Alpha Protocol

[MrAngryFace]

beat it last night. WTF was going on around the end of the game  I was all cabbed out on sedatives and my brain basically imploded during all the Endgame stuff.

Seems like a pretty good story overall, my ending was:

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I pretended I was going to join Halbeck but then right at the end my Thorton was like: "fuck you I'm running shit with my worldwide connects" and punched Leland over. I made a lot a lot of friends during the game (Surkov, Braykov, Deng, Heck etc.) so I nabbed the "Thorton inc." achievement. I then quit to dash and reloaded, and watched the ending if you actually join Halbeck. It was pretty funny, Leland and Thorton get their bromance on and hang out and smoke cigars lolozlzozlzoz

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I'm gonna run the game again on easy going all Rambo like with shotguns and rifles (for dem cheevs), I'm also going to piss off and/or kill everyone. What a sweet game.

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I got pretty much EVERYONE killed- my ending was just me on a boat sailing off into the sunset.

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[The Sceneman]

haha

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yeah thats what I'm planning for 2nd play, kill everyone and piss everyone off. Lots of different achievements to collect for playing that route.

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[MrAngryFace]

its awesome- AP is an unsung hero of this gen

[pilonv1]

beat it last night. WTF was going on around the end of the game  I was all cabbed out on sedatives and my brain basically imploded during all the Endgame stuff.

Seems like a pretty good story overall, my ending was:

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I pretended I was going to join Halbeck but then right at the end my Thorton was like: "fuck you I'm running shit with my worldwide connects" and punched Leland over. I made a lot a lot of friends during the game (Surkov, Braykov, Deng, Heck etc.) so I nabbed the "Thorton inc." achievement. I then quit to dash and reloaded, and watched the ending if you actually join Halbeck. It was pretty funny, Leland and Thorton get their bromance on and hang out and smoke cigars lolozlzozlzoz

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I'm gonna run the game again on easy going all Rambo like with shotguns and rifles (for dem cheevs), I'm also going to piss off and/or kill everyone. What a sweet game.

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I got pretty much EVERYONE killed- my ending was just me on a boat sailing off into the sunset.

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With Heck? That's the one I got

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[MrAngryFace]

beat it last night. WTF was going on around the end of the game  I was all cabbed out on sedatives and my brain basically imploded during all the Endgame stuff.

Seems like a pretty good story overall, my ending was:

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I pretended I was going to join Halbeck but then right at the end my Thorton was like: "fuck you I'm running shit with my worldwide connects" and punched Leland over. I made a lot a lot of friends during the game (Surkov, Braykov, Deng, Heck etc.) so I nabbed the "Thorton inc." achievement. I then quit to dash and reloaded, and watched the ending if you actually join Halbeck. It was pretty funny, Leland and Thorton get their bromance on and hang out and smoke cigars lolozlzozlzoz

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I'm gonna run the game again on easy going all Rambo like with shotguns and rifles (for dem cheevs), I'm also going to piss off and/or kill everyone. What a sweet game.

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I got pretty much EVERYONE killed- my ending was just me on a boat sailing off into the sunset.

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With Heck? That's the one I got

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Nope. Pissed off or killed pretty much everyone. Troll ending.

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[pilonv1]

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Mine was bros for life as me and heck sailed off on a boat into the sunset

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[The Sceneman]

Goddamn playing as an asshole in this game is EVIL

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I made Mina hate me because I murdered a bunch of CIA agents, then when I met Madison I just abused her and basically kidnapped her. She was terrified and Thorton just went up to her and says "stay out of my way bitch". I felt pretty bad!

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[MrAngryFace]

the VA for asshole options = THE BEST

I like when you turn shit off before theyre done talking and the next time they talk to you theyre all pissed off about it haha

[Great Rumbler]

Reinstalled and currently playing. I'm in mucking around in Rome right now [just after Saudi Arabia] and it's really fun now that I know to put the bulk of my points into stealth. I'm basically Batman-ing it up over here.

[chronovore]

Is the 360 version unplayable from bugs, or is it just "quirky"?

[Great Rumbler]

It seems like I recall the 360 version having a lot of bugs.

[BlueTsunami]

Beat the PC version a couple of hours ago. Great game. Really like the characters in this game and you can really leverage the skill system to become really powerful. Going to play through again as a Recruit and then hopefully as a Veteran after but go down different dialog paths.

[Positive Touch]

would you guys recommend starting off on recruit?

[BlueTsunami]

would you guys recommend starting off on recruit?

I would if you want to get straight to playing as Veteran. Wish I did at first. Recruit adds challenge since you get no skill point allocations at the beginning. Not sure what else beyond that.

[pilonv1]

would you guys recommend starting off on recruit?

Not for the first time playing.

[Positive Touch]

y

[BlueTsunami]

I think it may be a little tough when you're still wrapping your head around the actual gameplay. Its advisable that you stick to two main skills since having no point allocation to a specific set of skills could lead to mixing your skills a bit. But otherwise it could be interesting in a trial by fire sort of way.

[pilonv1]

^^ this

[MrAngryFace]

PUNCHING + SHIELD = win

[The Sceneman]

I played as recruit on normal for my first playthrough, had no trouble. It's totally worth it to unlock Veteran for subsequent playthroughs

[BlueTsunami]

Doing a Shotgun + Toughness Run with Recruit on Hard. Hard as fuck since you need to be fairly close for the shotgun to be at its best and even with high Toughness you can die rather easily. Maybe its me playing at Difficult though, need to really utilize cover. With that said Shotguns main skill 'Room Clear' is awesome for fucking shit up. Terminator Mode.

I've also been playing as a dick and there has been some hilarious moments from it. Thick ass beard too with mirrored glasses.

[The Sceneman]

lol same, I'm doing the lumberjack beard with shades in asshole mode. Hard mode should be easy with pistol chain shot and various endurance buffs, it's how I'm planning my hard run

[BlueTsunami]

Finished Hard + Recruit. Chose SIE as my handler and was surprised to find you can bang her at the most unpredictable time. There's also a dialog option that refers to her as a cougar earlier in the game.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

the SIE "romance" option is ASTOUNDINGLY AWESOME

be sure to read her file after that sequence

[MrAngryFace]

Doing a Shotgun + Toughness Run with Recruit on Hard. Hard as fuck since you need to be fairly close for the shotgun to be at its best and even with high Toughness you can die rather easily. Maybe its me playing at Difficult though, need to really utilize cover. With that said Shotguns main skill 'Room Clear' is awesome for fucking shit up. Terminator Mode.

I've also been playing as a dick and there has been some hilarious moments from it. Thick ass beard too with mirrored glasses.

Yeah I never did the hard difficulties- which is why my TOUGHNESS PUNCH strat worked so well

[thisismyusername]

the SIE "romance" option is ASTOUNDINGLY AWESOME

be sure to read her file after that sequence

Shit, I didn't do that. Spoiler it for me.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

the SIE "romance" option is ASTOUNDINGLY AWESOME

be sure to read her file after that sequence

Shit, I didn't do that. Spoiler it for me.

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Basically, SIE comes to rescue Thornton at the last mission, but before untying him saucily decides to "have her way with him" and starts undressing. Thornton starts screaming "no, no, no!" as he is semi-consensually assaulted by a middle-aged German dom. The file at the end reveals that the surveillance footage of Thorton's escape was destroyed, so the contents are unknown, but that he made his own remote copy first that they an confirm has been accessed over two-dozen times.

tl;dr: SIE prison rapes Thornton; Thornton spanks it to the footage

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[chronovore]

the SIE "romance" option is ASTOUNDINGLY AWESOME

be sure to read her file after that sequence

Shit, I didn't do that. Spoiler it for me.

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Basically, SIE comes to rescue Thornton at the last mission, but before untying him saucily decides to "have her way with him" and starts undressing. Thornton starts screaming "no, no, no!" as he is semi-consensually assaulted by a middle-aged German dom. The file at the end reveals that the surveillance footage of Thorton's escape was destroyed, so the contents are unknown, but that he made his own remote copy first that they an confirm has been accessed over two-dozen times.

tl;dr: SIE prison rapes Thornton; Thornton spanks it to the footage

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:purchases_copy

[thisismyusername]

the SIE "romance" option is ASTOUNDINGLY AWESOME

be sure to read her file after that sequence

Shit, I didn't do that. Spoiler it for me.

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Basically, SIE comes to rescue Thornton at the last mission, but before untying him saucily decides to "have her way with him" and starts undressing. Thornton starts screaming "no, no, no!" as he is semi-consensually assaulted by a middle-aged German dom. The file at the end reveals that the surveillance footage of Thorton's escape was destroyed, so the contents are unknown, but that he made his own remote copy first that they an confirm has been accessed over two-dozen times.

tl;dr: SIE prison rapes Thornton; Thornton spanks it to the footage

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I got that scene but didn't get the intel. 

[BlueTsunami]

I forgot to check the dossier after it happend That's hilarious though. SIE is definitely the best romance too. Also the girl you take in midway clocked me with a statue on my asshole run. The whole asshole run was amazing, especially the way your relationship with Mina is ultimately effect. Got to fuck SIE on that run though, the good with the bad I guess hahaha.

[Spurgeon]

Is the 360 version unplayable from bugs, or is it just "quirky"?

AP is one of the few games I double-dipped on. I gave it one play-thru on 360 and I didn't encounter any game-stopping bugs and really didn't see any more problems than the PC version. PC is the way to go though.

This is a game that you can really appreciate on subsequent play-thrus, just to see how differently you can handle things.

[chronovore]

Thanks. I'm going to have grab it at some point. Also have Obsidian's Fallout New Vegas on my backlog, which is supposedly more true to "old Fallout" than F3.

[The Sceneman]

I'm on my third play now. I love this game so much.

This time I'm playing on hard and being super stealth man. Got the cheev for finishing 3 missions without being detected by a single baddie    Aiming to piss off Marburg and Heck, as well as romance all 4 women in this playthrough, and generally mop up any other achievements I need for my 1000. A shame Sis isn't a valid romance option lol

[The Sceneman]

fuck there are some insane jokes in this game

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within like 10 minutes there was a gag about horse porn then one about polar bear rape

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[Howard Alan Treesong]

I'm on my third play now. I love this game so much.

This time I'm playing on hard and being super stealth man. Got the cheev for finishing 3 missions without being detected by a single baddie    Aiming to piss off Marburg and Heck, as well as romance all 4 women in this playthrough, and generally mop up any other achievements I need for my 1000. A shame Sis isn't a valid romance option lol

Regarding pissing off Marburg:

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If you play your cards...wrong? you can get him so pissed off he loses his professional cool and actually draws a gun on you at your initial cafe meeting.

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[The Sceneman]

whoa I never managed to piss him off that much...

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Some conversations are related to how much of their dossier you have, I think. When I confronted Marburg in the museum my Thornton took the piss out of him hard using facts from his dossier (eg. Lelands Lackey, monkey in suit ass kisser etc.) So i got to kill him and get an achievement and his sweet pistol.

And Man, does SIE love you for killing him. I got her to +9 in our first encounter just for being there and being a hardass. I got the lay in the bag there I think. I've already screwed Madison and I have Mina and Scarlet at +9 too so I've got the achievement for porking all the babes sorted 

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Marburg's character is really interesting, I still don't fully get what makes him tick and what his motivations are. Thats what I love about this game, all the characters are pretty unique and interesting.

One character I still don't get is:

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Westridge. You can tell where all the other members of Alpha Protocol are coming from, Parker and Darcy have pretty clear cut agendas, but I still know shit all about Westridge. I guess I can try and learn more in this playthrough!

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This is sure as shit AAA+ tier gaming. Sure the gameplay doesnt have the polish of other games but its still awesome and fun collecting all the cash and intel and shit. One of the top games of the generation for sure.

[The Sceneman]

1000/1000

[chronovore]

1000/1000

Well done, sir!

[The Sceneman]

thanks! It was a very enjoyable game to 1000, it took me 3 playthroughs, and each one was quite different in terms of interactions and outcomes. Amazing game.

[Spurgeon]

1000/1000

Nice! Think I got 700+ just on one play-thru on Xbox, not sure what I'm at on PC version. I'm thinking about playing again and trying to beat the shit out of everyone this time. What other skills fit well with melee?

[The Sceneman]

I'd imagine just pumping the Endurance(? or Toughness? cant remember the tree name) would go real well with melee. As you upgrade that you get massive health and endurance bonuses, and an active skill which reduces damage for a set amount of time. Set that off at the same time as Melee Fury and you should have no trouble even on hard. A lot of the skills are useful when maxed, but you gotta choose your build and stick with it. Min-maxing is really important in this game.

[The Sceneman]

1000/1000

Nice! Think I got 700+ just on one play-thru on Xbox, not sure what I'm at on PC version. I'm thinking about playing again and trying to beat the shit out of everyone this time. What other skills fit well with melee?

yeah the achievement list is pretty well designed IMO, you get the bulk of the points for 1st playthrough doing whatever you want, but getting the 1k will involve careful planning and experiencing a good variety of paths and content the game has to offer.