5 years after it was yanked from digital shops, Obsidian’s cult basic espionage RPG—Alpha Protocol—is again and higher than ever due to GOG.com.
Alpha Protocol is a spy-themed RPG that lets characters discover the world whereas stopping dangerous guys utilizing weapons, stealth, and easy 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 modern setting and superior dialogue choices. Nevertheless, its fight wasn’t enjoyable and quite a few glitches made it laborious to totally take pleasure in this distinctive spy RPG. After which in 2019, the sport was delisted from Steam attributable to expiring music licenses. Fortunately for folk 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 recreation was as soon as once more in the stores and play through 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 assist for Dualsense, Dualshock, Xbox, and Swap gamepads, and is playable on fashionable working methods with no modding or tweaking mandatory. Oh, and achievements from the console variations have been added to this new PC launch, too.
Certain, Obsidian’s extra well-known 2010 RPG—which got here out about 4 months later in October—is Fallout: New Vegas, arguably the higher recreation and actually one with extra followers in 2024 than Alpha Protocol. However let’s not let this oddball recreation be forgotten.
For $20 (or $18 proper now for a restricted time) and with fashionable controller and PC assist, I feel Obsidian’s lesser-loved spy RPG is value testing once more. It’s not fairly often we get big-budget RPGs set in a contemporary world from a developer with such an ideal observe report. It’s not excellent, it may be a bit annoying at instances, and also you may run into some bugs. However hey, the identical will be mentioned about New Vegas, and loads of individuals (myself included) adore that recreation.
So I say give Alpha Protocol a shot! Be a suave and crafty spy. Or simply lie, cheat, and kill your solution to the highest. The sport permits for that, too.
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