If you caught this weekend’s GameTrailers TV, you’re probably well-schooled in Sega and Obsidian Entertainment‘s Alpha Protocol, the "first modern-day spy role-playing game." If not here’s two minutes worth of introduction.
Making RPG-style character progression work in a realistic setting—more rummy noble realistic than, say, Mass Effect or Final Fantasy, for example—always seems like rummy satta a challenging thing to get right. We’re not sure if Obsidian has pulled it off, but if they do, it may bode well for that in limbo Aliens RPG the developer was working on.
Make sure to stick around for the chinstrap bearded bad guy at the end. He looks like the Abe Lincoln of the rummy star terrorist underworld. Not something we see enough of. Evil dead presidents, I mean.