Just beat Alpha Protocol for Xbox 360 and it is a great game.  I think the reviewing community really dropped the ball on how quickly they dismissed this game.  I blogged about it:  
  
http://expeditedemotions.blogspot.com/2011/01/alpha-protocol.html  
 
  Dear Sega (and to a lesser note reviewers and America as a whole),

Do you hate yourself? Do you like failing? This is like the fourth time you have f-Ed up a sure thing this console generations. People like you! They want you to succeed, but if you keep sabotaging yourself then not even the next sonic rehash will save you. By the way I'm not mad about sonic, even though he was my favorite at a child I now realize that the character has always been terrible. I'm also not mad at the marvel movie games you have been putting out, I'm sure the cost of the movie license cut into the development budget and I don't care because super hero games are terrible and movie games are terrible so I'm pleasantly surprised that a movie licensed  super hero  gamecase  even had a game inside it.

No what I am mad about is "Alpha Protocol: the espionage  rpg " I was very interested in this game when it was announced, but the interest waned when it was delayed a week before scheduled release and I saw that Sega was publishing it.

The reviews were mostly "forget this broken  POS " which actually made me more interested because  videogame  reviewers are very different from people who enjoy videogames .

Through a combination of discounts I finally got it at a price worth the risk and I must say: Alpha Protocol is the most delightful game I have played this console generation. I'm not gonna say i think it's better, but 5 hours in I am enjoying it more than Mass Effect 1/2 or Fallout which are games of similar style and much greater critical/commercial success. The game has a lot of jank in it but every game has jank, especially the ones that are trying something new. I read a lot of reviewers complaining about the combat, well A.) it's not splinter cell and B.) Spec your character right.

Just beat Alpha Protocol for Xbox 360 and it is a great game.  I think the reviewing community really dropped the ball on how quickly they dismissed this game.  I blogged about it:  
  
http://expeditedemotions.blogspot.com/2011/01/alpha-protocol.html  
 
  Dear Sega (and to a lesser note reviewers and America as a whole),

Do you hate yourself? Do you like failing? This is like the fourth time you have f-Ed up a sure thing this console generations. People like you! They want you to succeed, but if you keep sabotaging yourself then not even the next sonic rehash will save you. By the way I'm not mad about sonic, even though he was my favorite at a child I now realize that the character has always been terrible. I'm also not mad at the marvel movie games you have been putting out, I'm sure the cost of the movie license cut into the development budget and I don't care because super hero games are terrible and movie games are terrible so I'm pleasantly surprised that a movie licensed  super hero  gamecase  even had a game inside it.

No what I am mad about is "Alpha Protocol: the espionage  rpg " I was very interested in this game when it was announced, but the interest waned when it was delayed a week before scheduled release and I saw that Sega was publishing it.

The reviews were mostly "forget this broken  POS " which actually made me more interested because  videogame  reviewers are very different from people who enjoy videogames .

Through a combination of discounts I finally got it at a price worth the risk and I must say: Alpha Protocol is the most delightful game I have played this console generation. I'm not gonna say i think it's better, but 5 hours in I am enjoying it more than Mass Effect 1/2 or Fallout which are games of similar style and much greater critical/commercial success. The game has a lot of jank in it but every game has jank, especially the ones that are trying something new. I read a lot of reviewers complaining about the combat, well A.) it's not splinter cell and B.) Spec your character right.

It's not necessary to max specifically assault rifles.
As long as you pick at least one offensive skill and max it, anything works. (although shottys and smgs appear weak at first they also become deadly) 
If you ever play it a second time I recommend mixing it up and not picking assault rifles, can try a melee specialist or a 0 kill stealth approach :)

the only good marketing thing Sega's done in 2010 was Bayonetta; they put Resonance of Fate up against FF13 (RoF is the better game, but yeah good idea sega), they put Vanquish up against everything else at that time frame, they put Alpha Protocol way after ME2, which was probably the dumbest thing they could do....