[PROTOTYPE] is a story about a guy with superpowers on a virus-infected NYC. What drove me to rent this game was some of the trailers: I noticed it was a 3-way war (Infected X Military X YOU), so I thougth it would be fun. I think I was both right and wrong.
First, let me say this: If you like challenges, you’re invited to this party, but be advised that this game is not HARD. IT’S CHEAP. AS CHEAP AS A 10 YEAR OLD VIETNAMESE HOOKER.
Before completely owning this game, let’s see “the light side”: solid graphics, not-annoying music and semi-responsive controls. Sum’d.
NOW we go to the owning part: THE DIFFICULTY CURVE. Sometimes, this game can be the most ridiculously easy shit in the whole world (IE matter of stealth-killing each and every soldier, and then use their tanks to finish those zombies) However, things can get a LOT frenetic in 0.1 seconds. They actually have a “Wanted System”, kinda like GTA, in which the military go after you until the metter cools down. Thing is...Well, first of all, at ANY sight of your original form, they start shootin, and some seconds later, you bet there will be 3 tanks and 4 helis across the street.
Oh, that’s just the beggining. While the military are UNFAIR, the infected are CHEAP. They can range from idiotic infected pedestrians, that start jabbing you and pretending they are hurting you, or a Hunter, which, by himself, can be tougher than a single fucking Boss. An infected hunter is kinda like that monster from Cloverfield, only diminished to be the size of approx 2m.
Well, 1: their punches just hurt so fucking lot (1/8 hp per punch).
2: They often comes in groups, not of 2, not of 3, but of FUCKING FIVE.
3: They TRAP you in a corner, they COMBO you, and then CURBSTOMP THE SHIT OUT OF YOU.
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[PROTOTYPE] is possibly the only cheap game ever to be fun.
Worst Review (Whoever picks this is ghey) ********* 33%
Now, where was I? Oh yes. Then, there are these SUPER HYPER HUNTERS that CONTROL OTHER HUNTERS. By themselves, however, they are not cheap (Heh, “Leaders aren’t cheap, minions are” ): They’re actually a fun fight by themselves. Which, of course it’s kind of RARE.
But the game, overall, is FUN. Climbing buildings and gliding is A LOT of fun, specially with the war going on below you. And when you just want to enter the fun (IE not near an infected hive or a military base), then you can either jump and dive (“FOR MASSIVE DAMAGE” )or, you can go down there slowly, stealh-consume most of those guys, and wipe out the street without slicing anyone open.
Speaking of Slicing, this game offers an opportunity no other game I remember has given: Shape-Shifting. It goes from as simple as changing your shape to resemble a pedestrian or a military soldier, to the most fun and complex, like shaping your hand into a sword or a whip.
Conan wrote:
Military gets easy with the claws and whip leveled up to the max.
Zombie infected are fun to beat the shit out of while Hunters are annoying and those big Hunters are fun to fight.
And yeah, nice review.
Not when ther’s poisonous gas, 20 missle launchers, 4 missle helis and 5 tanks all at the same time.
Yeah, I lol bcuz I pretend I’m a military and start shootin at em with a military costume, looks neat. Then I kinda do lie hollywood and start consumin them all when ammo runs out (the consuming animation is perfect for the “OWN’D” feeling.)
Weeman wrote:
PROTOTYPE = HULK ULTIMATE DESTRUCTION
From your post, I can guess you have never ever played Prototype.
From your post i can guess you have never played hulk ultimate destruction.
I have. Yes I have, actualy. And the difference between a game about demolition with a green mutant that has only one power and can’t glide and a game about a virus infection, government conspiracies and lots of blood should be obvious for someone that played both.
