KFZ Scrubs Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 http://www.ps3attitude.com/new/2009/08/gc09-alpha-protocol-100-hours/ http://www.ps3attitude.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Sega_Screenshots_17948AP_Screenshot_20090803_15.jpg EGA gave PS3 Attitude a preview of Alpha Protocol, their forthcoming ‘espionage RPG’, this morning at Gamescom in Cologne. The first thing that impresses in this espionage RPG is the level of customisation, combined with a slick graphical style that screams of your favourite spy movies. But what surprised us is the depth of the game and the amount of time you’ll need to find everything it offers. How you load your character out determines how you play through that mission. If you choose gadgets and weapons that require stealth, you are required to play through the mission without being detected. Load up with guns and grenades, and you can cause merry havoc. There are also several factions within the game and a range of different people you can align with to ensure your experience of Alpha Protocol is different from other people. You won’t be able to complete every single mission in one play-through (which will take you around 30 hours), so if you want to play everything you are going to need around 100 hours of spare time. We were treated to a preview of a stealth mission. The third person view suits the game well, and when you’re playing you can use a number of special attacks to ensure you stay undetected. We saw a ‘cloaking’ mode that allows you to pass silently (in reality, this is a representation of your stealth skill rather than an MGS-style suit) and the ability to pause time in order to line up a volley of shots using your silenced weapon (again, a representation of your sniping skill). After a short cut-scene, we were treated to a fire-fight where we witnessed the ‘overclock’ skill, which lets you ramp up the power of your weapons and items for better effect. In fact, the only time the realism we’ve seen everywhere else in the game is broken is within these ‘boss battles’. The enemy was shot so many times at point-blank range using a shotgun without dying that it became almost comedic. Once the boss was beaten, the game gave us a moral dilemma – let them live, or finish them off. By leaving the character alive in this case, the game offered a special perk and the story took a different turn than it would if we had killed the boss off. In fact there are many paths that can be taken in the game based on the various decisions you make, and each decision increases or decreases your reputation with key characters, further changing the story as it progresses. We asked Andy Alamano, Associate Producer for Alpha Protocol, what his three favourite gadgets were. “First of all, I love the Sound Generator. You can target a position on the map and it will make a sound at that point, making AI characters go to that point for mass extermination or just to bypass the enemy. Scondly, I love the Incediary Grenade; it creates a ball of flame, and useful to throw in when using the sound generator! Lastly, I’d pick the Shock Trap – a proximity mine that can be attached to a wall to stealthily take the enemy down” Other than the small issue of the unrealistic boss battle, Alpha Protocol is shaping up to be a really impressive game, with a huge range of special abilities, weapons and gadgets that would make even James Bond jealous. Alpha Protocol is due in October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephantd Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 When i first play this game i'am going to use shotty and the biggest assult rifle they have.(Depending on if this game has lmg) Then second playthrough have all the money to buy all the expensive things i need. ( I hope the game lets money carry over) lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Auh Thee Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 this games gonna be so awesome cant wait to check it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFZ Scrubs Posted February 26, 2010 Author Share Posted February 26, 2010 this games gonna be so awesome cant wait to check it out Just to let you know, the game's "official" and set date is late May.... like 26th or something. So, if it's true it's coming at the perfect time for summer break.... at least for college kids i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Auh Thee Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Just to let you know, the game's "official" and set date is late May.... like 26th or something. So, if it's true it's coming at the perfect time for summer break.... at least for college kids i guess. yeah dude perfect timing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallenHero 117 Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 This is coming out slap-bang in the middle of my A Level exams... It'll be a tough choice on which to put more hours into... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilold Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 gameplay looks meh, hope the dialog and story is good though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X F1ftY 1ne Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 I'm sure the game will be a ton of hours for any RPG nut to get they're hands on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xxtrue2dagamexX Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 i getting this game just to have might get into it might not still haven't even gotten past the 1st disc in ffxiii. just no time to sit down and play for 100 hrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d00gler Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 It really looks massive. Nice to see, though; nowadays, most games need 2+ DLCs to reach that scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neubourn Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 The 100 hours thing is if you want to do ALL the side missions and stuff, at least thats what it says in the article. It also says the main questline is only 30 hours, which is about the same as Mass Effect. Im assuming the 100 hours requires multiple playthroughs, so you would have to be a "good" guy one time and a "bad" guy the next and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X F1ftY 1ne Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 100+ hours is my kind of game!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsydrown Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 I'm happy with 100+ hours, considering I put about that in 1 playthrough on Fallout 3, and am currently at 73hrs on Borderlands (not yet Level 61, and still plenty of missions on playthrough 2 to do). I like the prospect of playing through twice, once as a good guy, the other as a bad guy, I like seeing all possible outcomes, and with the amount of choices/decisions in this game, i'm really looking forward to it. Just hope I have enough money seeing as my new job starts at the beginning of May X-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvlution Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 100+ hours is ridiculous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
II TAPOUT II Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 100+ hours is ridiculous! Not really, especially for a good RPG. It is only a little over four days, and if you play any multi player games for fun, 4 days is nothing. It just seems like a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhOsT SLaYeR Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 They say that a for many games.. and you can cut out a lot... but if you do everything it probably will be that much.. nice to see you get more bang 4 ur buck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOOKH8R Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Still going to wait for a review before I play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvlution Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Not really, especially for a good RPG. It is only a little over four days, and if you play any multi player games for fun, 4 days is nothing. It just seems like a lot. Well, if you spread it out over a good length of time it will seem to last longer. Isn't Dragon Age's main quest 60+ hours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4Ru73K Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 Not really, especially for a good RPG. It is only a little over four days, and if you play any multi player games for fun, 4 days is nothing. It just seems like a lot. OMG That's not RPG game !!! Alpha Protocol is a TPP shooter with elements of RPG just like Mass Effect 2 !!! Alpha Protocol is a mix of Mass effect 2 (elements of RPG) and Splinter Cell (game mechanic) and is really worse then both of two games above. You want to play RPG? Play Baldur's Gate II lol! And yeah these 100h ara also bullshit, check achievements list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painkiller Q8 Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 looks crappy game ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tehGUN Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 hate to be this guy but it's really not 100hours.. i played it trough in.. i think 9hours each.. i played it twice now. no real need for money either, the game is very easy i hardly upgraded anything. but then again, i play like a rusher. dont care about story that much, i RAN away from 70% of all the enemies in the game (when you get to checkpoint there is progress movie and the enemies are gone). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenbiglove Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 wow thats a lot of hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S Woollacott Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 My first playthrough was around 16 hours. That was making sure I found everything on every level and a lot of reloading as Bosses killed me loads of times. There is a lot of replayability, but the main game isn't that long. To compare, my first playthrough of Dragon Age was 80+ hours and Mass Effect 2 was around 45. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbomb Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Crikey almighty! How did it take you 80+ hours to finish Dragon Age, I did a vast majority of the side quests AND read all the dialogue and did it in 32 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S Woollacott Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Crikey almighty! How did it take you 80+ hours to finish Dragon Age, I did a vast majority of the side quests AND read all the dialogue and did it in 32 hours. Did absolutely everything, spoke to my companions constantly, read every single codex entry, you get the idea. I also just took my time. I do in every game I play. That's why I was surprised when I finished AP after 16 odd hours. The way I play, it should have taken longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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