The characters aren’t compelling in the least, the narrative is convoluted and feels completely alienated from the overall experience, and Agent Thorton himself is a rather dull character who doesn’t seem to change all that much regardless of your dialog choices. However, Alpha Protocol‘s story never gets very interesting, rendering all the clever narrative tricks rather worthless. How you speak to characters, who you choose to kill, and how you perform your missions can all have an effect on the game, and for once they’re effects that you can actually feel throughout the course of the game, with long-standing repercussions for your decisions. In this regard, Obsidian has certainly done something right. The game is designed for multiple playthroughs, as the story can change with every choice you make. As Agent Mike Thorton, you join the ranks of the Alpha Protocol, a clichéd clandestine organization that specializes in deniable ops. The game is split fairly evenly between token RPG efforts and third-person action, although it’s clear that this is far more of an action game than it is a roleplaying one. Alpha Protocol is a mess, and that’s putting it kindly. It looks and feels every bit like a game that has been subjected to patches, fixes and panicked over-development, yet still managed to hit its (perpetually postponed) deadline without being finished.
In fact, it’s absolutely dreadful and it should not have been released in the state it’s in. It's unlikely we'll ever get a sequel, but even now I'm going to keep dreaming.If you want to save time, let’s get this out in the open right now - Alpha Protocol isn’t very good.
Alpha Protocol isn’t a classic, but it’s earned a place as a cult favourite-just like everything Obsidian does." There’s potential in the idea, be it of letting players experience a more open, branching form of spy fiction, or just not letting RPGs languish in the realms of fantasy or post-apocalypse.
More importantly, there are lessons here that should be learned from and built upon. "It throws a lot of design spaghetti at the wall, and some of it sticks. Phil revisited Alpha Protocol in 2017 and found it hard to stay mad at its missteps, even after taking off the rose-tinted goggles. If you never picked up this gem, however, you'll need to find other ways. If you own Alpha Protocol, you'll still be able to play it, and you'll keep being able to download it whenever you want. "Following the expiry of Sega’s publishing rights for Alpha Protocol, the title has been removed from Steam and is no longer on sale," a Sega spokesperson told me.
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