author: Bart Swiatek
Top 10 Games in Which Americans Save the World
American heroes have completely dominated the world of cinema and video games. From historical characters in steampunk mechs, to secret agents, and marines armed to the teeth, the list of the best heroes from the land of the free has it all.
Table of Contents
- Top 10 Games in Which Americans Save the World
- Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. – Abraham Lincoln will teach you a lesson
- Wolfenstein (series) – hunting down Nazis
- Alpha Protocol – Top Secret and Highly Confidential
- Metal Wolf Chaos – mecha-president
- Saints Row IV – A president with a pair
- Broforce – strength in numbers
- The Bureau: XCOM Declassified – green men attack again
- Tom Clancy's The Division 2 – Apocalypse, again
- Serious Sam (series) - Uncle...?
Alpha Protocol – Top Secret and Highly Confidential
ALPHA PROTOCOL:
- Developer: Obsidian Entertainment
- Publisher: SEGA
- Genre: RPG
- Platforms: PC, PS3, Xbox 360
- Release: May 28, 2010
Firing your rifle until it melts isn't the only way to save the world. Sometimes, it takes a little more subtlety – we sneak up here, hack something there, seduce an innocent passer-by somewhere along the way... Nobody does that better than a certain CIA agent. His name? Thorton. Michael Thorton. Waiter, I ordered shaken Martini, not mixed, for Christ's sake...
Alpha Protocol – this is a sad story of a game, which should have been something much more special. Not only is the theme of this production perfectly suited for a video game, and at the same time rarely used, but it was also developed by a team of experienced devs, who know perfectly well how to write a good story and create compelling characters. But while the concept itself was great, the delivery reminded us of a hybrid of Splinter Cell and Mass Effect 2 that was randomly put together. And then the bugs – man, was that game glitchy. After all, it's from Obsidian Entertainment – they've got to live to the reputation. Still, if you give Alpha Protocol the benefit of the doubt, you should be in over your head in no time – for more than a dozen hours.
Why is it worth it?
Alpha Protocol comes with one of the best, and most non-linear stories in video games EVER. Too bad that in terms of mechanics, it's more wooden than the Amazon forest.