Alpha Protocol

Was genuinely surprised when playing this years ago on Steam how much difference the dialogue (and mission handling) decisions made. Like Deus Ex games but it felt less like flicking a switch from one alliance to another. Following on from my choices an (allied) character called me The Angel Of Death. Now this game has a place in my heart for ever. The controls can be a bit clunky, and Mike's name is missing a letter, it just sounds weird. Pleased to see it's available for others to play now, I hope they give it the initial few hours it needs to settle in. If they do they can enjoy the many more hours of spy scumbaggery available. There's some quote about spies/the secret services being villains, but on your side. Be the scumbag spy villain, justify your horrific actions for some nebulous higher cause. It's great fun. I did wonder if there's a dialogue choice anywhere that might get the missing "n" back in Mike's name. Let me know if you find it.

Thank you for restoring this game! <3

Thanks GOG for bringing this game back from the depths. Gives people the chance to give a fair shot for themselves.

This was one of my favorite games even if its a bit rough around the edges, instant buy for me, i thought it was gonna be lost forever!

To play the game you need to install an ancient nvidia physX program (as of 2024). Still has graphical and miscellaneous bugs that should have been squashed long time ago. Modders do your thing... please. A worthy continuating of roleplaying games that stretch and challenge the medium. A fun spy Action Intrigue game that is all thrills and no fills, a palate cleanser when between games. Just the right length, a hearthy game buffet. Focus on three or four abilities, this is a must. Specialize. When I was a child, one of coolest games I had ever experienced was a game called 'Sid Meyer's Covert Action'. It still is one of the few games, like this one, where you play as a spy. Years later 'Deus Ex' became one of the greatest gaming experiences I have ever had. This is, perhaps the only one, that has almost perfectly put those two experiences into one game. The perfect mixture of real-world intrigue and comic book outrageousness that, to my knowledge, was only achieved in DX. When you get the hang of it, the action, while far from perfect (which is a staple of the best of the best RPG's), becomes fun and a power thrill... if you play your cards right. Be a rolling thunder or a ninja. BUT the Meat of the game are its characters and navigating through the world of espionage. The game reacts to EVERYTHING you do and say. This is rarely if ever replicated. Like the best of the best, it belongs to the group of games where you can truly roleplay like 'Vampire Masquarade Bloodlines, Arcanum, Daggerfall, Fallout trilogy, Dragon Age Origins etc. If you accept it for what it is, not what it could be or should have been and enjoy the ride, this could be one of the best gaming experiences you have ever had. The same goes for all these afore mentioned games that are unique and there's nothing like them (which can make you melancholic when you think about it). The replay value alone makes this worthy of a purchase.