i saw that yesterday and i just laughed:

EVERY game is just alpha protocol.

Is stealth completely broken for anyone else? The game's supposed to have the usual fare of getting suspicious, searching etc before getting spotted. But for me I get a pixel of myself spotted and every guard in the level knows where I am and elects to come kill me without even hitting the alarm. Also upgrading Awareness bugged it out and rendered it literally unusable, activating it just flashes the icon and that's it.

sign me up for original golden axe, please.

yeah. count me in the dune (cryo) pile.

do want.

If it stays true to the original release, the bugs will be wild and amazing. Also, the only stealth option available was the silenced pistol hits. Everything else was not stealthy at all.

Hell yes Alpha Protocol!

Yeah, rather counter-intuitively to "an espionage RPG" subtitle (though there isn't even that much of an espionage themes to begin with), this was never meant to be a stealth game and these mechanics feel half-assed at best.

My last two playthroughs were 100% hand-to-hand combat and it was really fun way to play this game. Perks that give extra resistance and slow-mo make most boss fights a breeze (including the infamous Russian) while still being somewhat challenging and feeling less lame than the pistol build.

oh boy.

eye. roll.

Apparently, not.

Really hoping for Condemned. And some of those older titles wouldn't hurt, either.

Massive props and massive thanks to GOG and all other parties involved to preserve this gem! Looking forward to see what comes next, we sure have started the year off with some bangers!

(edit: I can imagine some forum members taking offense to some things I wrote below. I'm just theorizing and not interested in arguing, though I understand if you still want to offer a rebuttal of sorts)

In the vein of what some others have said, I hope GOG does similar work with more games, both not on GOG yet of course, and already on the store (suggestions on how to afford to do so below).

If it becomes common, GOG could create sub-branding and a tag in the store.

Condemned has been mentioned; I'm not expecting GOG to do full-on porting of Condemned 2, but if somehow that happened (like if GOG could afford to actually port it) or C2 was emulated but included a program and pre-made setup for mouse + keyboard control, I'd totally support that in theory. A Condemned 1 + 2 bundle would be great, whether GOG does it or more realistically Night Dive or a similar company does. (But if GOG did it and got it for at least temporary exclusivity, that could help to bring new people to the store of course.)

But there are other games much higher on the Community Wishlist that could benefit from similar work. For example, Spec Ops: The Line which was recently removed, though this is less anticipated so I'd be more understanding if GOG just cuts the music out instead. Similar to my Condemned 2 suggestion above, if GOG could somehow emulate Silent Hill 1 but include acceptable m+kb controls, and if all the legal stuff could be taken care of, getting Silent Hill 1-3 onto the store would be a massive get.

And of course convincing Ubisoft to let GOG preserve and sell more of their games here - a desire that's nothing new though. :P (EA and Ubi)

Also, I wouldn't inherently be opposed to GOG creating improvements for games already on the store, and - to pay for the work done - selling the improvements as DLC (with a discount for people who already own the game) or including the fixes but upping the base price of the game, or both. edit: Selling like a "(game name): (current year) Edition" with the improvements over the original release already on GOG, and a discount for those who own the original version of the game. I realize this is basically charging for patches and might upset a large chunk of people, but personally I'd be in favor of it as a way to continually ensure GOG games work well and of course GOG would need to get paid for the time and effort they would put in to the work.

You should really watch the video.
They achieved a great feat by bringing one game back. Sometimes it's just not possible to legally bring something back, Alpha Protocol was one of the more unlikely candidates.
I'm very glad they resurrected it and I'm not even a great fan.

There is value in trying to preserve art and this was a very successful effort and I congratulate everyone involved. Development is hard. Very hard.
But combined with the efforts of licensing and the game being a bit of a flop in the first place, this challenge is almost herculean.

Nice really great release! Have never played but heard many good things about the game. Glad now i will be able to play it in the best version and be able to keep it for good

Look I appreciate Steam supporting Open Source OS work but GOG NOT having exclusives prevents eyeballs on it and people even giving it a chance. Steam is the heavyweight in the room and GOG having a little leverage in DRM free by having an exclusive that could put MORE pressure on companies to give us more DRM free with an audience who comes here for Alpha Protocol and others. I hate putting it this way but as a stauncch advoccate of being DRM free and the ease of access it grants, supporting Steam is like asking someone to kick me in the face and thanking them for it. I will support Steam as little as I can.
I plan to get a Steamdeck to PLAY GOG games, possibly even running Windows and maybe another OS besides SteamOS as well. That being said I know they are breaking even or making a little money. I prefer to buy that over the non-OLED Ally and the battery guzzling I have heard. The Chinese handhelds don't even cross my mind because I don't trust them.

Well done, GOG Team. To paraphrase the classic: "You did the impossible and that makes you mighty".

Now the next impossible mission: No One Lives Forever 1 & 2! ;-)
If you managed to get a game from SEGA, you can do that too, even if it will take time (and I imagine you have been looking into this already) - it will be worth it, as always.