Protocol

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Protocol is a action, indie and adventure game developed by Fair Games Studio and published by Sad Horse studio.
Released on November 20th 2018 is available only on Windows in 11 languages: English, Russian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Polish.

It has received 307 reviews of which 222 were positive and 85 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.8 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 5.27€ on Steam and has a 40% discount.

The Steam community has classified Protocol into these genres:

Action Indie Adventure Dark Humor Singleplayer Cyberpunk Sci-fi Aliens Narration First-Person Atmospheric Exploration Story Rich Comedy FPS Gore Violent Satire Multiple Endings Walking Simulator

Media & Screenshots

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Win 7 or higher 64-bit
Processor: i3-i5 4gen (or similar AMD)
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 650 (min 2 Gb)
DirectX: Version 9.0
Storage: 8 GB available space

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Nov. 2020

This can be a great game if the protocol was fix the shifty controls picking up things and dropping are allover the place. It makes the game harder than it should be.

June 2020

I am here to update my review. For the most part, it's been pretty solid besides a couple of key gameplay elements getting stuck, or when you're trying to enter the ships computer and use the wrong combination it's possible to get stuck in a loop, where the only way out is to force quit the game and reopen it. I really enjoyed this game for the most part, but having to figure out if certain issues are with myself missing something or if it's a game bug can be annoying.

Feb. 2019

An awesome game, been looking forward to it since the demo, it keeps its humor and it also has several Protocol themed minigames to enjoy. The VR movement is great, they implemented the smooth movement (I had forgotten to edit this review) The only downside I could think of: subtitles aren't exactly right. (minor)

Dec. 2018

This game is gonna play you, not the other way around, just deal with it or don't buy it. There is no easy mode here, if you are not ready to fail again, again and again, don't bother. It will teach you to fold your underwear and put it in place, put toilet seat up, reason with crazy digital ex-wives and many other essential survival skills. Obviously, there is a way for visual improvement, but since it is VR compatible game, average graphics are not surprising. It's not what makes this game fun anyway. Overall, it looks pretty solid for an indie game. Recommended for masochists and old-school gamers :)

Dec. 2018

I've been waiting for a long time to play this game. For except of the DMC5, Jump Force and Resident Evil 2, the Protocol was most anticipated game for me. From the beggining this was VR capable game. There are some small bugs, but in most the Protocol is quite playable in VR. For two hours I've played already I was not dissappointed. 1. Graphics looks ok for me, not toonish like quite bunch of other VR games. Some textures are not as sharp as it could be. 2. Gameplay is interesting, but hard, casual gamers won't like it. Some times you have to do some boring stuff, for example you have to go back for the card, because you forgot it in another terminal. Quite like in real life don't you think? 3. Music and Sound. There are glitches with some environment sound but for most of the time it is ok. Music do not disturb from gameplay and it is big plus for me. 3.1. Voices. Actually I like voice actors performance. The game does support for Russian language, but I prefer English voices. Hope I won't miss any refernces or subbplot because of translation. 4. Story. I've played only for two hours and have not yet reached event third chapter so I can not tell much. But for now it seems interesting. So, do I like the game? - Sure thing Do I recommend it? - Sure thing Do I voilate the Protocol? - Sure thing Have a nice day!

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Developer

Fair Games Studio

Publisher

Sad Horse studio

Release 20 Nov 2018

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