Alpha Protocol in new Official Playstation Magazine

[Matthew Rorie]

Should be hitting newstands today, I think...

[Cl_Flushentityhero]

Sweetness. I think I'll hold out for scans, though.

[mkreku]

I have to rely on scans. I don't think I've ever seen that magazine in Sweden.

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

People still buy gaming magazines?

[Morgoth]

Yeah, who gives a rats ass about print mags these days? What a waste of paper....

 

And WHEN do WE FORUMITES get REAL NEWS goddammit?

[Cycloneman]

Yeah, who gives a rats ass about print mags these days? What a waste of paper....

 

And WHEN do WE FORUMITES get REAL NEWS goddammit?

When funcroc brings it to us?

[Morgoth]

Oh yeah? Didn't know funroc is now SEGAs PR dude. Welcome to the forums, funroc!

 

When do we get REAL news, funroc?

[Pop]

Well, that was... short.

 

And I think we got a new screenie or two. Very small, though.

[funcroc]

http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=600731

 

Holiday OPM --- Alpha Protocol, "Best RPG of '09 - see it here first!"

 

Alpha Protocol

Platform: PS3

Available: Spring 2009

Genre: Action RPG

Pubisher: Sega

Developer: Obsidian Entertainment

 

Guns Gadgets Espionage

 

The preview isn't very long and most of it is about dialogue branching and making choices and how they will affect your game in the short and long run (nice example provided). I can't really pull a quote from it cause you need to read the whole paragraphs to really understand it. It sounds like quite an ambitious game from a story/conversation stance point.

 

There is some gameplay info;

 

* traditional class system, allowing you to apply your Advancement Points to whichever of the 10 categories you choose

* as you level up various skills, you'll be awarded with perks, both in the form of passive buffs and special abilities

* Since you can't level grind, there is a set amount of AP, and you can't replay missions just to level up, you'll have to make tough choices (could make well rounded, but underpowered agent or you could excel in certain areas

 

You start the game off by choosing one of three archetypes;

 

* Field Agents - which sounds like Sam Fisher/Solid Snake type of play..."placing initial focus on the catagories like Pistol, Infiltration, and Stealth"

* Soldier - sounds to me like Soldier class from Mass Effect

* Tech Specialist - set up traps and use more gadgets.

Edited November 23, 2008 by funcroc

[Tigranes]

For once, funcroc is late.

[Cl_Flushentityhero]

Hmm, thanks for the link. Doesn't actually sound like we missed much in the way of info . . . or there's the possibility that whoever was trying to summarize failed.

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

For once, funcroc is late.

 

Something in the world has just gone horribly, horribly wrong.

 

Prepare for the apocalypse.

[Wrath of Dagon]

Seems like stealth and setting up traps / hacking should go together, I wonder how the division of skills is going to work.

[funcroc]

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendID=85948315

 

[Morgoth]

Thorton looks hawt, as always.

 

"Best RPG of 2009". Oh yeah, and what about Aliens or Dragon Age?

[pcrk2]

I think they know what they're doing saying that but still it sounds exaggerated. We just got one dev diary and a couple of previews... too soon to make that kind of statement.

But if they are right... then I am so happy.

[Tigranes]

No, all that stuff on the front page's a load of crap. As usual. (Ha, Good fun, etc.)

 

We'll see if they have any new info though.

[Pop]

It came out a few weeks ago, and it doesn't.

[pcrk2]

In that cover I get the feeling that Mike is Bill Buchanan from 24... his facial expressions are close to Bill's.

[Cl_Flushentityhero]

Heh, I thought he had more of a Dominic Purcell look.

[mkreku]

No, he reminds me of James Thompson:

 

[Cl_Flushentityhero]

I can see a physical resemblance, but I hope Thornton bears as few similarities to the man immortalized by this video as possible:

 

[mkreku]

Yeah, OK, not his proudest moment that :D

 

But to his defence, he went up against Alexander Emelianenko, who most rank among the top five heavyweights in the world.