A Portuguese magazine comes through with new info,

[Pidesco]

So, the most recent issue of BGamer, a Portuguese magazine that doesn't completely suck anymore, has Alpha Protocol on its cover.

 

And, on the magazine's insides there's a juicy new interview with Ryan Rucinski and quite a few screenshots and bits of artwork I don't recall having seen before. I don't know if any of the "new" stuff has appeared in other magazines.

 

Here's the info that I think is new or that is already known but still awesome:

 

• Usually consequences aren't immediately apparent, and seem to be of the kind which determine how certain people and groups view your character.
  
• the article indicates that there are four different weapon makers in addition to the four different weapons
  
• weapon mods
  
• location based damage. It doesn't mention if this includes limb crippling.
  
• Hand to hand combat can be lethal or just leave people unconscious
  
• Avoiding enemies can be tech based or stealth based
  

 

 

Artwork and screenies:

 

There's a bunch of portraits of people you'll meet in the game. These include the trenchcoat guy, a chick eating bubblegum and sporting round cleavage, a Germanic looking man with glasses and a scarf, the girl with purple hair, a big burly guy with a medal hanging from his neck, a business man, a guy with tattoos wearing a pink jacket, and a dirty and sleazy looking guy wearing an apron.

 

In the screenies I don't remember seeing there's Thorton about to kick a security guy in the face, Thorton getting on a ship with Cyrillic characters on it, Thorton about to stealth kill a guy with a slick looking knife, and the purple hair girl.

 

 

 

I think that's it. I'll try to find out if posting scans of the artwork is allowed.

[Gorth]

Heh, take that Funcroc

 

(he probably doesn't speak Portuguese).

 

Nice

 

You might need to contact the magazine for written permission to show anything from it though.

[Cl_Flushentityhero]

*explains at great length why head kicks are seldom a good idea combatively*

 

Based on what we know, the slick-looking knife to which you refer is probably a kerambit. I think American Kenpo uses them, though I'm most familiar with them as a weapon used in the Filipino martial arts and silat (which, if you ask me, are more than a little similar). The movie "Taken" features a good fight scene with one.

[Pidesco]

*explains at great length why head kicks are seldom a good idea combatively*

 

Based on what we know, the slick-looking knife to which you refer is probably a kerambit. I think American Kenpo uses them, though I'm most familiar with them as a weapon used in the Filipino martial arts and silat (which, if you ask me, are more than a little similar). The movie "Taken" features a good fight scene with one.

 

 

Yep, that's it. The blade is similar to the one in the following picture, except that Thorton's is longer.

 

 

[Morgoth]

Sir Majesty Pidesco Sir!

 

You gotta give us these scans, somehow!

[SirPetrakus]

Some new info! Finally! Post scans please!

[Pidesco]

No dice on the scans. Sorry.

[Zoma]

What's the name of the magazine? Do they have a website?

[Pidesco]

BGamer. Yes, but you only get to see the cover on the website.

 

Edit: Or rather, actually you get to see the first two pages of the article, which are useless.