Alpha Protocol hit those notes perfectly, with some Jason Bourne thrown in for good measure.

" WHY YOU WANT BETTER STORY FOR ALPHA PROTOCOL? IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH AS PRODUCED FROM OBSIDIAN ENTERTAINMENT? YOU THINK NEEDS IMPROVEMENT? THEN MAYBE YOU FIND JOB WITH OBSIDIAN! YOU HAVE DRINKS WITH CHRIS AVELLONE, TRADE STORY OF MANY GAMES DESIGNED AND DETAILS OF SCHOOL FOR GAME DESIGN!  OR MAYBE YOU NOT DO THIS. PROBABLY IS BECAUSE YOU NEVER DESIGN GAME IN WHOLE LIFE. YOU LOOK AT FINE OBSIDIAN GAME, THINK IT NEED CRAZY SHIT STICK ON ALL SIDES OF GAME. GAME IS FINE.   http://i.imgur.com/Tz0m3.png "

" WHY YOU WANT BETTER STORY FOR ALPHA PROTOCOL? IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH AS PRODUCED FROM OBSIDIAN ENTERTAINMENT? YOU THINK NEEDS IMPROVEMENT? THEN MAYBE YOU FIND JOB WITH OBSIDIAN! YOU HAVE DRINKS WITH CHRIS AVELLONE, TRADE STORY OF MANY GAMES DESIGNED AND DETAILS OF SCHOOL FOR GAME DESIGN!  OR MAYBE YOU NOT DO THIS. PROBABLY IS BECAUSE YOU NEVER DESIGN GAME IN WHOLE LIFE. YOU LOOK AT FINE OBSIDIAN GAME, THINK IT NEED CRAZY SHIT STICK ON ALL SIDES OF GAME. GAME IS FINE.   http://i.imgur.com/Tz0m3.png "

"I like your style!  Also there was plenty of crazy shit sticks in AP, like fighting a 80s loving red mafia boss on a concert stage. Also I would not drink his shitty American beer. "

 Finished it over this weekend (and wrote my first user review for it too). For me, the storyline itself wasn't so great, even incomprehensible at times. Although I eventually got to a point where I wasn't bothering to read the dossiers anymore so that probably didn't help. The interactivity of the story is great though, and the sense of how things may change amongst different playthroughs seems like it's beyond games like Mass Effect, Fallout 3 and Heavy Rain. Unfortunately the action parts of it are baaaaaaad. And in the end that's what you're spending the vast majority of your time doing.    
 
Biggest bug I ran into was moving through some scaffolding, the contextual marker for dropping down wouldn't work and left me stuck on a ledge, so I had to reload a previous save. Not exactly game breaking, but did raise the question "why can't I just walk off the edge of this thing?".