Matt's Top Ten Worst CRPGs @ Armchair Empire

RPGWatch · Wed, 10th Aug '11, 1:10pm

Matt Barton has followed up his last list with his Top Ten Worst CRPGs. It's a personal list but I'm going to take this snip because I disagree:

#6. Alpha Protocol. Chris Avellone, what have you done? How could the same guy who gave us Planescape: Torment produce a flop like this, particularly when the premise (an "espionage RPG") sounds so fascinating? Just hearing that phrase alone makes me want to buy it. But, yeah, we just got another mess with more bugs than a public lavatory without any soap left. Like Dungeon Siege 3, I'm kinda reminded of a bunch of frat guys trying to bake a cake. But they didn't plan well, and now they're out of time, so they turn up the oven to broil thinking it'll turn out just as great in half the time. What really makes this game so galling is that you can't help but see that it could have--should have--been so much better. Perhaps the "alpha" in the title is a not so subtle clue?

While we're doing lists, Jay Barnson has some Guilty Pleasure RPGs.

Wed, 10th Aug '11, 1:10pm	#1
RPGWatch SPS Account Holder Watching... Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,301 Like: 0 Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Matt's Top Ten Worst CRPGs @ Armchair Empire Matt Barton has followed up his last list with his Top Ten Worst CRPGs. It's a personal list but I'm going to take this snip because I disagree: #6. Alpha Protocol. Chris Avellone, what have you done? How could the same guy who gave us Planescape: Torment produce a flop like this, particularly when the premise (an "espionage RPG") sounds so fascinating? Just hearing that phrase alone makes me want to buy it. But, yeah, we just got another mess with more bugs than a public lavatory without any soap left. Like Dungeon Siege 3, I'm kinda reminded of a bunch of frat guys trying to bake a cake. But they didn't plan well, and now they're out of time, so they turn up the oven to broil thinking it'll turn out just as great in half the time. What really makes this game so galling is that you can't help but see that it could have--should have--been so much better. Perhaps the "alpha" in the title is a not so subtle clue? While we're doing lists, Jay Barnson has some Guilty Pleasure RPGs.
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