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Ladies Love Cool Mike In This Alpha Protocol Trailer

It's like they watched the credits song in Rogue Warrior and said, "Yo, we should do that!"

May. 21 2010

Posted by: Matt

In This Episode:

Alpha Protocol

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This like ones of those crazy fan-made trailers someone would post on youtube.

I love it.

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This goddamn song has been stuck in my head for a week. As little as I cared about this game... I must give props to their advertising team, because it kind of worked.

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That Russian girl is totally Cammy from Street Fighter. Also this trailer could be improved tenfold if the name Michael Thorton was replaced with "Shepard".

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Not sure if this game is looking baaaaaaaaaaaad or just bad to me. 

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And that ridiculous almost naked Russian(?) ladycommandothingy reminds me of some B-grade bullshit like Matt Hazard.

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This game should be called: Mr Michael Mike Thornton

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Edited By Floppypants

As a Michael I found the trailer slightly amusing, but the game itself looks like a train wreck.  Some games are better off canceled than delayed.

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Reminds me of the show Burn Notice...maybe its the name Michael, but it looks pretty good. 

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buying this game

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Way to illustrate that the dude has one, maybe two close quarters takedowns.

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@Valco said:
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Graphics look shit, and the attempts to give him cool james bond style one-liners failed miserably.

 
"See the gun? thats who I am."  I'll leave it at that

"
Meh, can't be worse than the end of Shadow Complex. "I am Jason Flemming. I'm no one... and everyone".
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Edited By UselessNinjaMan

I think the problem with this game, being an RPG set in a fairly realistic contemporary setting is just that - most RPG's have some visual hook, whether it be Mass Effect's fantastic sci-fi, Dragon Age's gritty low-fantasy, the wonderfully anime-like quality of Dragon Quests or the fantastical mix of technology and nature of the many Final Fantasies.
This, coupled with what appears to be a slower pace than the average shooter (or, say, Borderlands, for that matter, which also had great visual flair), probably causes the game to have this lacklustre graphical appeal. Still at the very least curious about it. Hopefully gameplay and plot cover whatever visual foibles it might have.

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is mike the main character.  He looks pretty bland.  Generic japanese made videogame hero

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"Who are you?"
"I'm selling these fine leather jackets."
 
"Who are you?"
"Look behind you, a three-headed squirrel!"
 
"Who are you?"
"See this gun? I have come, not to bring peace, but a sword."

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Graphics look shit, and the attempts to give him cool james bond style one-liners failed miserably.

 
"See the gun? thats who I am."  I'll leave it at that

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@Murdouken said:
" This game sounds awesome, but as they release more and more trailers my expectations are dropping and droppping. This is an awful trailer, I'll be honest. They should've gone for a more suave james bond-y approach to the trailers in my opinion. "
James Bond always had women calling his name. His girls' names have become some good writing in their own right. Espionage can be messy and brutal, though. His name should be Smith or Wesson.
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Vinny sighting at 0:49

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Edited By rockinkemosabe

Every time I heard them say Thornton, I thought it sounded like Gordon.

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@TheMoD:  Looks bad plays well. At least thats the optimists view at this point. They are known for good game mechanics, not for amazing visuals. Wait for Crysis 2 if you want stunning character models and animation.
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srsly how long did they spend on his character design? He looks pretty horrible. Or can you make your own character? Either way I don't at all get the praise this game is getting  

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I think his name's Michael.

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This game looks baaaaaad.

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Edited By Aether

I really hope more resources went into the story of this game than the graphical department. I don't generally care about graphics in a game but why do these look just so....plain? Nothing eye catching at all in all these trailers. If they expect me to play an rpg for hours on end at least make it look semi interesting. 

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What a waste of resources.

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Edited By FuzzYLemoN
@Aelric said:
" See the gun? I'm commander Shepard!"
And this is my favorite remix on the Citadel.
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What a dumb trailer. Still interested in the game though.

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Ridiculous costumes? Check.

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Jason?

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@Durandir said:
" I'm just gonna try this... Edit: Beaten, but barely. Anyway. The game shown in the video doesn't strike me as an RPG at all. Which makes this kinda intriguing. Gonna follow this I think.  "
I think it's an 'RPG' in the same way Mass Effect 2 was an 'RPG'.  As in, you play the 'role' of a guy.  Who can say different things.
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  lol Shepards' great great great great great great grandfather, names got changed through marriage :)      

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all I could think of was G.O.B.

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 Imagine if his first name was Jason

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I'm having an identity crisis after watching that video.
 
I can't remember who I am or anyone I know and I think I might be a gun.

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hey, commander shepard.

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Nice.
 
Really think they could not have designed a more generic, boring looking protagonist, but hey. Game will probably rule.

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lame 

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Is your name Michael Thorton? 
 
No mine's Clarence.

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Is it just me, or is his face incapable of expression?

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Looks good... Doesn't seem like it will play good... Consider me skeptical.

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Really looking forward to this game.

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This trailer is actually kind cool.  Michael Thorton looks like a bit of a badass.  Skinny little dude, but a bad ass. :P

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in my dream i am the gun. itss me
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Edited By dystonym

This game sounds awesome, but as they release more and more trailers my expectations are dropping and droppping. This is an awful trailer, I'll be honest. They should've gone for a more suave james bond-y approach to the trailers in my opinion.

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Borrowing ideas of any kind from Rogue Warrior is the sign of a very desperate production team.

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If Michael is the gun, and Michael fires himself, WTF are the bullets called?

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Despite this, I'm still getting this game. I lol'ed the entired trailer

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Wait, so what's his name? Alan something...?

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JASON!...I mean, Michael!

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Game still looks terrible.