Alpha Protocol - The Suave Adventures of Captain Shotgun 

"Vehicles have gas tanks" It has also been said that money can be exchanged for goods and services, and time is really rather long

Jon, ALWAYS buy the intel during missions on people. The name of the game is Intelligence, on both people and locations and organizations.

If you look at the 2nd page of the mission breakdown you can see a stat for "orphans created"

Love that the lock picking minigame is actually an moderately accurate representation of what you really do when picking a lock.

I've always thought alpha protocol was one of their better games.

I LOVED this game! Such an underrated gem!

I'd love love LOVE a series on this. Day to day gameplay is my this games strength, where it really shines is how actions actually affect the story and how characters treat you. This game pretty much nails the feeling of actions having consequences.

Gods this is bringing back so many memories. I legit want to play this again! My Sneak, Pistol, Melee build was an absolute BLAST! And broken as all hell. Which helped make the game all the much funner.

8:37 "I'm not very good with pistols, to be honest..." I mean you *ARE* Captain Shotgun, Jon.

"Well, here's a fun thing. Apparently vehicles have gas tanks" Yes Jon, they typically do. It's where they store the gas that let's them go vroom.

Jon: "He bloody retreated, what a coward." Also Jon: *retreats 90% of the video*

It's one of my favorite broken games, the extra reactions from recruit and veteran were excellent. Would love for a remaster/sequel

Well, i want full series for every class

7:56 I can tell you the sneak animation at 1.75x speed is so silly and gremlin-y I couldn't stop re-watching it

Oh are you in for a treat. This whole middle eastern setting is just the introduction. After this you'll be jetting off to other foreign countries, forming alliances with shady characters and battling bond villains.

This game was goddamn amazing for its time and even today very few games have ever matched it in its multiple branching paths and possible endings. While I own it on both Steam and PS3, I'm very sad that it is no longer available on Steam and others can't experience it anymore. Sega really should work with Obsidian to make a sequel to this game, but I doubt it will ever happen. We haven't had a great spy game in a very long time.

The pistol skill in this game is totally OP: At later levels, you can charge up and fire headshots without ever leaving cover, and you get the freeze time to line up shots ability which makes all the boss fights trivial (especially, if you also have the ability that instantly resets your cooldowns).

This. This is the kind of content I subscribed for. I love this stuff so much more than Jon covering the new big releases. Why not Wednesday was the shit.

i don't usually comment but please do more of this its one of my favourites and the sheer diversity of options charachter relationships and endings is so good

Jon: "I will give you all what you have been waiting for, for years at this point...I think you know what I'm talking about!" Releases an Alpha Protocol video. Fallout 4 YOLO confirmed....

I remmeber trying to buy this back in 2012 at a GameStop, and an employee told me the game was really bad, so I didn't buy it. I eventually got the game years later and had some fun with it, but the game is very buggy. However, I still wish that Obsidian would make a sequel or another spy game....

Jon, I am so happy you decided to check this out, but there are some things I want to say: First, I tweeted about this to you after your Fallout speech video, so I guess you never heard about it on there? It's a truly amazing game, I can't believe more people don't talk about this! Second, in Nasri's mission, it is actually possible to get through without triggering an alarm - you were on the right track, but the option you needed to pick was 'Aggressive' - assuming you wanted to avoid triggering the alarm, of course. Also, if you like being sarcastic, sometimes aggressive can bring truly amazing lines. For example: "I figured I'd just punch people until answers came out." Third, don't forget ammo types! Tranquillizer rounds are available only for pistols and you need to make sure you are using them, but in later missions, those can be very useful indeed! Awesome episode, I hope we see more of this! And remember - NEVER play this once. The joy of this game is repeats, but making different choices or being different classes! You will be amazed at how good this game is, how much variety there is, how much choice there really is!

Reminds me a little of No One Lives Forever. I would love to see Jon playing NOLF.

Oh man, I remember playing this game for hours on end. Thanks for the throwback!

Alpha Protocal: The Sarcastic Arsehole Run. Next series after CK3.

Got this game on release, was so hyped and honestly while it is flawed still a great spy romp. Glad to see you playing it!

I so Told everyone about Alpha protocol - the missions keep getting more awesome

Suave: James Bond mode Professional: Jason Bourne mode Aggressive: Jack Bauer mode (... why do all their names have the initials JB?)

I dont know why this is one of the only secret agent games. It's so cool. Goldeneye and other bond games don't really count because they're just shooter/action games. This game may have a lot of shooting, but the RPG elements make it great

"No one brings up Alpha Protocol" Except the comments sections requesting it for years 😭

I actually remember watching a RU-vidr (I think it was a member of the Yogscast) play this a long while back. He'd done two simultaneous playthroughs- one minimal violence, super suave sneaky sneak, and one guns-blazing, run and gun, Rambo style. It was really cool to watch.

The intro interaction with Mina is like how I do most social interactions. What I want to say: You look good tonight. What I actually say. Static looks good on you. DOH!

This is a truly a great game, hopefully once you have played it more and understand the mechanic better we could see a hardest difficulty with recruit class series or livestream

God this game was amazing. What happened to it was a goddamned shame. The way the game reacted to your decisions, the way you were encouraged to manipulate people through dialogue, rather than simply doing a "Professional" run or a "Sarcastic" run... It wasn't perfect, but there was so much here that was so good...

11:34 Jon is going to have Alpha "Mike" Protocol go through the entire game crab walking isn't he... His poor knees and back, Jon! Didn't you learn anything from Joel?

Aw hell yes! I remember been so psyched when it first came out and I still love that game to this day. Sure, it has many flaws, but it's really quite a unique gem. Such a shame there hasn't been done more with the spy rpg concept. Love that you put this old goldie in the spotlight!

Would absolutely love more of this - Alpha Protocol can be horrendously buggy at times but it does a lot of interesting things and is a lot of fun to play (and replay).

Wait, alpha protocol was obsidian?! I played this game back in the day and never even knew.

I do love that conversations are based on your class

Even if you don't play it as a live stream or other, I really hope you finish it, it's really good. And have decent replayability too I think, very different playstyles and options.

I love this game, and gifted it to various friends on Steam in the past. I describe it to people as a combination of Deus Ex (the choice of combat vs stealth) and Mass Effect 1 (the skill system is very similar)

I’ve come to realize that most games by Obsidian are brilliant. They have a very good resume

The special perks for the pistols made it so OP but so much fun. Oh and the recruit/veteran runs so funny.

I really hope you keep coming back to this one. I love Alpha Protocol. It's super jank, but really unique. The dialogue system alone makes it worth playing in my opinion.

This is a great game! I played it through 3 times this summer, got 1000/1000 Achievements on Xbox. A true hidden gem.

I remember this game! I was disappointed it didn't get a sequel, I think they could've ironed out a lot of the issues and made a great game, like Assassin's Creed 1.

John, you are an amazing creator. Thank you for entertaining us and informing us!

They never talk about it because it is about spies , Jon. xD

Finally... FINALLY! You play the actually best Obsidian RPG... Yeah... I said it!

One of my favorite games simply by virtue of of delivering on the choices matter concept. Wold love to get more of it!

Raycevick uploaded an hour-long video today about this very game.

2:10 I guess SPSSASTTM is not as catchy as "SPECIAL" 😁

Jon, Alpha protocol is generally considered pretty highly in most communities that like niche/jank games.

I still come back to this game every so often. There was a LOT of attention to detail based on your choices in this game.

I have 2 Alpha Protocol stories that come to mind, from back when I played it on the 360 some years ago. 1. A guard was visibly conflicted between turning to chase me, while on patrol, and sticking to his patrol because he technically hadn't "seen" me yet. Because of this constant struggle he just walked a step, turned to try and charge me and then turned around to walk the same step of his partol. This made stealth for this instance impossible as he was by the only stairs leading out of the area. 2. I died at one point during the last area of a mission and, when the game reloaded, the entire area had no enemies. At all. The game forgot to spawn them in. So I just walked around gathering the everything and left the area comfortably without issue. Got all the stealth bonuses and such for being undetected as well.

I do love this game, its like playing as James bond with a mix of austin powers

Jon: Well somehow they lost me. *immediately comes under fire*

Loved this game. Still own it for the 360. I don't own one anymore and since Sega don't want to do anything with the licence nor pay for the music, which I'm sure the song that lapsed was turn up the radio, I doubt I'll be playing it on my xbox one anytime soon which really is sad. Absolutely brilliant game. Even Obsidian's most obscure games are amazing and really stands as a testament to how great Obsidian is

I'm glad you're going to play more of it, since it looks interesting and you can't get it anymore.

I think the title is missing the "Part 1".

Please, please please please, John, could you make a full playthrough of it? It's a great non-linear RPG where everything you do matters.

The wild part? It STAYS this good.

If I remember correctly this game is so in depth that it actually tracks the number of orphans you create.

Yes, please play this as a series. It has its flaws, but it is so overwhelmingly charming it makes up for it.

I had a run where I streamed this game to my friends over Discord and they loved it. Its so wonderfully pulpy at times, it really shows Obsidian simultaneously at it's best and worst.

Never played this one. Shame I missed out on it. Looks like a lot of fun. Also Jon, might want to pay attention to the upgrades you put on your guns should you continue, that muzzle break you put on your shotgun lowered stability, and a weak gun that hits is more valuable than a powerful one that misses. All in all, looking forward to seeing more of this one.

the games came out in 2010 which was the biggest year for good games in recent history. mass effect 2, red dead, fallout new vegas, alan wake, amnesia, Bioshock 2, assassin creed brotherhood just to name a few. the game was also advertised as being the unofficial 007 games so it drew the attention of golden eye fans who were understandably disappointed while also not gaining any attention from RPG fans. I can also vaguely remember the game being notoriously buggy, I havn't played it myself so whether that was untrue or if it was patched I can't say.

I have a copy of this on the old xbox 360. One of my favourite games

I really wasn't expecting not only john to be playing this but a few hours later a Raycevick to do a indepth 10 year later review on the same bloody game.

I LOVED ALPHA PROTOCOL! Like I was so excited when this was announced and release because I wanted something that wasn't scifi (ME) or Fantasy (ES) and this is going to bring back fond memories. I kind of want to go back and play it. Sadly, I bought it and played it on XBOX and don't have one of those now.

One of the statistics was how many orphans you made... god I loved this game.

I've always said Alpha Protocol was good. In fact, I think I recommended it previously (maybe on the Binary Domain video).

Ah Alpha Protocol, I know I enjoyed playing it but for the life of me I cant actually remember anything that happens in the game (apart from the fact that one of the boss fights is against a coked-up Russian Billionaire.) maybe I should give it a replay.

First time I played this I didn't understand the character building at all. Then I realised this is essentially James Bond meets Mass Effect. Right down to being able to cut your boss off mid-call.

Yes I love Alpha protocol. Please give this a full playthrough

Oh dang this is one of the first PC games I ever owned. Awesome to see it finally addressed on this channel

I played this game. The tutorial told me to hold down spacebar to go into cover. I held down spacebar and he ran straight past the cover. This happened until I quit in frustration. That's right, I failed the tutorial.

Doing all the training missions is a huge boost in money and sneak. I love being a recruit over a veteran.

Does anyone else like Jon's videos immediately just coz it's Jon? I have a few RU-vidrs I do that for, like, "I don't need to watch it first, I'm just happy it exists." 🤔😅

I loved this game. However it's weaknesses become more apparent as the game goes on. Full of great obsidian ideas but none are really utilised all that well. I think it flew under the radar because people can't help but compare it to the game it could have been.

I remember this game being referred to as being so incredibly broken that it permanently tainted the game's many many interesting and ambitious mechanics, structure and depth. I don't know if the game ever got a patch to make it more stable, officially or unofficially, but I remember it being referred to as a tragedy that it's unplayable to many.

Glad to hear you have been awoken to the charm of Alpha Protocol, it's not a perfect game by any stretch, but one of my favourites to play, I got it second hand on Xbox 360 back in the day for a quid, and was charmed heavily, and also own it on Steam, however, I don't see this working as a livestream game: Decision timers are too short for viewer interactivity, and in the action/downtime style your streams follow, this would consume too much time, as downtime in the game is either dialogue needing decisions, or doing very little in a safehouse.

This game looks amazing, and the fact that you are showing it to us and we can't buy it and play it is just mean :) Please do a full play through series some time, so we can at least enjoy it vicariously.

Please play more! So much to offer, with branching choices that really matter. Better than ME any day. I used to see this around for second hand sale on console all the time, and figured no one else liked it. Which confused me, because I always loved it!

This was very enjoyable and pretty much how my first go at this game went lol except I was more melee oriented. I hope you'll play more of this game man.

I love this game, one of the few games I've completed multiple times, let alone once

I came across your channel about a year ago. I love your fallout videos so much. I kind of lost interest in the franchise after 76 but watching some of your old fallout 4 and new Vegas videos i started playing again.

I honestly thought Jon knew about this already.

That hat and glasses combo though 🔥

Oh man I loved this game. It's great. So long as you don't try and play it as a Shooter. It's definitely best as a Stealth game. Also now I want a whole series.

I remember as if I NEVER used the shotgun - didn't know it had a knock back mechanic. 😂 Played this full stealth and tried to please everyone. Might give it another go as i have in in my Steam library.

Series not live stream. I love this game and severely underated.

Loved this game when it was new. Didnt understand why it didnt become popular and get a sequel :/

It's a buggy mess, but I love it so much. Bummed we won't get a squeal.

0:20 I ALWAYS bring up Alpha protocol. Fucking love this game. Stealth pistols basically wins you the game.

I used to absolutely LOVE this game.

I remember buying this game in the bargain bin for about $3 or so and while it was jank as hell sometimes and nonsensical at points it was still rather fun. Best $3 I've ever spent, wish I could find the disc again.

Captian Shotgun you say? Nice

Alpha Protocol has the best RPG dialogue system. Change my mind.

Please play more! I love this game and did a different style of playthrough years ago and I would LOVE to see you go through this game!