SteveThaiBinh Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Where's the link to the vibrant Alpha Protocol 'community'? You ashamed of us? "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 There's a link to "forums" in the lower right hand corner. Join me, and we shall make Production Beards a reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cl_Flushentityhero Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Oh yeah, I don't suppose this was the "big" announcement by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Bourne Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Yeah. Where's my trailer? I feel like I'm waiting for Splinter Cell 5 all over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassat Hunter Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Hmm, I suppose a passenger airline being shot down is a rather morally unambiguous plot hook, lending itself to a morally unambiguous plot. I give Obsidian full credit for being able to complicate matters though. There's no saying that some "evil mastermind" in the U.S. is responsible, or that we will spend the game searching the caves of Afghanistan for the culprit. As in real life, it could just as easily be negligence or something we did that "seemed like a good idea at the time." *Thinks 24, including plane being blown up (or shot down, if we talk about season 3)* ^ I agree that that is such a stupid idiotic pathetic garbage hateful retarded scumbag evil satanic nazi like term ever created. At least top 5. TSLRCM Official Forum || TSLRCM Moddb || My other KOTOR2 mods || TSLRCM (English version) on Steam || [M4-78EP on Steam Formerly known as BattleWookiee/BattleCookiee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb.spike Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Enter the Sega mainpage and then copy alphaprotocol.com into the adressbar. Alternatively this link might work. Great. I don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 And the forum header is all sparkly and new! Join me, and we shall make Production Beards a reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkreku Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 I know this might sound crazy, but a game about an American intelligence operative operating on foreign soil is probably going to involve a CIA agent and should arguably involve something important to the United States! Doesn't sound crazy at all. But how about this then: said CIA agent is sent to an Eastern European country to assist in a covert Russian operation to provide stability in a local oil crisis? Too crazy for you? Does every plot out of American hands have to include the meaningless blanket statement "terrorist"? Of course, it's not mentioned in the press release so feel free to positively surprise me here.. Does every bad guy really have to kill "hundreds of innocents" so every redneck in the world will understand who's the bad guy and who you're supposed to feel (righteous!) hatred for? But again, this is a press release, there's still a huge possibility that the plot isn't as nauseatingly simple as that. I realize how negative this sounds and I apologize about that. But a big part of the reason why I stopped writing about games is because of the mind numbingly simplistic plots of most games nowadays. Trying daily to write about trife like Gears of War et al wears you down. Ps. Love the new forum header! Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Just because the press release sounds typically corny "Rednecks vs. Terrorists", "Good guys vs. bad guys", doesn't mean the game itself has to be so shallow and superficial. I trust Obsidian to make a game with characters of many facets and motivations. As a game journalist, you should know that PR always has to sound "catchy". Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 The press release doesn't sound like that at all, though. It sounds like a very nebulous summation of the beginning of a Tom Clancy novel. As it should. It's not even a pea under the mattress, here. Join me, and we shall make Production Beards a reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cl_Flushentityhero Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Does every bad guy really have to kill "hundreds of innocents" so every redneck in the world will understand who's the bad guy and who you're supposed to feel (righteous!) hatred for? No . . . but it does sell better, in theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Rorie Posted October 11, 2008 Author Share Posted October 11, 2008 Oh yeah, I don't suppose this was the "big" announcement by any chance? It's not necessarily a big announcement - just a sign that things are going to start rolling out. Matthew Rorie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wombat Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 It's not necessarily a big announcement - just a sign that things are going to start rolling out. I got the gesture. I came back here, expecting more information since Alpha Protocol is planed to be released in the same quarter as Dragon Age, information of which began to be revealed. At least, judging from some interviews on Storm of Zehir, Obsidian don't seem to forget about role-playing game fan base and the majority of them, I guess, are accustomed to waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirottu Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Oh yeah, I don't suppose this was the "big" announcement by any chance? It's not necessarily a big announcement - just a sign that things are going to start rolling out. Gief moar plx! This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deraldin Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 And the forum header is all sparkly and new! Why did they include the phone number for a Starbucks in Irving, Texas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 (edited) MyMartini Lounge's out in Arlington. I'm thinking maybe all this stuff was commissioned by Sega and doled out to a company out in Texas, who would just use any old landmark / number on hand. Still seems odd, though. Edited October 12, 2008 by Pop Join me, and we shall make Production Beards a reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karma313th Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 MyMartini Lounge's out in Arlington. Small quibble, but it's My Martini Wine and Bistro. It's in N. Arlington, next door to Piranha's Killer Sushi. Fantastic sushi, fantastic martinis, very expensive. But anyway, yes, it kinda surprised me to see a matchbook on the site from the place. A little creepy, actually. since Piranha's/My Martini (owned by same people) is one of my favorite weekend places. Just too bad I can't afford to go too often ($10 martinis really add up.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Header's been changed back. Looks like we caught on to their little game. Good work, team. Join me, and we shall make Production Beards a reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILL THE ALMIGHTY Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Team Obsidian, awaaaaaay! "Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 So when information actually does start flowing, will we be getting it on a week-by-week basis, or what? I can't imagine they'll unload everything in all three sections of the website all at once. Join me, and we shall make Production Beards a reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceAlex Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 (edited) Hundreds of innocent passengers "Innocent" - How I hate that word. Nobody is truly innocent, dammit. Nobody! Edited October 15, 2008 by SpaceAlex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILL THE ALMIGHTY Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I really like what you did with the screenshot section. Great job. "Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cl_Flushentityhero Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 So when information actually does start flowing, will we be getting it on a week-by-week basis, or what? I can't imagine they'll unload everything in all three sections of the website all at once. My forecast is at the rate of teen angst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkreku Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 The Deus Ex is strong with this one. Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cycloneman Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Hundreds of innocent passengers "Innocent" - How I hate that word. Nobody is truly innocent, dammit. Nobody! That's just something people say to justify mass-murder, torture, or any number of other things. "Well, nobody's perfect, ergo nobody's innocent." Innocence does not require perfection; merely the lack of responsibility. These people were "innocent bystanders;" they had done nothing to earn what happened. I don't post if I don't have anything to say, which I guess makes me better than the rest of your so-called "community." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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