Alpha Protocol sucks massive Multi-Headed Dick

[Andyman Messiah]

3 years later: does it still suck massive Multi-Headed dick?

One could make the argument that with the heavy incline coming our way now-a-days we no longer need to settle for games like Alpha Protocol.

If one was a retard.

 

[DalekFlay]

If one was a retard.

I mean simply if you are not an action game fan or if console ports drive you up the wall and you only enjoyed Alpha Protocol because of the lack of CRPG options, the incoming deluge of real CRPGs might make you not want to compromise on stuff like AP anymore.

I'm not really in that camp personally, as I enjoy action games as well and Obsidian is my bro. I could see the argument however.

 

[Andyman Messiah]

Where is this heavy incline you're talking about? I swear I will boot up New Vegas and kill your floating robot ass if you so much as mention Kickstarter, Project Eternity, Torment or Age of Decadence or any other crowdfunded or independently developed niche game.

edit: This post is track 8 on my upcoming comedy album. The track is titled "Attitude".

Mitch Hedberg, R.I.P.

 

[Crooked Bee]

I enjoyed AP on my first playthrough, but I tried replaying it recently and everything about it was just... unbearable, from dialogue to gameplay. Sorry Obsidian, for I have betrayed thee

 

[DalekFlay]

Where is this heavy incline you're talking about? I swear I will boot up New Vegas and kill your floating robot ass if you so much as mention Kickstarter, Project Eternity, Torment or Age of Decadence or any other crowdfunded or independently developed niche game.

Well uh... I mean er... the uh...

Hmmm.

 

[Andyman Messiah]

I enjoyed AP on my first playthrough, but I tried replaying it recently and everything about it was just... unbearable, from dialogue to gameplay. Sorry Obsidian, for I have betrayed thee

You really are crooked.

I will call for some able-bodied donkeys to rip off your Codex cadet uniform's sleeves with their teeth.

 

[Roguey]

I actually enjoyed AP more on subsequent playthroughs.

It's still bad though.

 

[DragoFireheart]

I actually enjoyed AP more on subsequent playthroughs.

It's still bad though.

This is how I feel about Skyrim. Good for what it is, but still a highly flawed game.

 

[Andyman Messiah]

Skyrim is one of those games that I just can't finish because it just sucks so bad at precisely everything. Even the intro sequence pisses me off. They couldn't even make sure that when a character INTERRUPTS another character, the character who is interrupted stops talking. They couldn't even do that. So even though the stormcloak soldier is all HEY SHUT UP the cleric still rambles on. So fucking awkward. This is shit the unofficial patch guys should be looking into fixing because that is shit that seriously causes me to rage quit.

Meanwhile Alpha Protocol might have flaws but they are nowhere as bad as the flaws for a game rated 95/100.

 

[DalekFlay]

I hate when you walk around in games but really you're just sitting in a chair. Ruins my immershun.

 

[jagged-jimmy]

Alpha Protocol is a massive flaw. Gunplay is shit, stealth is shit, levels are boring corridors. Really i don't know why anyone would want to play it again. Writing and C&C is the only thing which goes for AP. But it's more like a blooming flower in a pile of shit.

 

[Andyman Messiah]

I hate when you walk around in games but really you're just sitting in a chair. Ruins my immershun.

Immersion is for retards.

 

[J_C]

Writing and C&C is the only thing which goes for AP.

Sometimes, that's enough.

 

[The Bishop]

Writing and C&C is the only thing which goes for AP.

Sometimes, that's enough.

Sometimes I wonder why many of those unplayable games with good story aren't just adventure games.

 

[Sceptic]

Because you don't know what an adventure game is?

 

[jagged-jimmy]

Writing and C&C is the only thing which goes for AP.

Sometimes, that's enough.

It's like saying, that watching cutscenes is enough for an FPS.

 

[Visbhume]

It's like saying, that watching cutscenes is enough for an FPS.

No, because cutscenes aren't gameplay.

 

[J_C]

Writing and C&C is the only thing which goes for AP.

Sometimes, that's enough.

It's like saying, that watching cutscenes is enough for an FPS.

Hahaha, no.

 

[AngryKobold]

AP is what I believe to be personal hell awaiting a storyfag in afterlife. I totally see Satan himself laughing at ingenious design of the torture. Every single element of gameplay bringing nothing but torment and frustration. Yet there's a good story. So good it makes you feel bad after pressing alt+f4. Then you think: "damn, maybe it ain't that bad, I'm gonna try again". And Satan keeps laughing.

I bought it year ago

 

[jagged-jimmy]

It's like saying, that watching cutscenes is enough for an FPS.

No, because cutscenes aren't gameplay.

AP has no good gameplay either. So why play it for C&C? I mean we aren't talking about best C&C ever - the story was nothing exceptional, it was merely solid.

 

[Visbhume]

AP has no good gameplay either. So why play it for C&C?

C&C is gameplay.

 

[jagged-jimmy]

AP has no good gameplay either. So why play it for C&C?

C&C is gameplay.

In an "espionage rpg" - not a major part of the gameplay.

 

[Lancehead]

Then that means they named it wrong; doesn't make C&C not-major part of gameplay.

 

[DalekFlay]

In an "espionage rpg" - not a major part of the gameplay.

The Walking Dead is nothing but C&C, and acknowledged fake consequences to boot, and it won "game" of the year a ton of places. For a lot of people it is, indeed, enough.

That said I enjoyed AP because my character build made me super badass stealth pistol guy. It had good gameplay, for me personally.

 

[jagged-jimmy]

I don't care if some fags enjoy clicking somewhere else. We are the Codex here. If we say AP is good for what it is - it will be a major decline. Shit must be recognised as such, even if we all played it... that one time... while drunk... you know... pity play? Even if MCA made it, Obsidian, whatever. Even if it was kinda "okay", because we were bored at that time. Gotta keep the standards high. And the thread title is 100% honest description of the game.