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But yeah, he's the first character I really want to "kill" from those vignettes! Man does he seem crazy and dangerous!
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/uk-henry-alpha-protocol/64717
The martial arts is looking pretty cool.
From what I've read, it's entirely possible you can play it off by befriending Brayko, pretending to be his friend, help him out, for the sole purpose of putting yourself in the best possible position to screw him over. Devs has confirmed, although they haven't said in what situations, that you'll be able to "fake ally" yourself with someone and betray them at an opportune moment.
So yeah, not only could you shoot Brayko in the face, you could also choose to join up with him and bring his entire operation down from the inside.
Not even fourteen posts above you man.
Sorry, thought that was a different trailer.
EDIT: Space Siege isn't an incentive from what I understand (what I played of the demo seemed to agree, short though it was). What recent Sega games supported Steamworks though?
The only word we've seen is that the PC version will use Uniloc for DRM. However the last game to use Uniloc by Sega, Football Manager 2009, also had Steamworks support so chances are pretty good.
FM10 actually doesn't use Unilock in anything other than non-steam DD versions. The boxed copy has a disc check or steam activation
I think that was ammended, and only copies of the PC that are purchased from non-Steam digital distributers will use Uniloc, and that physical and Steam copies will use Steam as thier DRM.
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
That would explain it, I haven't played any of those. Although now you mention it, I do remember hearing mention of the Total War games going with Steamworks.
http://www.destructoid.com/exclusive-meet-alpha-protocol-s-grigori-and-sie-171458.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/exclusive-red-heads-are-complicated-in-alpha-protocol-171784.phtml
She's just your average reporter. Her real value is in the fact that she has numerous contacts and can help you with research. Going to meet a crime boss? Have Scarlet talk to her people, and get all smug when she turns up evidence of a scandal you can use to blackmail the guy into giving you what you want. She can also work in the media to give you a smokescreen. Want to avoid media attention? Tell Scarlet to put a spin on your more publicized actions, and your enemies won't even know you're in town.
I say kill the bitch, and dump her body in the river.
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/alphaprotocol/video/6259813
But first, sexytimes.
That smirk on Mike as he's turning around at 1:40 has no joke singlehandedly dealt with any complaints I had about the animations. They're still not great, but it looks like they're at least up to par.
Podcast with that there Avellone fella. Starts up at about 20 minutes in.
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http://www.destructoid.com/exclusive-meet-alpha-protocol-s-conrad-and-mina-171828.phtml
EDIT: Seriously, the facial animations in this are really starting to impress me. They must've been using reeeeally old builds for earlier previews, because I'm seeing all kinds of awesome little character quirks in these character trailers that I didn't before. Smirks, rolling of the eyes, just real subtle little animations that show a lot of care went in. Plus what little snippets of hand to hand we're seeing look much better than what I've been seeing. It looks like this game's really come a long way.
That or somebody's just REALLY good at editing trailers to look like they did.
Burn!
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In case you thought the previous few videos were lacking in the action department.
http://xbox-360.nowgamer.com/previews/xbox-360/969/alpha-protocol
Keep in mind that unlike ME1, each box is bonuses to specific things rather than just a couple more percents across the board. That said, I'd much rather have the granularity, and more importantly choices, given by the ME1 system than ME2.
Another spoiler warning is that the secret achievements have been leaked so take extra caution at what you look at on the net. As expected they go over the possible romances and an end game decision.
http://g4tv.com/games/xbox-360/62110/alpha-protocol/articles/70647/Alpha-Protocol-Hands-On-Preview/
G4 has a surprisingly informative article specifically this line
Also kudos to Sega for ramping up the marketing machine for this game. All the ads and articles are making up for the time they didn't officially announce a delay until the release date.
1up played the Saudi Arabia hub from perspective of the 3 different JBs and saw how it affects the NPCs and missions. Spoiler warning since it seems to go through the whole hub and I assume that there won't be much reactivity in the first hub location.
http://blogs.sega.com/usa/2010/05/01/alpha-protocol-pc-drm-details
Sega has posted the specifics of their DRM scheme for the PC version. I've pointed out a highlights if you don't feel like reading the wall of text.
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
Sounds like they remove the DRM (including online authentication) altogether.
Which you know what? I can really get behind. I don't mind them having a temporary scheme to try and protect their games, just that it's unintrusive and removed after a while when there's no longer purpose to it.
Yes it's stupid to have install limits on a Steam version, but other than that, this is actually something I really wish more publishers would do. Patch out the DRM once they're done with it. As it stands if Ubisoft decides that not enough people are playing Assassin's Creed 2, they shut off the servers without a patch and you're left with a coaster. Heck, if THEY had said "we'll be patching this DRM out after a year when we've sold our copies", then even I would've been a bit easier on them on that front. Not much, but at least I'd be a bit more accepting.
I can also understand why they have to include Uniloc with the Steam version (if they didn't, that makes it all the easier to crack the other versions). So whilst I've never liked install limits of this nature, I'm actually willing to be a little accommodating here and let it slide. Because they've actually manned-up and said "There's no point in keeping this DRM around forever, so we'll get rid of it when we're done selling". How many publishers have actually exercised enough common sense between them the come out and say that?
So yeah, I'll actually give Sega the benefit of the doubt on this one, as long as they come through with the patch. I'll even go one further and give them props for being honest about it and going that ONE extra, vital step that every freaking publisher on the planet seems to despise: Removing the DRM when it's not needed. Other publishers are under the misguided belief that doing so is condoning piracy, which is why they constantly refuse to do so. I can give them props for being more rational about this.