So, I bought it on DVD - the only downloaded games I buy are from GOG - installed it but had to spend an entire afternoon to get it to work. I bought Alpha Protocol last week, from a shop in the UK, because I am a big Obsidian fan and somehow this game got under my radar when it was released. Or maybe I'm just upset that I'll never get to find out what was going on with Sis. Did Michael Thorton touch the reviewer in a bad place? From that score I would take it as a serious possibility. While I understand that people have different experiences I cannot for the life of me understand how Destructoid gave it a 2, sure a 4 if you truly didn't like it or had serious bugs but 2 means that it was pretty much unplayable by anyone, which it clearly wasn't.
Hell the reviewers were some of the worst critics for AP yet they let more buggy messes get through with shining scores (The Sims games and expansions for instance). especially since the 'professional' reviewers seem to feed on it themselves. I do think it's some sort of reputation thing that causes people to blow it out of proportion, which then leads to the reputation for bugginess then getting worse etc. In most respects Obsidian improved a lot of the problems with the Gamebryo engine that plagued Fallout 3. People seem to have a mental block that makes them forget the very unplayable state Fallout 3 shipped in. New Vegas had the same reception with people calling it unplayable which was a complete lie. Seems to be something about the Obsidian name that drives people to over-exaggerate every little bug because Obsidian make buggy games derp. There was a concerted 'fan' backlash over the game and they grossly exaggerated the flaws. Every choice the player makes as Michael Thorton will carry consequences for his future and the fate of the world.Delixe: I bought this at release and encountered no bugs that I could see. 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. To do so means he must cut himself off from the very people he is sworn to protect. A talented young agent cast out by his government, Thorton is the only one with the information needed to stop an impending international catastrophe. Loyalty carries a price and no one knows this more than agent Michael Thorton. Every choice the player makes as Michael Thorton will carry consequences for his future and the fate of the world.
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