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Obsidian’s espionage RPG Alpha Protocol returns to store shelves after four years in license hellMaybe still my favourite Obsidian game?
Maybe still my favourite Obsidian game?
Image credit:Sega
Image credit:Sega
Alpha Protocol - Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube
Alpha Protocol - Launch Trailer
You must make him look absurd, that’s just the rules, sorry |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Sega
Alpha Protocol is also offputting and frustrating, mind. Thornton starts out so inept that he’s barely able to shoot a gun straight, so please do trust me when I say you can eventually become the world’s most absurdly overpowered secret agent/mass murderer. It really does have one ofthe worst hacking minigamestoo. And being an Obsidian game from 2010, yeah, it could be pretty buggy.
“It’s not a brilliant game, but it’s one packed with imagination and inspired ideas,” John Walker said in ourAlpha Protocol reviewback in 2010. A few years later,I called itmy favourite Obsidian game and I’m keen to revisit that opinion with a fresh playthrough.
You can now buy Alpha Protocolon GOG, where a 10% launch discount brings it down to £14.39 until the 3rd of April. No, it is still not availableon Steam(though if you already own it there, you can still play it). GOG say their new release comes with polish including “full” controller support, cloud saves, achievements, and yes, that troublesome licensed music.
