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It gets more fun when you stop playing it like a pure stealth game by fabio 01/23/2013, 12:12am PST
The gameplay is at its least fun in the tutorial and first mission. It really opens up once you get a choice of where to go (DO NOT go to Russia first!).

The most important upgrades to get early are the stealth one that gives a couple seconds invincibility and a free pass if you're spotted. After that I went with the martial arts that gives an extra hit plus extra damage (you can ignore martial arts after that).

Don't bother with any of the traps and gadgets.

Guns: Packing a shotgun with the martial arts let me run up to most guards and decimate them short range. SMGs are worthless. Assault rifles are the all around most useful that don't really require upgrades. Pistols eventually become ridiculous with the first bullet time power. You're going to need that plus the assault rifle or shotgun power to get by some bosses. If you're getting railed by a boss you can always go to a new location and save it for later.

The greatest strengths of the game are the mix of fighting and casual stealth that I don't think any game has done as well since Beyond Good & Evil and the fantastically pulled off illusion that your choices really affect things.
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I hope whoever recommended this to me gets the gout. by Worm 01/22/2013, 11:13pm PST NEW
    Oh and I am playing on on hard but come on, no fatal headshots, what the fuck? by Worm 01/22/2013, 11:27pm PST NEW
    It gets more fun when you stop playing it like a pure stealth game by fabio 01/23/2013, 12:12am PST NEW
        and it's your own fault playing it on hard by fabio 01/23/2013, 12:13am PST NEW
            I'm just shelving it for good, luckily it was only like 4 bucks. by Worm 01/23/2013, 12:48am PST NEW
                The dialog was some genius by fabio 01/23/2013, 12:59am PST NEW
                    Well I got to Rome but the gameplay seems as awful as it ever was. NT by Worm 01/23/2013, 8:48am PST NEW
                        GO BACK TO QUAKE NT by fabio 01/23/2013, 10:46am PST NEW
                            Actually I'll go back to Yakuza 3. by Worm 01/23/2013, 11:27am PST NEW
                                How's Yakuza 3? Do I need to buy a goddamned PS3 after all? NT by Last 01/23/2013, 12:45pm PST NEW
                                    It's really fun. For a few odd reasons. by Worm 01/23/2013, 1:20pm PST NEW
                                The hacking is much easier with a trackball mouse. NT by Mischief Maker 01/23/2013, 12:49pm PST NEW
                                    My eyeballs cannot read the letters half the time. by Worm 01/23/2013, 12:56pm PST NEW
                        The best way to play the game is put all your points in hand to hand asskicking NT by WITTGENSTEIN 01/23/2013, 9:11pm PST NEW
    No, it's great. You are the one that sucks. NT by Gentleman Jim Browser 09/01/2015, 12:48pm PDT NEW
        I actually made a video about this. by Worm 09/01/2015, 3:45pm PDT NEW
            frontpage NT by WITTGENSTEIN 09/01/2015, 4:12pm PDT NEW
            Come to the correct opinion of Alpha Protocol only to be wrong about Bloodlines NT by fabio 09/01/2015, 4:35pm PDT NEW
                Honestly though, in what world is Bloodlines the worst of videogame writing? by fabio 09/01/2015, 4:37pm PDT NEW
                    This is accurate. by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/01/2015, 4:51pm PDT NEW
                    Hey it's hard to adlib that shit. by Worm 09/01/2015, 10:42pm PDT NEW
 
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