Alpha Protocol

I really enjoyed this game when I had it on the Xbox 360. Really glad to see it has come back, and luckily thanks to the GOG preservation program it actually works on here. I originally bought it on steam only to refund it because i couldnt get it to work.

It's amazing in how many ways you can alter the story. But the gameplay is a hot mess.

I need the music, gimme some more

This game is a solid 4/5. It has a very good story and RPG elements, entertaining characters and ok (needs a little time to properly learn) gameplay. Now to be fair...there are some minor graphics and gameplay issues but nothing game breaking and the story more than makes up for it. If you like espionage and RPG you will enjoy this game and you will most likely be interested in playing the story multiple times to get all possible scenarios and achievements. I recommend it.

Story and characters are quite good, and the same goes for the dialog system. Gunplay and melee combat are okay-ish, but could've been a lot better. Stealth kinda works (except when enemies can see you through walls), but the maps aren't really designed with stealth in mind. Even the original "Deus Ex" (a game released 10 years prior) was way better in this respect. And then we have the timers. Not just the hacking and lockpicking minigames are infested with timers, but the dialog is as well. While I would agree that from a narrative perspective it does make sense to have a time limit on some dialogue that doesn't mean every line of dialogue has to be selected on a timer. Not to mention that the timers tend to be rather short (ridiculously so for the hacking minigame). This is compounded by the save system, which is checkpoint-based, meaning if something (like, say, a hacking minigame) goes wrong you'll have to start over from the last checkpoint instead of just re-doing the minigame (or dialogue for that matter). I wish Obsidian would do a remaster or remake with better graphics, better combat, a proper save system and significantly less timers.