Should I buy this game or wait?

[Doom972]

After buying KOTOR 2 and NWN 2 I realized it's probably a good idea to wait for them to work out the kinks.

 

Just how buggy is this game right now?

 

Will it run well on my system?

 

Specs:

AMD Athlon 64 3800+ (2.4 Ghz)

4 GB RAM

GeForce 8800 GT

Running WinXP

[Nightingale]

You shouldn't have any issues running it on that system (if you can run Mass Effect 2, or other Unreal 3 games, you should be able to run AP).

[Doom972]

It's good to know I can run it. I think I'll wait some more before buying.

After reading some posts here I think I'll wait for the patch.

[Scorch]

It's far less buggy than KOTOR2 and NWN2.

Edited September 14, 2010 by Scorch

[Purkake]

That's not exactly high praise...

[Doom972]

Less buggy than they are right now? (They fixed the game breaking issues in NWN2, KOTOR 2 has a community patch)

Still, I don't think I'm willing to pay full price for it before a patch.

[kirottu]

I played it through twice and it didn

[Purkake]

That doesn't mean there aren't any bugs.

 

Did you miss the no enemies on level reload or the horrendous 3 second texture pop-in lag?

[kirottu]

Did you miss the no enemies on level reload or the horrendous 3 second texture pop-in lag?

 

Yes.

 

Texture pop-in was no worse than it was in Mass Effect. Only bug I had was the mouse one.

[Purkake]

Well, lucky you then.

[Deadly_Nightshade]

...the horrendous 3 second texture pop-in lag?

 

That's a U3 bug and not an AP bug.

[Purkake]

It was way worse in AP than any other UE3 game that I've played.

 

Especially on the PC.

Edited September 14, 2010 by Purkake

[Zoraptor]

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[Scorch]

Texture pop was non-existant on my PC except for the inventory. Only major bug I came across in 3 playthroughs was the reload one, but that's easily solvable by not clicking 'load last save'.

[GhostofAnakin]

Buy it now so you add to Alpha Protocol's sales, then play it later when there's a patch out.

[Doom972]

Seeing as they just released a patch which ****s it even more, I think obsidian should learn a lesson.

I really like the people behind this company (the Ex-Black Isle guys to be precise), but I won't be a fanboy and get another buggy game.

Hope they do better with FNV.

[Rostere]

I've played it on the PC and I've not encountered any bugs.

[Purkake]

[C2B]

Damaging bugs I've encountered on my playthrough were UE3 bugs (which weren't really worse than other UE3 games) and the enemy respawning.

 

In comparison to KOTOR and NWN where I encountered gamebreaking bugs multiple times... AP is tons better on the buggy side.

Edited September 15, 2010 by C2B

[Toofy]

Buy it, and tell other people to buy it. Fresh concepts from good developers need to be rewarded, not destroyed by critics that are biased towards the high budget-mediocre game.

[Purkake]

The time of concepts is over, these days you need execution as well.