Alpha Protocol

I recently purchased this game because of the development team behind it, (OBSIDIAN entertainment : STAR WARS KOTOR II, Neverwinter Nights 2). I was truly let down. Dont get me wrong, no one's ever tried an espionage spy RPG and this game shows probably why. You play a spy caught up in the typical spy premise of "being thrown out by the government" to work in a spec ops program called ALPHA PROTOCOL. Shit hits the fan a touch because it turns out you cant even trust people in ALPHA PROTOCOL. ^------ now that doesn't sound all that bad of a setting but it was more the excecution of the game where OBSIDIAN failed to deliver. I would regard an RPG to have an extent of free choice and although OBSIDIAN claimed that this was the case the only 'free choice' was picking the order in which you played the linear missions. Between each mission you would have a "Safe House" which is cool because thats what spies have. Each country you worked in had a different safehouse. But I truly think a ... Read more