Protocol

May 10, 2021

Protocol is frustrating, annoying, and anger-inducing – I loved it! Despite the brutal and unforgiving insane A.I., who constantly kills you if you so much as look at her funny, I thought the story was interesting, the dialogue was ‘colourful’, and the combination of many different gameplay mechanics was very creative. My only negative, besides the difficulty spike in the final chapter, has to be the ‘long’ loading times – these wouldn’t usually be an issue, but in a game where you’re bound to die over and over, I would have liked a faster reload. I personally preferred the first half of the game over the second, due to how the focus shifted more onto combat over exploration and puzzles, but it didn’t stop me from wanting to unlock all seven endings – which I will do, someday… Protocol£15.49 The Good: - - Very 'colourful' dialogue with a lot of funny insults and abuse - - Interesting story with seven endings to discover - - Has some really creative chapters which changes the gameplay drastically - - The idea of being punished for disobeying the protocol is original as although it ends in death, you need to figure out how to trigger them all for a trophy - - If you refrain from translating the Russian guides, the game will take a long time to complete as some parts are quite difficult The Bad: - - The loading times are pretty bad.

May 3, 2021

Protocol is an alright puzzle game, it’s an alright shooter game, it’s just simply alright. It’s very busy jumping from genre to genre and focusing on atmospheric building and keeping the player entertained using some crude and brash humor at times that becomes stale on replays.Become a Patron! This game was reviewed based on Xbox One review code, using an Xbox One console.

Apr 29, 2021

There is so much ambition to be found in Protocol on the Xbox. At times, it’s on a path to becoming a hybrid of Prey and Portal, both in the way it feels to play, and its ability to generate left-field ideas. Unfortunately, the ideas never fail to be executed poorly. Thanks largely to its controls, you will be, by turns, infuriated, bored, confused and offended. For a game that starts by feeling like a commentary on the lack of control in video games, it’s when you’re handed control that Protocol is at its worst.

May 17, 2021

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May 17, 2021

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May 15, 2021

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Jun 7, 2021

An absolute cluster of poorly written dialogue, terrible technical misses and infuriating puzzle mechanics, Protocol is a dreadful experience that will test your patience along with your capacity to put up with absolute trash to see a somewhat satisfying ending to a story you’re barely paying attention too. You deserve better. Protocol is available now on PS4 (reviewed on PS5), Xbox and PC. Developer: Fair Games Studio Publisher: Samustai Limited Disclaimer: In order to complete this review, we were provided with a promotional copy of the game.

May 3, 2021

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May 24, 2021

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Jun 24, 2021

If I were inclined to be generous to Protocol (and I’m not), I’d say it’s more a failure of execution than of ideas. After all, it’s at least smart enough to know that it needs to be better than it is. Still, the end result is the same: a game that’s not particularly fun to play.