Alpha Protocol delayed

[Webslinger]

http://www.alphaprotocol.com

3 of 5 moderators will be buying this game.

[Webslinger]

It looks like this game may be delayed--and not just by a month or two.

http://forums.obsidian.net/index.php...dpost&p=974740

Originally Posted by lastearth

So apparently the leaked minutes from a Sega internal meeting has this snippet about AP:


Alpha Protocol
Michael Foster, product evaluator, said AP felt barely RPG. Initial level too challenging for players. “Mass Effect felt more RPG.”
Review notes sent to John Merlino a few weeks prior. After meeting Gerald mentioned AP is a high priority for his team.


The meeting supposedly took place in early August.

But this might have something to do with the delay. Sega is asking Obsidian to make changes to the game and won't let the game be released until they are happy with the changes. So they won't commit to a date until they are happy with the tweaks to gameplay.

Initial level too challenging for players???? lol
I'm wondering if Mr. Foster, Sony Product Evaluator, got his butt handed to him early on while playing the game.


This entire thread may be worth reading:
http://forums.obsidian.net/index.php...ic=53168&st=15

[Webslinger]

Maybe it's time to cancel my pre-order.

[SamuriHL]

Yea, I'm interested in this game but the latest news isn't looking so good. I may hold off until I see some initial feedback from the gaming community after it's been released.

[Webslinger]

Obsidian Responds to Alleged Sony Tester's Criticism of Alpha Protocol

[SamuriHL]

Well, what did you expect them to say? I'm not pre-ordering this one. I want to see real world reactions to it.

[Webslinger]

Originally Posted by SamuriHL

Well, what did you expect them to say? I'm not pre-ordering this one. I want to see real world reactions to it.

I'm pretty sure I'll buy it no matter what, but as to the real reason why this game appears to be pushed back, I have no clue. Sega likely has a gag policy on Obsidian Entertainment with respect to the real release date.

[Webslinger]

Somone made some comparisons to what's been going on recently with respect to Alpha Protocol release date and Michael Thorton's (game character's) twitter feed.

http://twitter.com/mikethorton

Originally Posted by Michael Thorton's Twitter Feed

Been in infirmary all week, should be out tomorrow if the doctors sign off on the release. We'll see how the tests go.

So, Alpha Protocol was supposed to be evaluated and signed off on, I guess?

Then Michael Foster, Sony product evaluator, is attributed to expressing the view that in Alpha protocol the "initial level [is] too challenging for players."

http://twitter.com/mikethorton

Originally Posted by Michael Thorton's Twitter Feed

Looks like the initial level of tests were more challenging than the doctors thought, so medical's keeping me for another day."

"Michael Foster (SCEA), product evaluator, also said AP felt barely RPG." “Mass Effect felt more RPG.”

http://twitter.com/mikethorton

Originally Posted by Michael Thorton's Twitter Feed

"One doctor said my symptoms are "even less of an illness than the traditional version of the illness" - whatever that means.

Coincidence?

[Webslinger]

Originally Posted by Webslinger

Sega likely has a gag policy on Obsidian Entertainment with respect to the real release date and why there release date appears to have been pushed back.

http://twitter.com/mikethorton

Originally Posted by Michael Thorton's Twitter Feed

PDA got confiscated... again. Place should be called Omerta Protocol. Am hacking into Darcy's computer in the interim.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omert%C3%A0

A common definition is the "code of silence"

[Webslinger]

Michael Foster, product evaluator, said AP felt barely RPG. Initial level too challenging for players. “Mass Effect felt more RPG.”

Originally Posted by Michael Thorton's Twitter Feed

The usual, making up jack*** nicknames ("So... Mikey."), establishing pecking order ("*I'm* the one doing your eval"), etc.