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Quick Look: Alpha Protocol

Ryan and Jeff spy into the mechanics behind Alpha Protocol.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

May. 28 2010

Posted by: Vinny

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Alpha Protocol

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Edited By atomicraiden

nice

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Edited By rafoXxX

Nice!

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Edited By ImHungryx10

I only know just the name for this game. Finally I get a chance to see what it actually is.

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Edited By Skydude252

Oh so close!
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Edited By ventilaator

Interested in this but haven't seen enough...and here's a quick looK!. Great!
 *is quoted by someone saying awesome who is then quoted by someone saying nice shot*

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Edited By Nonentity

Neat! Been looking forward to this!

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Edited By Zaapp1

I've been looking forward to this, sweet.

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Edited By Nasos100

nice

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Edited By Animasta

bet they aren't going to liiiiiiiiike it

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Edited By metal_mills

 Joystiq and Destructoid completely slammed this game. Shame, I thought it might have been alright.

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Edited By pbhawks45

Wow, the cover mechanics are terrible.  
 
EDIT: This is sad. Until it was delayed, I was pumped for this game. Not anymore.

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Edited By sammo21

I predict this game will be a GIANT BOMB.....no, seriously...it will suck

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Edited By djkommunist

God this has made me wanna play wash my eyes with bleach and then play mass effect 2 to remind me that not all third person RPG's are this shitty looking.
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Edited By MrGarcia

Seems like Splinter Cell Conviction. And it pays the same. But with less impressive cover mechanics.

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Edited By Post25DayXfer

Game looks terrible .

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Edited By Dustpan

Awesome.

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1 minute in and the amount of screen tearing and the lack of anti aliasing is shocking, is it like this in actual gameplay or is it a video rendering thing?

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Edited By cmac2099

Hopefully New Vegas will be better than this.

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Edited By delta_ass

Seems like it was a good idea Matt Rorie jumped ship when he did.

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Edited By pbhawks45

CHRIST THIS AI IS FUCKING TERRIBLE

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Edited By RobotHamster

Lol, as soon as I saw that pistol I said the exact same thing as Ryan the moment he did, that silencer was was just a cylinder with a texture, awful.  I didn't have hopes for this game and this kinda confirmed that for me.

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Edited By Chris2KLee

Been waiting for this one. Let's see what the GB crew has to say, early reviews have not been the best.

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Edited By CrazedMaverick

oh jesus. I thought it was gonna be at least decent. I haven't even watched this yet, but the comments are great.

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Edited By rohanspear345

interesting looks like a budget game tho might pick it up tho it seems like there will be a price drop in the not to distant future

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Edited By MJHAYLETT

The World Just Ended - Giant Bomb are playing the PS3 version of a multiplatform game for a Quick Look! I think I may faint.

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Edited By Ste1756

The combat looks rather bad :(

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Edited By Kefkaesque

God Dammit! 
 
This game was supposed to be good! Why must almost everything with a cool concept suck!

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Edited By tgammet

Was one of my most wanted games. There's been so much back and forth over its quality.

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Edited By ch3burashka

What the hell is up with characters walking at a 90 degree angle (Mike, Old Snake)? That must be incredibly uncomfortable!
 
Is this game moddable on the PC? 'Cuz I'd kill to play a Burn Notice mod.

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Edited By myslead

well I really was somewhat hyped about the game... 
but every trailers coming out for the game made the game looked very... :s  
except when it came to dialogue etc... 
 
 I got the game on pc yesterday, wanting to try it out before getting it on 360... and after playing ONE mission, I'm pretty sure I won't buy it at all anymore =/

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Edited By gbrading

It looks like the combat is what is really holding this down. The premise itself looks interesting. It doesn't look particularly engrossing. Plus some of the animations and other controls are less than to be desired.
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@cmac2099 said:
" Hopefully New Vegas will be better than this. "
LOL.
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Edited By Shibbles

I remember back in 2006, when this was really impressive. Having not seen a single piece of information on this game since then, I'm not really surprised that it hasn't fared well since. It's like the White Knight Chronicles of stealth games.

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Edited By alekso

i was thinking about trying this but after seeing this QL i changed my mind. To be honest it looks terrible.

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Wow, not even Ethan Hunt can make this game look good. 

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Edited By Krenor

SCREEN TEARING

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Edited By RTSlord

this game looks alright, im both more and less pumped for this game now
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Edited By Yelix

I would just like to say that making R2 the shoot button is the equivalent of spitting in PS3 owners' faces.

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this QL sounds like the game will get a 2/5 when they review it

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Edited By PhatSeeJay

Hey! Kurt Dierker was up there watching!

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Edited By fox01313

Definitely looks like it'll be fun to play but after seeing some of the combat it's a rental.

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Edited By Solh0und

I still want to play this game but I wonder if it's worth sacrificing lost planet 2 for this. 
 
EDIT: So  I am still buying this and playing it with low expectations. I'm not saying this will give Splinter Cell or Mass Effect 2 a run for their money but this should distract me while I wait for some nice games to come out this fall.

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Edited By G24S

As of now68.33% on Gamerankings. :(

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Edited By alwaysbeclothing

Great, now I have to watch this and get SPOILER'D

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@Yelix said:
" I would just like to say that making R2 the shoot button is the equivalent of spitting in PS3 owners' faces. "
oh god not another one. 
ergh
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Edited By Venatio

Man I was hoping this would turn out to be a spy version of Mass Effect
 
Dissapointment :(
 
Also, glad that Jeff finally mentioned Burn Notice since the premise of this game and even  the main characters name, sounds alot like the stuff from the show

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Wow.  In that opening shot, Ryan's face in totally on that statue's stomach. 

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Edited By rosebud04

it will be interesting to know what Dave thinks of this game. considering he is a RPG expert.

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Edited By Sharpshooter

Sorry for stating the obvious but this game looks janky as fuck.
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Edited By Norusdog

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA even the skill screen looks like a bite-off of mass effect.
 
good ol obsidian, I like them and their games but damn they have no originality.....it's a modern day mass effect with stealth.