Alpha Prime

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title = Alpha Prime


developer = Black Element Software
publisher = ^EU IDEA Games ^NA Meridian4
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designer =
engine = Enforce 2 Engine
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released = ^EU May 25, 2007 ^NA November 8, 2007
genre = First-person shooter
modes = 1 Player
ratings = ESRB: Mature (17+) PEGI: 16+
platforms = Microsoft Windows
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"Alpha Prime" is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Black Element Software and released in 2007. The script for the game's story was written by Ondřej Neff. [http://computergames.ro/en/games/viewitem/id/913/name/alpha-prime/section/review.html Alpha Prime] . Computer Games Online SRL (2007-07-23). Retrieved 2007-08-10.] The game is built upon Black Element's proprietary Enforce2 Engine. [http://pc.ign.com/objects/746/746915.html About the Engine Alpha Prime] . IGN Entertainment, Inc. Retrieved 2007-08-10.] . Like "Half Life 2", the North American release of "Alpha Prime" is a Steam content delivery system exclusive game. The Steam client is required to activate the program, even if it is purchased at a retail dealer.

Development

The original preview of the game was released during E3 2006. There it was revealed that the game would have support for the AGEIA's PhysX processor. [Ocampo, Jason. [http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/alphaprime/news.html?sid=6151443&mode=recent E3 06: Alpha Prime Impressions] . Gamespot (2006-05-17). Retrieved 2008-08-10.] The company that created the game is Black Element Software, a company based in the Czech Republic. [http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/700/700147p1.html Alpha Prime Interview] . IGN.com (2006-04-05). Retrieved 2008-08-10.] A system was created for the game called "Remote Hacking Device", which allows the player to participate in a hack-like environment in-game. The developers decided during the game's development phase that the user would have no choice in the name, look, or appearance of his or her main character, since the game was not an rpg, and that the game would incorporate player-controlled vehicles and preset weapons. An important focus during development was the realism and facial expressions of the non-playable characters (NPCs), and it was the developers' choice to make the overall game primarily non-linear, with individual mission offering some level of linearity. The developers also used specific languages to make the Artificial Intelligence language as adaptable as possible, and used the Enforce 2 Engine with Havok Physics in the game.

Gameplay

The game has a total of 10 missions or levels, 5 NPCs, and around 14 enemies. The mechanics that were originally engineered into the game allow for an interactive environment, hacking system and a "bullet time" system. [ [http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/alphaprime About the System] -About the system]

tory

The State Business Federation has discovered an asteroid dubbed Alpha Prime with rich deposits of hubbardium, which is used as fuel in interstellar ships. During the mining operations, the miners began to go mad due to exposure to hubbardium. The State Business Federation decides that mining the hubbardium is too dangerous, and seal off the asteroid.

Unauthorized miners arrive hoping to use the hubbardium to make drugs. They soon find themselves in trouble and ask Arnold, the protagonist, to help them.

Criticism

A few companies have criticized the game, stating that it had a poorly created intro. Another point of criticism is the software called "SecuROM Copy Protection", because it only allows the user the ability to install the game a total of 2 times at once with any one system. This caused certain problems, which were later addressed with software to fix the issue. [ [http://play.tm/story/13862 Securom system] -Securom system] . A respected gaming portal from Croatia [http://www.hcl.hr/recenzije.php?TekstID=223&select=24 described the game] as a "trash game that doesn`t even seem to realize it's actually trash" and it got low scores in most of its other reviews.

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