Prototype Review
Consume and become?
Version tested: Xbox 360
As Uncle Ben once said, with great power comes great responsibility. However, according to videogames, with great power comes 10 minutes of action and then some sort of flashback or plot device that takes the great power away again, followed by 10 hours of getting it back. Prototype is that sort of game.
But hey, those 10 minutes are mental. Hopping into the trainers, jeans and hoodie/leathers ensemble of a grumpy-looking Alex Mercer, you set about ripping through Manhattan, running up sheer skyscrapers to launch into tank-destroying elbow slams, throwing yellow cabs into helicopters, and ultimately taking out an entire city block by crouching into a sort of organic explosion, which pierces just about everything in the vicinity with black, otherworldly tendrils of death.
And hey again, even without your powers, you're still powerful, and by the time you reach the same stage of Mercer's evolution a couple of game-weeks later, you will not only feel like you've earned it, but you will have a greater understanding of every little thing, forged through exciting, brutal experiences that always emphasise your ridiculous, superheroic abilities.
Admittedly though, you still won't behave very responsibly, and fans of serious hero fiction will find Prototype a bit of a turn-off. You're infected with some sort of virus, which allows you to grow spikes and other things out of your arm, withstand enormous damage, and do superhuman things, and the story of why, told through snatches of video obtained by absorbing key characters (basically, weakening and eating them) and in moody cut-scenes, is basic and yet difficult to follow.
But the greater shame is it never accounts for the fact that your primary source of health is eating civilians, who you also run over in tanks, and murder by running through them with your shield out or armour on. It's not really collateral damage: you're on a self-serving quest to find out where you came from, and nobody's getting in the way, even if they're terrified and clearly not infected.

The screenshots disguise the sloppy texture work and rubbish draw distance, but Prototype does at least keep the frame-rate up and pack a lot of people in.
Still, ignore that and there are a lot of infected monsters and fascistic soldiers to vanquish in enterprising style. Although an openworld game with Ang Lee's Incredible Hulk-style superjumps and the requisite hover and air dash moves to increase your range, Prototype's primarily a brawler, offering an increasingly ferocious range of offensive mutations to morph between. There's also an experience-points currency used to unlock a tsunami of overlapping powers covering combat, infiltration and manoeuvrability, which splashes across the upgrade menus as though someone's popped Marvel Comics in a blender with some trenchcoats and Marmite and forgot to put the top on.
Targeting enemies with the left trigger, every button on the pad has to sing for its supper to allow for regular and heavy attacks, area-effect attacks, uppercuts, grabs, slams, throws, flying kicks, stealth kills, consuming enemies, and ultimately the aptly named slow-motion Devastators, which you can access at the peak of your powers or with your last sliver of health. And that's before you consider more menial things like dashes, sprinting, switching to a disguise for evasion (the last body you consumed, cunningly), and using the radial menu to switch buffs and weapon-sets.
Developer Radical is also happy to let you play with the military hardware sent after you, if you can overcome a storm of lead and missiles to obtain it. By consuming certain enemies (usually highlighted in a story mission), you gain the ability to hijack APCs, tanks, and eventually helicopters, which have a Grand Theft Auto-style thrill to them after so many hours running, jumping and hovering to get around.
Mission design isn't very open-ended, usually boiling down to doing something violently or stealthily, but with such a vast array of attacking options you often have the luxury of trying something different. There are certain missions that follow strict prescriptions - fly here, chase this guy, consume these fellas, etc. - but many throw you into combat against a combination of foes, plucked from the menagerie of infected enemies and the bottomless garrisons of the oppressive army, and use positional and locational variation to force you to experiment. If you find yourself bouncing off, it probably means it's time to explore those upgrade menus again.
The niggling thing about this, however, is that the reason you can't slip into comfortable rhythms isn't that the game is outthinking you; it's because it's out-spamming you, and the recovery systems at your disposal are puny next to your offensive powers. As soon as the military is onto you, you're in a blizzard of bullets, supported by a monsoon of rockets from helicopters, tanks and rooftop rocket launchers, while the tougher infected enemies have a habit of pouncing and going into unblockable frenzies once you've had a few pops.
So you're going to take damage, and while there are upgrades for health regeneration speed, maximum health and aerial recovery to unlock, they are all ineffective against the relentless onslaught of your adversaries, who are increasingly difficult to evade. In theory you can alleviate some of the difficulty by targeting soldiers who are calling in strike teams (chopper and tank units that hound you across the city), but getting to them in time is almost impossible because it involves navigating into the maelstrom. Snacking on human health-boxes is rarely as simple as all that either - they may be everywhere, but pausing to eat one generally earns you a rocket in the face.
Of course, with an open-ended upgrade system, difficulty spikes are inevitable, and it often pays to calm down and scrounge your own new resources to fight back. But certain key upgrades are withheld - bound to particular narrative events - while the boss fights scattered throughout the game are wars of attrition. One towards the end, in Times Square, is just appalling - nearly half an hour of slog against a Who's Who of what not to program: flying blobs that stun, respawning tentacles, unpredictable wave attacks, and inconsistent damage conditions among them.

You can at least gain the vital experience points you need to bulk up by taking on side missions, but these are also rather forgettable, reflecting a rather dull Manhattan in general. Radical includes Crackdown-style orbs, but the poor draw distance means you stumble onto them rather than really discovering them, and while people with "Web of Intrigue" icons can be consumed for another little snatch of video, the snatches of video aren't really very interesting. Mercer's linked to the virus, which is linked to a town in Idaho and a dodgy military unit. We get it.
Prototype isn't really a game of exploration though. It's also less visually striking and varied than last month's inFamous, and less stylish than Crackdown. But, again, neither is really a criticism. Prototype is a game of riotous, gore-splattering ultraviolence. That's all it wants to be, and in many respects it does a solid, and often spectacular job. The victims may be plot, atmosphere and the difficulty curve, but then great power always comes at a cost.
7 / 10
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[link url= http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/992/992950p2.html
]http://uk .xbox360.ign.com/articles/992/9...[/link]
I don't usually base my purchases on reviews but I am starting to rethink my purchase. The game looks like it is going to be a lesson in frustration in hell.
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If you want to climb about and fire lightning - InFamous
Decision process in a nutshell!
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+1!!!!!!!
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Shame as I was really looking forward to it.
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If you want to climb about and fire lightning - InFamous "
If you wanne do both - CrackDown
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waiting for a 'real' review no doubt
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Lol - Exactly what I was thinking!
Anyways, if inFamous was a 7 and thoroughly enjoyable, I'll be getting this too, and I expect I'll probably enjoy it just as much.
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If you want to climb about and fire lightning - InFamous "
If you want to smash buildings to pieces - Red Faction
I can't believe people keep missing what is actually a very good game in RF, even if it does share the "enemy spawning" problems of it peers
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/Wonders if he like ketchup with them words.
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@UKGN_Zoidberg "from what I've played so far..." which obviously can't be that much since you charge your jumps by keeping the button pressed...
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you got a review up?
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I normally hate them but, since my PS3 is now sporting some quality titles like Infamous and drakes 1 and 2 I'm suddenly interested in which version to get for which platform.
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The draw distance looked fine in the PC verson I was watching a live stream of earlier. It showed someone leaping up the Empire State Building and blue orbs were visible from a decent distance away. I presume the PC version's graphics options allows for a longer draw distance than the consoles? It's the version I've ordered anyway, it's only £25 on Gameplay.
I know, I know I said I wasn't going to buy this after buying the very similar inFamous but this game just looks too much fun to ignore and the price of the PC version made it far too tempting... bugger, I'm so, so weak...
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I'll have to read other reviews now to get a more rounded veiwpoint.
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inFamous is hardly perfect, but I've really been enjoying it - the cast & script is pretty awful and the city lacks distinction or character, but other than that I think Sucker Punch did a great job.
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Glad I don't need to trade-in InFamous.
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My review will be up by Friday but seeing as I've only had it for 2 hours so far it would be unfair to post it until I've playtested it properly.
Anyone who has played Crackdown knows that a small tap of the jump button yields a smaller jump whereas holding it down makes you jump to the maximum height. Doing it Prototype's way makes you have to think a split second quicker in order to jump out of the way of things which can mean the difference between annoying death and triumphant victory.
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This sounds really dumb and reminds me of the problem I have with GTA as well. I have a mean streak but am still not psychopathic (or fifteen year old automutilating emo) enough to find any real intrinsic motivation to do any of this stuff. To me the logical thing would be to kill yourself outright and make the game world a better place. This kind of morality would need some very strong incentive, or over the top campiness. If there's neither, well, count me out.
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Im enjying getting on ebay and picking up the games I have missed for pittance so all good by me. Only one game I have my eye on for a buy at release and that is flashpoint!
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Red faction had me nearly kicking my 360 the other night due to fucking insane amounts of enemy spawning, which to me is just a lazy shit way of trying to make a game challenging minus any actual creative game design.
But running up buildings and punching people through the head is just to appealing to pass up.
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I found inFamous ridiculously easy playing as good. Your shots regenerate energy which regenerates health. However, I'm playing through on hard and having bit more difficulty playing as evil. Once you run out of energy death comes by very easily...
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I need to get round to buying a wired 360 pad, since I still can't find PC drivers for the wireless ones via the usb lead.
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You need to take the fight to the rooftops in Infamous. Travel over the buildings and only on the ground when absolutely necessary. It's too easy to get killed without seeing who the heck is shooting you if you travel on the roads. When you get the ability, use the wires strung between buildings to both travel and charge up your health. Use static trusters to glide after you jump off the end of the wires and use the roofs to get to objectives.
If you need to travel by land use the grenades to kill foes in the vacinity. Don't wate time trying to zap them as it rarely works until you are upto zap strength 3. Suck juice from cars too as you can suck juice faster than the villains can shoot you to death.
hope that helps you mate.
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bought.
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banned in germany. eating civilians not allowed here
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No offence but surely you should wait until both games have equal amount of reviews before stating which is better?? Anyway as most have said Infamous probably will rate higher.
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http://www .youtube.com/watch?v=zzXPIRcsOYY
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Neither would I if I only owned a 360.
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Not disputing that but even you must concede that if one game has 70+ reviews and the other 5 then the average is going to be skewed a little?
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If by USB lead your referring to the USB plug and play charger, your shit out of luck. MS don't have a driver for it. You could always by a MS USB wireless dongle though
http://ww w.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbo...
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What Yoss said. Nothing in it made it seem worth any real amount of hype.
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/orders Infamous from Shopto.
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inFamous should have scored higher than a 7 (at least an 8 IMO) it's one of the better games I've played this gen.
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Thanks
I guess i do spend too much time on the ground...
Is energy tied into health then? As that would explain a lot...Im always using my sniper shot and 3 or 4 uses leaves me drained.
Im 33% in and just done the shooting down spyplanes bit. so i have the grind ability
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No, I don't think health and enegy are tied in that respect, except when you recharge, both get topped up. I'm currently on my second play-through on Hard and evil, and if anything I'm finding it easier than medium and Easy. Not having to worry about collatoral damage makes things much more simple and destructive
Also, Farti & Daemon, you're both as bad as each other, so give it a rest. Although Fart, the point stands that we should discuss Prototype's average when all its reviews are accounted for.
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+1
Prototype sounds like it's trying to cover shallowness with excessive gore. Not my cup of tea.
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Ouch, there goes my self esteem!
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Only 2 "d"s in braindead.
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Hmmm draw distance looks rather good in that video....
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/American style chest bumping plus "YEEAAAAAAA!!!"
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Complaining about spelling mistake or typos is the lowest form of wasting bandwidth on the Internet. Say something worthwhile or shut the fuck up.
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The play and charge lead only has the USB power lines connected, when you're using it on the 360 and charging it's still using wireless to do it.
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Seriously though you used spell check this time didnt you?
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I've had no issues using mine with the PC and there are an increasing number of games that support it by default these days so you don't even have to customise the controls like you used to with third-party controllers.
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I know, on this very site someone confused Imperical with Empirical and misspelt braindead. Stupid people everywhere.
If suicide was the punishment for stupidity then Farti my boy you just signed your own death warrant.
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No no, let's be fair.
Trolling dickheads like Farticus are the lowest form of wasting bandwidth on the Internet.
"Say something worthwhile or shut the fuck up" would probably be best directed at him.
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There is no doubt Infamous will get a higher rating on metacritic. This review isnt even on metacritic yet and will drag the average down. So will almost every upcoming review i believe.
This has nothing to do with the fact that the 360 is easily the best console on the market. Choose your battles wisely and your credibility increases.
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The comments section, if anything, is entertaining...thats for sure.
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Or even better:" until Crackdown 2 to arrives"
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I think NG2 is a lesson inf frustration hell with extra helpings of spam on top. If it's anything like that I'll never get this. NG2 was just brutal. I bought it for a friend gave it a go and wept inside as I realised just how crap a gamer I'd become since being able to clock r-type and gynoug on 1 credit...
I was looking forward to prototype but don't want to go through the emotional trauma of outrageous difficulty and spam based annihilation all over again.
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PS. Welcome back Fart.
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Could someone tell him that this is a games discussion so there's no need to get angry or upset, it really isn't important in the grand scheme of things
Thanks
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El-Dev is being very polite to you. Your language and agression do not warrant any politeness.
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This will help you with your frustrations:
http://ww w.blahdvd.com/Books/Essential-S...
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Don't worry if you've never heard of it, it's not actually that good.
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NG2 is great. I can understand how some people are getting frustrated with the difficulty, but i loved it. Havent beaten it on the highest difficulty yet. Im half way through. Too many games got in the way. I will when the time is right. Ninja Warrior (normal) was a breeze though.
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I played the demo of NG and was highly disappointed. I've heard NG2 was supposed to be quite good though, isn't it?
Speaking of Demo's, I wasn't overly impressed with the demo for Infamous. I liked the idea free climbing but the whole shoot out sections felt, difficult. It was hard to tell were you were being shot from and most of the time the screen went grey before I realised who it was. The idea is there, but needs to be perfected IMO.
This is a Prototype thread though and despite the bad write up, I could pick this up on the cheap one day for a good button masher. Twatting people in the face sounds more like my cup of tea. However, there are far better games coming out on the PS3 for me to look forward to when I finish my current collection.
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Every game ever made on the 360 is better then every game ever on the PS3.
If you call him an insulting name he will mock you for being so childish and then turn around and call you a c*nt.
If you make any slight mistake in your text he will pick up on it and call you a brain-dead moron (obviously misspelling brain-dead and moron as he does).
He does not understand the meaning of irony or hypocrisy.
Basically he's a braindead, hypocritical, childish, moronic, c*nt.
That is all for now, class dismissed.
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All reasons not to put him on ignore my friend. It's amusing to read.
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At least I got a smile reading the torrent of insults flying back and forth.
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I think he has gotten that point by now. Infamous had a metacritic of 93+ the first couple of days. This proves that there is a certain connection with exclusive reviews and high ratings btw.
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It appears your poor spelling is a sore point for you and it is making you resort to name calling. This points towards you having some sort of learning disorder that you were mocked for in earlier life. I apologise, mocking those less fortunate is not nice so I will stop. If you want I will also teach you to spell, free of charge as a way to make amends for mocking your stupidity earlier.
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I read the thread, I always read threads... I am a horse who likes to read threads and EL-Dev is a polite fellow. You however are not.
But I do like you because you make me smile.
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Don't you all have GCSE revision to be getting on with or something?
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In my opinion, if Prototype was released before Infamous it would have done better, wise move on the part of Sucker Punch getting inFamous out first.
Didn't care much for inFamous so this is a definate no go. Crackdown is a bit better than inFamous but a bit haphazard in fashion.
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Don't all your posts boil down to the fact that you don't like the Playstation very much? Regardless of what the thread is ever about?
I'm sure you could come up with somes graphs and figures to prove me wrong in some way, of course...
And whats with all the rage?
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SJHero, you have the poor sad b*stard nailed. FM is the guck down the side of a particularly manky keyboard. Pity him. A billion internet users and not one to call friend.
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"Winding you up is much more fun than discussing an average game, especially as you keep taking the bait."
Claiming to start a thread flame well after the event, eh? An interesting, if skewed, view of events."
Where did I claim to start the flame thread? I only stepped in when you called someone a "brainddead cunt". As I pointed out you misspelt braindead. You then called me an asshole which I maturely ignored.
"You're easily riled."
If someone acts like an idiot then I'll tell them they are acting like an idiot. Always been a straight talker, always will be."
Must be why so many people respond to you, commenting on your idiotic behaviour. I simply pointed out your spelling mistake.
"In my opinion, etc.."
Good work, relevancy. Now can we end this childish to-and-fro? "
It's not really childish when insults like "brainddead cunt" are being thrown about. Once again, only 2 "d"'s should be in braindead. I'd be quite shocked to hear a child call someone braindead(spelt correctly) nevermind a "cunt" which really is a terrible word.
In fact since you are banging on about suing today, you could be lible for those insults under the tort of defamation if EG don't remove them. But under the Sim V Stretch test you are most likely only lowering your own standing in the public eye so it probably wouldn't be worth your while suing yourself. Try it if you want but I wouldn't recommend it.
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Not in the long run, as it's always the same tiring bullshit and the same predictable strategy. The problem is, that he will take command of a thread even when he is on ignore, because everyone gives him what he ultimately wants: attention.
squarejahero pretty much had the last words on him, imo. Almost too poetic for the pathetic subject matter, though. Now let him wither in ignorance, please.
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This is my problem with this game in a nutshell.
You're not a hero, you're just a self serving bastard whos mass mudering innocent people to meet his own ends and there doesn't really seem to be any good reason why other than it being a cheap game mechanic.
I know it sounds pettty, but in 2009 I expect a bit more.
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You're not a hero, you're just a self serving bastard whos mass mudering innocent people to meet his own ends and there doesn't really seem to be any good reason why other than it being a cheap game mechanic.
I know it sounds pettty, but in 2009 I expect a bit more."
Yeah, I'm kind of the same. Apparently you get missions from your sister and some doctor in this game, but I would question why anyone would want to help Alex Mercer since he's obviously a sadistic mass-murdering bastard. I'd rather have a protagonist that I like and/or can relate to, even in a small way.
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Buy a 360 then. Its cheap and you get to play both Crackdown and Crackdown 2. Later you also get to play APB from the developers of Crackdown. You will never look back my friend. Crackdown is the best sandbox game to date imo.
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I want to play this:
[link url=http://kotaku.com/5283735/this-is-w hy-i-thought-just-cause-2-was-best-in-show
]http://ko taku.com/5283735/this-is-why-i-...[/link]
And I want a pet Swedish man to read to me at bedtime.
Edit: Actually coming out this year, too.
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This is a public forum, all arguments are everybody's.
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Personal air conditioning?
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Not in the long run, as it's always the same tiring bullshit and the same predictable strategy. The problem is, that he will take command of a thread even when he is on ignore, because everyone gives him what he ultimately wants: attention.
Indeed. Same with all trolls. A chunk of the thread is taken up with their posts or people trying to reason with them or counter-flame. Even if everyone else ignores them you still know who the filtered out comments belong to and you know what they're saying but at least you don't have to read the same shite again and again.
Since I put the worst of the various platform fanboys on ignore this site has been a whole lot more enjoyable to read.
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Some of us are still wondering whether to purchase Prototype or leave it.
kthxbye
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Sorry, this thread is probably irreparably damaged by now. I agree 100% with what Sneetch wrote a few posts ago.
About Prototype, I'm not entirely put off by the review, but I probably will wait for it to get cheaper, as I have plenty of other things to play until then.
Edit: When I say I'm not put off by the review, I mean by the fact that the review highlighted several aspects of the game which I may not enjoy, not by the fact that it got a 7/10. 7 is a good score. I'm not even put off by Eurogamer 6s if the concept of the game appeals to me.
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No. They're not.
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Just like Assassins Creed which was a 7 and although flawed was a great experience
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The PC version is the one im playing currently for personal reason instead of the console one.Bad thing is that the game gives you only a couple of options in the graphical settings... bad bad choice in this kind of game. You can only change resolution, shadow detail lvl and whatever else and thats it. the FPS is fully random goes up and down for NO obvious reasons like crazy. I use my lovely big samsung HDTV which the game was giving bluescreen at start and due to the fact the game just came out there is no solution online. Which was too cimple to fix though since i was forced to start trying myself lol. ( Make a shortcut of the EXE file of the game on ur desktop, edit its properties and select under the compatibility tab to Run in 640x480 screen resolution. That way u can fix it manually once u enter the game finally. now i dont know why the F@$# I still dont get even 1360x768... tards )
The game itself is amusing. We all know EG is not only strict 97% of the time when they rate software. But still the game has issues. The game is worth its money if you are wondering about it. Best option is for the 360 atm, then on a PS3 if you can install it i suppose and then PC ( with which im stuck :S ) . If your PC isnt more than GOOD the least when it comes to the main hardware ( you should know what im talking about ), then expect serious FPS swings. Personally im bugged from other than that also from not being able to adjust the settings and max everything out manually to know for sure its what i see.
Game isnt bad at all.Enjoy
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I would say that Mr bramwell here has his moments, while not the same level as ellie perhaps. Although his work over christmas a while back where he quoted him self in very flattering tones (about AC6 plane skins I think) was perhaps my fave EG moment
On the game itself my pre-order is winging its way to me and I think the moment I elbow drop a tank will make the game for me, or throw a car at helicopter after i just parkored over it one of those. Its sound fun in a leave the brain at the door sense.
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I understand the whole 'EG 7s' thing, I played Dead Space and Ass Creed, and thought they were both pretty sweet?
In all fairness, I'm looking for something to play alongside Fallout 3 currently, so this or Red Faction could be good as a brainless/storyless bit of smashing fun.
But the best thing about EG (usually) is the honest and reliable opinions from the gamers on the forum! This hasn't been the case in this comments thread today
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Talking of draw distance - what about that Uncharted footage...!
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game reviews are becoming like film reviews.
They are obsessed with novelty and nostalgia.
There were lots of interesting comments,
I will be much more interested in the user ratings.
Thank god for rental.
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Then you may as well just say Call of Duty 4's only attack was bullets.
Get my point there?
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I've not really understood why some have got the pampers in a twist over this or Infamous TBH. Am I the only one who looks at Infamous AND Prototype and thinks "What the big deal they look absolutely boring?"
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The scotsman fallacy.
Prototype will destroy inFamous in reviews.
/review comes out
Any review that scores it lower or equal isn't a true review.
On a side note, its a good month to be an open world game fanboy (inFamous, Red faction, Godfather II, Prototype).
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(Richard is the guy that does all the technical comparisons right?)
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CountFapula : Yeah the score should have been much lower.
Also gamereactor gave it 5/10 and 4/10.
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Well that's true if you're talking about Dead Space Fap.
See Whitehead, I can still drop it in!
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If you had just thought for a minute and not been a fanboy, then perhaps people might take some of your points more seriously, until then, well no.
My problem with the game from just hte videos is it does look OTT on the gore, and as someone else said, I dont like the idea of just killing everything in ones path to reach a goal, it does seem like an easy design decision rather than a good game mechanic... hopefully a demo will appear?
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"I'd like a large number of idiots on this site to commit suicide. Right now if possible."
Biggest one first. I guess that makes you first in line. I'll be right behind you (seeing as I've bothered to reply to someone like you, I guess you could call me an idiot too).
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Prototype is scoring good so far on MetaCritic, mainly for the destruction aspects. Be interesting to see how it goes from there.
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PS WARHAWK RULES!
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Another review.. another thread full of nerds moaning about the score while ignoring the words which go with the score.
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82 already and it will only get lower as more reviews come in. inFamous held at 85, the Games TM review is one of the only outstanding ones left for inFamous, the average is unlikely to fall.
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How does this effect your life? IT FUCKING DOESN'T
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Am I the only one who looks at Infamous AND Prototype and thinks "What the big deal they look absolutely boring?"
Nope. There's two of us, at the very least. Couldn't care less if I tried. Same goes for Red Fraction. Maybe Just Cause 2 will be the one that gets me interested in sandbox-games again, but that's a long shot.
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Glorious! I was going to link it myself
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@CountMuppet, so what your saying is that the PS3 version of Prototype is alot better than the Xbox version of Prototype...right .. based on Metacritic
EDIT hehe Eddy got in first
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BTW: Wii Sports is the BEST GAME EVER
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Anyway - Ive been playing Proto ALL day and think its pretty top. Sure i had noticed the draw distance which is a lot better in Infamous, but on a whole Proto seems a much slicker game. More fluid - more carnage and just generally more fun. But thats just my opinion having payed on both. I will finish infamous, when ive stopped playing Proto. haha. But then I may stop playing that for a while after i pick up Grand Slam Tennis and wii motion plus tomoz. Huurah
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Prototype, so it came into work today and, well I couldn't resist, it had to be played!
As I thought and stated in a previous video preview, certain elements of the game were not touched up for release, however these are elements that do not effect the gameplay directly such as the general graphics, messy, yet they compliment the enviroment well in this respect, it's not long before you go destroying it anyways.
Some lazy clipping is present and the hand to hand combats hit boxes are all over the place real messy, but you will 9/10 out 10 find alternate more interesting way to dispatch your foes anyhow.
Whilst none of the ese lazy issues are excusable they do not prevent it from being a fun, crazy OTT experience. The Parkour element looks and feels fantastic, the character upgrading is addictive, and although flawed in some places, the combat is still very fun.
I wont pass final judgement on the score as I've only played a couple of hours into the game, but from what I have played so far I am whilst not impressed with the game for it's technical side, am in love with what it is NOT trying to be, and it is a definite purchase for me.
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It better be Prototype which is selling to more than double the install base that Infamous is.
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Avoid and buy Red Faction.
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Sorry for the late response. No i dont have a PS3 anymore and i havent played Infamous. My friend next door has one for collection purposes and Blue Ray movies. He also has a few games like Killzone 2 and MGS4. He didnt buy Infamous because he thouth Prototype would be the better game. I talked to him this morning and he might buy it now. He prefer to buy 360 games, but he has bought a few PS3 exclusives.
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I liked the the 3rd Spiderman!
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Zap, Sewer, Upgrade, zap, sewer, upgrade, naff Boss fights 2!!
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The graphics are a bit rubbish, it's an alright game though.
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Jesus, who left the can of tard open in here?
Well you're the one with [mod] behind your name, so my guess is: YOU
I kid, I kid
edit: wrong smiley-face
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I struggle to see how anyone could really take this stance for real. Surely he's just taking the piss??!
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There's more info here: http://fi lenetworks.blogspot.com/2009/06...
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Sales has little to do with the quality of the game. Even so i believe Infamous will sell better than the PS3 version of Prototype.
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It's a bit of a letdown to find the challenges aren't as fun/interesting as those in Hulk Ultimate Destruction... But the game looks too much fun.
Hopefully my copy is at home.
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To be honest i dont care if it scores more or less, and I would be surprised if a single platform out performs a multi platform title....(common sense to be honest).
The question i am asking is, is it something I will enjoy to play. My main gripe is the OTT gore, I'm just not that bothered by it (it makes it look alittle tacky).
So anyone who has played it, is the story any good?
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I will buy which ever hits the bargin bin first.
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All that remains to be seen now is if it holds up to prolonged play, but so far the presentaion, voice acting and story are great and atm, engaging.
can't wait to get home now and play some more, but im working late tonight
EDIT: just to add i gave up on inFamous at 42% complete. I just couldnt stomach any more water tunnel sections.
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And hey, sales mean more people wanted Prototype than Infamous. So that's all I care about now
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And on to my question you coincidentally ignored - "I take it you agree then that the last few Need for Speeds have been better than Burnout Paradise, Midnight Club LA and Forza 2, Call of Duty: World at War is better than CoD4 and Halo 3 and Resident Evil 5 is better than Gears of War?"
Well?
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So, this bizarre logic that sales = quality is not always applicable, if you don't happen to agree? Do you have any idea how fucking stupid you sound?!
Also - "And I KNOW everyone smart will think prototype is better than infamous- and like I said, if they don't they don't have any taste and don't really matter anyway."
So, according to Prototype's current 360 Metacritic score (82) vs. that of inFamous (85), the average game reviewer isn't smart?! Geez, since the whole world is wrong and you're right, perhaps you should start up your own definitive games reviews website? 'Cause y'know, it's infuriating having to read all of these wrong opinions when someone like you with such talent is going to waste.
Lastly, I am curious to know, how far did you get in inFamous when you played it?
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It just looks like a re skined version of the hulk game radical made about 4 years ago.
Infamous on the other hand looks like a well developed well polished sandbox game, prototype looks like messy un polished ps2 game. One in which im sure to buy cus im a sucker! But that doesn't escape the fact that it looks utter shite compared to infamous, and i fucking hate ps3s, so that says alot.
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Are you frothing at the mouth?
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Tell me, if you're only interested in your own point of view and as you put it, "my opinion is the only one I give a shit about", then why the fuck do you come on a games website where very little aside from news is not opinionated? If you don't care what others have to say then why are you even in the comments thread?!
Clearly you're just an immature little boy with a very big chip on his shoulder.
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In any case, I came home from work and, indeed, a copy of Prototype is here.
That's my evening sorted
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FACT
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"Are you frothing at the mouth? "
More probable - he is frothing at the ass, because that's where his verdict-oriented opinions seem to be coming from
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"I know full well I am right, and anyone who disagrees is a limp dicked, wrong brained moron who's idea of a good date is a blow up doll, some hand cream and a picnic basket."
From Urban Dictionary:
"Fapping
To jack off or masturbate.
Man i was fapping last night and totally jizzed all over my hands."
True story
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The powers are awesome, they really make you feel powerful, and they look impressive as heck! The combat can get very frenetic and you need to constantly move, run jump..attack..use vehicles, dodge...I mean..it gets crazy sometimes! But you can usually find a way to escape, get cover and regenerate...then head back into the fray.
This game is awesome!
playing on the PC btw.
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http://tap-repeated ly.com/?p=3250
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Grab it I say!!
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He's just determined to see the PS3 fail, isn't he? Do you think a faulty Sony Trinitron blew up and killed his dad when he was a toddler?!
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Is it just me, or are the movement controls ham-fistedly obtuse and lacking in precise control in any way, shape or form?
Whoever compared it to Spiderman over the page was spot on. This game also suffers from an inability (in my short-lived experience) to control the character in any meaningful way that isn't a slow, meandering crawl. It's either baby-steps or careening about any maybe you'll somehow end up where you want to go maybe.
Maybe I'm missing something, but, while his running, jumping and stomping about looks impressive (and maybe feels fun if you don't particularly care about how you get somewhere), any actual delicate motions are impossible.
I suppose, on the other hand, this could just be a subtle example of Alex Mercer's uncontrollable nature; he is incapable of accurate, controlled movement. If so, it's a stupid idea, and Sucker Punch did it a lot, lot better.
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No he lives with his mom in a single parent family... unfortunately his mom doesnt work and claims social and so he cannot afford a PS3, thats why he is so angry (PS3 Envy).
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That says nothing about the quality of the games for each platform, however, nor about the actual or perceived place in the market.
Saying "It's about the ps3 having no decent games worth buying the console for." is fine. That's an opinion and it stops you buying the console. Great. Saying "'OMG I'VE GOT MONIES SO I WILL BUY A SHITTY CONSOLE" is just wrong, though. The PS3 is an incredibly impressive piece of hardware.
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You couldn't be more wrong, my dear Count. In actual fact (to go some way to prove non-bias) I'm currently playing Prototype on my 360. My Wii is still boxed up (post-house-move). My PS2 is sitting nearby. My PS3, PSP and DS all have places on my desk.
So, you see, I have actually experienced all of the consoles, first-hand and for extended periods of time. My 360 has died once already, and is sounding deathly ill once again. My PS3 has worked flawlessly since I bought it. I mean, you can't actually say that a console that the manufacturers had to put aside one billion dollars to ensure their constant working is better than the PS3? I mean, really? Honestly?
Hardware-wise, the PS3 is superior. That is cold hard fact. As far as game line-ups go, I'd probably give the edge to the 360's catalogue. But from a purely hardware standpoint it's second place.
As for your 'work for Sony' comment, I've never worked for anyone affiliated with any side in the good ol' Console War, until I got my current job. Which ain't working for Sony.
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Do you want a medal? How about a punch in the face?
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Tomb raider and force unleashed knock offs? They were 3rd party games you fuckin cretin
And utter shit i might add
And as much as i cant stand the ps3, its a fuckin top piece of kit, i haven't met anyone to have any problems at all with theirs, and ive met about 20 who have had fuck ups with a 360.
Plus im sure sonys cell processor hasn't even been half used yet.
Plus the ps3 line up next year wanks over the 360 it sickens me to say, heavy, rain god of war 3, Rockstar Norths Agent, Uncharted 2. The 360 has Halo 3 odst......................id rather hang my self and flog off my dad than play a fucking halo game.
So count shut ya cheap little face and get a valid point you turdish cunt
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Fapula, I suspect, falls under both.
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Your arguments are false and stupid just as Countfapulas.
The reason Prototype has a better metacritic average score for PS3 has nothing to do with the PS3 version being better. Just different reviewers and less compettition on the PS3. And the old idiotic argument about one cant afford a PS3 is just lame.
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Okay then. I dont bother reading all of Countfapulas posts obviously. They dont make any sense.
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It definitely is. But I kind of have a small hunch that that was intentional. Especially the FF XIII section is hilarious IMHO. Great fanboy parody.
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Maybe Prototype doesn't advance video gaming in any meaningful way, but from what I've played it's a bloody good laugh.
Literally, a bloody good laugh.
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the only decent new game i've played in the last few months (and perhaps in the last six months on ps3) is imported and not even sceduled for release in Europe
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Times Square boss: I have never, ever, in my life, come across such a fucking atrocious piece of game design. This has to be a poster child for All The Wrong Things To Do When Making A Boss. Unavoidable, homing green blobs. Unavoidable (when you're trying to hit the bloody thing) rocks thrown precisely in your direction from a long-distance jump. No tanks or 'copters nearby to give you options, no, you have to hope you brought one from the last checkpoint.
Oh and that's another thing, an energy bar the technical equivalent of a football pitch in size, taking about half an hour to destroy. That's a guess, I never managed it.
There are so many things that irritated me about this game, the parkour initially made up for it. But over time the unwieldy controls, the occasional "dick move" of disparately placed checkpoints (on a PC? Quick save or go away, please), and a truly unlikeable cast of characters, with little character development outside an utterly generic genetic-mutations-changing-humans plot (hell, haven't seen that one before, of course not!), combine to make this an above average game that has hints of greatness. But like Stalker Clear Sky, bone-headed design decisions make for critical, hardly forgiveable flaws.
Forget the ending, I'm selling my copy ASAP.
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