5 years after it was yanked from digital shops, Obsidian’s cult traditional espionage RPG—Alpha Protocol—is again and higher than ever because of GOG.com.
Alpha Protocol is a spy-themed RPG that lets characters discover the world whereas stopping dangerous guys utilizing weapons, stealth, and clean speaking. It was developed by Obsidian and launched in 2010 to blended critiques and low gross sales. On the time, the sport was praised for its up to date setting and superior dialogue choices. Nevertheless, its fight wasn’t enjoyable and quite a few glitches made it exhausting to totally take pleasure in this distinctive spy RPG. After which in 2019, the sport was delisted from Steam because of expiring music licenses. Fortunately for people who take pleasure in this flawed however particular RPG, Alpha Protocol is again from the digital graveyard on PC.
On March 20, GOG introduced that the Sega-published spy sport was as soon as once more that can be purchased and play by way of its storefront. As with all different GOG-released video games, Alpha Protocol is DRM-free. However even higher, this new launch consists of cloud saves, all the unique licensed music, full controller help for Dualsense, Dualshock, Xbox, and Change gamepads, and is playable on trendy working methods with no modding or tweaking crucial. Oh, and achievements from the console variations have been added to this new PC launch, too.
Positive, Obsidian’s extra well-known 2010 RPG—which got here out about 4 months later in October—is Fallout: New Vegas, arguably the higher sport and definitely one with extra followers in 2024 than Alpha Protocol. However let’s not let this oddball sport be forgotten.
For $20 (or $18 proper now for a restricted time) and with trendy controller and PC help, I feel Obsidian’s lesser-loved spy RPG is price testing once more. It’s not fairly often we get big-budget RPGs set in a contemporary world from a developer with such an amazing monitor report. It’s not good, it may be a bit annoying at occasions, and also you may run into some bugs. However hey, the identical could be mentioned about New Vegas, and loads of folks (myself included) adore that sport.
So I say give Alpha Protocol a shot! Be a suave and crafty spy. Or simply lie, cheat, and kill your method to the highest. The sport permits for that, too.
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