Alpha Protocol - Infostuffs

[TheJimTimMan]

While those of you following the game will likely have already seen these, I found some trailers on Rock, Paper, Shotgun showing off safehouses and some of the more story-based gameplay elements this morning.

The game looks very interesting, certainly one to keep an eye on (and pray it doesn't go completely mad somewhere in the development process...).

Edit: removed illegal wording.

[JaxiD]

That game does look rad.

If I had the money I'd buy it as well as a lot of things.

I like the most the way you have to talk in this game, it gives you a period of time to think of your responce before going with what you have selected, that way there are no long pauses during conversation. Like in Mass Effect.

[TheJimTimMan]

Mass Effect's long pauses gave you time to think things through, a lot of the choices made in the mid-mission conversations shown so far have required twitch decision-making skills (that could have hilarious consequences in-game should you make a mistake, ie pressing the wrong button just before the timer runs out), which could play against you in places where you need that extra time; also it looks like the timer runs out just as the character finishes speaking, something else that could play against you when brains over brawn is required.

Gameplay stuff aside, I reckon it's about time we got a new style of RPG going, one that moves away from the old notions of Good Vs Evil and goes for something less generic and more plot-flexible. Hell, something that just scraps alignment altogether and just goes for fun factor (why, hello there, Borderlands...).