Alpha Protocol
Playing Alpha Protocol is like putting together a 5,000-piece jigsaw
puzzle with 500 pieces missing: You get a sense of what the big picture
should have been, but the final product is still maddeningly incomplete.
This intriguing role-playing game boasts an extraordinarily flexible
plot, in which your choices have real consequences both on the story and
on the gameplay. Sadly, almost every other element has been skimped
upon, resulting in an awkward amalgam of half-baked gameplay elements
that never come together. On paper, Alpha Protocol sounds thrilling: You
can go into each mission guns blazing, sneak up on your enemies to take
them down before they see you coming, or mix and match methods as you
see fit all while hacking computers and picking locks to uncover the
enemies' deepest secrets. In practice, none of these mechanics work out
very well. Terrible AI, a too-close camera angle, and other annoying
inconsistencies make the stealth route feel random and unsatisfying.
These issues, along with the unreliable cover system and a number of
bugs and weapon imbalances, make shooting feel equally clumsy. It's easy
to appreciate Alpha Protocol for its high ambitions; it's just not that
much fun to play it.
Genre : Adventure / Action / RPG
PRICE : RM24
