Obsidian has revealed that its unreleased and thoroughly canceled RPG set in theAliensuniverse was by no means an easily disposable project. In fact, theAlpha Protocoldeveloper claims the game felt “ready to ship” and was as good as done. Ouch.
“Oh, if you had come in and played any of the last builds we were working on, you would have said it was a finished game,” declares CEO Feargus Urquhart. “That’s how close we were. It looked and felt like it was ready to ship.”
It was sad to see the game canceled, although given the fact Sega had twoAliensgames on the go at once, this third one was an inevitable candidate for the rubbish bin. Still, who knows? Maybe ifAlpha Protocolturns out really well, Obsidian could get another crack of the whip with this. I certainly hope so.
Obsidian CEO: Aliens RPG felt like a finished game[Joystiq]
