It is totally possible to avoid combat in Alpha Protocol

[inwoker]

Some Obsidian developer wrote: "Learned yesterday that it's possible to get through Alpha Protocol without killing anyone. That's kind of awesome."

Source: http://twitter.com/Obsidian_Ent/status/3250295388
What do you people think? Is this exploiting game mechanics or the true path of brave diplomat?

Discuss!!

 

[Emotional Vampire]

not clicking twitter links. Find a real news source or gtfo.

 

[Darth Roxor]

old

http://rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php ... 8&start=25

 

[spectre]

The real important thing is, is it totally possible to avoid all the 4 sex cutscenes in Alpha Protocol.

 

[Genma:TheDestroyer]

'Stealth' paths, konking folks over the head, and lots and lots of tranqs.




They've made too much of a big deal about their combat system to actually let you bypass it.

 

[entertainer]

Is it possible to avoid playing Alpha Protocol?

 

[racofer]

not clicking twitter links. Find a real news source or gtfo.

For once, I agree with Emo Vamp.

Seriously, take this garbage outta mah codex.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Didn't Pete say the exact same thing about Fallout 3?

 

[Emotional Vampire]

'take this garbage outta mah codex'?

I don't think he'd say something like that

 

[CrimsonAngel]

The real important thing is, is it totally possible to have all the 4 sex scenes at the same time in Alpha Protocol.

There you go.

 

[Demnogonis Saastuttaja]

That doesn't necessarily mean it's possible to avoid combat. It could still have unavoidable battles that you can finish with a tranquilizer dart gun or something like that. Though personally I'd rather have more inventive ways to murder people. More poison, fire, bombs, deadly insects, insane mechanical contraptions, and so on.

 

[DriacKin]

Still, it means that there aren't any bosses or main 'villians' that the game forces you to kill.

 

[MetalCraze]

Uh... There are bosses that game forces you to kill. Remember Sie and a lame boss fight connected to her which is forced on you if you refuse to cooperate? Considering that after you win a fight she goes "muahaha I'll be back" then jumps on a chopper like in a good ol' anime crap - I doubt it will be the only boss fight.

 

[bhlaab]

Uh... There are bosses that game forces you to kill. Remember Sie and a lame boss fight connected to her which is forced on you if you refuse to cooperate? Considering that after you win a fight she goes "muahaha I'll be back" then jumps on a chopper like in a good ol' anime crap - I doubt it will be the only boss fight.

You mean part of pacifist playthroughs involves picking dialogue choices that don't make you enter combat?

 

[MetalCraze]

Except that was a choice between killing guys with the help of her mooks and killing the exactly same guys and her mooks too. I wouldn't call that "pacifist" - lame, however, yes.

Do you even watch AP gameplay videos? I thought you were interested in this game much more than I do.

 

[Talonfire]

Since when did console RPGs let you play as a pacifist?

 

[bhlaab]

Except that was a choice between killing guys with the help of her mooks and killing the exactly same guys and her mooks too. I wouldn't call that "pacifist" - lame, however, yes.

Do you even watch AP gameplay videos? I thought you were interested in this game much more than I do.

I know that its billing itself as having a dedicated stealth action path and that someone just tweeted that they played through it with no kills so I put 2 and 2 togther (it was 4)

And you're saying there's a forced boss fight, unless you circumvent it by cooperating.