Alpha Protocol
A talented young agent cast out by his government, Thorton is the only one with the information needed to stop an impending international catastrophe. To do so means he must cut himself off from the very…
Alpha Protocol is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Obsidian Entertainment, released 27 May 2010 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, OnLive Game System and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 27 hrs to finish.
What Alpha Protocol is
Alpha Protocol is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and released in 2010. It was published by Sega. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, OnLive Game System and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Loyalty carries a price and no one knows this more than agent Michael Thorton. A talented young agent cast out by his government, Thorton is the only one with the information needed to stop an impending international catastrophe. To do so means he must cut himself off from the very people he is sworn to protect. As players determine how to accomplish different objectives, the decisions made and actions taken in each mission will ultimately transform the type of secret agent Michael Thorton will become. Every choice the player makes as Michael Thorton will carry consequences for his future and the fate of the world.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, stealth and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Alpha Protocol holds a critic score of 59 out of 100. That places it above 12% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 11 points below the year average. Players rate it 67, 8 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 27 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.4+ GHZ Intel® or 2.0+ GHZ AMD™, 2 GB RAM and NVIDIA® GeForce 6 series (6800GT or better,) ATI™ 1300XT series or greater (X1550, X1600 Pro and HD2400 are below minimum system requirements). At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 12GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Alpha Protocol launched on 27 May 2010, within three weeks of Red Dead Redemption, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Alan Wake and Xenoblade Chronicles. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Red Dead Redemption, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Alan Wake, Xenoblade Chronicles.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Alpha Protocol yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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