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Obsidian’s CEO still wants to make Alpha Protocol 2

I'm in for a sequel. I was hours into the first game when I lost my save due to my PS3 dying and never ended up restarting. This has reminded me that I own it on Steam now and I should give it another go, I really liked what that game was trying to do.
 
WANT! Need more Steven Heck in my life.

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Honestly the first game was so good. I don't think any game has done meaningful choices better.

If they made a second one id be there day one.
 
Djostikk said:
Why is this game so loved by people though? Looks really dull and clunky.
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The writing and characters are really good, and dialogue/branching cutscene system is still pretty unmatched in a big budget game and full of secrets and optional paths to discover if you poke at it. The combat is clunky and weird, but at the same time once you get used to how it works there's a ton of options as to how to approach any given scenario.
 
They could just ask Nintendo to get it made for Switch.

It wouldn't be the first time Nintendo brought back a Sega IP for a sequel.
 
Damn it Feargus loves teasing me about this.
 
Yes please. Alpha Protocol was just some (well, a lot of) polish away from being amazing. And I still can't believe that Sega just let it sit on a shelf for a number of months.

Now, Eurogamer wrote that:
In the meantime, look out for a load of coverage of Obsidian's culture and history on the site. A couple of weeks ago, Chris and Bertie (plus some of our friends at VG247, Rock, Paper Shotgun and USgamer)
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I wonder why all these outlets were at Obsidian. And I hope that it wasn't just PoE related, I want to see the new Cain/Boyarsky game dammit
 
berzeli said:
Yes please. Alpha Protocol was just some (well, a lot of) polish away from being amazing. And I still can't believe that Sega just let it sit on a shelf for a number of months.

Now, Eurogamer wrote that:

I wonder why all these outlets were at Obsidian. And I hope that it wasn't just PoE related, I want to see the new Cain/Boyarsky game dammit
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Ah, I didn't connect the dots until now but that's probably why USGamer just yesterday put up a story on the last moments of Black Isle, with comments from a lot of current (although also ex) Obsidian staff.

Hopefully it's leading up to something awesome.
 
I still don't get why they need the Alpha Protocol IP, I mean I like some of the characters in it but I don't need to see any of them come back.
 
peakish said:
Ah, I didn't connect the dots until now but that's probably why USGamer just yesterday put up a story on the last moments of Black Isle, with comments from a lot of current (although also ex) Obsidian staff.

Hopefully it's leading up to something awesome.
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Oh, so they did.
 I don't think there is anything new in there (can't remember if the trying to do Icewind Dale in 4 months has been mentioned before), but man the mismanagement of Back Isle by Interplay is always heartbreaking to read about.

It's Obsidian, obviously it will be awesome.
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Obsidian do have an unannounced game, I believe.
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Yup, the Cain/Boyarsky game, supposedly an action RPG using the Unreal engine.
 
I hated how AP got such a bad shake in the reviews, I stopped caring about reviews around then. Not a perfect game by any means, but definitely got unfairly treated by the reviews I saw.
 
lupinko said:
They could just ask Nintendo to get it made for Switch.

It wouldn't be the first time Nintendo brought back a Sega IP for a sequel.
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Nevermind the fact alone that a sequel would be awesome, I kind of want this to happen now just for the amount of salt and tears it would bring. It'd be like another Bayonetta 2.

Nirolak said:
This would require a publisher wanting to work with Obsidian a second time.
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Not quite the same situation I imagine, but didn't Paradox publish with them on both PoE and Tyranny?
 
Nirolak said:
This would require a publisher wanting to work with Obsidian a second time.
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You mean like Paradox publishing Tyranny after working with them on Pillars of Eternity? Something like that?

Yes, I'm well aware that Paradox isn't a major publisher, that PoE was partly self published, etc., etc. I just find the "publishers don't want to work with Obsidian more than once" to be bit of a stupid meme at this point, Sega was working with them on Aliens, and despite that one getting cancelled they were still on board with Alpha Protocol.
 
Mobius and pet octopus said:
I hated how AP got such a bad shake in the reviews, I stopped caring about reviews around then. Not a perfect game by any means, but definitely got unfairly treated by the reviews I saw.
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Yep, this is the perfect example to me for how pointless reviews are to me. I'm glad I picked it up on a Steam sale and tried it for myself.
 
Alpha Protocol was a flawed but interesting game. If they can refine it in a sequel, it could be a Uncharted 2, Mass Effect 2 type of jump in quality.
 
I haven't played the first game but I've read about it, and yes. Obsidians are masters of WRPGs and writing. I'll take anything they give me.
 
Just do alpha protocol in poe universe with eder as your partner if you can't get the rights. There are already cipher detectives in the game
 
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