ALPHA PROTOCOL is a bit dated graphically and the AI enemies are sometimes terrible in their actions. They are all too aggressive, meaning you can make a noise from a good cover location and they will come to you, making things easy.

The RPG elements are fairly standard but putting points into health and primary weapons seems to be about all you need to do, unless you want to try and stealth the game. There are bonuses to gain from conversations as well as penalties for continued actions that annoy a character, but they make little difference. There are also some pretty standard upgrade elements to purchase with money found through scouring rooms during the game. Push all this into armour and you'll be fine. The RPG side of the game has only a small impact on things and you still have a fairly linear shooter with people helping you in missions who shouldn't. Character choices will influence who is on hand to help you in the final missions, but again, I doubt it really matters who the AI assistant is.

The shooter part of the game is a fairly basic cover shooter system and this too suffers from a lack of complexity and some glitches in enemy AI. If you equip yourself with a rifle of some sorts and a close quarters weapon then you will be fine, whatever happens. There are multiple ways to targets sometimes, but it isn't widespread. On the plus side the draw distance and long range shooting is excellent and the missions are engaging enough to be called enjoyable. Although the story is fairly hollow and I don't really care about the people in it or what kind of character I'm playing. There are different endings depending on actions and choices in the game, but it isn't that good a game that I'm bothered to discover what they are.

Overall this is a rather simple RPG and a rather simple Cover shooter FPS put together and the experience is decent enough. It has the overall feel of a sequel to Project Snowblind and on a discount is worth the 12-15 hours you'll put into it. I just about recommend it.

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ALPHA PROTOCOL is a bit dated graphically and the AI enemies are sometimes terrible in their actions. They are all too aggressive, meaning you can make a noise from a good cover location and they will come to you, making things easy. The RPG elements are fairly standard but putting points into health and primary weapons seems to be about all you need to do, unless you want to try and stealth the game. There are bonuses to gain from conversations as well as penalties for continued actions that annoy a character, but they make little difference. There are also some pretty standard upgrade elements to purchase with money found through scouring rooms during the game. Push all this into armour and you'll be fine. The RPG side of the game has only a small impact on things and you still have a fairly linear shooter with people helping you in missions who shouldn't. Character choices will influence who is on hand to help you in the final missions, but again, I doubt it really matters who the AI assistant is. The shooter part of the game is a fairly basic cover shooter system and this too suffers from a lack of complexity and some glitches in enemy AI. If you equip yourself with a rifle of some sorts and a close quarters weapon then you will be fine, whatever happens. There are multiple ways to targets sometimes, but it isn't widespread. On the plus side the draw distance and long range shooting is excellent and the missions are engaging enough to be called enjoyable. Although the story is fairly hollow and I don't really care about the people in it or what kind of character I'm playing. There are different endings depending on actions and choices in the game, but it isn't that good a game that I'm bothered to discover what they are. Overall this is a rather simple RPG and a rather simple Cover shooter FPS put together and the experience is decent enough. It has the overall feel of a sequel to Project Snowblind and on a discount is worth the 12-15 hours you'll put into it. I just about recommend it. [img]https://i.imgur.com/URYcKWS.jpg[/img]