rbm001's blog

I recently played the game Alpha Protocol and I thought it was a great idea for a game but it was poorly executed.  The game is basically a espionage RPG with an emphasis on sneaking around, however, you can go in guns blazing.  The story starts off as a plane gets shot down over the Middle East and you must go out and find it and why it was shot down.  Sent with you is a PDA and you also have a safehouse in each location to buy weapons and armor.  Also, you can buy different attachments for your guns and upgrade bullets.  The gameplay is pretty decent but it can be glitchy and hard to get around the maps.  The sneaking system in the game is pretty spotty because it seems like the AI can never see you no matter what, however, sometimes they see you while their back is turned to you which is confusing.

The weapon system in the game is also terrible.  Aiming can be really difficult if you don’t lock on to your enemy and their is really no reason to have a different weapon other than a assault rifle because it is so overpowered.  There is the ability to take down an enemy as well but once again there really is no reason to use it when you can just shoot them.  The RPG element takes place when you have conversations with other characters.  Every conversation can change the game and every decision will have consequences later in the game.

All in all this game is decent but there is literally no replay value in this game because once time you beat it, it is over.  I did not feel the need to play again because it felt like I did everything on the first playthrough.  All in all, I would recommend i to people that like to sneak around in games but no one else.