[PROTOTYPE2]: Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold - Old Klingon Proverb

CaptainNemo

Story
Dr. Alex J.* Mercer is having a bad fucking day. He's just woken up on a slab, he's getting shot at by MIBs, and he's turned into H.P. Lovecraft's worse nightmare.

He's the Prototype.

And now he has to fight an insane Generals fascist taskforce, a zombie horde slowly taking over Manhattan, and the loss of his own humanity. On the plus side, he can karate kick Comanches.

Here's out Metacritic, which gives it a 78, describes it:

You are Alex Mercer, the Prototype: a shapeshifter with amazing powers of combat, destruction, and deception. Consume targets for their form and memories to assume a perfect disguise, or instantly transform your body into an array of deadly biological weapons, cutting your way to the heart of the conspiracy forty years in the making. Stalk the streets of New York City, searching for the life you lead before. Take the form of anyone in your path, using an arsenal of identities to confound, exploit or annihilate your enemies. Mankind is your mask. Wage a secret war against factions with complex agendas of their own, out to capture or kill you. They are your greatest threat and the key to the secrets of your past. Confront them, find those responsible and make them pay. Shapeshifting: Attack with brutal and devastating powers; instantly triggering hundreds of power combinations (Attack, Defensive and Sensory). Disguise: Assume the perfect disguise by transforming into any character and assuming the victim's powers, skills and abilities. New York City is your hunting ground! Jam-packed, vibrant, fully interactive city filled with thousands of people and enemies out to destroy you. Delve to the bottom of a conspiracy that has haunted the American government for decades. Who is responsible for your condition?


Achievements

Au (40) Achieve a rating of Gold or better in all Events.
Brain Trust (20) Complete all Consume Events.
Children Of Blacklight(20) You've completed the Supreme Hunter Boss Battle.
Cleanup (10) Kill 15 characters with a single Whipfist attack.
Crossing The T(10) You've completed the Hunter Boss Encounter.
Endless Hunger (10) Consume 200 characters to boost your health.
Errand Boy(10) You've completed the Specialist Boss Fight.
Evolutionary Step (10) Use the Upgrade Menu to acquire an Upgrade.
Gunning (10) Destroy 20 Helicopters in a single Helicopter flight.
Half-Truths (10) Complete a mission without causing a single Military Alert.
Hard To Kill (60) Complete Story Mode in any difficulty without dying.
Hope(20) You've discovered the truth behind Hope, Idaho.
In Plain Sight (10) Evade 10 strike teams.
In The Web (20) Consume 50 Web Targets.
Infiltrator (20) Infiltrate 10 Military Bases disguised as a Commander.
It's Him! (10) Patsy 5 military personnel.
Mankind Is Your Mask (40) Complete 3 missions without causing a single Military Alert.
Misconception (20) Destroy 25 Infected Water Towers before they hatch.
Nice Guy (40) Complete the game while consuming 10 Civilians or fewer.
On Instinct(20) You've completed the Mother Boss Battle.
One Thousand Suns(40) You've completed the Supreme Hybrid Boss Battle.
Origin(20) You've discovered the history of Elizabeth Greene.
Polymath (40) Collect all Hint Collectibles scattered across New York City.
Pt (60) Achieve a Platinum Medal in all Events.
Repossession (10) Seize 50 vehicles from enemy hands.
Return Fire (10) Catch any object tossed by a Hydra; and throw it back.
Revenge Revisited (60) Complete Story Mode on hard difficulty.
Self-Deception (20) Discover what happened to Alex Mercer through the Web of Intrigue.
SME (20) Gain the ability to drive and fly all vehicles.
Speed Bumps (20) Run over 500 characters in a single tank.
Streetwise (50) Collect all Landmark collectibles scattered across New York City.
Surface-To-Air (10) Shoot down 50 helicopters while driving armor.
The Butcher (30) Kill 50 characters in 5 seconds.
The Cleaner (20) Destroy 10 Military Bases or Infected Hives in New York City.
The First Thread (10) Unlock the Web of Intrigue.
Threat Elevated (20) Destroy 25 strike teams.
Trail Of Corpses (30) Kill 53,596 infected.
Unnatural Selection (40) Acquire all available upgrades.
Web Of Knowledge (60) Acquire all nodes of the Web of Intrigue.
Wrecking Yard (20) Destroy 2,000 vehicles.

Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RahEtkVxAPA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSHrGxqMW7Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBcxX03TdTs
















*He tells everyone it stands for Johnathan, but it really stands for Judas.

UnbreakableVow

This game is old and bad

But making an OP for a single-player game that's over a year old now, damn

Gotta respect that dedication at least

CaptainNemo

It's a solid game, broski. Good action, fun powers, and a neat, if not very original, plot.

UnbreakableVow

I did like the fact that you can shift into anyone you consume

CaptainNemo

There's nothing better then jumping off the Empire State Building in platform heels.

chamberlain

There is nothing wrong with this game that dropping it down to easy difficulty doesn't fix.

I just wish I would have known that before playing through most of it.

Klash

I really like Prototype. It was utterly forgettable and some of the "events" were complete nonsense for which the developers should be drawn and quartered. That doesn't stop mindless slaughter from being good times.

Also, controlling Alex with a keyboard was worse nonsense than the events themselves. I mean, it never felt like it was the keyboards fault, but always like the game was just spastic and the devs couldn't figure out that tapping a key meant slight movement, not "OH JESUS, DO A 180 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW".

Still, I could hijack helicopters, bomb a base, jump out, transform into an armoured hammerfist-beast and slam down from orbit throwing the entire population into the air. Good times.

I was going to use the New Game + feature to get the last couple upgrades, but I just didn't care enough. I just load up my endgame save so I can smash around a fully infected landscape and holy crap, did I just make mountains come out of the ground?

-Loki-

chamberlain wrote: »

There is nothing wrong with this game that dropping it down to easy difficulty doesn't fix.

I just wish I would have known that before playing through most of it.

I might have to give this a try. I gave up about half way because the difficulty spikes were shitting me up the wall. I did this with Red Faction and greatly enjoyed it too.

CaptainNemo

I still boot it up when I want some over powered bloody slaughter. As for controls, I play on the 360, and it's smooth as butter.

Trust me, easy is the way to go. Alex is supposed to be a holy terror, and on Easy mode he's awe inspiring.

UnbreakableVow

But then you're missing 60 Gamerscore!

CaptainNemo

Slashing a tank in half with one hit is worth the loss.

-Loki-

It's hard to be enthusiastic about it though when infamous is sitting right next to it. And is a much better game.

UnbreakableVow

-Loki- wrote: »

It's hard to be enthusiastic about it though when infamous is sitting right next to it. And is a much better game.

Please don't start this

They're not that similar at all

My disappointment stems from the fact that these guys made The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction prior to this

CaptainNemo

-Loki- wrote: »

It's hard to be enthusiastic about it though when infamous is sitting right next to it. And is a much better game.

It really comes down to which Spider-Man villain do you want to play as: Electro, or Venom.

UnbreakableVow

The correct answer is Sandman, and I remain unsatisfied

Darth_Mogs

chamberlain wrote: »

There is nothing wrong with this game that dropping it down to easy difficulty doesn't fix.

I just wish I would have known that before playing through most of it.

Well, there is -one- thing that can't be fixed by dropping the difficulty.

End-Game spoilers:

That final boss fight. That was just horrible all around. Not only is it a mostly reused boss fight from about half way through the game, albeit the thing is now just ridiculously more resilient and powerful, but it's also timed. Now that's just bullshit.

Though, for all it's flaws, on some level I did like Prototype, or I wanted to like it, I don't know which. It just wasn't easy to do. Despite all that, after having my PS3 conk out a bit ago with all my saves, I've been contemplating popping it in again to finish off the trophy list. Or, like, everything that isn't the Revisited one. Because screw that.

Kazaka

I liked this game the more I played it

Alex in armor just looks stupidly badass, especially if you hold down on the dpad when you transform to do the slick animation

PS @Mogs: CQC represent - I'd use with it exclusively if I could

I mean all I'm saying is that's - my - shit

urahonky

I want to say that I got to the last boss of this game but had to quit. HAD TO. I have never been so angry at a video game in my life.

Apothe0sis

Prototype was excellent up until the last boss.

I loved it.

The last boss (and his prior appearance) were just nonsense.

Metallikat

-Loki- wrote: »

It's hard to be enthusiastic about it though when infamous is sitting right next to it. And is a much better game.

Prototype was everything I wanted Infamous to be. I never felt powerful in Infamous. I mean, I can shoot lightning for christ's sake, but somehow the game actually makes it seem weak in comparison to the enemies I fought. I may as well have had a pistol and bag full of grenades instead of whacky electro powers. Prototype on the otherhand.. well, you're an nigh unstoppable badass from the get-go and it only gets better from there.

RoyceSraphim

I think I tolerated this game because I got into insane killing streaks every time I turned it on, to the point that I only had to grind for upgrades once or twice, I just went batshit on bases every other time.

I also beat the final boss with 1 second left since I realized super arms + bombs/rockets/fuel tanks = victory.

Chance

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

My disappointment stems from the fact that these guys made The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction prior to this

Yep. Prototype had some awesome features - when you're dashing towards an enemy base and jump as a tank shell takes out their gates, and then find yourself running up the gates as they're blown through the air? Well, that's pretty fuckawesome.

On the other hand, Hulk had
+better story
+fun, "epic" boss fights
+smoother combat
+no stupid radial menu to select powers
+area of effect specials that were a helluva lot cooler than Alex Mercer's Tentacle Storm, Spike Forest and... Biomass Cannon Thingie.

Of course, Prototype's got
+gore
+violence
+gore
+HD
+gory violence.
+Phil LaMarr

(Blood.)

RoyceSraphim

Plus you can rip Hilary Clinton in Twain, assume her form, and rip open the roof of a tank and kill the man inside. In fact we need a video of Hilary destroying conservative American, hunting down gun loving Americans and impaling our religious values while breaking downing our castle walls with streams of socialist rhetoric.

UnbreakableVow

Another strike against Prototype

Hilary Clinton is apparently in it

Chance

In fairness I have no idea what Royce is talking about.

UnbreakableVow

Chance wrote: »

In fairness I have no idea what Royce is talking about.

She's right in his sig, the dirty Communist

captaink

I got this and gave up playing it not far in. I played it right after I beat Infamous and it didn't stand up. I need to give it another shot, maybe on easy.

CrownAxe

I really enjoyed this game.

Granted I didn't finish it but...

Local H Jay

wow people really had that hard a time with the final boss huh
i mean i died a few times but not the hardest part.
what was bullshit was trying to get those fucking races in all gold. fuck those.

but yes this game is fun for just the pure chaos you can create. and bonus points for awesome gliding.
i guess my one big complaint was that the combos were too much trouble to bother learning and once you maxed everything out you didn't need them anyways

Chance

Local H Jay wrote: »

what was bullshit was trying to get those fucking races in all gold. fuck those.

After gold there's platinum.

Speaking of platinum, hands up everyone who got all trophies/achievements! Where's MorningLord?

...'cause I think it's just me and him. Like, in the world.

Hylianbunny

Chance wrote: »

Local H Jay wrote: »

what was bullshit was trying to get those fucking races in all gold. fuck those.

After gold there's platinum.

Speaking of platinum, hands up everyone who got all trophies/achievements! Where's MorningLord?

...'cause I think it's just me and him. Like, in the world.

Working on it. Pretty sure all I have left is wrapping up some platinum events (on easy), finishing the last ten percent of the web, and going through on Hard.

Forever Zefiro

I still had a perfectly good thread!



I got at least Gold in all the challenges, a few Platinums. Those races are hard.

Love Prototype though. I have a feeling we won't see a sequel, sadly.

CaptainNemo

I'm sorry, I couldn't find it. I don't mind a lack of sequel, Alex has closure.

Forever Zefiro

CaptainNemo wrote: »

I'm sorry, I couldn't find it. I don't mind a lack of sequel, Alex has closure.

No prob

I suppose you are right story wise

But even though I love Prototype, I'm not gonna lie and say there weren't some issues, and I'd love a sequel with better combat, better enemies, cooler bosses.

You get so many badass attacks, and either your enemy dies too fast to use them, or it's an enemy that isn't affected by them.

Chance

Well, Radical Entertainment is hiring for a new project - so you never know.

Yes, I linked to an article on my own blog. I'm a whore and it's pertinent info. So sue me.

Klash

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

Chance wrote: »

In fairness I have no idea what Royce is talking about.

She's right in his sig, the dirty Communist

One of the generic NPC types wondering around Manhattan is a lady that looks like Hilary Clinton, in a vague way.

Personally, I prefer to go Blacklight then punch people in the face. Or, you know, go in a base and keep pointing that finger until only one remains.

Silpheed

I had way too much fun assuming the guise of an old lady and running around, punching U.S army goons into thin, red mist.

Fiaryn

Right well since we have a Prototype thread I can now justifiably go on a rant about why everyone who has trouble with boss fights is turbbl:

Reason #1) The Whipfist. This will seriously handle every single boss fight up until the final two. Run around and poke them with the Whipfist how hard is it to think of something as obvious as this jesus christ!

Reason #2) Second to last boss fight spoilers

OH MAN GUYS ELIZABETH GREENE IS SO FUCKING HARD SHE'S ONLY COMPLETELY IMMOBILE AND LEAVES ME ABLE TO RUN AWAY AND HEAL AT ANY TIME OF MY CHOOSING OHHH NOOO.

This shit is inexcusable. If you are complaining about Elizabeth Greene you are literally the worst. Run up a building, do the sword drop, run away as necessary. This isn't hard.

Reason #3) Final boss spoilers

Just throw shit. No really that's all there is to it. Maxed out Muscle Mass, throw shit. It's not even hard, you should have somewhere in the vein of a minute and a half to two and a half minutes to spare depending on how little you suck. Listen for his particularly angry roar because that means he's about to do a Devastator.

Complain all you will of other things but the bosses in Prototype are easy as hell.

Cannon Goose

Oh hey, I should probably finish this game. I remember I really enjoyed it too but got totally obsessed and then fed up with getting gold in the challenges.

This game may have been a bit clunky and rough around the edges but it definitely got large interactive crowds right. One time a friend of mine spent a solid 20 minutes just running up and down a busy footpath with a car just knocking people into the air, which I'll admit is a pretty awesome sight.

Silpheed

I think my greatest complaints with this game was how badly the plot was presented once you hit the halfway point of the plot and how easily it was to get juggled by the massive amounts of RPG fire you'd get during the later stages of the game. I also hated those fucking supersoldiers since you had no decent way to stagger or throw them, which meant they almost had a free pass to backbreak your ass if you tried to engage them in melee.

Korlash

I don't understand the people complaining about the difficulty. I beat the last boss on normal on my first try (though I had pretty much no time to spare). There were a few difficult missions, but nothing I couldn't get through in a couple of attempts.

I think people have been spoiled by the newest generation of action games in which you never die. I mean, you can play a game like Assassin's Creed and never really find yourself in danger. When a game forces you to retry a mission a few times, it's not an "unreasonable difficulty spike", that was the norm before the advent of checkpoints.

I thought it was a challenging enough game without being impossible. Some of the events are ridiculously hard, but no one is forcing you to complete them.