Adam Sessler caught up with Sega's Matthew Hickman from Sega to talk about Alpha Protocol. The espionage-based RPG differs from its genre-mates in many ways. There are no elves, or swords, and AP also promises a more interactive plot structure.
"Unlike some games that only emphasize endings, we also have a branching middle," said Hickman. "Everything you do causes change within the game. You have different interactions with people, events and places depending on how you choose to go through your missions."
"It's how you choose to do dialog, and also if you choose to kill someone or be non-lethal with people, it's everything culminating together. It's very gray, like the real world. They're real world scenarios, so it's not clear who the bad guy and the good guy, it all depends on you," Hickman told us.
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pipspoolcleaning3
Great interview, but no footage? Kind of a let down.
Sage_Sakyia
It's not really all that original. the game sounds a lot like Deus Ex, in the respect of being able to choose the path you want to take. Like, go in guns a blazing, or use stealth and take out everyone 1 by one, or hack computers and make turrets/robots kill your enemies, you get the idea. Having 2-4 different routes or "paths" to choose from roughly, with just about every scenario. They're claiming you can play the whole game without shooting anyone also, yeah, the the same was said about about Deus Ex. I'm not bashing the game, in fact, I'm looking forward to it. Just saying, it's not THAT original, that type of formula has been used before.
aztecyankee
This games looks great hope controls aren't broken.
robeman
These guys actually know what they are doing, they clearly have their specifics down considering they at no point in this said "thats a secret" or "I cant tell you that" meaning they do know exactly what they are doing.
emiwtsn
I like Obsidian, glad they've decided to make a leap and create an original IP, hopefully Sega has given them the time to really polish and finish the game in ways Atari and Lucasarts didn't with Nwn2 and Kotor 2.
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Tony267
I'll believe all this when I see it, but it sounds promising.
DarthHerter
this could quite possibly give mass effect a run for its money
MaVannas
Thanks for the update Stephen and good interview Adam.
ThePsychoGamer
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I wonder how sega will screw up this cool concept up?
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