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might be time for a replay, it's been a while (AP)
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Alpha Protocol Is still an awesome game. Hell I'm deleting cp2077 for space in my SSD for another run. I'm going to do a totally rear end in a top hat Thornton run.
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May 26, 2021 11:23
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I got my copy of Alpha Protocol off Steam in some Steam sales years ago for like 2 bucks. Why yes, I did get my two dollars worth out of it.
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May 26, 2021 12:06
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For some reason my physical copy of Alpha Protocol on PC stopped working so I got it again on Steam. Glad I did too considering it was eventually delisted.
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May 26, 2021 12:19
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Ice Phisherman posted:Where do you pick up Alpha Protocol these days? Got a physical copy off of Ebay for like $15. The seller I got it from seems to have several copies is the good news. Comte de Saint-Germain posted:We talking about Alpha Protocol in here again? What a coincidence: https://www.thegamer.com/alpha-protocol-making-of/
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May 26, 2021 14:50
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AP came out in that brief period where it seemed (to me anyway) that Mass Effect 1/2 would be the template for most future AAA action/rpg games. It certainly left a mark, but was basically dead by the point the PS4 came out.
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May 26, 2021 15:38
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"alpha protocol article posted:you’re a super spy who can flit between various archetypes - the three JBs: Jason Bourne, James Bond, and Jack Bauer. i know this will never happen because it wouldnt sell but i really really wish someone could make a "spy" game that was a lot more like the john lecarre/graham greene/eric ambler type of spy story rather than the ian fleming/tom clancy/robert ludlum type of spy story
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May 26, 2021 15:49
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Mata Hari RPG where the body size slider/sexuality actually has a gameplay affect (oh no! Baron Von Moustache is an rear end man and has no interest in you!)
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May 26, 2021 15:59
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Palpek posted:Not only that, CDPR themselves said in the most recent call with investors that according to their analytics the PSN ban even influenced the ammount of sales on other platforms due to bad PR. Chalk me up as one of those that was hyped for years for 2077 and I still haven't bought it. When it finally hits 50% off I'll give it a go on PC, it's nuts they've only gone down to 20% off on steam after the mess it is and being 6 months out.
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May 26, 2021 16:37
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Fenarisk posted:Chalk me up as one of those that was hyped for years for 2077 and I still haven't bought it. When it finally hits 50% off I'll give it a go on PC, it's nuts they've only gone down to 20% off on steam after the mess it is and being 6 months out. they're probably hoping to salvage it with a future refresh, and don't want to further plummet the perceived value with deep discounts in the mean time
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May 26, 2021 16:42
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I let my friend Brad borrow my copy of Alpha Protocol and he moved to Denver! He is on my forever poo poo list! Denver is far away from me, by the way. edit: I have his copy of Fable 2, so glass houses and all that.
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May 26, 2021 17:00
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Robobot posted:I let my friend Brad borrow my copy of Alpha Protocol and he moved to Denver! He is on my forever poo poo list! I went to this garage sale in 2006, we only stopped to ask directions, but there was literally a pile of NES' on the lawn along with untold accessories and games, etc. I asked how much for one of the consoles. Take the lot for $20 the lady responded. Her son had moved out and I assume eventually came home to find what she'd done and I hate to think of that ending. I got like a 50lb potato sack full of 4 NES', an original gameboy, this NES dance pad thing, all the accessories for all of it including NES controllers I'd never seen before, one disc from..Shadow..something? Some PC game? Road Rash for Genesis, the list went on and on. The end of this pointless story is that I ended up temporarily trading the Gameboy to a buddy of mine for Megaman 3, and never swapped back. I think he came out better on that one. Fenarisk posted:Chalk me up as one of those that was hyped for years for 2077 and I still haven't bought it. When it finally hits 50% off I'll give it a go on PC, it's nuts they've only gone down to 20% off on steam after the mess it is and being 6 months out. I wish I could say "theres too many other quality AAA games out there you should play instead" but gaming has become another predictable medium no different than pop music where execs sit around a table and decide what sells and thus that must be manufactured, nothing else. I would compare the game to mediocre buffet. You get your fill but there isn't much quality. Of course, the more you dwell on that dilemma, the more you find yourself coming back to the same result that no matter which game you play, its all a waste of time unless you're earning from it. Cyberpunk 2077 - life is meaningless codo27 fucked around with this message at 17:43 on May 26, 2021 |
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May 26, 2021 17:39
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I've been playing Days Gone and it is loving amazing. I'm puzzled how a game this good can not get the attention it deserves.
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May 26, 2021 17:55
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Tenzarin posted:I've been playing Days Gone and it is loving amazing. I'm puzzled how a game this good can not get the attention it deserves. Because it’s a totally boring 3rd person zombie action game with crafting and collectibles without a single original idea in its head and a poorly edited story that is very badly written and therefore doesn’t make sense. It’s also loooooooong, it’s like watching 4 seasons of a bad show.
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May 26, 2021 18:45
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I can't stress how good Days Gone is, it is just amazing. One of the best stories of zombies outbreaks ever.
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May 26, 2021 19:19
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Rinkles posted:they're probably hoping to salvage it with a future refresh, and don't want to further plummet the perceived value with deep discounts in the mean time
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May 26, 2021 19:24
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Robobot posted:He doesn't care. He just rolls with it and teases you back. Jackie really is the best character in the game. And you only interact with him for like three missions. I still think the set-up for the Street Kid origin is the best: Just two best friends who want to be Night City legends. Just this totally aspirational story about two chucklefucks who get in way, way, way over their heads. And yeah, Jackie is loving awesome.
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May 26, 2021 19:27
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Bust Rodd posted:Because it’s a totally boring 3rd person zombie action game with crafting and collectibles without a single original idea in its head and a poorly edited story that is very badly written and therefore doesn’t make sense. after replaying disco this is exactly the game i wanted. just a good AAA experience without any bullshit. the thing runs like silk on my pc, the gameplay loop is great and you actually feel like the world is dangerous. everyone should try it imo Zeroisanumber posted:I still think the set-up for the Street Kid origin is the best: Just two best friends who want to be Night City legends. Just this totally aspirational story about two chucklefucks who get in way, way, way over their heads. shame that your character origins dont matter at all
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May 26, 2021 20:15
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Zeta Acosta posted:after replaying disco this is exactly the game i wanted. just a good AAA experience without any bullshit. the thing runs like silk on my pc, the gameplay loop is great and you actually feel like the world is dangerous. I found the loop boring, especially when you realize you have to do almost everything in the order the game dictates, in the order the base leaders give you missions, almost one by one.
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May 26, 2021 20:19
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It was strange that of all the openings, the corpo one has a prior relationship with Jackie. That the street kid and nomad meet him for the first time during the opening feels wrong, at least for the street kid. Was it for dramatic effect, big spoiler: meeting the AI version of Jackie holds a bit more weight if it's your childhood friend being experimented on by your former employer
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May 26, 2021 20:36
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Zeroisanumber posted:I still think the set-up for the Street Kid origin is the best: Just two best friends who want to be Night City legends. Just this totally aspirational story about two chucklefucks who get in way, way, way over their heads.
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May 26, 2021 20:43
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I did nomad since I saw the opening mission and it looked kind of cool. Beyond that it was nothing special, and it actually gets strangely awkward in all the nomad missions because while there are a some specific dialogue lines that only the nomad backstory can give, there is also a bunch of dialogue that doesn't seem to fit and would more seem to fit a V from one of the other two backstories who doesn't know anything about the nomads.
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May 26, 2021 20:46
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Went corpo and after seeing that it only lasts for less than 10m I knew all the other starting stories were also super short and pointless.
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May 26, 2021 21:40
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Shumagorath posted:Minute-to-minute I preferred Corpo, but that is a great over-arching plot. Honestly the Corpo rat who becomes an anti-Corp vigilante and ends up leaving Night City with a group of nomads is a pretty great character arc.
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May 26, 2021 21:44
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Play posted:I did nomad since I saw the opening mission and it looked kind of cool. Beyond that it was nothing special, and it actually gets strangely awkward in all the nomad missions because while there are a some specific dialogue lines that only the nomad backstory can give, there is also a bunch of dialogue that doesn't seem to fit and would more seem to fit a V from one of the other two backstories who doesn't know anything about the nomads. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdcNpn0N8wg
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May 26, 2021 22:49
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Rinkles posted:I found the loop boring, especially when you realize you have to do[b] almost everything in the order the game dictates, in the order the base leaders give you missions, almost one by one. honestly im enjoying that. i prefer it over cp77 broken narrative. you legit can miss the entire 3 act missions or ending with nothing to do except the kerry-johnny missions.
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May 26, 2021 22:53
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Palpek posted:What's interesting is that within the short spurt of actual reactivity that the game allows in its prologue the nomad origin + technical ability lets you influence the look of Jackie's bike if you choose the right dialogue options: I must've done this on accident because it's always been listed as tuned for me, I thought that was just the name lol
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May 26, 2021 22:56
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Tenzarin posted:I can't stress how good Days Gone is, it is just amazing. One of the best stories of zombies outbreaks ever. This is the Cyberpunk 2077 thread.
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May 27, 2021 00:11
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Yeah we should talk about the awesome improvements such as or the totally awesome dlc
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May 27, 2021 01:16
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I will say that CP2077 ruined me for graphics. The first FPS I've played since putting it down is Prey, and on max settings it looks loving old compared to what I got out of a 1070 in Cyberpunk.
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May 27, 2021 02:42
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saying that the game is bad is oen thing but i will never believe that days gone is good. nice try but you hosed up
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May 27, 2021 04:13
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It's easy to say Mass Effect killed Alpha Protocol until you realize that Mass Effect is a better game in every way except for dialogue and reactivity. Rinkles posted:AP came out in that brief period where it seemed (to me anyway) that Mass Effect 1/2 would be the template for most future AAA action/rpg games. It certainly left a mark, but was basically dead by the point the PS4 came out. Hard disagree. Even unrelated genres like action-adventure (Kassandra  ) have to incorporate a dialogue system and some amount of reactivity. Not only did it not die, but it has become such a staple of gaming that more and more games, from other genres, start to look and play like an Action RPG. Alpha Protocol was cited by multiple CDPR devs as a source of inspiration, so at least anecdotally, it is still influential.I think that is what has built a lot of the disappointment behind Cyberpunk, and also why it is still successful. Most people don't pay attention and got a janky, scifi GTA and were perfectly fine. Some expected a genre-defining opus ala Witcher 3, which would echo across gaming, and were disappointed.  Earwicker posted:i know this will never happen because it wouldnt sell but i really really wish someone could make a "spy" game that was a lot more like the john lecarre/graham greene/eric ambler type of spy story rather than the ian fleming/tom clancy/robert ludlum type of spy story The best AP playthough is to combine James Bond with Jack Bauer, always wear a suit, and set off every alarm for a Sterling Archer Run. 
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May 27, 2021 05:02
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All bioware did to make mass effect is they changed jedi to spectre, and sith to reaper. Boom no more royalties.
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May 27, 2021 05:28
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Back when there really weren't many games that were similar to Deus Ex, Alpha Protocol would often be brought up. But the verdict was always that while it had some good ideas, it just wasn't very good. I'm kind of surprised to see such glowing reviews here. Have I been underestimating it this whole time?
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May 27, 2021 06:36
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Dr_Amazing posted:Back when there really weren't many games that were similar to Deus Ex, Alpha Protocol would often be brought up. But the verdict was always that while it had some good ideas, it just wasn't very good. I'm kind of surprised to see such glowing reviews here. Have I been underestimating it this whole time? ap is very disco, tbqh
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May 27, 2021 06:42
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Alpha Protocol gunplay was rightfully criticised as being poo poo, the character animations were poo poo, that AI was poo poo, the hacking minigames on PC were poo poo and you could break the game over your knee with pistols and the Chain Shot skill. It's still remembered fondly because despite all of this poo poo, the talky parts of the game were really well done, you had a wide range of responsiveness based on your actions and attitude and NPCs remembered stuff.
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May 27, 2021 07:56
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Dr_Amazing posted:Back when there really weren't many games that were similar to Deus Ex, Alpha Protocol would often be brought up. But the verdict was always that while it had some good ideas, it just wasn't very good. I'm kind of surprised to see such glowing reviews here. Have I been underestimating it this whole time? It's hard to say as only 12 people in existence have ever played Alpha Protocol and they all post on the Something Awful games forum.
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May 27, 2021 08:47
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It's me, I'm one of the Alpha Protocol apostles.
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May 27, 2021 09:15
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Dr_Amazing posted:Back when there really weren't many games that were similar to Deus Ex, Alpha Protocol would often be brought up. But the verdict was always that while it had some good ideas, it just wasn't very good. I'm kind of surprised to see such glowing reviews here. Have I been underestimating it this whole time? ZombyDog posted:Alpha Protocol gunplay was rightfully criticised as being poo poo, the character animations were poo poo, that AI was poo poo, the hacking minigames on PC were poo poo and you could break the game over your knee with pistols and the Chain Shot skill. 
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It's still worth a playthrough if you can somehow get ahold of a copy/key.
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