Alpha Protocol is $2 on Steam -- You Should Buy It

[CrawlingPastaHellion]

Unless they pay you to play it, "Alpha Protocol" is not worthy of your time.

 

[Deadyawn]

This is why I hate Steam. They offer a game for 2 bucks. I can't resist and buy it. Then they offer another one, another one and another one. Eventually I end up having spent 500 bucks on games, half of which I've never had any interest in and will likely never play.

Yeah, the exact same thing happens to me. Although last week I got mirror's edge and actually really enjoyed it and it was only $2.50.

 

[KarlMonster]

Two dollars you could better spend to...
Get two candy bars with.
Get 2 52 oz slurpees with
Get a single jumbo container of mixed nuts with
get a jumbo tub of bubble gum with
Get a soda with
Get bag of jelly beans with
get change for two dollars with
Get two dvds from the machine outside of Walgreens
Get one DvD and a 52 oz slurpee(or candy bar) from Racetrac and the machine outside racetrac!
Get a hot dog
get a cheap burger
pay a homeless guy to kick you in the balls
tuck into a cops belt and ask him/her to do a little dance
buy a box of matches(for lulz)
buy magazine
buy a cheap toy
buy a bag of army men
buy bag of chips and some cheap dip
Get a little cowbell.

Ohhhhh man.

I *totally* want a little cowbell!

Edit: IGN gave the game a 6.3, which means its about a 1 on a scale of 1 to 10
So! Cowbell it is!

 

[Deadyawn]

oops. Please ignore this post, it didn't really work.

 

[Bebus]

£1.50 could have gotten me:

Alpha Protocol
A bottle of coke
A pot noodle
A bus ticket
A couple of chocolaet bars
15 goes on the money slider thing at the arcade
A single bottle of mid-level real ale (actually this one is tempting...)

Lucky I have disposable income and can get both game and beer!

 

[Lim3]

Upon the advice of this thread i purchased apha protocal for $US3. That was the price it gave me.

 

[Undead Dragon King]

I ended up getting it. It's TWO FREAKING BUCKS. Yahtzee's review of Alpha Protocol is one of my favorites, and I want to find out personally just what it was about the game that pissed him off so much.

 

[LeQuack_Is_Back]

Already got it, having it twice seems unnecessary. Though for $2 it might be a nice backup to my PS3 copy... Great, now I want to go play it again.

 

[octafish]

For my money it is better game than ME2 at full price. It certainly actual offers real replayability. It really isn't a shooter, it is an espionage RPG.

 

[Laser Priest]

Still two more dollars than I want to pay.

If and when it goes free, perhaps.

 

[operationgenesis]

This is actually perfect. I've been wanting to play this game for awhile, and even though the PC isn't that great, I'd still rather take a risk with the 2 dollars than have to pay 20 or whatever to get it on a console. Consider me sold, OP.

 

[GideonB]

This is actually perfect. I've been wanting to play this game for awhile, and even though the PC isn't that great, I'd still rather take a risk with the 2 dollars than have to pay 20 or whatever to get it on a console. Consider me sold, OP.

£1.50 = good idea
CoH = 80% off = OH CHRIST WHY DO YOU MAKE MY WALLET CRY :'(

 

[Littaly]

It's an OK game, wouldn't go as far as calling it great, there's a lot of problems with it. The thing is that of all the problems it has, all of them brings it down, but none really ruin the experience, so somehow it still holds together. It's definitely worth $2.

 

[Hexenwolf]

I can cook up two cheeseburgers and a few handfuls of french fries and the entire meal costs me less than two dollars, with careful shopping. You seem to be underestimating two dollars.

On the other hand, I bought a bunch of Fallout NV DLC for $7.50 or something a piece on sale at one point, and haven't bothered to even try to play it yet.

I guess i'll give it a shot. Worst case is you owe me two cheeseburgers and three handfuls of french fries.

Where the hell are you buying your meat?!

I got it. It was a game that interested me when it came out, but not enough to pay full price for. So thanks for the heads up on the sale

 

[Wuggy]

I'll buy it when I get off from work. Not because you've sold me to it, but rather to form my own opinion of it. I'm rather cautious of Obsidian's games, but 2 dollars is practically nothing.

 

[Continuity]

Seriously. Just stop what you are doing, and go buy Alpha Protocol. It's a great game. Sure, it might be a little rough around the edges, but once you can get past that, you will be rewarded. It has a lush and incredibly dialogue system: each conversation is interesting, deep, and complex. If you want to see how conversations are done in games, then go play it. It's also one of the very few games that actually DELIVERS on the promise that "every action has a consequence," since the game will change radically depending on how you treat characters and behave in missions (it can tell if you are a stealthy or guns blazing person :O). Just remember that it's NOT a shooter with RPG elements, but an actual RPG. You do have to increase your skill in weapons if you want to use them. You can't just magically equip a pistol and headshot everyone.

I mean, what's the worst that can happen? You don't like it? It's only 2 dollars! What ELSE can you buy with 2 dollars!? Maybe a coke?

I played it through once, it tries hard to be a RPG in the deus ex style but it fails in many disappointing ways. Not least because of the overt console feel and the emphasis on action, plus the choices are too binary, in deux ex you can usually complete your objective in one of 4-5 ways, and that's what really makes the game, where as in AP its usually fight/other or professional/reckless.
Plus I really didn't like they way they organised the quest hubs, sure it lead to some cross over where you could complete the 3 major hubs in any order without breaking the story... but at the same time that pretty much neutered the story itself, as it was forced to deliver itself in confusing and inconclusive pieces. I think it could of benefited substantially from making the progression though the hubs linear... at least then you can build the story more coherently, as in deus ex.

 

[Bostur]

Impressive sale they have going. When do I get time to play all those Total War games...

I already own AP, but yes seriously if you are into 3D RPG'ish games with dialogue like the ME series or DE:HR go buy it. It has flaws for sure, but also some real innovation. It's a good game no matter the price and selling it for $2 is almost sad.

 

[Sateru]

I'm not getting it... mostly because I really don't want to waste the money on a game that I might end up playing once, maybe twice before getting sick of it and just get rid of it and never play it again. Wasting two dollars might not seem like much, but it is still something I much rather save up for something much more better. x3 Like a bottled soda... or aspirin for the mind raping migraine from hell that I'm having at the moment. Either way, I can see this as a great thing for people who like the game, but I prefer to use my two dollars on a more worthwhile investment of my time...

 

[Dr. Pepper Unlimited]

I literally just bought it and now I see this thread. Should be worth $2.00 worth of entertainment. :3

 

[Master_Fubar23]

Alirght, I got it after reading this post. I was thinking about getting it before but was like...na. Really do hope that I like this game.