Alpha Protocol from Obsidian Entertainment and SEGA was delayed a couple times for unknown reasons. Our guess would be that those delays were to create a far better gaming experience overall. While it’s still got some big flaws, it’s not too shabby.
Alpha Protocol has been dubbed the espionage RPG. It’s certainly got strong elements of both, but at times still feels more like standard action game or TPS. That’s not to say there’s not a lot of interesting gameplay, it’s just that some missions end up being all-out shooting matches making it seem less like espionage and more like deathmatch. But when things go sour on an operation sometimes there’s no other option but to start shooting