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Directtodrive has some great deals from time to time.graywolf323 said:
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Alpha Protocol |OT| Bourne, Avellone, Denton, and the Agency's Sagacious Secrets
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scarybore
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Baloonatic said:
Pretty sure no AA option is par for the course with Unreal Engine 3, the AF is inexcusable though. It kind of amazes me that Capcom of all companies has pretty much all the graphical options I could ever want a few clicks away and developers doing PC games for much longer fail to do the same.
Anyway, sounds like I might play with my 360 controller then, I find it really weird playing games with menus not designed for keyboard and mouse (recent Bethesda games for instance).
Roughly 6 hours till it unlocks on Steam for me.
Danne-Danger
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You should've seen the options in NWN2.Deathcraze said:
We all know who is to blame here.
Obsidian.
Didn't know this was 25Pounds at www.direct2drive.co.uk. Bought, that's just 30.
A fair price I think. Also you get Space Siege as a bonus, but I don't know what to think of that :lol
A fair price I think. Also you get Space Siege as a bonus, but I don't know what to think of that :lol
krimsoncharge
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Actually, from what was told to us if the score is 8 and above the review can go up. For Anything lower you'll have to wait till june 1st for the embargo to end.Xater said:
Ouch... Can't say I didn't expect that, especially after the map stuff, but it's sad to see. I have a feeling most reviewers will either try too hard to go stealthy or just put every skill point in Assault Rifle and say it's too simple. If we add that to the already finicky looking gunplay and mechanics...
Hank The Tank
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I'd give this game an 8.
Baloonatic
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I've only done the opening section but the stealth seems ok to me. I have a skill which shows enemies' positions and which way they're facing.
Nemesis_
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Larsen B said:
I find the writing alright but the delivery terrible.
The choices, well, they seem to have repercussions but honestly I'm not seeing HEAPS of these repercussions being reflected. For example, in Country A, I am an asshole to someone and cut off their weeapon supply, but then I move on to Country B and it doesn't seem as though any of my decisions have repercussions.
Also, anyone know how to romance? I've almost finished one of the second countries and despite all my efforts it's not paying off. =P
Sir Garbageman
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:lolDarklord said:
I'm gonna have to be doubtful of this, since there's already a 5/10 review floating around from what looks like a fairly-sized outlet.kaysee said:
CabbageRed
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Baloonatic said:
That's a pity. Hopefully they've thrown in poor FOVs for widescreen resolutions with the inability to change it, and a "press [whatever] to play" screen.
ElNarez said:
That's clearly the letter "S," and an S out of Z is very respectable.
brain_stew
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Baloonatic said:
This is pretty standard for UE3 ports. Just jump into the config files and all will be well., the engine allows for lots of old school customisation.
whatevermort
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kaysee said:
Eurogamer say their embargo is up tomorrow afternoon.
krimsoncharge
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Now that I think about it, the game actually releases in our region tom but the review cant go up for a few more dayswhatevermort said:
not that we're scoring it below 8, but our reviewer hasn't completed it yet
water_wendi
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Wow not buying now. Fuck that.kaysee said:
krimsoncharge
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It might be a regional thing since we get our review copies from local distributors and not directly from sega or any publisher for other gamesElNarez said:
LongDongJunon
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syllogism said:
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg...vert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;read-review
Not sure what's going on here but if this is any indication then well...
Edit: Before anyone eats me alive, "Critic Score" denotes an amalgamation of other scores recorded throughout the net.
Joseph Merrick
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really loving this now
not seeing any clumsy mechanics or bugs though :O
not seeing any clumsy mechanics or bugs though :O
I believe by the game being done for a while, they meant Sega took it off them and put it on the shelf until an opportune release window. With Fallout: New Vegas in full swing, you can imagine where the priority would be for the studio.
The oddest thing I noticed today, the trophy data on the PS3 isn't just listed by the game name, it's called 'Alpha Protocol trophy set'. I've never seen that before.
I like the game, and would recommend it still if you're the person who likes Choose Your Own Adventure books and can still enjoy a PS2 shooter, but I think a high 7 is about right for what's here, maybe an 8 depending on how it progresses - there's just so much potential here that it's a shame there likely won't be a Mass Effect 2 style 'we're fixing the shit you didn't like' sequel given how hard a game like this would be to make.
The oddest thing I noticed today, the trophy data on the PS3 isn't just listed by the game name, it's called 'Alpha Protocol trophy set'. I've never seen that before.
I like the game, and would recommend it still if you're the person who likes Choose Your Own Adventure books and can still enjoy a PS2 shooter, but I think a high 7 is about right for what's here, maybe an 8 depending on how it progresses - there's just so much potential here that it's a shame there likely won't be a Mass Effect 2 style 'we're fixing the shit you didn't like' sequel given how hard a game like this would be to make.
This is the perfect example of why I don't think Obsidian are a good developer. There other popular games are almost copy & pasted from other developers yet they keep getting defended.
Kotor 2's core gameplay and graphics weren't changed at all from Kotor 1. What they added felt like something found in an expansion pack, with a full story. Itwas filled with dreaded performance, much worse than the original, bugs, balance issues but was brushed off as LucasArts fault.
NeverWinter Nights 2 was damn near unplayable when it came out but was brushed off as the expansion, finally fixed things up.
Fallout: New Vegas looks identical to Fallout 3 as well. They don't even give a graphics bump or anything.
And now this. No existing IP. No gameplay or core design to base off and enough delays to last a lifetime. And still. Still, this game has the issues that has plagued other games of theirs. No, no excuse this time. The game isn't even long. It's only around 16 hours. That's shorter than Mass Effect 1 which was slammed for only being 20 hours of story.