Mass Effect 2 - vs Alpha Protocol #1 @ BlendGames

Jump over to Blend Games for this bit of silliness, with members of their team comparing Mass Effect 2 to Alpha Protocol in a three-part battle with readers voting after each round.  This first round compares the "RPG diversity" of each title:

When you’re talking about changing the espionage action genre by making it an RPG you’re talking about serving up a tall order. Nevertheless, Obsidian seems to be taking on that order with flying colors as Alpha Protocol contains some of the most fascinating RPG elements featured in a game to-date. The ability to customize the lead character with a variety of reasonable looks, upgrade and acquire weapons of choice, learn new fighting techniques and chat it up with a few femme fatales in the game is a step in a direction only equivalent to what BioWare is doing with Mass Effect 2. When it comes to diversity I think I might be inclined to say that this game ties with BioWare’s epic space saga.