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lastearth said: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.
Well, what did you expect them to say? I'm not pre-ordering this one. I want to see real world reactions to it.
Michael Thorton's Twitter Feed said:Been in infirmary all week, should be out tomorrow if the doctors sign off on the release. We'll see how the tests go.
Michael Thorton's Twitter Feed said:Looks like the initial level of tests were more challenging than the doctors thought, so medical's keeping me for another day."
Michael Thorton's Twitter Feed said:"One doctor said my symptoms are "even less of an illness than the traditional version of the illness" - whatever that means.
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.
Michael Thorton's Twitter Feed said:PDA got confiscated... again. Place should be called Omerta Protocol. Am hacking into Darcy's computer in the interim.
Michael Thorton's Twitter Feed said:The usual, making up jack*** nicknames ("So... Mikey."), establishing pecking order ("*I'm* the one doing your eval"), etc.
[*]From what has already been released to the public in terms of trailers and such shows that the game does not have top notch graphics. Not all games need top notch graphics, mind you, especially if the story is good enough.
[*]An 8 month delay in game release right now means an enormous difference in game engine technology. For instance, a game that has been in development for the past few years might be released using the old Unreal engine. Batman Arkham Asylum uses the new engine. A game released 8 months from now should not be using such old technology, IMHO.
A game with antiquated graphics does lose public draw when it comes to interest generated. It's a simple fact.
A 2-3 month delay in a game release is acceptable. An 8 month release with no real explanation is not.
I fear that the combination of the delay, the older generation graphics, the total silence on the part of Sega and the gagging of Obsidian, and the lack of big marketing, this game will be released and forgotten
and that's if something doesn't come up and the game is dropped and just never released to begin with.
A common definition is the "code of silence"
Matthew Rorie Obsidian Marketing and PR Producer said:Sorry that we've been quiet this week. Hopefully everyone understands that we (Obsidian) can't talk about this much at this point, one way or the other. Just wanted to say that we appreciate your patience, and that hopefully we'll be able to talk about all this at some point soon.
Guess which game just fell off my radar?
Let's see....will Alpha Protocol or Alan Wake come out first....place your bets!