Just got Alpha Protocol from gamefly and wanted to hear from people who liked it how best to enjoy it. Is the gunplay in this game broken enough where I should just play on easy and experience the story or is normal difficulty not too bad?
Also, any tips for paths to upgrade/not to upgrade?
Alpha Protocol
Game » consists of 11 releases. Released May 27, 2010
Control rogue agent Michael Thorton as he tries to unearth an international conspiracy in the near future (where everybody seems to have a hidden agenda or two) in this third-person action RPG.
Which difficulty will be the most fun?
Dont spend all points in unarmed & stealth, you'll encounter some parts that require gunplay. My tip stick with pistols & stealth as your main skills, later on you'll be able to pull of headshots from behind cover and stay invisible for a long time, very efficient (overpowerd almost) Also normal difficulity is very doable if you're familiar with rpg's.
Play it on normal it's just fine.
There is only 1 boss in the whole game who is of any difficult.
Also any weapon works as long as you max the skill.
You don't have to be stealthy if you don't want to.
Normal.
@Tennmuerti said:
" Play it on normal it's just fine. There is only 1 boss in the whole game who is of any difficult. Also any weapon works as long as you max the skill. You don't have to be stealthy if you don't want to. "
This thread makes me feel like I should start my game over, I did recruit on Hard and always seem to get stuck when it comes down to the boss - then I have to just reload at the safe house and hope there are side missions to do to boost the XP. You probably shouldn't do what I did....
" This thread makes me feel like I should start my game over, I did recruit on Hard and always seem to get stuck when it comes down to the boss - then I have to just reload at the safe house and hope there are side missions to do to boost the XP. You probably shouldn't do what I did.... "That's literally the situation I kept finding myself in! I was even playing on recruit, too, and I unexplainably piled my points into the shotgun/submachine skills with regards to my weapons of choice for that playthrough.
Instead I completed it on normal as a recruit, then completed hard mode now with the unlocked veteran origin. Dramatically easier, just from being able to start out with all the necessities like stealth instantly giving you the ability to forever see the guards via the arrow icons.
Play it on Easy. For the love of God, play it on Easy. It's a much better experience.
OR - If you're on Normal, don't do the Moscow missions until everything else is completed. That boss fight is a bitch if you're not leveled up enough.
well if you go all out and treat the shooting like an 3rd person shooter and dont use the assult rifle then the shooting feels broken, since none of the other weapons work for that.
if you do it stealth or atleast kinda stealth then then its okay.
i played it semi stealth on normal and had no problem so you can do that without problems just started on hard and its still not that big a challange aslong as you dont go full assault on them.the only problem your gonna have in the game on the harder diff's are the bosses and even those can get done with ease if you do it right and spec you char right.
so basicly i think you should go any path you want the first time, and upgrade in toughness, stealth and or pistol (pistol is really great for bosses)
My advice is to play on easy. The gameplay is not the highlight of AP. Also there are some seriously unbalanced parts of the game. A couple bosses in particular. Just come to experience the story.
If you find dispatching fools to a breeze, just think that's probably exactly how Bond feels.
" Play it on Easy. For the love of God, play it on Easy. It's a much better experience. OR - If you're on Normal, don't do the Moscow missions until everything else is completed. That boss fight is a bitch if you're not leveled up enough. "and doing taipei before the moscow boss makes him much easier :P
" @PrivateIronTFU said:Very true." Play it on Easy. For the love of God, play it on Easy. It's a much better experience. OR - If you're on Normal, don't do the Moscow missions until everything else is completed. That boss fight is a bitch if you're not leveled up enough. "and doing taipei before the moscow boss makes him much easier :P "
I completed the game on normal as a recruit. I was level 8 when I met Brayko. I saw a tip on youtube on how to beat him, and Then it was easy from there. I love stealth games and I really enjoyed taking out 6 guys in a row just using invisibility and punching them in the throat. Upgrade stealth, pistols and martial art.
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