The game infuses a movie-like atmosphere into an RPG perfectly. Ultimately, he travels around the world in a frantic attempt to prevent World War III.

With a sense of urgency common in movies and television, but lacking in RPGs, Thorton infiltrates strongholds, meets mysterious contacts, and interrogates crime lords to gain intel on the current location’s situation. Michael Thorton, the star of the show, joins the secret group Alpha Protocol to work for the US government as a spy handling missions too politically sensitive or unethical for high visibility organizations like the CIA or the military. It plays out like a fast-paced action flick with little downtime during or between scenes. To date, Alpha Protocol is the best spy game ever made.

Obsidian and SEGA have created a polished, one-of-a-kind RPG that pushes the boundaries of storytelling, customization, and role playing in a third person shooter so far, they may well have invented a new type of game that others will rush to imitate.

With Alpha Protocol, all those fears are put to rest. As good as Knights of the Old Republic II and Neverwinter Nights 2 were, they left consumers with questions regarding Obsidian’s previous legacy of creativity at Black Isle Studios and concerns over whether the developer would stop releasing buggy games in a modern console-driven world that refuses to put up with glitches and crashes. In the seven years since Obsidian Entertainment was founded by some of the most highly regarded RPG developers and designers in history, the company has produced only two games, both of which were sequels to another company’s products that used intellectual property belonging to a third company.

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