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Not to disrespect Mass Effect or anything, but hasn't choice based gameplay and story been around for a long time?
Also, what about gamers who don't play the first Alpha Protocol? How are they going to play the sequel? Are the devs going to let the players "create their own origin story" and then let them play Alpha Protocol 2 based on their starting selected choices?
Also, what about gamers who don't play the first Alpha Protocol? How are they going to play the sequel? Are the devs going to let the players "create their own origin story" and then let them play Alpha Protocol 2 based on their starting selected choices?
@Chronic Logic
To my knowledge, no other game sequel has carried over the multitude of historical player choices that ME to ME2 did. I read somewhere that there was close to 700 individual choices and their consquences carried onto the sequel.
Plus.... this game looks like an exact replica of Mass Effect. Still - not a bad game to rip off, that's for sure.
To my knowledge, no other game sequel has carried over the multitude of historical player choices that ME to ME2 did. I read somewhere that there was close to 700 individual choices and their consquences carried onto the sequel.
Plus.... this game looks like an exact replica of Mass Effect. Still - not a bad game to rip off, that's for sure.
I wonder if I'll ever see an article about Alpha Protocol that DOESN'T have the words "Mass Effect" in it.
...and the more I look at that screenshot, the more funny it becomes.
...and the more I look at that screenshot, the more funny it becomes.
I love Obsidian, don't get me wrong... but they love gnawing on BioWare's scraps. Knights of the Old Republic II, Neverwinter Nights 2, now they're using the same modified Unreal engine ME uses... they make great games, don't get me wrong, but... damn, man.
It doesn't help that every time the devs talk about it, they make it sound like ME. Just release the darn game so I can play it.
This game has never really been on my radar, but whenever I see screens for it I think it looks like a last-gen James Bond title.
Not saying anything about the game itself, it's just that the stills don't really impress me.
Not saying anything about the game itself, it's just that the stills don't really impress me.
To ensure a potential future in further entries to the franchise - I suggest the man in the screen shot uses protection.
I was really looking forward to it back in the day, but now I'm not so sure. The recent GDC gameplay vids didn't really sell it to me either. There was something 'unfinished' about the whole thing.
@Endstiem. World of Warcraft you port over everything you have ever done into the next expansion they let out.
@all. Yes, the game kinda looks like ass, but looking a Mass Effect videos (barring the cutscene stuff) it is actually very comparable. I don't own a 360 so I don't have personal knowledge only what I've seen on the internet, but to my eyes Mass Effect is of similar quality to this, it's just that being the sci-fi genre gives it a lot of leeway compared to the more realistic visuals of this game.
Very excited about this game. Barring bad glaringly reviews, I'll definitely be picking it up.
@all. Yes, the game kinda looks like ass, but looking a Mass Effect videos (barring the cutscene stuff) it is actually very comparable. I don't own a 360 so I don't have personal knowledge only what I've seen on the internet, but to my eyes Mass Effect is of similar quality to this, it's just that being the sci-fi genre gives it a lot of leeway compared to the more realistic visuals of this game.
Very excited about this game. Barring bad glaringly reviews, I'll definitely be picking it up.
I think the game looks really interesting and I love the gameplay mechanics, so I will still buy it and give it a whirl, but I am honestly not expecting much. Judging by the videos, the AI looks extremely stupid, physics and shooting feel "floaty", the environments are bland and lack any kind of detail like rubbish, random items, etc, and many of the characters have horrible voice actors; especially your main female contact.
Again, I still think the game will be alright and I'm going to buy it, but I guarantee you it will be rather subpar.
Again, I still think the game will be alright and I'm going to buy it, but I guarantee you it will be rather subpar.
why not just make these choices affect the current game instead. i dont want my choices to lay dormant for 4 more years just to see what happens.
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@Endstiem. World of Warcraft you port over everything you have ever done into the next expansion they let out. "
That is not the same thing at all. You openly have sort of effect on Characters and the way things might turn out in Mass Effect and it's story. World of Warcrafts story is set in stone and how you do a quest has absolutely no effect on how the story turns out.
And those are expansions, not a completely new game.
@Endstiem. World of Warcraft you port over everything you have ever done into the next expansion they let out. "
That is not the same thing at all. You openly have sort of effect on Characters and the way things might turn out in Mass Effect and it's story. World of Warcrafts story is set in stone and how you do a quest has absolutely no effect on how the story turns out.
And those are expansions, not a completely new game.
@Nick Chester
Surprised you didn't mention the whole "not enough like Mass Effect" delay-controversy. I mean, if there's ever a time to bring it up...
Seriously, though. That chick's not blue. This is not enough like Mass Effect.
Surprised you didn't mention the whole "not enough like Mass Effect" delay-controversy. I mean, if there's ever a time to bring it up...
Seriously, though. That chick's not blue. This is not enough like Mass Effect.
I've always wanted to play Mass Effect, and never got to because I don't have anything to play it on. This is sounding more and more appealing to me every time I read about it.
If it plays like an action game with RPG elements, the visuals will be disappointing. If it plays like an RPG that has action elements, the visuals will be amazing.
Putting more resources into one subtracts from the other, and I would much rather, for example, see my character visually getting better at martial arts as I spend more points in the skill, than have the character animations be outstanding but have point spending equate to more damage dealt.
Putting more resources into one subtracts from the other, and I would much rather, for example, see my character visually getting better at martial arts as I spend more points in the skill, than have the character animations be outstanding but have point spending equate to more damage dealt.
Reason I won't be picking this up . . . Sega will probably in some way fail me AGAIN, and the fact they have to say that to generate hype is kind of lame.
To my knowledge, no other game sequel has carried over the multitude of historical player choices that ME to ME2 did. I read somewhere that there was close to wood pellet line individual choices and their consquences carried onto the sequel.
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