Alpha Protocol E3 Previews

More information about Obsidian’s Alpha Protocol comes at us from two more E3 previews posted over the past few days.

We start at Gaming Angels:

You can only go to Level 15, however, you will not max out your abilities your first run through. You will need to play the game a few more times in order to fully max out all your levels. The game promises 25+ hours of game play with over 40 missions available. With the new dialog system, playing the game 2-3 more times seems likely as the outcomes will be change dramatically each time you choose a different approach so there seems to be some replay value to the game.

And then move on to Maximum PC:

As if you weren’t already under enough pressure, your choices in conversation also affect other characters’ opinions of you. In the demonstration I saw, the presenter chose to put up his verbal dukes and get a bit rough with Sie. Surprisingly, she actually liked this, and Thorton’s reputation with Sie increased. In the end, Sie agreed to let Thorton do his own thing, so long as he didn’t get in her way. That whole exchange seemed to indicate an element of unpredictability to the game’s reputation system, which to me would seem to make getting everyone to either hate your guts or lick your high tech Q-manufactured jet boots somewhat of a challenge. With any luck, this will make sticking to a single persona more appealing than trying to tailor your responses to what Character X obviously likes or Character Y obviously hates.