Alpha Protocol

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>>383888417
She ended allright.

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Who?

>>383888745

you monster

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was it rape?

>no ending scene on the boat with Brayko
at least there's a Heck ending

>>383888745
>>383888617
>not sparing best girl
>not being bros with Albatross

Heartless bastards, the lot of ye

>>383889104
>not killing the bitch who tried to kill you
>not rubbing it into Albatross' face at any opportunity

Do you even Thornton?

Any fun builds other than stealth pistol/cqc master?

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Who did you end up on the boat with?

I was alone ;_;

Might give this a replay through since I let everyone die and went full evil asshole somehow my first playthrough, years ago

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>>383889852
>not going recruit full endurance/cqc with a dip of sabotage

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>>383890154
With my best bro

>>383889023
TURN UP

Who Archer here?

Mina best grill

>>383890384
THE RADIO

thread theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAJV2va9V9A

>>383888417
>save sis
But no ending where you two ride off into the sunset

>you can bait albatross if you kill sis
But bait him to do jack shit apparently since the ending seemed no different. Shame since that line is good.

>>383891284
>killing Brayko while reminiscing about Vice City and struggling not to bust out laughing

>>383890330

My nigger

>>383888882
Was I the only one who thought she's a tranny? Mina seemed to imply that A LOT, but then again maybe she was just jealous.

>>383890330
is there even a way to play alpha protocol without the commie beard?

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>>383888417
SCARLET
C
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L
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>>383890330

I just wish the aviator glasses weren't see through like that

>>383890330
Heck is by far my favorite character

>>383892634
Killed that bitch tied to a chair and would do again

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>>383892634
>Iron maiden

>>383892736
>taking things personally instead of realising it was just a job
Bet you like Heck, too.

>>383892860

I used to see it as just a job but then in one of my runs I discovered that Mina was just using me all along, then I started taking things personally ever since

>>383892860
A woman trying to brain rape me? Into the trash it goes.
Heck was the most aware character of all and doesn't bullshit you.

>>383893036
Me too but I still bang her, best of the lot

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>tfw realizing Heck was just pretending to be a mad conspiracy nut as part of his cover

You literally can't think of a better ending than I did.
>High positive reputation with everyone except for Marburg
>Romanced Mina
>Stealth pacifist run, spared everyone the game allowed me to spare
>Albatross as the final handler
>Agreed to Leland's proposal, but double-crossed him in the end
>Mike even made a point of listing every single contact I've befriended before punching Leland out
>Rode away on the boat with my waifu, to make my own Hallbech

There were a few bizarre inconsistensies, though. I killed literally no one in the entire game, yet Parker called me a murderer in our video chat. Also, when Mike freed Mina, he was pissed at her and screamed a lot for using him like a pawn, but later the lovebirds acted like nothing happened.

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>>383892857
Scarlet is literally the perfect wife for Mike. Top-tier taste, great banter, gorgeous, killer personality.

>>383893036
>spoiler
I wouldn't take it so hard, anon. She just did what she had to - she clearly still cares about Mike. In fact, you could make an argument that she did what she did because she liked Mike so much; since she thought he could be trusted to be a good person and do the right thing.

>>383888617
>>383888745
>Executed her on my first playthrough
>Meet Albatross later in the game
>Say I defended myself, but be polite with him
>He's sad but understands
>End up having Albatross as my partner on the final mission
>Tied to bed in the beginning
>Suddenly restraints come off for no reason what so ever
>Literally no one was there
>Find out much later that Sis was supposed to be there to undo the restraints

lol

>>383893386

You ain't fooling me twice, Mina.

>>383893072
>Heck was the most aware character of all and doesn't bullshit you.
He's also the one who was running against you in Taipei. Don't you think it's a little hypocritical to hold that against Scarlet when she was literally just there to pull a trigger? She helps you out, and she'll even go for a body shot on Sung even if she explicitly knows you've warned him, so she clearly doesn't particularly care for Halbech's goals.

>>383893197
I don't think he was merely pretending. I prefer to think that that's his actual personality, he's just a good enough spy to be incredibly competent because of it. Best spy in the game by far.

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>>383892541
>Backwards cap
>Huge beard
>Tech skills
>Shotguns

Angry sysadmin playthrough ftw

Best perk trees to max?

>>383893995
Pistol for a john wick experience.

>>383893995
Pistol, stealth, cqc and utility shit like hacking

>>383893386
And she's a redhead. This is all Avellone's doing.

>>383892634
Best girl!

>>383888417
Why is this game so underrated?

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>mfw I found out you can not only join Leland, but also "join" him, fuck him over and establish your own agency

>>383892227
She's masculine, but not an actual tranny. Mina is just a jealous bitch.

>>383892227
we used to be free of this cancer

>playing this game for the first time.
>Tend to stay professional but can on occasion become impatient and act aggressive.
>Started Rome first and just escaping Marburg's mansion.
>Mina really wants my dick.

Should I fuck her or stay as professional as possible? Is there anyone better I haven't met yet?

>>383895347

there's no real good or bad choices in this game as part of the fun is seeing how all it ties up in the end , just do whatever and live with the consequences

>>383895347
You can fuck every romance option without consequences.
You've probably already met Madison, I thought she's boring as fuck and pissing her off is more fun.
Scarlet becomes more prominent when you visit Taipei, and is the best girl.
Sie is an aggressive German milf that you meet in Moscow, not for everyone though.

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The e-mails in this game are hilarious.

>>383895545
>Aggressive German milf you meet in Moscow.

Well fuck guess I'm heading to Russia.

>game sucks
>story sucks
>put all points into melee
>literally sprint through the game punching anyone who gets in my way to death
>autowin

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>>383895658
>mfw I turned off the TV in my first mission during the briefing

Westridge was like ''what, wai-''

>>383895658
looks like reddit humor to me

>>383895781
She basically rapes you at one point - well, it would definitely be considered rape if the genders were reversed.

So have fun.

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>>383895658
>Username: Mthorton
>Password: M1LFLuv3r

>>383896158
It's not rape if you have an option to refuse, which you do.

what's the best way to play AP?
Controller or M&KB?

Can we all agree that defusing the bomb is literally the only correct option?

>>383896158
>She basically rapes you.

Well fuck me, I'm sold on her.

>>383896836
Yes, fuck Madison.

>>383888417
Is there any point to having good or bad influence with the tutorial guys.

>tfw no Darcy ending
Sega didn't Bioware hard enough

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1Qyt4B4uiU

>>383897271
>Obsidian
My fucking brain

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>>383897291

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>>383896836
>>383897071

>That video on youtube where the protag is a dick to everyone
>Those Madison scenes

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>>383897452
This is the Sis ending.

>>383892634
>showing she has a gun
well that makes the plottwist weaker

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>>383897671
Her relationship perk /is/ titled 'death by zoom lens'

>>383896836
I want to be a complete cunt to Madison and save her anyway. I wonder what the dialogue will be like?

>>383893696
Doesnt the game mention that he just hacks your restraints?

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>>383895545
>>You've probably already met Madison, I thought she's boring as fuck and pissing her off is more fun.
but madison is bestgirl.
>has genuine concern for some random bloke she ran into on a hitlist
>goes beyond asking marburg and tries to call the police
>sucks it up she ends up in some dude's house all day
>when you save her from marburg she ends up becoming a politician that says that excessive anti-terror procedures is letting the terrorists win

>>383897671
Come on, you just knew there was no way she's merely a journalist when you met her.

>>383897893
Doesn't she get butthurt that you let 50 people die for her? I know Mina is like "what the fuck, dude?"

I've discussed this game with my friend lately, and he was absolutely shocked at the revelation that you can switch locations before you complete the storyline - like, do one mission in Moscow, one in Rome, then return to Moscow for more.

I hope none of you are this retarded, guys.

>>383888417
This thread makes me want to get this game and be a dick to everyone. What kind of ending would I get?

>>383897893
She gets angry you saved her and calls you a monster for letting all those people die and expect her to live with it.
If you bone her and save her she understands your actions but feels conflicted.

>>383896836
madison becomes a politician that doesnt want to feel security agencies millions. If you defuse the bomb that does happen.

>>383898496
There is a difference between a journalist that might seem like someone that knows more about politics and secret agencies than she lets on, and a journalist that carries a silenced pistol

>>383898671

Halbech

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>>383898423
>she ends up becoming a politician that says that excessive anti-terror procedures is letting the terrorists win
Good fucking riddance.

>not shooting everyone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUydx57te9s

>>383898751
Halbech ending requires you to have good relationship with Leland.

>>383898660
>I didn't know that either

Then again, the game was a buggy pile of mess that barely ran, so I only played it through once. It was quite a miracle I was even able to finish that playthrough to begin with.

>>383898859
I like this one.

https://youtu.be/mf3q_hVEnIA

>>383898771
Its more of the
>hey lets put a bunch of scanners that will cost you another hour at the airport without providing any additional security, that is totally a good idea
she is against. Hell, the crusades bombing was easy become a security company masterminded it, good luck protecting against that.

>>383894828
I had that face on my last playthrough. I did my best to top that "Michael Thornton, Complete Psychopath" clip video on Youtube and succeeded spectacularly.

why do so many people hate Alpha Protocol?

I think it's easily one of the best RPGs of its time

>>383899474
Probably subhuman console players.
Or people who played before the patches.

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>>383893870
Why the fag glasses, bro?
>Tech skills
What are you, a nerd?

>>383893870
>Shotguns
Have fun fighting Darcy

Melee is surprisingly effective and satisfying in this game.

>>383899980
Until you meet bosses, yes. Braiko is brutal, but Darcy is downright an insult to melee players.

>>383900026
I don't remember ever fighting Darcy in my several playthroughs.

>>383899803
Man, without having pistol mastery putting that faggot out of his misery is far too difficult.

>>383899474
Yeah, one of the best RPGs but also one of the shittiest action games ever.

>every playthrough I make of this game I always play professionally
>if I ever choose aggressive options it's only against villains
>everyone always likes me, even the villains themselves
>if I pick any aggressive options in regular conversations it makes me feel bad

Why am I such a boring person

>>383895873
You don't think that the fact that a melee only option exists makes the game fantastic?

Who /Halbech/ here?


It felt so satisfying every time I impressed Leland with my professionalism.

>>383900065
You fight him right before the final boss, he's the faggot who sits in a tower, where you can barely see him, and throws six gorillion grenades per second at you, while you also have to fight against his henchmen.

>>383900154
I really don't see the point of Halbech ending. If you're gonna sell out, go all the way and get Thorton Inc.

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>>383900108
I don't know, but if you haven't baited Marburg at least once you're missing out. You'll do it in every playthrough from then on.

>>383900154
>Leland
It is so incredibly satisfying to bluff him so he has no idea G22 exists and then in the endgame, suddenly spec ops

>>383900183
It was always Westrige who I had to fight before Leland.

>>383900108
Because you are a boring person in real life
But that's fine. Most of us are boring in real life, but we are safely secure in our boring lives that we don't need to go ballistic in make believes acting like idiots and assholes

>>383900108
You're the first person I see who likes perofessional. It's either agressive, if you want to be a dick to everyone, or suave, if you want to be Archer.

I really wanted to work for Albatross to be honest
He seems like a good enough guy and Sis is bae

Who /veteran/ here?

>>383900396
Now I'm confused. Aren't Westridge and Leland mutually exclusive?

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>>383900496
Hey my friend!
Cone... to go?

>>383899803
I do admit that shotguns in AP hot garbage. I was regretting it after the first few levels, but stuck with it to the end because the story was so good.

>>383889104
>not rescuing Sis from Albatross and antagonizing the shit out of him

No anon, you are heartless

>>383900641
Creepy as fuck. Blew his head off.

>>383900096
it's a spy game not a shoot em up

I remember playing this game almost to the end
It was one of the worst pieces of shit I've ever forced myself through
Is /v/ so contrarian that they act like it's good or is it just blind Obsidian fanboyism kicking in?

>>383900486
I trusted him initially since I did Taiwan first. We even teamed up to prevent the assassination.

I was surprised when Sis decided to attack me on the yacht, which made me suspicious of Albatross. So I killed Sis and we gradually became enemies.

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>>383900641
>mfw I actually bluffed through this because I thought they hired some random bum as gatekeeper so I feigned ignorance after he didnt respond

>>383900496
Represent.

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>>383900738
Same, for scratching his head with the ice scoop.
Hygiene regulations are no joke.

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>>383888417
>mfw I heard what the plans were for Alpha Protocol 2
>"Saints Row 3-esque goofy adventure"
>mfw it's for the best it never got a sequel

>>383898496

>>Blowing her off during the plane scene

S: Let me know if you hear of anything scandalous

M: Wiillllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Doooooooooo!


I like Scarlett in this game, but being a prick is just too much fun.

>>383900757
It's filled with bugs, and it's not a particularily good cover based shooter, but it's an RPG where you choices actually matter, which is a rarity, if not one of a kind.

>>383900743
It's not just a spy game considering half the content is focused on action and facilitating for it. Meanwhile, the mere act of using a ranged weapon that wasn't a pistol was so shit.

>>383900757
We all know the gameplay is a giant dog turd. That's not why you play Alpha Protocol. It's so fondly regarded because it managed to do something Bioware didn't: It made a story where all your choices, from gameplay to dialogue, actually matters.

The story changes significantly based on who you interact with and how. Characters who might be your best allies in one playthrough will be your most bitter enemies in another.

wait you're telling me I could romance that american slut I met in Rome?

>>383900893
Alpha Protocol was fun before dialogue trees in games become the standard.
Now if they make a sequel, people would just think it's some Mass Effect rip off

>>383900997
Shotguns are broken as fuck, since their active skill makes every shot a knockdown for the duration

>>383900997
>half the content is focused on action
how so?
i went through the game multiple times without ever having a shoot out

>>383901010
Yes. In fact, it's so easy, I actually did it on accident in my first playthrough, when I wanted to stay loyal to Mina. Whoops!

>>383900997
The only shit weapons are the SMGs.

Everything else is good if you pour enough points into it.

I find it weird that the Assault Rifles function as snipers, though.

>>383900918
>denying yourself private access to hot lesbian journalist interactions

>>383900918
>not telling her you're a secret agent so you can romance the lesbian journalist
baka

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>>383899803
>mfw I shot him with tranquilizer rounds but the game decides he died
My suave pacifist stealth faggot felt bad.

>>383901010
There's a specific achievement for banging Mina, Scarlett, Madeline, and >>383888882 in a single playthrough.

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>>383901114
>mfw I went with smgs and shotguns

worst decision ever

Any mods that make the gameplay better?

>>383900486
>He seems like a good enough guy and Sis is bae

Sis desperately wants to escape from him, though. Off-camera something is terribly wrong.
If you befriend her and snoop into her backstory Albatross gets pissed.

>>383893363

My favorite run was Rookie with a shotgun. Answer everything you can with the Rookie special option (gives free points and is pretty amusing) then go out of your way to piss everyone off.

Start of a mission getting briefing? Turn that shit off on them. Stealth mission? Fuck that I'm a guy specializing in SHOTGUNS and HEALTH. Just ignore the alarms and shotgun my way through everything. There is a certain satisfaction for angering all the romancable girls (and you get a perk for it, you get perks for almost everything in this game).

Shame it has been so long I can't remember what ending I did with that run. Generally the best endings are the one where you backstab Leland, or if you join Leland and have cigars on the boat out with him.

>>383900738
>>383900794
>>383900892
>not recognising Gelato Man as one of the best spies in the game, behind only _Heck_
>stopping yourself from getting a free cone of delicious gelato
...I don't like the mountains.

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>>383901010
Also... That face when you realize she's the daughter of the dick who puts you through the stealth course, Parker.

>>383901218
I know, right. It really feels like pacifist run was added late in the development, because, for example, Parker will call you a murderer even if you didn't kill a single person in the entire game.

>>383901372
>Turn that shit off on them
Holy shit, you can do that?

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Alpha Protocol was the first game I "hacked", as in went into the files and fucked around with the numbers and stats
Shit was fun and made me feel like a hacker.

>>383901389
Parker is based, outmanoeuvring him over the course of the game and then convincing him to side with you solely with cold hard logic is great.

>>383901449
It's literally in the tutorial.

>>383901221
>There's a specific achievement for banging Mina, Scarlett, Madeline, and >>383888882 in a single playthrough.

LEL wtf? I barely got laid with Mina and you're telling me I could do all at the same time.

I always wanted to actually finish a rookie playthru so I could go back and do a super veteran playthru but never could

>>383901372
I bet you even ignore the orphan counts in the debrief

>>383901449
There's a LOT you can do in the game which you wouldn't think they'd allow, but do.

Some of the dossier information is almost impossible to get (we're talking needing-a-guide levels of hidden) and it can make major changes to the game or even open up new paths, like when you can figure out that Brayko's not the arms dealer and can go take the real one out.

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What did she mean by this?

>>383901643
>orphan counts in the debrief
That bit was a little disturbing when I first saw it, but it became hilarious when I realized how the number works

>>383901654
>like when you can figure out that Brayko's not the arms dealer and can go take the real one out.

Was that supposed to be hidden?
I did that my first playthrough.

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>>383901685
Worst girl

>>383901586
>I barely got laid with Mina
You're hopeless. You can easily get +10 reputation with her halfway through middle east - she's easy to impress and very hard to offend.

>>383901654
Finding out that Brayko isn't the arms dealer is easy though. I found that out on my first playthrough.

Killing Marburg in Rome, though? That shit requires serious autism to trigger.

>>383901821
>That shit requires serious autism to trigger.
Or you can just play Suave, and you'll end up doing it by accident.

>>383901654
Winning the gold medal in dying.

>>383901909
You have to gather his dossier 100%, it's not that easy.

>>383901654

yeah I've never got 100% dossier in a single playthrough. I don't bother reading up on AP besides some of the funnier perks you can pick up.

You can get a fucking perk for using the voice mimic on peoples crotches. If Alpha Protocol had better actual gunplay and stealth it would be the best game ever. The dialogue wheel, while common these days does a good job of giving you the illusion of choice throughout the story because the game remembers what you do and brings them back up often with consquences or benefits. You also feel rewarded for whatever style of play you go with. Violent and open? The game gives perks that helps that. Stealthy and non-lethal? Perks. Everyone loves you? Perks. Everyone hates you? Perks.

Lessons can be learned from AP and it's a shame no one has tried to mimic just how much Alpha protocol acts like your decisions matter. Its why I can still go back to the game and enjoy some dumb idea for a run. I know I'll be rewarded in some way for the replay.

>>383901586
Yep. It's annoying to do because it basically locks you out of half the "funny psychopath" options (except with SIE, who LIKES them) but it's possible.

Hell, the game does some fucking awesome shit behind the scenes if you pay attention. If you act like a psycho and kill a bunch of people in the Middle East, your orphan counter goes up by multiples because they generally have big families, but do it in Taipei and the counter only goes up by 1 each time because of China's "One Child" policy.

>>383901909
You need to 100% Marburg's dossier as well has be suave, which requires you to collect various pieces of easily missable Intel.

>>383901715
>>383901821
Fuck, I didn't figure it out until my third run through the game, but I did manage to get my showdown with Marburg on the first. Probably because I did Russia first and Rome last.

>>383901956
Maybe I just got lucky, but I did it on my first playthrough. The only dossier piece that's really hard to get is the one that Mina sends you if you don't sexually harass her. I don't remember if it was Parker or Marburg one.

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>>383902013
>SIE's face when you just just fucking shoot at her instead of hearing her out

I'm on a Obsidian Games Marathon, Alpha Protocol is currently downloading.
Is this game meant for multiple playthroughs?
What should I do for this first one?

>>383901685
That she's the best girl, obviously.
>Don't worry, half of my job is turning boring details into exciting headline news
kekekeke

>>383901715
>Was that supposed to be hidden?
It's semi-hidden, since it requires you to find dossier info and actively interrogate Brayko during the conversation. The actually hidden stuff like working out who Halbech's coordinator in Taipei is is fucking incredible, though.

>>383902259
Rookie so you can get Veteran.

>>383901070
>>383901114
>i went through the game multiple times without ever having a shoot out
That's your prerogative. I played the game only three times trying different builds, location combination and approach:

>professional stealthy pistol/melee
>suave techy smg
>asshole with a shotgun
The stealth playthrough was so much better. That said, I'm glad the game was able to still surprise me even at the third playthrough. Sega needs to give this IP another chance.

>>383902259
Suave Rookie.

Fuck guys, I think I need to reinstall Alpha Protocol again.

>tfw everyone plays with the terrorist beard

>>383902259

Rookie to be honest, you aren't punished that much for it and if you use all the rookie options at the prologue it gives you a bunch of free exp once you get to the game proper. Even a normal run you are swimming in experience. Veteran you unlock after is fucking insane for how much you get.

>>383902259
Stealth, pistols, hacking, melee - those are the skills that will carry you, especially pistols. And yes, it's meant for multiple playthroughs, because it can be beaten in just so many different ways.

damn it, im going to have to play this again now.

you guys didn't let dickface accuse you of warcrimes, right?

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>>383902350
How else can you hide the fact that you are a super secret spy?

>>383902259
I've played through the game 7 times and still haven't seen everything. So yes, you need to play through it multiple times.

Do whatever you want the first time through.

>>383902398

Stealth and Pistols are OP as fuck. Best for a no alarms, no deaths run too.

>>383902458
>>383902398
>>383902393
>>383902328
>>383902294
God dammit /v/ you're making me excited.
Game is installing now, I am ready.
So go full pistol and stealth?

>>383902259
Suave Rookie is difficult because of the XP deficit to start, but worth it for the extra responses. On the other hand, going with the freestyle option so you can put points into hacking, lockpicking, stealth, and pistols is probably your best bet for a stealthy, pacifist run.

>>383902501
Pistols and stealth is game-breakingly OP. Martial arts and stealth is good too.

Make any build you want as long as you don't pick SMGs.

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>Alpha Protocol is 17CAD
Is it worth it, bros?

This game is up there with deus ex and bloodlines in terms of REINSTALLING

>>383902501
Yep.

If you're going nonlethal with the pistol, you may have problems building up ammo for the tranq rounds. IIRC you start with one "free" clip for each weapon at the start of each mission, and the game also uses your ammo counter for unloaded rounds at the end of the mission to keep track. So basically the closer you get to the end of a mission, the more you'll want to watch your reloads.

Upgrading to extended ammo clips for pistols is a MUST for this as well.

Pistols are boring, do Stealth Melee, metal gear style

Just Saiyan. also you can't non lethal someone with bullets.

>>383902790
>>383902694
Aight, im going in balls deep and raw now.

>>383902259
>Is this game meant for multiple playthroughs?
Yes. It has an incredible amount of reactivity, and a lot of details that don't resolve until you've seen a couple of playthroughs.
>What should I do for this first one?
Don't read this thread before you came it, it contains spoilers.

As far as gameplay? You'll want Master Awareness and at least some skill with stealth, pistols and some hacking - you don't have to go stealth/nonlethal, but in case you do want to it's very difficult without those skills.
Choices? Do whatever you want, but I'd advise being friendly to most of your allies. Get as much Intel as you can, buying as much Dossier info as you can and maps as well (you'll have more than enough money).

Spoiler-free advice: in Taipei, bug ALL the servers. In Moscow, spare the girl on the boat.

>>383902743
Maybe.

Look, the gameplay is crap. Like, really crap. Like, it has no business even pretending to be an action game crap. You know how Mass Effect 2 was a major improvement, gameplay-wise, over ME1? Alpha Protocol is a same step of the same magnitude away from ME1's shooting and cover in the opposite direction.

>>383902758
And I have still beaten this game fucking at least seven times by now and am happily reinstalling for number eight.

That's how good the dialogue is. You know how Most games turn moral choice into "Do the right thing or do the right thing with a sneer on your face"?

This game doesn't do that. This game lets you be a complete fucking psychopath throughout the game if you want to be.

>>383902501
>>383902743

Thing to remember is that Alpha Protocol is best when it comes to how responcive it is to your actions, it's pretty good roleplay in that sense. However it is kind of bad on the actual gunplay and stealth mechanics. Both are functional but they are kind of generic. Early levels are generic as fuck but once you get to the main campaign it picks up.

It's a not a perfect game, just it does some things rather well and people really liked that. It has consquences and benefits for how you play the game. It's nice like that and I wish more games would have learned from it.

>tfw this game was a complete commercial failure

REEEE

>>383903248
Of course it was, it's a bug-ridden mess with shitty gameplay. But we love it in spite of it.

>>383902795
>Pistols are boring, do Stealth Melee, metal gear style
>Just Saiyan. also you can't non lethal someone with bullets.
True, but there are a few times the game gives you enemies that are literally unreachable with melee, so if you want to go stealth/nonlethal literally your only recourse is with pistols looking at you, Taipei warehouse
It's honestly just best for a new player to take at least moderate proficiency with pistols, it gives you the most options.

>>383902992
Good luck, anon! Enjoy it. I hear the Adirondacks are beautiful this time of year.

>wallpaper
>623x350
??????????

So how is it on PC? Any good? Or would finding a cheap used copy be easier.

>>383903248
To be fair, I can see why. Gameplay isn't that great, there is a pretty decent amount of bugs, and some skills are blatantly better then others.
It's a real damn shame though that it feels like nothing positive about this game has been really recreated yet. They had that timer on answer shit in other games, but it didn't require me to make split second decisions(Turns out I have autism for intel, who knew?) that I was forced to deal with. Maybe with the small following it seems to have it will be revived in some way in the future, but I doubt it. And even if it does, it might end up like tyranny or numera.

>>383903583
Trust me, you DON'T want to play it on a console.

>>383895658
Dear Steven,

Please shut the fuck up.

-Thorton

>>383903364
> but there are a few times the game gives you enemies that are literally unreachable with melee
its been a while since I played but is there not a stealth skill?

i've been playing assassins creed so the idea of impossible melee doesn't phase me much right now.

>>383903947
No he means there are several bosses you literally cannot harm with melee, and you're trapped in a small area with them

>>383904149
yeah I remember a couple of those

one I specifically remember is definatly trying to kill you though so straight up throw grenades and shoot back.

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>>383888417
>when you got the faggot ending on the yacht with the pshyco

>>383901586
I did it in my first playthrough. It's kinda easy to do.

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>>383888417
Thanks for a comfy AP thread, anons!

>>383888417
There was but it was dropped because someone on the writing team found the age-difference between her and Thornton creepy.

>>383905074
moralfags strike again.

>>383888417

>post literally anything close to mentioning Sis/Albatross
>dumb heckposters come crawling out of the woodwork

Yeah nahh albatross is the real deal, real bro, always got your back, especially after you agree to his request in Taipei post-Moscow.

Him and sheikh terrorman are my bros, always help them out

>>383901390
>Mission where you have to infiltrate that museum or whatever it was
>Knock out a guard
>"WHAT THE FUCK THORNTON, HE WAS JUST DOING HIS JOB"

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>first playthrough
>all points into stealth, hacking, and pistol
>chain shot for days, stealthier than a ghost, and the fucking hackerman
>get my hacker ass handed to me in pic related
Fuck this mission.

>>383905436

That says more about you than the game. I had the exact same build and not one fight was hard. I was literally a god.

Anyone know a way to pirate this game? I tried skidrow's and it took forever.

>>383906549

nigger it's 15 dollars.

>>383906846
i dunwunna pay money

>>383906549
https://gazellegames.net/torrents.php?id=3273

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>>383895658
>>383903858

>>383900383
>suddenly spec ops
never got this to work

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>>383906549
>mfw I just realized I still have this game installed from when I pirated it years ago
do I do it, lads?

>>383907683
Is it at least patched? Seriously, you do not want to play it unpatched.

>>383907746
is 1.1 the latest one?

>>383908112
Yes.

>>383908201
Fuck yeah, thanks anon.

>this entire thread
FUCK. I've been playing this game since it's release, beat it dozens of times and I'm still finding out new things to do.
Gonna start an agressive playthrough now

>>383903604
I would be very happy with an isometric, low-budget sequel to this game. The actual third-person shooting was the worst part any ways.